📣Join us for "As Long As It Yields" by José García Oliva, opening 28th March, exploring agricultural extraction and migrant labour. Followed by baile/baile: the UK’s most remote club night coming to Timespan. 📍Opening: 5–7pm free 💫Club night: 9pm–12:45am tickets selling fast: ra.co/events/2368692

kar by Alex Sarkisian is on until March 1st! Catch this exhibition that traces the delicate survival of Western Armenian ancestral places. 📍 Timespan, Helmsdale 🕒 Open Saturdays & Sundays 💷 Free entry

The Skinny@theskinnymag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

December brings Armenian filmmaker Alex Sarkisian to @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social, and it's not too late to see @shenxin.info's Highland Embassy at @collective-edin.bsky.social All this and more in @rachelashenden.bsky.social's round-up!

Timespan turns 40 in 2026 🎉 Celebrate with us following our programme exploring land, labour, colonial histories & climate in the Highlands and beyond. Highlights: As Long As It Yields, Decolonising the Highlands, & the Summer Solstice Festival. Full programme timespan.org.uk/programme/ev...

2026 Programme - Timespan

In 2026, Timespan marks its 40th year with a programme shaped by an ongoing commitment to becoming an institution of the commons. Across contemporary art, heritage, public programmes, and community wo...

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Today’s the day! ✨ As the @museumsassociation.org Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 begin, we’re celebrating the volunteers of the People’s Mobile Archive whose work builds resilience, skills & connection across the Highlands. 💛 Good luck to all the brilliant museums nominated! 💫

📢 Calling all makers in Sutherland & Caithness! Join Rural Spot (31 Oct–2 Nov, Helmsdale): a 3-day gathering on the Politics of Craft. ✅ Free stalls (Sat 1 & Sun 2 Nov) ✅ Focus group + networking dinner (1 Nov) ✅ Bursaries available Apply by 9 Oct 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/1RaP...

"The title also plays on the idiom, meaning distraction from the truth" @joannecoates.bsky.social's exhibition RED HERRING, at @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social until 30 Sep, amplifies the overlooked story of the Herring Girls through photography and sculpture

Red Herring: Joanne Coates and the Herring Girls - The Skinny

At Timespan in Helmsdale, artist Joanne Coates amplifies the overlooked story of the Herring Girls through photography and sculpture.

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and fourth up a storming talk by Guilia Gregnanin, Director of @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social , about “redefining the museum as a shared resource“ #museumideas

Excited to be at @museumid.bsky.social conference with our director Giulia Gregnanin presenting Timespan vision of becoming an Institution of the Commons. A brilliant panel with representatives from @beamishmuseum.bsky.social Glasgow Museums, Museo Egizio and chaired by @profdanhicks.bsky.social

We are grateful to @museumsassociation.org for spotlighting the PMA's work through such a prestigious naional award. We thank our incredible volunteers, and community members who contribute and support our heritage work with their rich knowledge, enthusiasm and motivation.

Museums Association@museumsassociation.org · 11mo ago

Best Small Museum Project 🏠 • @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social‬ – Documenting Northern Lincolnshire’s History • Stourbridge Glass Museum – Recycled glass sculpture workshops and Greener Glass exhibition • @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social – The People’s Mobile Archive

We're thrilled to share that the People's Mobile Archive, Timespan’s outreach programme, has been shortlisted for the Best Small Museum Project Award at the @museumsassociation.org Museums Change Lives Awards 2025!✨️ Congratulations to all the other nominees! #Museums2025

Very glad to have seen Joanne Coates exhibition ‘Red Herring’ at Timespan in Helmsdale, Scotland, the result of a 6 month residency. The work focuses on the migrant female workforce in the herring fishing industry from 18th-20th centuries, linking back to Helmsdale, with its ties to the industry.

We cannot wait to have @yvettetaylor.bsky.social, @jenniferjaswhite.bsky.social Hussein Mitha and Fadzai Mwakutuya chaired by @joannecoates.bsky.social & Giulia Gregnanin discussing contemporary working class experiences in Britain

Yvette Taylor@yvettetaylor.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to the Salt & Silver festival @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social Taking copies of Working-Class Queers @plutopress.bsky.social

It was great having @amberhuff.bsky.social leading a workshop about Commons and Commoning to envision together what it means for Timespan to become an Institution of the Commons

We are thrilled to invite you to #Salt&Silver a solstice festival on the legacy of the Herring Girls, labour, class, and solidarity. Part of @joannecoates.bsky.social Red Herring programme of events, join us for a weekend of talks, performances, and events. Visit timespan.org.uk/programme/ev...

Timespan’s redevelopment project has been featured by @museumid.bsky.social ! Giulia, our Director & Curator, speaks about the radical redevelopment of Timespan led by ASSEMBLE & Office Corr Higgins and our ambition of re-shaping cultural spaces collectively. museum-id.com/redefining-t...

In Involvo (2024) @joannecoates.bsky.social disrupts the aestheticisation of working-class women in archives. She reenacts the Herring Girls' practice of bandaging their hands to soothe the cuts caused by handling cutag knives at high speed. 📍Visit Red Herring Open daily 10-5, free

Many local families trace their lineage to the #GuttingGirls who passed through #Helmsdale, making the #exhibition Red Herring by @joannecoates.bsky.social both a reflection on global histories and an account of lived local experiences. 📍Red Herring open everyday 10-5 Free entry

@joannecoates.bsky.social gave an interview at BBC woman's hour about her new exhibition "Red Herring" at Timespan & the Herring Girls. Check it out minute 49 podcasts.apple.com/mn/podcast/w... Visit Timespan to discover more about a fascinating exhibition about women's labour & class solidarity

New Exhibition: Red Herring by @joannecoates.bsky.social opens March 29th The show explores women's labour & class solidarity through the legacy of the Herring Girls. Travel & accomodation bursaries available for the opening: apply by March 14th docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are thrilled to announce we were awarded @creativescots.bsky.social Multi Year Funding! We were recognised for our holistic approach, that through our cultural programme tackles local issues with a global perspective! Thank you for believing in our vision: stay tuned for exciting news ahead!✨️

Join us & Glasgow Zine Library to explore #Gaelic language, place names & #climate crisis. The talk will touch upon land use, colonialism, Gaelic folklore & community actions through #Zine making Pay what you can, book here www.glasgowzinelibrary.com/events/2025/...

Artist in residence: @joannecoates.bsky.social is exploring the history of the #HerringGirls and the contemporary issues faced by Highlands #women: #labour, health, strike movements, and class. Stay tuned for updates & save the date for Jo's #collaborative show "Red Herring" coming in March 2025!

Announcement: Assemble & Office Corr Higgins will lead our building redevelopment project! They will reimagine Timespan as an #accessible & #sustainable museum through an engagement-led & ecologically responsible feasibility study, prioritising community involvement. Find out more shorturl.at/z8t4E