Timespan
@timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social
Cultural organisation in Helmsdale, locally rooted in the Scottish Highlands but with global resonance. We use culture as a catalyst for change through a holistic arts and heritage programme. https://timespan.org.uk/
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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...
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...
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! 💫
Good luck to all the brilliant museums nominated! 💫
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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! 💫
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...
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...
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📢 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...
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...
Reposted by Timespan
"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
@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.
www.theskinny.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"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
@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
Reposted by Timespan
and fourth up a storming talk by Guilia Gregnanin, Director of @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social , about “redefining the museum as a shared resource“ #museumideas
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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
September 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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.
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
• @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
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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.
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
Congratulations to all the other nominees!
#Museums2025
September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
Congratulations to all the other nominees!
#Museums2025
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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.
June 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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
Looking forward to the Salt & Silver festival @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social Taking copies of Working-Class Queers @plutopress.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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
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
June 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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...
Visit timespan.org.uk/programme/ev...
June 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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...
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...
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...
May 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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...
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
📍Visit Red Herring
Open daily 10-5, free
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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
📍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
📍Red Herring open everyday 10-5
Free entry
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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
📍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
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
April 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@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
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...
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...
March 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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...
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!✨️
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!✨️
February 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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!✨️
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/...
Pay what you can, book here www.glasgowzinelibrary.com/events/2025/...
January 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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/...
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!
Stay tuned for updates & save the date for Jo's #collaborative show "Red Herring" coming in March 2025!
January 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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!
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
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
January 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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
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