Posts Tagged ‘culture’
‘Flock to the Show’ hits the road
MORE than 35 sheep sculptures will travel through Scotland in April and May as part of the “Flock to the Show” public art trail. The sculptures were commissioned by the Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) – the body that organises the Royal Highland Show – in order to promote the Golden Shears…
Read MoreReview: Dada Masilo’s ‘The Sacrifice’
Megan Amato reviews dancer Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice. AS SOMEONE without an ounce of rhythm, I am always awed by the ways in which the human body can move and, in award-winning South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masila’s The Sacrifice, she uses an international blend of dance and instrument to showcase the diverse flow…
Read MoreNature inspires Borders Art Fair
TWO dozen new exhibitors are taking part in this weekend’s Borders Art Fair. Eleven of the first-time exhibitors are Borders-based and include printmaker and painter Emma Jones, ceramicist Belinda Glennon, and mixed media illustrator and artist Sara Rhys. Jones, who lives in Chirnside, said: “We take a lot from nature but often feel we are…
Read MoreEdinburgh International Film Festival will return
A SLIMMED-DOWN version of the Edinburgh International Film Festival will return this August. The future of the festival was thrown into question last October when the Centre for the Moving Image, the charity that ran the festival, fell into administration. Now, the movie festival will return for a week this summer as part of the…
Read MoreDavid Yarrow mounts largest Scottish exhibition
PHOTOGRAPHER David Yarrow is preparing to mount his largest Scottish exhibition. The Watson Gallery has arranged for more than 20 of his images to be displayed at Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh on 13 April. Born in Glasgow in 1966, Yarrow’s career took off at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, when he captured images…
Read MoreTall ship Glenlee is getting ship-shape
THE tall ship Glenlee on the River Clyde has secured £1.8 million of cash from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The cash will be used over the next two years to check and repair the hull, decks, and rigging of the ship, which is docked at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum. This year, the 126-year-old vessel marks…
Read MoreEdinburgh Art Festival flits to August
THE Edinburgh Art Festival is moving to August to join the city’s other summer festivals. The UK’s biggest visual arts festival will run on 11–27 August. This summer’s programme – which will be published later in the spring – is the first to be curated by new festival director Kim McAleese. McAleese said: “The programme…
Read MorePupils’ art projected at The Causey
PUPILS will see their works of art animated and projected across historic buildings at The Causey in South Edinburgh tomorrow. The Causey Development Trust (CDT) created the project with children from Preston Street primary school. CDT steering group members Kate Leiper – an artist and illustrator – and Robert Motyka – a projection artist –…
Read MoreRecreating Scotland’s stained-glass windows
RESEARCHER want to commission an artist to reproduce Scotland’s stained-glass windows. Most of Scotland’s stained-glass windows in churches were destroyed during the Reformation in 1560. Craig Kennedy, from Heriot-Watt University’s Institute for Sustainable Building Design, and Michael Penman, a historian from the University of Stirling, have analysed glass fragments and historical records from Elgin Cathedral…
Read MoreHighland women celebrated in podcast
THE stories of Highland women are being celebrated in a new series of podcasts. The programmes were commissioned by Museums & Heritage Highlands and XpoNorth Digital, which supports creative businesses. The series, which is hosted by Pauline Moore, uses archive material to tell the stories of women from the Highlands. Jewel thief Mary Marjory MacDonald,…
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