Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Edinburgh’s book festival flits to new home
THE Edinburgh International Book Festival is moving from its traditional home in Charlotte Square Gardens to the University of Edinburgh’s College of Art. This year’s festival will take place from Saturday 14 August to Monday 30 August at the college. The festival plans to use both indoor and outdoor spaces at the Lauriston Place site.…
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ARTIST Mat Dugard has decorated the four columns at Perth museum in a colourful wrap to spread hope amid the pandemic. Dugard has also created three murals on the doors of the city’s AK Bell library. “Each of the artworks is meant to reconnect the public with public spaces and bring some sense of optimism…
Read MoreHow Scotland’s ‘greatest horse’ was saved
ONE woman’s fight to save the Clydesdale breed of horse will feature in a documentary being shown tonight. Professor Janice Kirkpatrick, director of creativity and innovation at Glasgow School of Art, uses the programme to share her passion for the heavy horse. Clydesdales are listed as “vulnerable” in the UK by the Rare Breeds Survival…
Read MoreArtists set to benefit from online auction
BORDERS auction house Brown & Turner will help 24 contemporary artists target the Christmas shopping market tomorrow through a special online auction. Seventy pieces will be auctioned, including two portraits by Berwickshire artist Gill Walton, oil paintings by Kelso artist Neville Storer, mixed media works by East Lothian artist Julie Barnes, and two pieces by…
Read MoreRural gift card launched
MORE than 120 businesses have signed up to accept a new rural gift card. The Rural Enterprise Directory Scotland (REDS) gift card has been launched by Perthshire-based enterprise support firm GrowBiz. Jackie Brierton, chief executive at GrowBiz, said: “Scotland’s micro-enterprises form the backbone of our rural economy and the REDS card is designed to encourage…
Read MoreKids told to play with their food
TATTIE supplier Scotty Brand is launching a mash potato art competition – and has created some spud-tacular examples. Scottish sculptor Natasha Phoenix has sculptured Prime Minister Boris Johnson and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon from mashed potato. Her nine-year-old twin girls, Hope and Talia Phoenix-Hill, also created tattie versions of Minnie the Minx from the Beano…
Read MoreSt Leonards: Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019
St Leonards is a coeducational boarding and day school for pupils aged 5-18. The school boasts a safe and leafy campus bounded by medieval walls in the heart of the seaside university town of St Andrews. It was named as Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019 by The Sunday Times Good Schools Guide. Pupils…
Read More‘Abstraction’ opens at Gallery Q Dundee
WORKS by six artists have gone on show at Gallery Q Dundee. The exhibition, entitled “Abstraction”, runs until 15 November. Siobhan O’Hehir, who lives and paints at Ancrum in the Borders, is the featured artist. Originally from the West of Ireland, she trained in fine art at the University of Ulster and achieved her master’s…
Read MoreTwo Scottish sites among ‘museums of the year’
A PAIR of Scottish attractions has been named among the “museums of the year” by Art Fund. Aberdeen Art Gallery and Gairloch Museum were two of the five sites that shared this year’s prize. Each museum will receive ÂŁ200,000. Councillor Marie Boulton, Aberdeen City Council’s culture spokeswoman, said: “Covid-19 abruptly halted the fantastic momentum that…
Read MoreTattie growing art project marks finalĂ© – with chips
POTATOES grown in Glasgow’s gardens are being turned into chips to mark the end of an innovative art project. Aproxima Arts and the SWG3 venue gave 150 brightly-coloured handmade hessian bags to households in Kelvinhaugh and Kelvindale during the lockdown, each filled with soil and a batch of Maris Pipers. Their “An Empty Gunny Bag…
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