Bonhoga Gallery

Bonhoga means ‘my spiritual home’. Opened in April 1994, Bonhoga Gallery at Weisdale Mill is the first purpose-built visual and applied art gallery in Shetland and the most northerly in the UK, showing a programme of local, national and international art and craft exhibitions.

Ten shows are held each year in the main gallery with take-away shows of art and craft in the Lower Gallery also changing ten times annually. A short film programme is shown in the stairwell, and an education and outreach programme accompanies most shows.

The cafe, in the south-facing conservatory, on the lower ground floor over looking Kergord Burn, has ensured that it has become a very popular place with the local Shetland population and visitors to the islands. The selection of fresh food, much of which is locally produced and given a cosmopolitan flavour, is complimented by a tempting range of teas, coffees and soft drinks.

Weisdale Mill also houses a gallery shop stocked with an ever changing array of design-led goods, innovative products, cards, books and an inspiring range of hand made papers.

Bonhoga also has a lively touring exhibition programme with shows at Sumburgh Airport, the Leisure Centres in Yell, Unst and Whalsay and in the Peerie Shop Cafe, Lerwick . These shows offer work for sale and change every three months.

Contact

Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland ZE2 9LW.
Telephone: 44 (0) 1595 745 750
admin@shetlandarts.org
www.shetlandarts.org
Proprietor: Shetland Arts Development Agency (Shetland Arts)
Telephone: 44 (0) 1595 743843