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Forum membership

Orkney Arts Forum is made up of a wide range of individual and organisation members, to ensure that the full breadth of the arts in Orkney are represented.  Artform representatives are elected onto the Forum and are able to raise issues and concerns about the arts from any member of the public and the artistic community.

Current membership of the Orkney Arts Forum is as follows:

Elected Artform Representatives
  • Architecture, Design and New Media (Chair) - Leslie Burgher
  • Craft - Elaine Henderson
  • Dance - Stephanie Baird
  • Drama - Alan Cameron
  • Film - Mark Jenkins
  • Literature - Donna Heddle
  • Music - Gemma McGregor
  • Storytelling - Tom Muir
  • Visual Arts - Rik Hammond
Local Arts Organisations
  • Orkney Arts Society - Jean Leonard
  • Pier Arts Centre - Neil Firth
  • St Magnus International Festival - Tanya McGill
  • SCDA Orkney - Laura Grieve
  • Orkney Folk Festival - Elaine Grieve
  • George Mackay Brown Fellowship - Yvonne Gray / Sylvia Hays
  • Orkney Crafts association - Jane Glue/ Denise Dupre
Regional and National Arts Organisations
  • Highlands and Islands Arts (HI~Arts) - Robert Livingston
  • Creative Scotland - Caroline Docherty
Orkney based agencies and organisations
  • HIE Orkney - Chessa Llewellyn-White
  • VisitOrkney - Barbara Foulkes
  • Voluntary Action Orkney - Gail Anderson
Orkney Islands Council
  • Arts, Museums and Heritage - Clare Gee
  • Arts Officer (and facilitator of OAF) - Pam Beasant
  • Elected Member Representative - Owen Tierney
  • Library and Archive - Gary Amos

To contact any member of Orkney Arts Forum, please visit the Contacts page