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The North*s Original Free Arts Newspaper + www.artwork.co.uk Number 197 Pick up your own FREE copy and find out what’s really happening in the arts March/April 2017 From the exhibition ‘Entangled‘ at the Turner Contemporary in Margate. See the review in this issue by Mary Gladstone. Inside: ‘Better Outcomes’ for the Arts - or not? Berwick’s Russian connection :: Italian glass artWORK 197 March/April 2017 Page 2 artWORK 197 March/April 2017 Page 3 [email protected] CHECK OUT OUR OTHER TITLES artWORK www.artwork.co.uk MORE COLOUR THAN ANY OTHER West Highland Wayfarer JACKSONSART.COM www.westhighlandwayfarer.co.uk Courses THEWhisky Trailer Sources for www.whiskytrailer.co.uk www.northernbooks.co.uk Do you have a course in & Email: Poldrate Arts Crafts Centre, the arts to offer artists [email protected] Elizabeth Hamilton Buildings, Haddington, EH41 4DA or craft workers? 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FOR Northumberland artist, designer and producer, have received this award without the full might of a Mary Ann Rogers, painting is something in her large fine art publishing house behind you is quite Scaling the Cliffs of Angus IT STRIKES ME as incongruous to lump culture and challenging issues. 55 Allardice Street, Stonehav- Isle of Iona, PA76 6SJ, 01681 blood, as common place as eating and sleeping. an achievement.” LERY, Arbroath, DD11 4RW, 700 576 I was interested to find out what kind of ‘better en, AB39 2AB, 01569 785606, 01241 830 756, www.kinbleth- NOW THAT the scaffolding has been with one being currently built sport together as seems to be the procedure at local Aberdeen IONA ABBEY, Abbey & ABERDEEN ART GALLERY www.galleryatfiftyfive.co.uk For some 30 years the landscapes and wildlife She does however have a strong team around montgallery.co.uk, kinbleth- removed from the exterior walls of above Dundee’s new railway station council and government level. outcomes’ WL Community Arts have delivered over the Until end March [email protected] MacLeod Centres, Isle of Iona, & MUSEUM, Schoolhill, AB10 surrounding her home and studio in Hexham have her, her husband is a great help, she is quick to add, PA76 6SN, 01681 700 404 Having ministers/officers responsible for both past three years since the current situation was quoted as 1FQ, 01224 523 700 Rosanne Barr, Andy Cross, Ongoing the £ 80m V&A in Dundee, one can at and, also close to the museum, the Lesley D McKenzie, Stuart inspired her artwork. Today her stationery, prints, and she had three full time and two part time staff at Various artists. Mixed Exhibi- Inspirational setting for ser- culture and sport does not make sense since they are two being “tied into DBO”. Gallery closed for major refit vices, Christian community last see how huge the building is. And Harbour Master’s House being in line Buchanan and Morag Smith, scarves and mugs are sold around the world, from her home/gallery/studio in Hexham. tion. such different entities. Granted both sport and culture can My question was met by a link to another service plus jewellery by Lorna Purvis, New Zealand and Canada to United Arab Emirates She even has warehouse space there in a THE MEFFAN, 20 West High IONA GALLERY AND POT- although, when the pre-cast cladding for conversion into Apex’s second Until March 31 Beth Watson and Roberta Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB, TERY, Isle of Iona, PA76 6SW, hotel in the city. If the museum’s be viewed under the umbrella of leisure, however, apart ([email protected]). I did not contact (@ Drum Castle} Pederzoli and Portugal. former Nissen hut that has to be kept at a controlled 01681 700 439 is added to create the architect’s Northern Lights. 01307 476 482, archive.angus. from that, there are few significant values linking them this service since, if the Community Arts themselves COUNTRY FRAMES GAL- Her scarves are worn by royalty and leading temperature. There is nothing that gov.uk/historyaa/museums/ ORSAY, 2 Stevenson Street, inspiration – the cliffs of Angus – the promise is not fulfilled, there will be ABERDEEN MARITIME LERY, Leslie, Insch, AB52 meffan/, ForfarMuseum@ Oban, PA34 5NB, 01631 569 visual appearance of the museum will a surfeit of hotel beds in Dundee. together. Convenience for the organisations concerned cannot provide any data about this, I don’t know who MUSEUM, Shiprow, AB11 6PA, 01464 820389, www. actresses in the UK. Many of her products are made seems too tricky for her to make, she has produced angusalive.scot 988 5BY, 01224 337700 be diminished, it will nevertheless There is, in the provision of the appears to be the only reason and most often culture loses can? countryframes.co.uk locally in the North of England, only a few things iPhone covers, insulated cups, messenger bags, hip SPRINGFIELD CREATIVE Jewellery, ceramics, glass Until June 18 THE BUTTERWORTH GAL- metal, textiles, wood lights, out to sport in terms of finance and support. I suspect no better outcomes have come about. I have Jo Gordon. Kiss Of Death: that cannot be sourced flasks and thousands of ARTS, Dr. Fran Marquis, 4 remain hard to fill and maintain museum and the new hotels, a gamble LERY, Ballogie, Near Aboyne, Springfield Terrace, Arbroath, cards I discovered recently that the running of Howden read the 34 page document regarding DBO by WLC and Death and Mourning in the AB34 5DP, 01339 886 104 in the UK are produced cards, place mats and INVERBEG GALLERIES, compared to all the other museums in based on the belief that Dundee Victorian Era. DD11 1EL, 01241 439 714, Park Centre in Livingston is being handed over to a have been unable to find any connection with Community Paintings and prints by Howard overseas. even men’s underpants www.franmarquis.co.uk, Inverbeg, Argyll & Bute, Loch the city. can become a new tourist hub, i.e. GALLERY HEINZEL, 24 Butterworth and daughter Mary [email protected] Lomond, G83 8PD, 01436 trust, the trust is part of a group of sports facilities in Arts initiatives to speak of. Thistle Street, AB10 1XD, Mary Ann is with her artwork on To solve this problem, it will that instead of being a place that JOYCE TAYLOR STUDIO, Monthly throughout the year 860 277 the area. Sports, leisure and some cultural activities at I did find a kind of generalised description about an 01224 625 629, www.gallery- Braeside Croft, Hythie, completely self taught, them. Ceramics Weekends in CAOL RUADH SCULP- be home to a multitude of objects tourists come to visit, it will become heinzel.com Mintlaw, Peterhead, AB42 Arbroath. TURE PARK, Caol Ruadh, all secondary schools in West Lothian, Low Port Centre initiative to “provide a range of cultural services with Contemporary Scottish art self published, has “I’m always intrigued currently housed in London as well as, a centre from which they will enjoy 4HH, 01779 622989, www. ANGUS OPEN STUDIO, Colintraive, PA22 3AR, 07771 outdoor activity facility in Linlithgow, Polkemmet golf the aim of encouraging the public to take an interactive March 11 - April 2 joycetaylor.co.uk, info@joyc- her own gallery at when someone says apparently, having a display devoted to easy access to the golf courses and Pam Carter. www.angusopenstudios.com, 996656 etaylor.co.uk her house and shows to me, ‘I bet you can’t [email protected] Scottish sculpture park with course and driving range in Whitburn and Howden Park interest in community arts”. So, what’s new? GRAY’S SCHOOL OF ART, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. historic buildings of Fife, the glens LANG BYRE GALLERY, herself at trade fairs, make that’ - and then I THE CANVAS ART GAL- work by Karen Scotland and Centre arts facility are to be run by Xcite West Lothian On page 29 of the DBO document it is stated that Robert Gordon University, Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Anne Edmonds Given that most of his work was of Angus etc, This will require an Garthdee Road, AB10 7QD, LERY, 81 East High Street, Leisure (WLL) from 1st April 1, 2017. there should be a “fair pricing strategy and concession Burn O’Bennie, Banchory, she also has a solo find a way,” she laughed. Forfar, DD8 2EQ, 01307 465 THE JETTY GALLERY, 100 in the west of Scotland, apart from enormous change to the way Dundee www.rgu.ac.uk/about/faculties- AB31 5QA, 01330 825 431 George Street, Oban, PA34 schools-and-departments/fac- show every year at a What does she 715 that in Northampton and London, this is perceived today.