ATLAS Arts has been shortlisted for a 2018 Scottish Rural Award in the conservation and the environment category.
The Skye-based arts organisation was selected as a finalist because of its ethos and commitment to exploring issues relating to the environment.
Its artistic programme focuses on pressing issues of contemporary and rural life to help create a stronger sense of identity and to foster cultural well-being. The organisation’s summer project, Climavore: On Tidal Zones by artist-duo Cooking Sections, saw an oyster table constructed in the Bayfield area of Portree in September to promote ingredients (bivalves and seaweeds) that proactively respond to the new ecological challenges of Scottish waters.