Organisations offered support from the Partners initiative for artists’ residencies include:

• Timespan Heritage Society - A two-year residency in Sutherland will lead a programme of activities for young people in Helmsdale
• Orkney Island Council - A George Mackay Brown writing fellowship will be established in Orkney
• Pier Arts Centre - an artist to work with the farming community pioneering a project combining art and agriculture
• Cromarty Arts Trust - the residence in Cromarty, will involve two artists; one focusing on the past and one on the future
• Burghead Headland Trust - reinterpreting the Pictish traditions of Burghead to reflect contemporary arts practice
• The Highland Council Exhibitions Unit - A project to discover a new constellation for Highland 2007, drawing together art, science and literature
• Community Woodlands Association - residential theatre tour of community woodlands with Te Pooka, Blazin’ Fiddles & local artists
• The Buckie Festival - artist to develop community event for Buckie Festival and surrounding area
• Highland Print Studio - to work with community groups in Lochcarron and Wester Ross