About the Collective
The Highland Culture Collective is a group of artists, communities and arts organisations across the Highlands of Scotland. We’ve come together as part of a national pilot project across Scotland, in response to the impact of the pandemic. Funded by Creative Scotland, our 5 artists-in-residence will work creatively & collaboratively with communities for a year, from September 2021 to September 2022.
Our team
Catriona Meighan
Catriona is one of our Established Artists-In-Residence, and is working with survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Cat is a contemporary visual artist, exploring the expanded field of painting, printmaking, installation and socially engaged work. She is also a co-founder of Circus Artspace, an artist-led collective based in Inverness.
Hector MacInnes
Hector is one of our Established Artists-In-Residence, and is working with people impacted by the justice system.
Hector is a sound artist, musician and producer from Skye. He works with installation, text, composition, voice and speculative design among other things, often in collaboration with other artists and communities.
Artair Donald

Artair is one of our Established Artists-In-Residence, and is working with Gaelic-speaking communities across the Highlands.
Artair is an actor and drama facilitator, originally from Tiree. Over the last 30 years, he has worked in theatre, radio, TV and film, and led workshops and directed plays with schools and communities.
Sinéad Hargan
Sinéad is one of our Emerging Artists-in-Residence, and is co-hosted by North Lands Creative & Lyth Arts Centre.
Sinéad is exploring our environment & coastlines with communities in Caithness. She primarily works with live performance, dance and moving image, and is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Contemporary Performance Practice.
Evija Laivina
Evija is one of our Emerging Artists-in-Residence, and is hosted by Highland Print Studio.
Evija is working with communities in Inverness, including with older people, those with poor mental health and people with learning disabilities. Evija is a photographer and contemporary visual artist, and is a graduate of UHI. Originally from Latvia, Evija made Inverness her home in 2009.
Lauren Hendry

Lauren is our Project Manager. She will work to support the Highland Culture Collective’s artists and partners, and link the project to our sister Culture Collective projects across Scotland.
Lauren is an arts producer based in Dingwall. Lauren has a background in performing and producing contemporary circus and theatre performance.
Our partners
Our sister-projects

We are one of 26 projects across Scotland, which make up the Culture Collective programme., which runs until October 2022.
To see our sister-projects, visit the Culture Collective website.