CV
Education and Training
2021-2022 PGDE Primary Teaching University of the Highlands and Islands
2019- 2020 MA Art and Social Practice University of the Highlands and Islands
2015 Mountain Leader Mountain Training Association
2009-2013 BA HONS Painting Edinburgh College of Art
2008-2009 Degree Foundation Forth Valley College
Participatory Projects, Events and Workshops
2026 Facilitating a series of 4 creative sessions for Nevis Landscape Partnership, as part of their Creative Rainforest Project, including 2 sessions with a local primary school, a walking art project during Fort William Mountain Festival and a mono screen printing engagement session for locals at the Creative Rainforest Showcase.
2025-2026 Producing an year long programme of 10 local artists' exhibitions in the micro gallery space in Collective Goods.
2025-2026 A series of 9 creative sessions- mono screen printing, acrylic painting, lino printing and stamp making workshops and classes delivered through Collective Goods
2025 Co-facilitated an outdoor walking and painting workshop for Circus Artspace, a project for Connecting Young Carers, funded by Historic Scotland
2025 Mono screen printing workshop for Tiree Makery aimed at local people
2025 'Art Walks with Louise' a series of 4 walking painting sessions around Fort William for local people
2024 Mono screen printing workshop for 'Spring: Family Fun Day' at Lyth Art Centre
2023- 2024 ‘Creative Journeys’ a collaborative walking art project between two primary schools
2021-2022 ‘A Seamless Landscape,’ a collaboration with Louise Emslie, funded by Cairngorms Connect
2021 Delivering an online workshop on collaborative practice for Lyth Art Centre newly appointed artists in residence.
2021 ‘Art on the Edge: Socially Engaged Arts Practice in Rural and Coastal Communities’. One of 4 speakers presenting a talk about our practice as part of UHI The Edge seminar series.
2021 A walking art workshop delivered for the Fort William Mountain Festival.
2020 ‘Tree Lines’ MA Art and Social Practice final project, UHI
2019 ‘Landscape Mindscape’ as part of MA Art and Social Practice. A collaboration between Louise Kernaghan and Louise Emslie, we invited participants to join us on a creative walk in Glen Nevis to observe, note take and respond to the surroundings.
2018 ‘Journey’ a project for primary aged children with Room 13
Experience and Awards
2025- present Co-founder of Collective Goods- a shop, gallery and creative space to promote visual arts in Lochaber
2024- 2025 Associate member, Circus Artspace CaraVAN
2024 Fellowship with Circus Artspace, Inverness.
2023- Present Volunteer artist for Room 13
2020- Present Board member for Room 13
2017 Outlandia Artist Residency, Glen Nevis.
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Lochaber Artists Group Show, McCallum Art House, Fort William
2026 Dreaming by the Sea, The Good Gallery, Fort William
2016 Flop Culture (Poster Girls), Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh
2014 RSA Open (Poster Girls), The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2013 Seite an Seite - Side by Side, Forum Vebikus, Schaffhause
2013 Landforms, Edinburgh College of Art
2013 This Land, The Travelling Gallery
2013 MISC, Gayfield Creative Spaces