Highlands and Islands Arts Ltd (HI~Arts) is an independent company limited by guarantee with charitable status, established in 1990 by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) - Iomairt na Gaidhealtachd to promote and develop the arts in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

HI~Arts is voluntarily managed by a Board of Directors whose members are: David Pirnie (Chair), Donna Heddle, Marc Yeats, Andrew Bruce, Matthew Zajac, Gill Murdoch, Louise Mackenzie and Gordon Stuart. Invited as observers are representatives of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) - Iomairt na Gaidhealtachd, the Scottish Arts Council and the Highland Council - Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd.

Funding of £168,000 for special arts and cultural development projects as well as £104,000 for mainstream activities and running costs is currently provided by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The Scottish Arts Council also provides ongoing funding for HI~Arts.

In 2007 HI~Arts’ work was focused on Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrated its Highland Culture. Amongst other things, this involved support for its partner company goEVENTS to take the annual goNORTH showcase of contemporary music to Inverness for the first time.

HI~Arts is also currently supporting the newly-independent Highlands and Islands Theatre Network (HITN) in the development of the biennial theatre arts festival and forum Dràma na h-Alba - Scotland's International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum, scheduled for launch in September 2007.

HI~Arts is employing on behalf of the Inverness City Partnership, and part-funding, a full-time Public Art Co-ordinator for three years and will help to organise, encourage, and support a highly ambitious programme of public art projects in the city, many of them being realised for, or during, 2007.

With funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) - Iomairt na Gaidhealtachd and the Scottish Museums Council (SMC), HI~Arts recently launched Heritage North, a major web resource for the heritage sector.