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Published by Friends of the Maclaurin EDITOR’S e NOTE me ellccoom Maclaurin History I am very excited about this editione of the magazine as we are fea - WW The trust was founded as a bequest from the late Mrs Mary Ellen turing not one but two artists and looking at their work. Maclaurin, who, in her Will, provided that curators appointed The first, our own dear friend, the internationally renowned artist, within the Will should, within five years of her death, build an art Helen M.Turner, first Patron of the Maclaurin Gallery. Helen’s fasci - nating life in art from her days as one of ’s foremost car - gallery and/or museum in Ayr to be called The Maclaurin Art pet designers to the present day will be on view in the Maclaurin in Gallery in memory of her husband. August. The second featured artist could not be more different. He is James Klinge a new and exciting young artist, from Dunlop, who is Who’s who at Maclaurin making a name for himself on the streetscapes of Glasgow and beyond. You may not be familiar with James’ work unless you have spotted some of his eye-catching murals on walls in Glas - Patron gow. Train travellers into Central Station might well have seen his Peter Howson OBE huge tiger on the Clyde Walkway and if you walk along Mitchell Trustees Lane heading for Buchanan Street you can see his Giant Panda on John Walker Chair The Maclaurin Trust a gable end. But there is a lot more to James than street art. Nicholas Kilpatrick You can read lots more about both artists in this issue. Helen M Turner A whole range of events coming up over the next few months. If Curators you haven’t visited the current exhibition, Ayrshire from the Air - Celia Stevenson Vice Chair Maclaurin Trust amazing aerial photographs taken by Dr Patricia Macdonald, then Michael Clark Permanent Collection you should make a point of getting along soon, as these images give a totally new view of the county. Sports fans are catered for Diane Gardner Chair Programming by Sticks and Stones in Rozelle House, featuring curling, golf, Caroline Lorimer Chair Development football and ice hockey with memorabilia from all of them. The Paul Williams Chair Friends Boswell Book Festival at next weekend has an in - Provost Helen Moonie Representing SAC triguing list of contributors and for the first time ever there are Cllr Bill Grant Representing SAC going to be drawing classes for all ages. Spring Fling in Dumfries and Galloway is always a wonderful festi - Cllr Mary Kilpatrick Representing SAC val of arts and craft and this year the programme is even bigger Cllr Kirsty Darwent Representing SAC and covers four routes around that vast area. Serious planning is Friends of the Maclaurin Committee required to make the most of the four days. Paul Williams Chair Caroline Lorimer Vice Chair The Friends of the Maclaurin AGM will be held this year on Wednesday 25th May in the Gallery and will be followed by a Douglas Gulland Treasurer drinks reception and a recital by that great favourite of the Friends, David Reader Membership Secy Scottish Opera Baritone, Andrew Mactaggart. Celia Stevenson Editor Maclaurin So don’t miss out, put the date into your diary now and bring a Fiona Robertson Chair Events friend, they will be most welcome. Sue Williams Children’s Co-ordinator The planters in the courtyard are again being planted and man - Sheena Boyd aged by Corton Plants and a big thank you goes to Alison Kerr Moira Pollok-Morris and her staff. We also thank volunteer Michael Kirkwood who has Alan Moir re-sanded the courtyard after its pressure clean and intends to re - Dr Alan Taylor move any weeds that dare show their heads! The carved soldiers in the Remembrance Garden have been oiled Cllr Bill Grant SAC Culture Portfolio to help preserve them from the rigours of Scottish weather, so a Sheila McLean Minutes Secretary big thank to Alistair Bell, Sarah Hill, Jim, Jed and Holly McIntyre South Ayrshire Council at The Maclaurin Art Gallery and the tireless Michael Kirkwood for undertaking that valuable Jean Inness Libraries, Museums & Galleries Coordinator work. Aileen Cowan Library Museums Operations Officer So let’s hope we can look forward to a brilliant summer. Lots Elinor Clark Museums & Galleries Officer going on in the galleries and the Park so do come and visit. The Maclaurin Trust is a Scottish Charity No:- 132798

Enjoy the magazine Open all year round Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm Celia Stevenson Judge Editor Sunday 12 noon - 5pm Contact Us The Maclaurin Art Gallery Front Cover “The trough of despare” by John Bellany Rozelle Estate, Monument Road Magazine Design Ayr, KA7 4NQ by John MacDonald t: 01292 443708

2 www.themaclaurin.org.uk The Maclaurin Annual Schools competition

This year featuring work from nursery through to second year schoolchildren the competition was one of the best ever. Choosing the awards and presenting the prizes was Patron of the Maclaurin Gallery, Peter Howson who not only presented the two winners from Queen Margaret Academy with their top Awards, but also gave each of them one of his framed drawings. Prizes indeed! The winning paintings now become part of the Maclaurin Schools Collection of previous award winners and will soon be hung in the galleries for all to see. Aayron Harper & Sarah Morrison Queen Margaret Academy

JOHN BELLANY The Old Man and the Sea print series on exhibition.

The sixteen John Bellany prints purchased some time ago for the Maclaurin Collection called The Old Man and the Sea are hanging in the Garden Gallery of Rozelle House for all to see and enjoy. Thanks are due to the Friends of the Maclaurin who funded the framing.

AGM & OPERA a great night in prospect

The Friends of the Maclaurin AGM will be held this year on Wednesday 25th May at 5.30 in the Gallery and will be followed by a drinks reception and a recital by that great favourite of the Friends, Scottish Opera Baritone, Andrew Mactaggart. So don’t miss out, put the date into Jim Hermit Photography your diary now.

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 3 Helen M Turner was born and educated in Glasgow. After such success she eventually made the decision to leave the On leaving school she joined the creative design studio of the design world and follow a career as a full time professional artist. leading Scottish carpet manufacturer, James Templeton. She also Since then she has never looked back and is now recognized as attended the world-renowned of Art on a part one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists. time basis where her tutors were Trevor Mackinson and William Gallacher, this allowing Helen to further her natural talent for Helen’s paintings are typically strong, powerful art works full of drawing and painting. confidence. Her Scottish landscape paintings are rich in both subject matter and tone. She excels at recording the atmosphere Later Helen became a documented carpet designer specializing and magic of the Scottish climate, highlighting moments in time. in Aubusson, Beauvais and Savonnary, travelling widely Many of her paintings having been finished under the shelter of a throughout the world producing designs for many prestigious storm umbrella! Part of her enduring appeal is the way she establishments including the Waldorf Astoria, New York Plaza, masters light and shade for maximum effect in her paintings. San Francisco Opera House, Turnberry Hotel and many hotels, casinos and ocean-going liners.

4 www.themaclaurin.org.uk FEATURED ARTIST Helen M Turner PAI PPAI

She is an artist blessed with real versatility. In addition to her highly successful landscapes Helen has also developed an enviable reputation for beautiful still life and stunning floral pieces. Her works are instantly recognizable and highly sought after.

In 2000 Helen was awarded the Paisley Art Institute Diploma for excellence PAI and in 2001 was elected President PPAI. She is also a lay member of the Glasgow Institute, an artist member of The Glasgow Society of Women Artists (GSWA) and was recently elected artists’ membership of the Glasgow Art Club.

Helens paintings hang in many private collections throughout the world and are held in many corporate collections, including Robert Fleming Holdings, Dunedin Fund Managers and Lloyds Banking Group. Helen’s art has been exhibited in many leading galleries in the United Kingdom and in galleries as far afield as France, Russia and Hong Kong.

She is a Trustee of the Maclaurin Trust and a valued Curator of the Maclaurin Gallery as well as being its first Patron.

Helen in her studio

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 5 A SCOTTISH BANKSY!

NOT A SCOTTISH BANKSY! -So says James Klinge who is also 32 year old James was born and brought up in Dunlop in Ayrshire keen to tell me that neither is he a ‘street’ or ‘graffiti’ artist. As his and as a child always had a pencil in his hand. After school he father is German and his mother Welsh, can we claim him for went to study illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone in Dundee. In Scotland I ask? Indeed he says. his final year an accident to his right arm “I was he was born in Glasgow – the only one of his family who (necessitating 2 plates and 12 pins to fix) meant he had a four was – so I think of myself as Scottish.” James is a Scottish artist, month layoff from drawing. It was during this time that he pure and simple and totally, as he puts it, addicted to his craft discovered a book entitled Stencil Graffiti by Tristan Manco that so enthralled him he realised that a career as an illustrator probably I first encountered James work when visiting my hairdresser on wasn’t for him. So absorbing was this book, where every piece of Mitchell Lane in Glasgow. There on a gable end, opposite the art was done using hand cut stencils that he decided to give this a salon window was a large mural of a panda surrounded by go. The amount of work that goes into cutting these stencils bamboo and beneath it on a telephone junction box the head of a using a scalpel is enormous. As James explained to me, each bear. The effect was transformational. What had once been a work will consist of many layers of stencils each addition adding rather dingy close now sported art that made people stop and another dimension to the image. He works from the darkest parts enquire who was responsible for the work? It was signed, if you up through the layers to the highlights using spray paint as he looked hard enough, - KLINGATRON. So who is he? goes. When the image he wants is on the canvas he then uses Well for a start James has dropped the handle Klingatron now, foam brushes and more often a palette knife to finish off, before he becomes pigeonholed as the fellow who paints only abstracting it with watercolour, drips and splashes never truly murals and now is happy to use his own name James Klinge on knowing what the finished effect will be. all his work.

Clydeside Tiger Mitchell Lane Panda

6 www.themaclaurin.org.uk FEATURED ARTIST James Klinge

James with his studio companion Eva. Charing Cross Croc

Currently James has a portrait put forward for consideration for He has exhibited fairly widely in the UK with shows in London, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London but is mainly Bristol, Nottingham and Glasgow as well as much further afield in focussing on a new body of figurative work on canvas in his Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. Happily, as sending art out to studio. He takes commissions for portraits and has recently Australia is an expensive business, he sold well and very little of it completed images of dogs subjects that seems particularly suited was ever returned! to stencil work.

Clydeside Tiger

Since the panda mural James has become a ‘go to’ artist for His studio behind his childhood home in Dunlop is neat and Glasgow City Council when they want more urban artistry. compact with one wall filled with shelves of colour co-ordinated Anyone arriving in Glasgow by train at Central Station will have spray cans. His working desk and storage units for card and seen the Broomielaw tiger. The day James arrived to start his paper he built himself. It is an orderly place in which to work, commission with a large can of black emulsion, roller and accompanied by the faithful friendly Eva, his rescue German stepladder, to prepare the wall; two policemen who wanted to Shepherd. know ‘what he thought he was up to’ approached him They took I predict that we will be hearing and seeing a lot more of James a bit of convincing that the Council had actually commissioned Klinge. His work is new, exciting and different. He is a young him to do the piece, but over the time he worked on it the PCs Ayrshire artist really going places. became fascinated daily observers! To cut the stencils for the Tiger took around two weeks of James Klinge was talking to Celia Stevenson Judge fifteen-hour days, then three days of working on the wall to complete the image. He tells me that when he is working on the stencils time has no meaning for him. He is so absorbed in what he is doing that he forgets to eat and if it were not for his wife (a doctor) he would probably forget to sleep as well. I am amazed at the incredibly fine detail that is cut into each meticulous stencil, gradually working towards the finished work. www.facebook.com/JamesKlingeArt www.instagram.com/jamesklinge_art

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 7 Rozelle House Museum & Galleries Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th May 2016

"The animals all around us - inside and out at Rozelle Park"

Staff and volunteers at Rozelle House are looking forward to welcoming visitors to their first ever Festival of Museums on the 14th and 15th May.

Coordinated by Museums Galleries Scotland, this national campaign encourages participating attractions to provide the public with opportunities to enjoy exciting, entertaining and surprising events over a single week - end. At Rozelle House, a whole weekend of activities is planned for people of all ages, inside and outdoors. Highlights include a grey squirrel, a penguin, the rarely seen nuthatch, a crocodile – not to mention The events will link children's books, the beautiful natural a Gruffalo! Is he inside or outside? environment of Rozelle Park, along with an introduction to the Join us to find out! museum’s collection of natural specimens. To bring the activity to life a special map has been commissioned, to guide visitors to Ahead of the event volunteers have been busy, giving the Rozelle House on their 'hunt' for animals both in the Park setting, collections a good spring clean to make sure visitors get the most and, on display in the museum. from this Festival of Museums experience. Follow us on twitter @samuseums and via Facebook on South Ayrshire Libraries. We’ll be joined by staff from Children’s Library services, and RSPB Ayrshire will be offering guided walks. There will also be Rozelle House Museum & Galleries is open some Weekdays 10am – 5pm, Saturdays 10am-5pm, and ‘bespoke’ activities, inspired by the collections. Sundays 12noon – 5pm.

ART ON THE WING 31st July - 11th September.

People have always had a fascination with birds, a special Wildlife art exhibition relationship with them. Birds are with us in our daily life, they are around us, in towns, by the sea, in the countryside. There are images of birds as far back as the Stone Age. Could we imagine a world without them?

There is huge artistic talent in this country representing birds and The third wildlife art exhibition organised by RSPB Central Ayrshire wildlife in general. In this exhibition more than 35 professional Local Group will be on show at Rozelle House Galleries from 31st artists from Scotland and the rest of the UK present their own July until 11th September. interpretation of and experience with birds, mammals and other The group is building on the experience and success of their wildlife. exhibitions in 2005 and 2011. 2005 was the first dedicated wildlife RSPB Central Ayrshire Local Group will donate all profit to RSPB art exhibition in the area. It is again an exhibition of mixed media Scotland. This exhibition, however, is also a celebration of our with a wide range of styles. Paintings, ceramics, jewellery, metal birds, of the natural world we want to keep and nurture. work, basketry, glass, textiles, sculptures, offer something for Please, don’t miss it. every taste.

8 www.themaclaurin.org.uk ABOVE SOUTH AYRSHIRE Dr Patricia Macdonald

AYRSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS THEN AND NOW

Work commissioned by South Ayrshire in1997 to depict urban and rural South Ayrshire from the air. Photographs by Dr Macdonald assisted by her husband Professor Angus Macdonald. until 30th May 2016

EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD Revisiting this popular exhibition, with photographs commis - SCOTTISH REGION sioned by and previously shown in the Carnegie Library. PRESENTS Recognise familiar and unfamiliar landmarks, old and new. WANDERING THREADS 4th June to 30th July 2016

An exhibition of textile art created by members The Embroiderers’ Guild Scottish Region that aims to build awareness of stitch and textile art. The Guild educates, encourages, inspires, and promotes the achievement of excellence in embroidery. This exhibition provides a glimpse of that journey over 110 years. 8th May to 5th June 2016 Two MeMoRAbLe Men CRiSpin euRiCH A DISTANCE TRAVELLED & L.S. LowRy Linda Green This touring exhibition highlights Lowry’s sketches (mostly from the ‘50s and ‘60s) and the photography Linda Green is an internationally respected textile artist. She has of Crispin eurich. Lowry needs little introduction, exhibited in Japan, the USA and widely in Britain. but eurich, although less familiar, brought the eye of Based in Edinburgh, she has created a dedicated space for creating, making and learning - Studio Green. Her work is a trained painter to his photographs, with people, unique and diverse, ranging from small scale for a domestic architecture, animals or seascapes shown interior to large installations for public spaces. in rich sensitivity. 18th June – 30th July 2016 25th June to 7th August 2016

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 9 A LIFE IN COLOUR & DESIGN Helen Turner

Born in Prestwick, Helen Turner, joined the design studios of James Templeton Carpet Makers straight from school, becoming expert in the Aubusson and Beauvais disciplines and travelling extensively throughout the world, where her designs can still be seen. She attended evening classes at before deciding to become a full-time painter. She is a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Glasgow Society of Women Artists and Paisley Art Institute where she is a past president. She is a Trustee of the Maclaurin and was its first Patron. 13th August to 25th September 2016 JAMES GILMOUR Photo Journalist

Starting his career in photo-engraving design for textiles, James Gilmour caught the photography bug. THE MACLAURIN TRUST His passion for the art led him to a career as a freelance SCULPTURE photographer for Scottish Field, Scotland on Sunday and other publications. He has exhibited at the Royal Glasgow An opportunity to see sculpture held in the Institute of Fine Arts and the Dick Institute, . Maclaurin Collection. 6th August – 25th September 2016 13th August to 25th September 2016

10 www.themaclaurin.org.uk MCKECHNIE INSTITUTE Dalrymple Street Girvan KA26 9Ae 01465 713643 THE OLD BURGH COLLECTION STICKS AND STONES Ayrshire Sports

Providing a glimpse into sport in Ayrshire, past and present. What were the origins? Who played and where? The sports are curling, football, golf, ice hockey and rugby. The exhibition team have worked with individuals, organisations and sport clubs to bring together this unique and diverse group of artefacts and images. until 23rd May 2016

THE ANIMALS

A selection of paintings from the collection of the Former Burgh of Girvan, now under the care of South Ayrshire Council. until 19th June. SMALL WORLD & TOY STORIES ALL AROUND US INSIDE AND OUT AT ROzELLE For Festival of Museums, a whole weekend of activities is planned for people of all ages, both inside and outdoors. The events will link children's books, the beautiful natural environ - ment of Rozelle Park and the museum’s collection of natural specimens. A special map has been commissioned to guide visitors on their 'hunt' for animals both in the Park setting and on display in Rozelle House. Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May 2016

The ever-popular Small World is joined by a Century of Toys, as seen at Rozelle House. COSTUME 7th May – 19th June 2016 HISTORY AND THE WORLD Using South Ayrshire museum collections - costumes, uniforms and dolls - we look at historical and world costume. BALLANTRAE SMUGGLING A look at the notorious smuggling activities in Ballantrae’s past 28th June – 24th July 2016 21st June - 4th September 2016

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 11 ONE DAY ART WORKSHOPS AT ROzELLE

During the next few months, Tom Rennie, South Ayrshire based artist and teacher, will be holding a series of one Day Art workshops in Rozelle House. Tom's regular classes at Dunure are well known but this is something different.

12 www.themaclaurin.org.uk MACLAURIN DONATION

Hunters Store, Fenwick by Jim Wylie 1997.

Each individual workshop will be influenced and inspired by the exhibitions that are being shown in the MacLaurin Galleries at the time. Tom has already led two successful and enjoyable One Day Workshops at Rozelle. The February and April Workshops were based on the “What's in a Face” portrait exhibition, the Peter Howson “Babylon” exhibition, the Glasgow Women Artists exhibition, and the Ayrshire Photographic Society exhibition. The wide range of work shown in these exhibitions proved to be exciting and stimulating starting points from which each workshop explored the many different approaches to painting. The artists spend the morning session in the MacLaurin Galleries, discussing, analysing and drawing detailed studies directly from the exhibits. In the afternoon the workshop returns to Rozelle Studio or if the weather is kind, to the beautiful Rozelle parklands. Each artist uses their morning studies as a basis to complete one or more finished paintings. Explaining the idea behind the One Day Workshops, Tom said, “How Artist Richard McGowan who had a solo at the Maclaurin Gallery often have you been to an exhibition, been inspired by the exhibits, in 1996 has kindly donated one of his latest paintings to the and couldn't wait to get home to try out what you'd learned? Well Maclaurin Collection. The work does not have a title but Richard now you don't have to wait till you get home. Strike while the idea is describes it thus…. hot – or should it be paint while the image is clear!” Each One Day Workshop will have a maximum of 8 participants It is intended to be viewed as a singular image and the demand for places is high. without the need to read or work out a narrative or if you are interested in developing your work in meaning in a relational composition. The nearest this unique way, contact Tom on analogy I can suggest is that of picking pebbles off a beach until one or more are selected and kept 07776 267 941 according to some personal aesthetic. or email: [email protected]

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 13 WHAT’S West Kilbride HAPPENING www.crafttownscotland.org IN NORTH AYRSHIRE

THE KILDAS an exhibition by Deirdre Nelson InHAbITAnT AnD HAbITAT April 9th – June 5th An exhibition of photography from the Townend Camera Club Harbour Arts Centre, Main Galleries - Free Entry THE KILDAS A modern day pilgrimage in search of St Kilda Thursday 28 April – Sunday 5 June *Saint : informal: a very kind, or patient person

The two names of the island group Hirte and St Kilda, have aroused discussion and controversy for over 200 years and much studying of maps and books can be done to investigate their origins. There are many myths surrounding the origins of the name St Kilda but one fact is clear. There is no ‘Saint’ Kilda.

On a modern day pilgrimage in search of ‘Saint’ Kilda, Deirdre travelled to the Kildas of Scotland, Australia and New zealand. The resulting works reward and celebrate those met along the way. Silver Coins from Scotland, Australia and New zealand have been repurposed into medals. These are combined with wool from each St Kilda region (from Soay and merino sheep) and Kildas sand embedded in bio resin. The project links both past and present, north and south and the people who inhabit the Kildas.

Organised by Townend Camera Club - Irvine, in conjunction with The Kildas was part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. Photo-Club-Vicinois from Irvine's twin town of Voisins-le-Breton - The Cultural Programme is a partnership between the Glasgow neux, France this exhibition of photographs shows the residents 2014 Organising Committee, Glasgow Life and Creative Scotland from four European towns in and around their homes or work - places. Deirdre Nelson Images were taken during 2014 -15 by photographers from the Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1992, Deirdre four participating towns: Nelson has pursued a parallel career in creating work for exhibition irvine - Scotland, Voisins - France, Schenefeld - Germany, and and commission and in working as an artist facilitator to various Lukow - Poland. These images were first shown at an Exposition groups in Voisins in September 2015, and shall also be displayed in " ....a maker who embodies the principles of quiet activism Schenefeld and Lukow later this year. making work that places craft as a central and productive force in society. She uses craft processes, sensibilities, values and thinking to empower people in communities to find agency to address HopE ovEr FEAr issues of social justice, well-being and connectivity.. I admire her An exhibition of work by Kevin o’Rourke resourcefulness, the spirited way she goes about her creative Harbour Arts Centre, Main Galleries - Free Entry enquiry and the joyfulness she brings to each project and Thursday 16 June – Sunday 7 August challenge"

www.thekildas.com Hope Over Fear . For those that @thekildas govern they are weapons of http://cargocollective.com/dstitch choice but where would we be without them? In this exhibition Supported by: Kevin O’Rourke explores the contrast between the fragility of each, the necessity and consequence of both and the concept that one cannot exist without the other.

14 www.themaclaurin.org.uk VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME May – August 2016

ArTToon DELIgHTLAnD ‘rECorDIng THE LAnDSCApE’ An exhibition of work by neil Smith A Talk by irvine Artist Keith Salmon Harbour Arts Centre, Main Galleries - Free Entry Monday 27 June – Friday 26 August Harbour Arts Centre - Free Entry (please book a place by calling 01294 274059) Thursday 28 July, 7pm – 9pm

An exciting time approaches for East Kilbride Artist Neil Smith as ‘Keith Salmon has worked as an artist for over 30 years and in it has been 20 years since his first commercial exhibition. this talk, he will be out-lining how his distinctive landscape paint - Neil produces a range of work from traditional landscapes, ings and drawings have developed. Using both photographs and portraits and seascapes to cartoons and caricatures. He has examples of recent work, he will explain how his regular walks in been working as one of the art tutors in East Kilbride Art Centre the Scottish hills have become such an important part of his art. for the last 4 years as a Cartoon and Caricature Artist. Keith will be happy to discuss how he creates the work and will Neil’s Arttoon Exhibition, the first in The Harbour Art Centre, will be telling how his most recent pieces are starting to explore the showcase some never before seen large scale art as well as new exciting possibilities of using sound with the visual art. digital Toons with some fun themes harking back to the postcards of yesteryear. The exhibition will be a fun vibrant show with something for everyone. For more details about Neil and his work you can visit his website at www.arttoon.co.uk.

CourTyArD STuDIoS CRAFT EVENT AnnuAL ExHIbITIon Small Designs in Stained Thursday 18 August – Sunday 9 october Glass with Sue wilkinson Harbour Arts Centre, Main Galleries - Free Entry Harbour Arts Centre £38 Converted in 1984 from existing buildings and further refurbished (All materials included) in 2010, the Courtyard Studios now accommodate 17 very Sunday 28 August different artists, all working in their own individual ways. Painting, drawing, photography, jewellery, design book-binding, 10.30am – 3.30pm music and ceramics can all be found here. The artists (a number of them award winning) keep working to produce original, imaginative, high quality, contemporary art. This Using a choice of templates and a selection of coloured glass, exhibition at the Harbour Arts Centre follows on from last years students will make three copper foil stained glass designs during which celebrated the 21st birthday of the studios and will feature the workshop. Materials are provided but please bring an apron new work completed in the last 12 months. The exhibition is also and ensure that you are wearing suitable footwear. Please note timed to coincide with the Open Studios Weekend on the 1st and that places are very limited, book early to avoid disappointment. 2nd of October.

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CLASSES FOR ADULTS

Small Designs in Stained Glass with Sue wilkinson Sunday 1 May, 10.30am – 3.30pm Abstract/Collage: Dark and Light Harbour Arts Centre - £38 (All materials included) (Abstraction of Ancient Art) Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July, Using a choice of templates and a selection of coloured glass, stu - 11am – 4pm dents will make two copper foil stained glass designs during the Harbour Arts Centre workshop. Materials are provided but please bring an apron and £45 (two days) ensure that you are wearing suitable footwear. Please note that places are very limited, book early to avoid disappointment. This class, taught by Felicity Walker, will concentrate on techniques, monoprinting and experimenting and is primarily painting in a Day with Gillian park aimed at building up a resource of textures, papers and prints How the West Was Won based on the use of very light and very dark shapes in ancient art. Friday 6 May, 10am – 4pm Over the two days you will work towards an abstract price based Friday 24 June, 10am – 4pm on balancing tonal values and textures. Please prepare a sketch - Harbour Arts Centre book and idea resources (photos, written work) prior to the class. £40 (To book please email oil painting for beginners [email protected]) Wednesday 27 and Thurs - day 28 July, 11am – 4pm Ayrshire Coast and seascape Harbour Arts Centre painting from Ailsa to Arran and £30 (for two days) everything in between. Mixed media and acrylics. All materials are provided. These workshops are aimed at beginners who Life Drawing have always wanted a go at Sunday 22 May, 11am – 4pm oil painting but have never Sunday 19 June, 11am – 4pm known where to start! Artist Alison Thomas will explain the basics Harbour Arts Centre about this wonderful medium through a series of demonstrations £22.50/£21 (concession) (Materials Included) and exercises. Come and learn about all things oil paint including materials, techniques, colour mixing and surface preparation. Ma - Working from the figure is an important part of any drawing and terials will be included however you may want to bring along your painting practice. own apron as things could get messy! In these classes, the tutor will guide you through a variety of medi - ums and techniques to develop your life drawing skills. All abilities and experience welcome. Abstract/Collage: In the Landscape Sunday 14 August, 11am – 4pm painting in a Day with Gillian park Harbour Arts Centre Doon the Dunes £22.50 Sunday 12 June, 10.30am – 4pm Friday 19 August, 10.30am – 4pm Landscape can be seen as a building together of blocks and Harbour Arts Centre shapes. We will be using resources of photos, sketches and the £40 (To book please email [email protected]) practice of artists working in collage and structure. This allows the day to be spent working on the composition of the landscape on a Re-create the rugged atmosphere of the Ayrshire shore kicking off larger scale. The techniques covered will include understanding for a romp through the dunes to gather materials and ideas for a shape, cutting or tearing, glazing and colour mixing. final mixed media painting based on Irvine beach. Suitable outdoor Please prepare a sketchbook and idea resources (photos, written clothing and footwear required. All materials are supplied. work) prior to the class.

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CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Crazy Cartoons and Caricatures Summer Arts and Crafts with Roald Dahl (ages 5 – 7) (AGES 5 – 7) Monday 4 July, 10am – 4pm Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 July, 10am – 11am (ages 8 – 12) Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 July, 10am – 11am Tuesday 5 July, 10am – 4pm Harbour Arts Centre (AGES 8 – 11) £10 (materials included) Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 July, 11.15am – 12.15pm Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 July, 11.15am – 12.15pm Join cartoon and caricature artist Harbour Arts Centre - £6 (for two sessions) Neil Smith for a creatively crazy day of cartooning! Draw some famous faces in the morning with Get wacky with Willy Wonka, have fun with Fantastic Mr Fox and an introduction to portraits and caricatures and then paint your get crafty with the enormous crocodile at our Roald Dahl themed crazy creations in the afternoon to take home. Please bring a arts and crafts. Activates include mask making, puppet making, packed lunch, snacks and plenty of water. drawing, collage and other arts and crafts. introduction to Monoprinting (ages 11+) Thursday 7 and/or Friday 8 July, 1pm – 4pm Harbour Arts Centre £15 per day, participants can choose to attend one or both days

Monoprinting is a fun and experimental technique which doesn't need any fancy equipment or machinery. These workshops will let you get a taste of this fascinating process through demonstrations and projects usingvarious approaches, ideal for anyone building their portfolio or looking to loosen up. *Please note we may be using turpentine if anyone is allergic. To book please contact: Alison Thomas [email protected] / 07762189501 or find Ayrshire Art Classes on Facebook Tapestry Tasters (ages 11+) Thursday 14 and/or Friday 15 July, 1pm – 4pm Harbour Arts Centre £15 per day, participants can choose to attend one or both days To book please contact Alison Thomas [email protected]

A gentle introduction to this ancient craft which needs only the simplest of tools yet can produce the most intricate of designs. These workshops will explore the Gobelin technique through a process of talks, demonstrations and exercises from artist Alison Thomas. Materials supplied.

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 17 Dick Institute Elmbank Avenue, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BU Tel: 01563 554343 Opening Times: Tues & Wed: 10am – 6pm Thurs: 1am – 8pm ABOUT TIME FREE ENTRY Fri & Sat : 10am – 4pm Closed Sundays and Mondays Sat 14 May - Sat 20 Aug The Dick Institute is a fully accessible venue Main Gallery & North Museum

About Time is an exhibition of photographic work that uses the viewer to feelings of suspense, anticipation and wonderment. The fundamental concept of time as a genre. Featuring photographs exhibition includes works by Harold Edgerton and Emmet Gowin that are diverse and creative responses to the theme of time, the who both make use of time lapse photography methods, Murray exhibition brings together work from a range of photographers Ballard’s photo series ‘The Prospect of Immortality’ exploring cryo - and time periods. genics, Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce’s series ‘Partial Eclipse’ As the subject of time is such an expansive concept, the work on and ‘Mars One’ series from The Guardian News & Media. display takes on many different interpretations, exposing the

About Time 1. DNA archive ©Murray Ballard, courtesy About Time 2. Patient Care Bay (dewar being filled with liquid Impressions Gallery. nitrogen) ©Murray Ballard, courtesy Impressions Gallery.

About Time 3 & 4. Martin Boyce, from ‘A Partial Eclipse’ series, About Time 4. 2012. Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Web - ster Ltd, Glasgow.

18 www.themaclaurin.org.uk Dean Castle Dean Castle & Country Park Dean Rd, Kilmarnock, KA3 1XB T: 01563 554734 Park and grounds open all year round. FREE ENTRY Castle and Visitor Centre open: April to September: 11am - 5pm (daily) Access is limited to areas of the castle

ANGELS, MYTHS AND FABLES From 9 May Banqueting Hall

Using Dean Castle’s internationally renowned collections of early musical instruments, arms and armour and tapestries, this new exhibition looks at a time when art in Europe reflected a range of religious images, as well as folklore and mythological creatures. During the period known as the Renaissance, Europe turned its back on the darkness and superstition of the middle-ages, whilst MY PLACE - SCHOOLS recapturing the thought and vision of ancient Greek and Roman civilisation. The art of the Renaissance explored an unseen world PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION of unearthly beings beyond our day-to-day existence, and many until - Sat 11 Jun of the instruments and historic weapons on show here feature angels, strange plants, and other mysterious creatures. Young People's Gallery Also on display in the Banqueting Hall is one of the wonderful Leisure is delighted to host this exhibition of work by Italian curtains which date from c.1700, believed to have been pupils of five primary schools, who made use of Kilmarnock Town acquired by Lady Howard de Walden for Dean Castle. Years of Trail to explore the town centre and its surroundings. Regenera - conservation work by Dean Castle Textile Team has taken place to tion is not just about renovating historic buildings; it is also about repair and consolidate these beautiful textiles – made from silk, connecting people with place. With this in mind, it was decided to velvet, and gold threads – and now the first of the curtains is back create an exhibition which provides a visual display of how our on public display. young people view our changing town. Please note access to the Banqueting Hall is limited by spiral stairs. Dean Castle is undergoing renovations. We will be doing as much as Supported by Kilmarnock Townscape Heritage Initiative, Heritage possible to make sure that as many of the buildings remain open and Lottery Fund, Scottish Civic Trust and Kilmarnock and District collections are on display, but there will unfortunately be some disruption and necessary closures during this time which will affect castle tours. History group. plans and information will be available in the palace – please see one of our visitor Services Assistants on site for details. GRADUATE SHOW Thu 16 Jun - Thu 15 Sep Young People's Gallery - The Dick Institute This exhibition features a range of specially selected creative work from a variety of disciplines that have been developed and produced by Art and Design students from Ayrshire College. The students aim to showcase a body of expressive and personal work, chosen as highlights from their year of study. The exhibition will be an opportunity for the students to showcase their work to a local audience before they apply to art schools around the country.

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 19 Baird Institute Doon Valley Museum 3 Lugar St, , KA18 1AD T: 01290 427084 , KA6 7QY T: 01292 550633 Opening Times: FREE ENTRY Opening Times: FREE ENTRY Thursday 12.30-4.40pm 5pm-8pm Thursday 12.30-4.40pm 5pm-8pm Friday: 10am-4pm Friday: 10am-4pm Saturday: 10am-4pm Saturday: 10am-4pm The baird Institute is a fully accessible venue. Doon valley Museum is a fully accessible venue

PICASSO AT PLAY Sat 23 April - Sat 6 August 2016 DOON VALLEY Exhibition preview Friday 22 April 5.30pm-6.30pm, all welcome AN INDUSTRIAL & Picasso is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Picasso at Play is a collection of 28 remarkable and SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE personal photographs showing Picasso with his family and many famous friends from the art world. They provide a fascinating Thu 19 May - Sat 26 nov glimpse into his personality as well as a look at the process of creating some of his famous works of art. This exhibition, which features artworks and technological “The jaunty hat, the wild looking plaid trousers, the casual shirt interactives, is the outcome of a collaboration between and above all the clown mask help us to understand the impor - Kilmarnock Engineering & Science Society, Primary tance Picasso placed on play.’’ Farley Arts Trust. School, Doon Academy, the Dark Skies Observatory and local Alongside ‘Picasso at Play’, East Ayrshire Leisure is proud to engineer Mark Klimek. It celebrates the rich industrial heritage of present three original works by Pablo Picasso, on loan from Na - the Doon Valley and at the same time explores scientific tional Galleries of Scotland. The works were made during the later phenomena. Some of the most favourable countryside in period of Picasso’s exceptionally prolific career and demonstrate Scotland in which to observe and study the stars is found here his incredible versatility and freedom of expression through an and it has been designated as the Galloway Dark Skies Park. ever evolving creative process. Picasso’s originality and radical approach are shown through the work, depicting his personal This is all the more fitting as this area was home to the scientist, feelings as well as the outside world, through violence, fantasy James Clerk Maxwell who was identified by Albert Einstein, as a and humour. key figure in the advancement of human understanding of the This exhibition contains imagery displaying illustrative nudity. universe. There will be a series of talks and events taking place to ‘Picasso wearing hat and mask’, Villa La Californie, France, 1957, by Lee Miller complement this exhibition. Check the website and local press for © Lee Miller Archives, England 2009. more

20 www.themaclaurin.org.uk This month 94 artists, makers and designers will welcome scenes insights as artists and makers reveal their methods. thousands of people into their homes, galleries and studios as Then there is Spring Fling Rural Mural, which has seen teams of Spring Fling takes place across Dumfries and Galloway. national and international artists create big, bold artworks at an Now in its 14th year it has earned the reputation of being animal shelter, a farm and the gable end of a village pub. Scotland’s premier open studios contemporary visual art and craft These can be admired at any time, but are expected to be a open studios event. highlight as visitors travel between studios.

The main weekend takes place from 28 to 30 May but there are As Spring Fling is so large and widespread the organisers, the Up - also things to enjoy before and afterwards. land arts agency, have created six colour coded suggested routes. One is the Spring Showcase exhibition, featuring paintings, drawings, prints and craft by Spring Fling artists and makers. These offer the chance to see a wide variety of high quality work – Taking place at , Dumfries, until 21 May, it from jewellery, ceramics, photography and woodwork to textiles, puts a strong emphasis on process. sculpture, painting and printmaking – at a comfortable pace. For further information, and to design your own itinerary, visit Visitors will not only see finished work but will get behind-the- the website at http://www.spring-fling.co.uk.

Spring Fling Rural Mural 2016

Spring Fling Rural Mural will create large-scale works of public art in the heart of the Dumfries and Galloway countryside – but that’s just phase 1. The project brings together national and international street artists, teaming them up with artists based in the region and property owners who are happy to have their buildings used as a blank canvas for bright, bold new works.

It is organised by Upland the Dumfries and Galloway arts agency that runs Spring Fling, and it is project managed by Recoat. The The mural sites are: project is supported by EventScotland, a team within The Mossburn Animal Centre, Hightae. VisitScotland’s Events Directorate, and by Creative Scotland. The mural will be on the side of a large, stone farm building at this The murals will be a centerpiece for Spring Fling, centre for ill-treated and abandoned animals. It is visible from Scotland’s premier contemporary visual art and craft open studios B7020. The creators will be Berlin-based arts duo 44 Flavours event, which will bring thousands of visitors to the region from (Sebastian Bagge and Julio Rölle) and Dumfries and Galloway vi - 28-30 May. SFRM is also being staged as part of the sual artist Rory Laycock. Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design. Meiklewood Farm, Ringford, Castle Douglas. Tellas, from Rome, will team up with Kirkcudbright-based Morag Macpherson to create a mural on a large steading near the A75.

Craigdarroch Arms Hotel, Moniaive. Amy Whiten and Ali Wyllie from Recoat in Glasgow will collaborate with Morag Paterson from near Thornhill. Their mural will be on a gable end at a pub renowned for hosting arts events.

The theme of this year’s SFRM is “exchange” and in a novel twist the rural mural teams will soon be going urban – creating a sec - ond set of murals in Glasgow, Newcastle and Berlin. Recoat and Morag Paterson will head for Glasgow, Morag Macpherson and Tellas will work in Newcastle, with Rory and 44 Flavours going to Berlin. The first SFRM took place in 2014 and proved a hugely popular addition to Spring Fling. photographs Colin Hattersley

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 21 Dumfries House

BOSWELL BOOK FESTIVAL NEW FOR 2016 at the Boswell Book Festival Royal Drawing School 2016 Dumfries House 6-8 May Drop in and draw with practising artists from the Royal Drawing School at the Festival pop-up studio in the Rothesay Room and on Dumfries House estate The sixth edition of the Festival has a rich programme of talks . ranging from actor Gregor Fisher, comedian Susan Calman and Festival-goers of all ages and levels are invited to draw from life, 97 year old WW2 veteran Victor Gregg to Catherine Czerkawska working from clothed models and from the art collection in Dumfries House, as well as out and about in the woods and gardens of the on Robert Burns’ wife, Ferdinand Mount on his Scottish family in estate. Some of the sessions will bring books and drawing together India and A.N. Wilson on Queen Victoria. Erwin James, a speaker with readings from Scottish literature, legends and poetry. with whom James Boswell himself would have been particularly Drawing can be direct, incisive, intimate, surprising, funny or fascinated opens proceedings on Saturday; Scottish-born James confrontational. Everyone can draw. So whether you’re 8 or 80 pick has served time for murder but turned his life around after meeting up a pencil and bring Boswell Book Festival to life with drawing! All materials are provided free of charge. Spaces are limited so a prison psychologist. guarantee your place by booking through the Box Office on 01563 554 900 or book online at www.boswellbookfestival.co.uk. Drop-in places will be available on the day on a first come first serve basis.

The aim of the Royal Drawing School is to raise the standard and profile of drawing through teaching and practice. We are one of only a few institutions in the world offering in-depth, quality tuition in drawing from observation. www.royaldrawingschool.org Sessions will be led by Anna Ilsley, Hannah Murgatroyd and Clara Drummond who are all practising artists and tutors at The Royal Drawing School.

Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May The Rothesay Room/£8/£6 (c) per session/ Children 8-16 £4 11.00am - 12.30am Drawing the Head A portrait class is a great way to study the detail of a face and head and capture a personality on paper – just like biographers do in words. In this class, you will be encouraged to experiment with various drawing mediums, using both colour and black and white. Daphne Selfe, the world’s oldest supermodel who at 87 is still very Suitable for all abilities. much in demand, appears on Saturday afternoon, while in the 1.30pm – 2.50pm Drawing out and About evening Loyd Grossman will entertain with stories of being an Drawing out and about around the Festival is a golden opportunity to American on the make in Britain. capture your experience of the beautiful surroundings and their character, sharpening your powers of observation. Nothing is fixed, On Sunday hear best-selling doctor Gavin Francis, BBC Art guru everything is in flux: enjoy the challenge of being an artist in the great outdoors. Philip Mould, Renaissance man Charles Jencks, Professor of Suitable for all abilities. Islamic Studies Mona Siddiqui and the great Boswell expert 3.30 pm- 4.50pm Drawing the body clothed Dr Gordon Turnbull. Drawing from the figure in the studio concentrates the mind wonder - fully and helps you to see more and see better. We will discover how Children are well catered for with the Festival’s first Family Fun dress and posture brings colour and character to our drawing. There Weekend, Bozzy’s Book Bang, offering two days of writer’s talks will be both long and short poses. from Nick Sharratt’s Laughter Laboratory to Adam Murphy’s Suitable for all abilities conversations with the reanimated zombie corpses of Science. “we have”, says Caroline Knox, Festival Director, “always seen portraiture as part of our biography theme - capturing a personality Another first for the Festival is the Royal Drawing School’s pop-up on paper - so it is hugely exciting to include, for the first time, a studio with artist-led sessions over the weekend. programme of Royal Drawing School sessions”.

22 www.themaclaurin.org.uk MOAT BRAE PROJECT TAKES FLIGHT

It is proving to be an exciting year for the innovative Trust creating a National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling at the Birthplace of Peter Pan. January 2016 opened with a magical, lumiere-style light display as the stunning Georgian façade of Moat Brae house was transformed, using mapped video and sound, into an enchanted land, a pirate ship and a giant ticking clock. In February the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust announced that £5.3 million of capital funding was secured to restore the derelict Georgian house and gardens and turn it into an enchanted land of children’s stories. The clock is now ticking as the remaining

£500,000 is sought before the final phase of works begins this Autumn.

Continuing to attract attention, the Dumfries-based organisation became the focus of three major events in March as the Moat Brae Peter Pan Statue flew to Westminster with Patron Joanna Lumley to meet politicians, writers, celebrities and business people in an event hosted by Richard Arkless MP; best-selling children’s writer David Walliams joined Joanna Lumley for a family book event at Cadogan Hall to support the charity; and a leading Japanese TV channel filmed at Moat Brae for a new documentary on the Peter Pan story.

The wider sustainability work continues as the Trust builds partnerships, enlists expertise and develops its plans to attract visitors and provide a unique, high-quality programme of events and activities when the Centre opens in 2018. The fundraising campaign has also been shortlisted for Best Campaign over £100K in Emcees Arts & Culture Awards for Excellence in Fundraising which will be presented at the Science Museum in London in May.

Look out for a unique art exhibition at Moat Brae featuring the work of internationally acclaimed Bea Last during Spring Fling weekend at the end of May. photographs Colin Hattersley

www.themaclaurin.org.uk 23 “Doves in the Rememberance Garden” photograph John Walker Fun & Games, Moat Brae

Iain Forrest Photography

“I did this” Aria Currie, Troon Primary We are the greatest!

Iain Forrest Photography

Art teachers at the Schools Exhibition

Iain Forrest Photography Examining the sketches “Family Portrait”, James Klinge Can I See?