Shetland based artists are invited to a collaboration day in the Toogs Artist Workshop under the collective banner of Brigði: A bridge of Plankton Blooms & Basking Sharks.

Shetland artist Laura Hughes shares her journey through the Workshop Bursary award

It’s official. Gaada has purchased it’s formerly leased building, Da Auld Methodist Kirk. As of today the building has formally been renamed Toogs Artist Workshop, ahead of the Workshop’s relaunch in the coming months.

Recent graduate + artist Elouise Spooner shares her experience producing a new risograph publication during her Gaada Workshop Bursary.

Join us online for Gaada’s next artist talk by artists Miriam Sentler and Wouter Osterholt who will be telling us about their interdisciplinary research initiative Deep Time Agency.

Sign up for the Simmer Gathering Peer Group + find out about how to shape the future!

Glasgow based artist Cameron Morgan recently visited the Toogs Artist Workshop for a day of etching and risography!

As part of the Brig∂i programme, Gaada invites Shetland-based artists to apply for a self-directed research residency in Bergen, Norway in 2026. This is a chance to explore new ideas, grow your practice, and build meaningful international connections!

The next exhibition in Display, outside the Toogs Artist Workshop is by recent Gaada Bursary recipient, artist Bella Paloma.

Rosalie Schweiker is first artist-in-residence at the Toogs Workshop, in Burra.

We have recently hosted Assemble in Shetland to begin the intial phase to transform Gaada’s current building into an ambitious and accessible artist-run making facility and project space.

Vivian Ross-Smith awarded a Freelands Studio Fellowship

Longtime Gaada collaborators, Struan and Daniel, have produced a Membership Certificate for SDSS

Join us in celebrating voar with the first ever Peer Group Pot Luck!

This week Gaada welcomes artist and recent Graduate, Shannon Leslie, to our team in a new role as Workshop Assistant.

We take a look back on another very busy year at Gaada

Jono Sandilands’ Foula Beans fundraiser has raised a grand total of £1000 for the Shetland Foodbank.

Artist Sammy Paloma set the 2022/23 Gaada Workshop Bursaries in motion, playfully exploring drawing, risograph and photopolymer etching during her sessions.

Gaada presents a new exhibition in Display by Rafferty from 8 December - 3 February

Gaada has received a Business Transition Fund through Shetland Islands Council.