FIND YOUR TRAIL
The Mull and Iona Arts Trail invites you to take a journey through spectacular scenery to discover the vibrant arts and culture of the islands. Meet local artists in their studios and view their work in galleries, shops, cafes, performance spaces and even outdoors in the landscape.
The Arts Trail map, with over 60 venues, helps you find the art that interests you most, whether in paint, print, textiles, ceramic, wood, glass, bookmaking, photography, film, poetry, music or theatre. The Arts Trail venues are located throughout the islands with a backdrop of beautiful beaches, wild mountain landscapes and picturesque villages.
Be sure to spend some time visiting Tobermory, which is a lively hub of all sorts of arts and crafts, with Mull Theatre and An Tobar Art Centre at its creative heart. At the very opposite end of Mull, the outstanding beauty of the Isle of Iona is a magnet for artists with a variety of studios and shops selling beautiful arts and crafts made on the island.
VISUAL ARTS
The outstanding scenery, natural light and evocative atmosphere of the islands of Mull and Iona have provided inspiration for artists for generations. This tradition continues today, with many island residents working in visual arts and crafts, establishing a dynamic creative community.
John Archbold
Mull Theatre | Photo by Sarah Darling
Performance
An Tobar Arts Centre & Mull Theatre in Tobermory are the main venues on Mull for producing and presenting performances including live music, theatre, dance, film, comedy and readings. They attract talent from outwith Mull to perform and display their work, as well as fostering the islands’ own home-grown artists.
Literature
West over Sea, the Tobermory Book Festival which launched in 2017, takes place over the last weekend in October. It features an impressive list of distinguished visiting authors and writers, who present readings, talks and book launches during a series of gatherings, lunches and dinners. The fabulous natural larder of Mull and Iona seems to pair well with books.
Baile Mor Books
The Artists Directory
Find out more about the visual artists, craftspeople, performers and writers who live and work on Mull and Iona. The Artists Directory provides information on how to contact artists and view their work.
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Open Studios Venue 2️⃣7️⃣ Faith Holmes
Oil, watercolour and pastel scenes of everyday life on Mull, including ‘working Mull’, sometimes quirky, sometimes contemplative.
📍Glengorm Coffee Shop, Glengorm 🕗 Open Friday, Saturday & Monday 10am -1pm
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣6️⃣ Helen MacCallum
The art work is related to mental health and the struggles of anxiety with theuse of different facial appearances. Photography work is focused on decaying places and designs are based on Tim Burton characters.
📍Tobermory Chocolate, Tobermory 🕗 Open 11-5pm 7th-10th April
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣5️⃣ Eas Fors
Design-led knitwear reflecting the spirit of the Hebridean islands, pieces are thoughtfully made on a small scale using all-natural wool fibres. All pieces are knitted on the Isle of Mull using 100% superfine lambswool.
📍Stall at Tobermory Producers Market, Tobermory Pontoon or Aros Hall depending on weather 🕗 Open Monday 10th April 11am-2pm
👉 @easfors
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣4️⃣ Honeypot and Friends
A range of hand-built and thrown pottery, original paintings either mounted or framed, digital prints.
📍Achafraoich, Dervaig Road, Tobermory 🕗 Open 11-4pm 7th-10th April
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣3️⃣ Mull Pottery
Mull Pottery workshop is where you will find potter Peter Walker creating his ceramics and pottery.
📍Baliscate, Tobermory 🕗 Open Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣2️⃣ Ronnie Leckie
Original acrylic paintings and limited edition prints of Mull and the west coast of Scotland. Bismuth home decor.
📍The Picture Gallery, Tobermory 🕗 Open Friday, Saturday & Monday 10.30am – 4.30pm; Sunday 10.30am – 2pm
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣1️⃣ Scottish Island Art
A collection of original paintings, limited edition giclee printsand resin art by Aska Marzec. Contemporary and mixed media artwork inspired by Isle of Mull and Scotland landscape.
📍The Picture Gallery, Tobermory 🕗 Open Friday, Saturday & Monday 10.30am – 4.30pm; Sunday 10.30am – 2pm
👉 @scottish_island_art
Open Studios Venue 2️⃣0️⃣ Carolyne Mazur Photography
FANGAN: An ongoing photographic project recording the stone sheep fanks of Mull and surrounding islands – and CORRUGATIONS: Photographs of tin sheds.
📍Dervaig Church Hall, Dervaig 🕗 Open 12-4pm Sunday 9th April
👉 @carolynemazur
