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Skyboat, a living installation by Charlie Poulsen, which plans to raise a traditional east coble, Skyboat,the Girl a livingHannah, installation to the sky byas theCharlie oaks planted Poulsen, underneath which plans her pushto raise upwads a traditional to the heavens. east coble, the ReadGirl allHannah, about it to on the page sky 6 of as this the issue. oaks planted underneath her push upwads Photo: Taniato the Wills heavens. Read all about it on page 6 of this issue. INSIDE:INSIDE: Lock Lock inin BookBook TownTown :::: Farmers’Farmers’ MMartsarts :: :: Trailing Trailing roundround KirkcudbrightKirkcudbright artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 2 artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 3 One man’s vision amongst the pit bings LOOMING over the small West Lothian towns of Winchburgh and PAINTBOX SCHOOL OF ART Broxburn lies the monumental AN ART SCHOOL BY THE SEA artwork Niddrie Woman. The question is, is this art or is it just tons of waste material left over from the now defunct shale oil industry? The answer is that it is both. In the book Out in the Open, which documents public art projects in West Lothian, Niddrie Woman has been side-lined, mentioned only in Summer Schools Full Year Courses 2021/22 the introduction section. The author asks “does a work become a work of Painterly Portraits * Full Day Drawing & Painting 5th - 8th July 2021 * Landscape Course art when ‘the public’ recognise it as * Professional Development The Sea, The Sea * Mentoring Programme such? Regardless of the intention of 12th - 15th July 2021 the maker?” My guess would be that the so- Nature, Colour, Abstraction 19th - 22nd July 2021 called ‘maker’, artist John Latham’s Short Courses & Online intention would have been to create On The Edge of Abstraction Courses also available & a piece of art no matter whether ‘the 26th - 29th July 2021 NEW Workshops coming public’ recognised it or not. soon!! John Latham was primarily a conceptual artist and Niddrie Woman is a conceptual piece, what WWW.PAINTBOXARTCLASSES.COM he termed as a ‘process sculpture’. [email protected] It started in the mid-1970s when Latham was commissioned by the Scottish Development Agency to e Norths Original Free Arts Newspaper + www.art work.co.uk re-imagine four shale bings in a creative way, thus transforming them into a piece of art. The project was part of what was called the Artist’s Placement Group (APG) whose aim was to place an artist in an organisation £12.00 (6 issues)❏ £18.00 (12 issues)❏ with the intention of looking in a creative and imaginative way at NAME ...... certain things (in this case the shale bings). ADDRESS ...... The APG archive held in the Tate Gallery provides evidence of John Latham photographing the Niddie Woman in 1990. Courtesy Murdo Macdonald ...... what Latham produced such as a ...... POSTCODE ...... feasibility study which is said to “hidden away as unrecognised facets classified as part-heritage, there could have become an iconic piece, however, he remains an influential lack detail, it is said to be more within a lifetime’s albeit incomplete seems to have been no effort by the it could have attracted attention and inspirational figure within the philosophical, which is in keeping project”. local authorities to embrace it. The from the local community and international art world. PLEASE SEND ME REGULAR COPIES OF with the conceptual nature of the A telling section in the essay fact also that the shale bings have internationally given the promotion Niddrie Woman obviously piece. also suggests that Latham was not been identified as habitats where a and support it deserves. meant a great deal to him since his However, on a practical level, acting as a (local) community artist, diversity of very rare plant species In a local authority document ashes were scattered on the Heart in Latham did make studies of aerial but was more concerned to attract are thriving is not enough to create regarding public art, the regeneration 2006. This unique WORK photography of the area and this art the attention of the international interest in Niddrie Woman. of Winchburgh is discussed. It states signature is evidence that Niddrie to this address: research enabled him to identify avant-garde. This could be because it is that a group of artists and architects Woman, as a work of art, is alive the four distinct parts of Niddrie Ironically, the situation is that difficult to classify a work of art have been commissioned to create and thriving even if incognito – Send (with cheque/PO/postage stamps) Woman, the torso, the limb, the head the project has never transmitted to that defies classification. It has one piece of bespoke public art to perhaps that is what Latham would and the heart. either the local nor the international been described as an ‘intrinsically act as (as they put it) a ‘trail blazer’. have wanted? However, considering to:Famedram Publishers Ltd., An article written by Craig community. One wonders, therefore, unclassifiable artwork’. Also, despite Did they not realise that they that he put so much of himself into Richardson (Waste to Monument: why this piece has, for the most part, contemporary interest in ecology, already had this on their doorstep in this piece, would it not be a fitting PO Box 3, John Latham’s Niddrie Woman disappeared; why is it not better the bings are still to be validated art the form of Niddrie Woman? John gesture to celebrate him in West Ellon Art & Environment) reveals how known? historically. Latham was a formidable artist. He Lothian in this centenary of his AB41 9EA difficult it is to pin the work down, it There seems to be an element However, with a bit of effort was a pioneer of British conceptual birth? also reveals that much of it has been of neglect here since, even if it were and imagination, Niddrie Woman art, he was often controversial, CATHY BELL Scotland artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 4 Life in Scotland’s locked The down Book Town MANY BUSINESSES, during the past 18 months, have books became wary of visiting houses THE BUTTERWORTH GAL- suffered as a result of Covid and lockdown, but even to buy stock. However, the bulk of Aberdeen LERY, Ballogie, Near Aboyne, ABERDEEN ART GALLERY, AB34 5DP, 01339 886 104 before the virus appeared, it was tough for booksellers second-hand bookshop purchases Schoolhill, AB10 1FQ, 01224 Paintings and prints by Howard in Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town. stems from ‘death or down-sizing’, 523 700 Butterworth and daughter Mary Until October 10 GARIOCH HERITAGE Although it’s situated in ‘an idyllic corner of states the Cochranes’ neighbour, British Art Show 9. CENTRE, Loco Works Road, southwest Scotland’, Wigtown in winter, can daunt all Shaun Bythell, Wigtown bookseller Maja Zeco. Artist in Residence. Inverurie, AB51 4FY, 01467 BAS9 Explainers. 621855, www.gariochheritage. but the most resilient. In summer, sales of second hand and best-selling author. Until May 18 2022 co.uk/, info@gariochheritage. Joan Eardley. Works on Paper. and antiquarian books may be buoyant, but come winter “There are three things that co.uk with short days, cold nights and tourist venues and café s are bad for books. Fire, fl ood and ABERDEEN MARITIME JOYCE TAYLOR STUDIO, MUSEUM, Shiprow, AB11 5BY, Braeside Croft, Hythie, Mint- closed, it’s hard for booksellers to make a decent living. farmers!” says Ian. While out book- 01224 337700 law, Peterhead, AB42 4HH, In 2004, six years after Wigtown became buying, he has come across piles of GALLERY HEINZEL, 24 This- 01779 622989, www.joycetaylor. tle Street, AB10 1XD, 01224 625 co.uk, [email protected] Scotland’s National Book Town, Joyce and Ian hard-covers crammed into chicken 629, www.galleryheinzel.com, LANG BYRE GALLERY, Cochrane opened their bookshop in an old bank coops, barns and attics and on [email protected] Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Contemporary Scottish art building standing close to the County Buildings in the investigating a cellar, so low he was Until August 14 Burn O’Bennie, Banchory, Summer Exhibition. AB31 5QA, 01330 825 431 town square. unable to stand up in it, he could see Gordon Wilson. Eight original MILTON ART GALLERY, Mil- They were both suited to such an enterprise in nothing until the farmer handed him paintings feature artist’s signa- ton of Crathes, Nr Banchory, ture subject matter: landscape, AB31 5QH, 01330 844 664 spite of having few books, no shelves and sleepless a torch. still life and ‘biddies’ STARFISH STUDIO, 3 Anchor nights tending to their baby before their working day Lockdown offered Joyce the GRAY’S SCHOOL OF ART, Lane, Johnshaven, DD10 0EN, Robert Gordon University, 01561 360 118 began at 4 am. Owning a bookshop was a pipedream chance to step up her old interests in Garthdee Road, AB10 7QD, THE MUSEUM OF SCOT- for the gregarious, book-connoisseur Ian and from the multi-culturalism and literature in www.rgu.ac.uk/areas-of-study/ TISH LIGHTHOUSES, Kin- time when Joyce graduated with a degree in modern translation. Last summer’s Wigtown subjects/art-and-design naird Head, Fraserburgh, AB43 ARTS CENTRE & THEATRE 9DU, 01346 511 022 languages, she worked with books in an Edinburgh Book Festival was online and (ACT) ABERDEEN, 33 King Purpose-built museum with resource centre in multi-cultural education and re- coincided with Black History Month, Street, AB24 5AA, 01224 635 multi-screen technology. 208 Scotland’s fi rst lighthouse, built trained later as a librarian. which highlighted aspects of history THE ART GALLERY, 1781. Open all year. Check Eventually, she became disillusioned with the not generally acknowledged. This, holiday opening times Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, library system which forced its staff to reach targets. If a along with the Black Lives Matter Aberdeen Royal Infi rmary, PETERHEAD MARITIME Foresterhill, AB25 2ZN, 01224 HERITAGE, South Road, book wasn’t summoned at least fi ve times within a given movement, encouraged her to display 552 429 Peterhead, AB42 2UP, 01779 period, it was removed from the shelves and sold and a collection of newly-published books PEACOCK VISUAL ARTS, 21 473000 Experience Peterhead’s maritime with book requests, they had to second guess how often on black history and authors like Castle Street, AB11 5BQ, 01224 life past and present 639 539 a book might be summoned. Lemn Sissay’s memoir, ‘My Name is July 16 - September 25 GALLERYI, 2B Garioch Ian Stuart Baird, Mick Bloor, Shopping Centre, Constitution The prospect of lockdown last spring was Why’, poems by Benjamin Zephaniah Ian and Joyce Cochrane with daughter Helena outside The David Francis, Margaret Street, Inverurie, AB51 4UY frightening. The Cochranes were proud of having built and reprints of Zora Neale Thurston, Lochrie, Charlie Lynch, Alan HADDO ARTS, Haddo House, Old Bank Bookshop, Wigtown. Photo: Emily Nash. Marshall, Norman Miller, Methlick, Ellon, AB41 7EQ up a traditional second-hand bookshop but had put off who wrote on racial struggles in the Peacock Visual Arts - Nuno Sac- October 9 - 17 creating a catalogue (as an ex local authority librarian American South in the early 1900s. ramento, Denise Pierrot, Andrew fi ction in translation. One customer remarked that 10th Anniversary Haddo Arts Joyce was aware of the amount of work it entailed) and Joyce has also introduced titles from small presses Rigby, Dave Scott, Sandy Scott, Festival Joyce’s collection represented ‘a one woman revolution’. Andrew Macgregor, Mike Val- COWDEN STUDIO, Cowden selling online. and since she was brought up on a farm near Newton lance. Another world is possible: Working with books for 35 years, it’s unsurprising Aberdeen People’s Press and Farm, Drumlithie, AB39 3YN, After closing in March 2020, they turned their Stewart, she has an interest in nature, the countryside 01569 740039 she has an eye for what’s interesting and will sell and radical media in the 1970s. back room into a warehouse and made-up book and resilience. These books on nature, include Robert RENDEZVOUS GALLERY, has noticed that good reviews of titles she has already 100 Forest Avenue, AB15 4TL, Aberfeldy bundles, priced at £ 20, including postage & packing. It MacFarlane’s ‘Underland’ and ‘Landmarks’, that chosen often appear in the national press. 01224 323 247 ABERFELDY GALLERY, 9 was time-consuming, second guessing customers’ likes concern landscape, nature, place, people and language. Although it is summer now, the Cochranes are PROVOST SKENE’S HOUSE, Kenmore Street, PH15 2BL, and dislikes and diffi cult to fi nd four paperbacks within Another table of new books in the Cochrane’s fi ve Guestrow, (between Broad 01887 829 129, www.aber- mindful of Wigtown winters. When the windows rattle feldygallery.co.uk Street and Flourmill Lane), the price range and postage cost. But these bundles room shop is devoted to authors they have sponsored and the wind whistles around the old bank, shaking the AB10 1AS, 01224 641 086 WATERMILL GALLERY, Mill allowed the Cochranes to tread water fi nancially until over the years, like Aline Templeton, ‘czar of small TOLBOOTH MUSEUM, Street, PH15 2BG, 01887 822 roof slates, Joyce asks herself why she left the South of Castle Street, AB10 1EX, 01224 896, www.aberfeldywatermill. re-opening in mid-July. town crime’, as Val McDermid describes her. A resident France, where she once lived. But, when all’s said and 621 167 com, info@aberfeldywatermill. To observe Covid rules, they installed bookshelves of Edinburgh, Aline CLAREMONT STUDIO, 66 com done Wigtown, with its seasonal drawbacks, has given Art Gallery, Bookshop, Coffee across the original offi ce doorway and constructed a Templeton sets some of her fi ction in Galloway. Claremont Street, AB10 6QY, her the chance to realise an ambition. A life with books. & Music Shop counter in another wall near the shop entrance, using Lockdown has increased people’s interest in 01224 596 999 Until August 22 NICOLE PORTER GALLERY, Zanna Wilson - The Road to spare materials in the building and an old stable door. books and those who are already afi cionados have 88 King Street, AB24 5BA, the Isles The only object they bought was a sheet of Perspex. bought more. Ian is surprised by the number of young 01224 566 477 ARTISANAND, 13-15 Bank MARY GLADSTONE St, PH15 2BB, 01887 822 700, With the onset of coronavirus, sellers of used customers buying new books on black history and Aberdeenshire www.artisanand.co.uk BRAEMAR GALLERY, A contemporary gallery Mar Road, Braemar, AB35 showcasing local scottish arts and crafts 5YL, 01339 741 681, www. Until July 23 braemargallery.co.uk, info@ Gail Stirling Robertson. Quirky braemargallery.co.uk lines. Solo Oil paintings, watercolours, July 24 - September 3 etchings, engravings, sculpture, Tim Cracknell. Bronzes. Solo jewellery and cards LARKS GALLERY, 10 Brae- mar Road, Ballater, AB35 5RL, Aberlour 01339 755 888, www.larksgal- THE ARTIST STUDIO, 126 lery.com High Street, AB38 9NX, 01340 Paintings, sculpture, ceramics, 881 880 glass, textiles, jewellery and THE GALLERY IN ABER- photography LOUR & SPEY SPORT, Gal- THE LOST GALLERY, Alda- leryia Scotland, 79 High Street, chuie, Strathdon, AB36 8UJ, Speyside, AB38 9QB, 01340 871 01975 651 287, www.lostgallery. 457, www.thegalleryinaberlour. co.uk, [email protected] com/, kerrystewart122@icloud. TOLQUHON GALLERY, com Tolquhon, Tarves, Ellon, AB41 Picture framing, paintings 7LP, 01651 842 343, www. and pictures. Home interiors, tolquhon-gallery.co.uk handcrafted gifts From July 17 Mixed Summer Exhibition Alloa NORTH EAST OPEN STUDI- THE GALLERY, Gordon OS, www.northeastopenstudios. McFarlane, Watchmaker, 41 co.uk, info@northeastopenstu- Mill Street, FK10 1DW, 01259 dios.co.uk 723 303 A non-profi t organisation pro- Work from Ochil Craft As- moting Arts, Crafts and galleries sociation in the North East of Scotland RESONATE TOGETHER, September 11 - 19 Units A3-A4, North Castle North East Open Studios 2021. Street, FK10 1EU, 01259 928 ALBERTINO COSTA 014 SCULPTURES, 5 Milltimber Brae East, Milltimber, AB13 0DN, 07917 482 351, www. Angus albertinocostasculptures.com, KINBLETHMONT GAL- [email protected] LERY, Arbroath, DD11 4RW, BALLATER GALLERY, 46 01241 830 756, www.kinbleth- Bridge Street, Ballater, AB35 montgallery.co.uk, kinbleth- 5QD, 01339 755444 [email protected] EION STEWART FINE ART, THE MEFFAN, 20 West High 55 Allardice Street, Stonehaven, Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB, 01307 AB39 2AB, 01569 785606, www. 476 482, archive.angus.gov.uk/ eionstewartfi neart.com, art@ historyaa/museums/meffan/, Joan Eardley, Fields, Catterline, oil on board eionstewartfi neart.com ForfarMuseum@angusalive. Language of Light - Mixed scot summer show Until January 15 2022 Royal Scottish Academy The COUNTRY FRAMES GAL- Ages of Wonder : The Art of LERY, Leslie, Insch, AB52 6PA, Etching on Tour. 01464 820389, www.country- 178 West Regent Street [email protected] frames.co.uk, countryframes@ SPRINGFIELD CREATIVE btconnect.com ARTS, Dr. Fran Marquis, 4 Springfi eld Terrace, Arbroath, Glasgow G2 4RL Tues to Fri 10am - 4pm gerberfineart.co.uk For the Guide online Tel: 0141 221 3095 Sat by appointment artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 5 Editorial Comment ArtWork PO Box 3 AB41 9EA :: [email protected] Is it art – or a mushroom, or a sponge? Red tape? That’s not all! ArtWork’s residemt thinker, Nick Jones, applies himself to a pressing question of our time THE COVER of our last issue that the ‘Global Britain’ GIVEN the speed of change guidance. each claim that their pillars (ArtWork 216) depicted a ‘nonsense’ was a “crap slogan in our digital age, it’s not Have I lost you? Well, uphold western European pianist – or a dummy (geddit?) that 5 years later still means surprising that people can’t that makes a binary two of culture and civilisation. So, – being strangled by red tape. nothing.” keep up, and that language, us, and I forgot to trail a studying classics involved How spot on we were we The whole point of the until now a primary means of golden thread behind me two languages, two names for maybe didn’t realise and it’s exercise, he revealed, was human communication, goddesses like Aphrodite not just musicians and small to “put a bomb under the is adapting too. and Venus, and so on. businesses that are being hideous Tory party.” The problem is “When we’re Getting back to the suffocated by the tentacles So now we know. Funny that, as robots and root fung (sic), at some of the daft new Brexit that that nice Mr Farage and computers take over asked whether point it diverged from bureaucracy, all his cronies have gone so the management of a work of art being a Greek sphongos A recent survey by the silent. much of our lives, from to a Latin fungus, Financial Times revealed that: Brexit may have been banking, to shopping, is an NFT and we’re still talking “Almost a third of British ‘got done‘, but so have a lot to entertainment and mushrooms, toadstools companies that trade with the of small businesses – and for travel, acronyms, (non-fungible and subterranean mycelia EU have suffered a decline what benefi ts? codes and meaningless here. or loss of business since post The same Financial passwords become the token), it’s But then, in medieval Brexit rules took effect on Times survey revealed that norm. Latin it became fungibilis, January 1.” “of those companies that Result? We are understandable from fungi meaning to The survey went on left feeling confused, ‘perform or enjoy’, with , trade with the EU, 31 per to report that: “Small and cent said new barriers since disempowered and that we are the same sense as fungi medium-sized fi rms in January 1 had a negative anxious, probably all vice, meaning to ‘serve in particular are struggling to impact on commerce with the three. left somewhat place of ’. navigate new procedures bloc, just 6 per cent said trade So when, for I’m still lost but I’m around exporting and had increased.” example, we’re asked nonplussed. It sure that etymologists, importing with the bloc, while If you fi nd yourself in about whether a work mycologists, business leaders are more a hole it’s not a bad idea to of art is an NFT (non- might be, but, phytopathologists even,

broadly reporting diffi culties stop digging. Tell that to Mr fungible token), it’s can get me out of this in recruiting following an end Johnson as he orders up a understandable that then again, it maze. Especially if they to freedom of movement.” £200m cod-royal yacht to we are left somewhat have plenty of dosh in Meanwhile the chief parade around in and drapes nonplussed. It might be, might not.” their Mycelium Bitcoin architect of the mad plan, himself and all around him in but, then again, it might Wallet! the leader of the Vote Leave the Union Jack. not be, and if it is how, So, next time I reach for campaign, the ‘brilliant’ Mr He and his pals may have why and does it matter? when I entered this labyrinth, my bathroom sponge, I’ll D. Cummings told readers “got Brexit done” – maybe it's Does it affect my so look out for Minotaurs! think of those who obtain of his money-making (Dr time to think about how we enjoyment or appreciation, Getting back to NFTs, or accept money, food, or Johnson please note!) can get it “undone.” or just its value in bitcoin, as so often, we’re caught up even votes from other people blogging platform Substack (Dr Johnson: “No man but a whatever they are? in linguistic semantics with without doing or intending to that “he never thought” that blockhead ever wrote, except Time to consult the Rare their origins in the annoying do anything in return. More trade deals were an important for money.”) Pepe Meme Directory of differences between the magic mushroom soup, part of the Brexit deal and the Bitcoin Blockchain for Greeks and the Romans, who anyone? Space oddities SO MR BEZOS, the world’s enough Bezos and others of richest man, is to step his mega rich ilk like Elon down from running that Musk have a longer term 21st - 29th August environmentally sensitive plan to set off for Mars and behemoth Amazon and put down roots there. Blairgowrie & Rattray Arts for Wellbeing concentrate on getting To which many people weightless, along with another will no doubt say ‘Good for Including Rattray Arts Festival environmental hero, “Sir” them. Is there any way we Richard Branson. can crowd fund the venture?’ 28th & 29th August Indeed they are racing to Vanity exercises such Featured Artist John Stoa be the fi rst to push off into as these contribute next to plus near space with a variety of nothing to serious research Catherine Mylles | Kristine Blackburn grossly polluting, damaging and waste untold megawatts devices designed to allow of energy while causing vast Jonathan Mitchell | David Mackenzie grown men to pretend at being pollution. Michelle Hewitt | Anick Pitcher | Tina Gliddon

space explorers. Someone tell them to and 30 other professional & amateur artists And as if that were not stop – or take their toys away. Wish them luck AS ANOTHER Edinburgh by the lockdown have had Festival season approaches a particularly brutal effect there will be great on the performing arts and apprehension that the various it will require huge courage different bodies involved in and ingenuity to weather the www.resipolestudios.co.uk both the ‘ o f fi c ial’ Festival, storm. loch sunart | acharacle | argyll | ph36 4hx | 01967 431506 the Fringe and the other We should all do organisations can survive. everything we can to support rattrayartsfestival.co.uk SUBSCRIPTION form on pages 2 and 3 The restrictions caused these brave, talented people. artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 6 Farmers’ Market leader The Frances Anderson charts the progress of Edinburgh’s DD11 1EL, 01241 439 714, LERY, Rozelle Estate, Monu- pioneering Farmers’ Market over its 20 year life to date www.franmarquis.co.uk, info@ ment Road, KA7 4NQ, 01292 franmarquis.co.uk 443 708, www.south-ayrshire. NOW CELEBRATING two decades of success, for stall holders to raise any concerns Regular weekends and week- gov.uk/galleries/maclaurin/ Edinburgh’s Farmers’ Market continues to flourish. or put forward any ideas which they days ROZELLE HOUSE GALLER- Pottery Courses. Hand-building IES, Rozelle Park, Monument Held every Saturday on Castle Terrace, against the think will improve the market. The wheelwork, functional and Road, KA7 4NQ, 01292 443 sculpture dramatic backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, the market committee have also made prudent Monthly throughout the year 708, www.south-ayrshire.gov. Ceramics Weekends in Arbroath. uk/galleries/rozellehouse/ sells some of the best local produce around. financial decisions which have enabled Ongoing THE CANVAS ART GAL- Online Stories. 22 works of Art Back in 2000, Edinburgh City Council the co-operative to reduce the stall fees LERY, 81 East High Street, and Sculpture from the South Forfar, DD8 2EQ, 01307 465 Ayrshire Council Collections instigated the first farmers’ market in the city while improving the infrastructure of 715 Ongoing centre, with the aim of providing an outlet for local the market and increasing marketing. Until August 15 Alexander Goudie. Tam The Great Book Getaway - Sum- O’Shanter: A Tale Told in farms providing sustainable and locally sourced “As a co-operative, the future of mer Reading Challenge. Pictures. products while also supporting artisans and local the market is secure and it continues MONTROSE MUSEUM & ART GALLERY, Panmure Ayrshire businesses offering creativity and sustainability. to be a thriving market place for local Place, Montrose, DD10 8HF, OPEN STUDIOS AYRSHIRE, 01674 673232 Fast forward two decades, and this award-winning Scottish producers to meet people Until January 22 2022 Venues throughout Ayrshire, market is still going strong. who are interested in the traceability, The Ages of Wonder: The Life www.openstudiosayrshire.com School on Tour. Over 70 Ayrshire artists will With up to 50 specialist suppliers, the majority quality and freshness of their open their studios to the public HOSPITALFIELD, Hospital- September 10 - 13 of stallholders are primary producers, growing produce.” field House, Arbroath, DD11 Open Studio Ayshire 2021. 2NH, 01241 656 124 A diverse range of artists and what they sell. There’s beef, pork, lamb and game, Kate Sharp, a sheep farmer makers seafood, free-range eggs, cheese, milk and dairy, in East Lothian selling wool and Argyll ARRAN OPEN STUDIO, COWAL OPEN STUDIOS, KA27, www.arranopenstudios. seasonal fruit & vegetables, bread, honey, chillies knitwear, has been at the market since PA23 8QU, www.cowalopenstu- com and plants, as well as specialities including organic 2001. dios.co.uk August 13 - 16 (Dependent upon September 24 - 27 the relaxation of COVID-19 beer, liqueurs, Scottish cider, chocolates and “I started doing the farmers’ Cowal Open Studio Weekend!. restrictions) Visit over 50 artists and makers Open Studios Weekend 2021. chutneys – everything for a complete weekly shop. market when Foot and Mouth arrived in their studios in Cowal HARBOUR ARTS CENTRE, Farmers’ Markets are unique in that they in the countryside – all my country RESIPOLE STUDIOS, Achara- 114-116 Harbour Street, cle, PH36 4HX, 01967 431 506, Irvine, KA12 8EE, 01294 274 help to connect consumers with their local events were cancelled, but events www.resipolestudios.co.uk 059, www.whatsonayrshire. farmers and food producers and offer a two-way in towns and cities were still going ahead. In the people to try our products. We now have three shops New artspace with studios, gal- com/harbourartscentre.html, and the market has been an integral part in building lery and framing service harbourarts@north-ayrshire. benefit – producers can meet and get a valuable beginning most of the stall holders were farmers Until July 9 gov.uk understanding of what their consumers want and trying to diversify into selling their produce directly our local businesses.” Helen Glassford. Everything MCKECHNIE INSTITUTE, A relative newcomer, The Co Co Company, in-between. Paintings Dalrymple Street, Girvan, consumers can get to know and trust the people to the public. It was mainly food being sold except for TIGHNABRUAICH GAL- KA26 9AE, 01465 713 643, founded by Ian Mead and Robert Lindsay in LERY, Seaside House, Tighna- www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/ who produce the food they purchase. a few non-food producers like myself with wool and bruaich, PA21 2DR, 01700 galleries/mckechnie/ Introduced by Edinburgh City Council, knitwear and hand made soaps.” Dumfries and Galloway 2017, started trading at 811 681, www.tiggallery.com, July 18 - August 29 Edinburgh Farmers’ Market in 2020. Self taught [email protected] British Wildlife Photography the market was run Kate says, Original art, sculpture, glass, Awards Exhibition. artisan chocolate producers, they use all local jewellery, poetry Until December 23 first as a non profit “Many stall holders July 24 - August 15 Girvan’s Cultural Hub. making organisation. are real working ingredients where possible and love sharing their Jane Hunter. Undertow. A new ART’N’JOY GALLERY AND passion for small batch-produced unique handmade collection of work PICTURE FRAMERS, 52 Edinburgh City Centre farmers and be it THE HARBOUR GALLERY, Hamilton Street, Saltcoats, Management (now edible products or chocolates with their customers. Knap, Harbour Street, Tarbert, North Ayrshire, KA51 5DS, Robert says, “Being part of a group of talented PA29 6UA, 01880 821170, www. 01294 472 222, www.artnjoy. Essential Edinburgh) wearable products theharbourgallery.com, info@ co.uk then took over until such as wool, it’s all and like minded stall holders who are specialists theharbourgallery.com THE FRAMEWORK GAL- in their own fields (sometimes literally) of food COMFREY COTTAGE LERY, 83 Portland Street, 2020, when a co- traceable with a low STUDIO, 1 Tayness, Kilmartin, Troon, KA10 6QU, 01292 operative was set up. carbon footprint. production is unique. Selling directly to the customer PA31 8QF, anneamkwilson@ 316 144 is hugely important to me, and the best way to get gmail.com Continuous mix of original Dawn Dark, who was If you care about Small gallery where there are an paintings and printwork by a feedback. assortment of paintings on view, variety of artists elected chair of the what you buy visit painted in various media GLENBUCK ARTS, Glenbuck committee at the co- the market and help “We’re really pleased we have built up a number IONA HOSTEL, Lagandorain, Cottage, Glenbuck, East Ayr- of regular customers in the short time we have been Isle of Iona, PA76 6SW, 01681 shire, KA18 3SB, 01290 661 784 operative’s formation Scotland’s small 700 642, www.ionahostel.co.uk, Regular display of sculptures, in March 2020 has businesses survive. attending this market. For five hours on a Saturday [email protected] paintings and hand woven wall you have a lovely group of people who enjoy good The opportunity to focus on pieces. Sculpture Garden by been attending the market for 19 years, selling Have a market experience chatting to real live, your artistic development in a the loch food, shopping locally and supporting small and quiet and elemental Hebridean CRAFT TOWN SCOTLAND, produce from her family’s smallholding in Fife. working-outside-in-all-weather farmers, still working landscape The Barony Centre, West Dawn says, “It was set up as a co-operative on the land.” local businesses in the centre of a massive city.” THE ARCHWAY, 7 Union Kilbride, KA23 9AW, 01294 With a wide range of local products, food Street, Lochgilphead, PA31 8JS, 829179 in March 2020 and is now run by a committee of Jon Wood, of the award winning bakery 01546 606 894 July 31 - August 21 five on behalf of and for the benefit of all the stall ‘Bakery Andante’ in Edinburgh, began doing the samples and friendly banter, a visit is highly STUDIO BARN ARGYLL, Open Art Exhibition 2021. recommended. Leac Na Ban, Tayvallich, Barony Centre West Kilbride holders. market in 2011, selling just cheese toasties and Lochgilphead, PA31 8PF, 01546 THE WELLINGTON GAL- “As a co-operative there is a clear channel covenanter’s sour-dough loaves. Having been made 870 310 LERY, 13 Wellington Street, DATES: Edinburgh Farmers’ Market, Every Seasonal exhibition of orginal Kilmarnock, KA13 1DW, 01563 redundant, baking as a art 523 176 Saturday 9am-2pm Original paintings, prints and Astrid Trügg | Curious Bird hobby soon became his FYNE STUDIOS - THE HID- LOCATION: NCP Castle Terrace Car DEN GALLERY, Newton, other artworks mainly from business. Strachur, (off the A886), PA27 Scottish artists Park, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EL 8DB, 01369 860 379 ARTI FARTI EXHIBITION “Edinburgh Farmers’ Gallery of two Scottish artists GALLERY, 48 Hamilton Street, Market enabled more www.edinburghfarmersmarket.co.uk Don McNeil & Jean Bell Saltcoats, KA21 5DS, 01294 JUNO DESIGN GALLERY, 287207, www.arti-farti.co.uk, 159 Argyll Street, Dunoon, [email protected] PA23 7DD, 01369 707 767 Originals & Limited Editions THE STABLE GALLERY, Church Square, Inveraray, Banff PA32 8TY, 01499 302 800 DUFF HOUSE COUNTRY Paintings, reproductions, greet- GALLERY, Duff House, AB45 ings cards, exclusive post cards 3SX, 01261 818181, www. IONA HERITAGE CENTRE, nationalgalleries.org/visit/ Isle of Iona, PA76 6SJ, 01681 duff-house 700 576 MEADOWLANDS GALLERY, IONA GALLERY AND POT- 83 North Castle Street, AB45 TERY, Isle of Iona, PA76 6SW, 1JJ, 01261 818 535, meadow- 01681 700 439 [email protected] ORSAY, 2 Stevenson Street, Douglas Heggie - New work Oban, PA34 5NB, 01631 569 988 Banffshire Jewellery, ceramics, glass metal, TOMINTOUL MUSEUM textiles, wood lights, cards & VISITOR CENTRE, The INVERBEG GALLERIES, Square, Tomintoul, AB37 9ET, Inverbeg, Argyll & Bute, Loch 01309 673 701 ALL SUMMER LONG Lomond, G83 8PD, 01436 TOMINTOUL GALLERY, 82 860 277 Main Street, Tomintoul, Ball- CAOL RUADH SCULPTURE indalloch, AB37 9HA, 01807 PARK, Caol Ruadh, Colin- 580 458 traive, PA22 3AR, 07771 996656 Batik fine art by Jane Lannagan, Scottish sculpture park with wirk original art, prints, cards and 29 May to 29 August 2021 by Karen Scotland and Anne interesting gifts Edmonds THE JETTY GALLERY, 100 Beauly George Street, Oban, PA34 Featuring new work by; George Birrell, Chris Brook, Damian Callan, 5NR, 01631 570102 KILMORACK GALLERY, The Old Kilmorack Church, Dominique Cameron, Alan Connell, Ian Cook RI RSW, Fee Dickson, Matthew BENMORE BOTANIC IV4 7AL, 01463 783 230, www. GARDEN, Dunoon, PA23 8QU, kilmorackgallery.co.uk, art@ Draper SSA VAS PS Andy Heald, Kate Henderson, Jennifer Irvine RSW RGI, 01369 706261 kilmorackgallery.co.uk Suzanne Kirk, Alex Knubley, Alejandro Lopez, John McClenaghen, July 1 - 24 Carina Prigmore. Touched By Ann Oram RSW, Arran Ross, Jayne Stokes SSA, Astrid Trügg and many more. Ayr Nature. MACLAURIN ART GAL- 7-8 Stanley Road, Gullane EH31 2AD t: 01620 249389 | e: info@ dra neart.co.uk For the Guide online For opening hours and further details please visit: www. dra neart.co.uk artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 7 Marchmont in the Borders revisited Nick Jones is drawn back to ‘one of Scotland’s grandest mansions’, where great things are happening in the arts and crafts. Guide [email protected] I’M BACK at Marchmont, tucked away in the her name, after the daughter of the fisherman who burgeoning numbers of creative people working in Closed to the public in response Berkshire to the Coronavirus Pandemic foothills of the Lammermuirs between Greenlaw skippered her) up, and up. or near to Berwick-upon-Tweed. STANLEY SPENCER GAL- September 4 - 12 and Duns, described by Country Life as “one of That could be fifty, a hundred, or two hundred The three artists selected are Anna Chapman LERY, High Street, Cookham, ‘Assembly’ at Venice Glass SL6 9SJ, 01628 471 885 Week. Collaboration Scotland’s grandest mansions”. years hence, by which time, who knows what and Parker, Claire Ward, and Jim Grant. All three, like Until December 31 Built from a design by William Adam, and where ‘Art, Nature and Humanity’ will be! so many artists attracted to Marchmont, are inspired Glass, Meet the Future 2021. Berwick-upon-Tweed Digital Film Festival enlarged by Robert Lorimer, the interior includes The selfsame title is the cue for three autumn by its ecosystem, embodied in the beauty and BERWICK GYMNASIUM LYTH ARTS CENTRE, Lyth, both Georgian and Arts & Crafts styles. residencies, inspired by Charlie, and organised, variety of trees, timber, flora, fauna, rock and soil. ART GALLERY, Berwick Bar- Wick, KW1 4UD, 01955 641 racks, The Parade, TD15 1DG, 270, www.lytharts.org.uk Although opportunities for cultural patronage Anna’s focus is on weeds, 01289 304 535 Check website for further details July 10 - September 5 come with the territory for Britain’s great country sometimes defined as plants in Sabina Sallis. Multispecies NORTHSHORE POTTERY, Visionary Institute: Mill of Forse, Latheron, KW5 houses and their families, Marchmont is about the wrong place, and generally 6DG, 01593 741 777 much more. That is largely thanks to Hugo unappreciated, or destroyed. But as BERWICK MUSEUM & ART Studio pottery and ceramic GALLERY, The Clock Block, sculpture by Jenny Mackenzie Burge, transforming house, gardens and grounds both scientists and mystics tell us, Berwick Barracks, The Parade, Ross TD15 1DG, 01289 309 538 with the work of some outstanding post-war since all creation is interconnected, THURSO ART GALLERY, Da- Until October 31 vidson’s Lane, Thurso, KW14 and contemporary sculptors, including Barbara (and how could it not be?) we need Jonny Hannah -The R Good Emporium Northumberland Folk 7AS, 01847 896 357 Hepworth, Bernard Meadows, Lynn Chadwick and weeds as much as weeds need us! DOCKSIDE GALLERY, 84 ST FERGUS GALLERY, Wick Antony Gormley. Claire’s inspiration begins with Main Street, Tweedmouth, Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick, TD15 2AA, 01289 302437, KW1 5AB, 01955 603 489 As well as celebrating great art past and found objects, natural and man- www.docksidegallery.co.uk present, he is making Marchmont a crucible for made, that time and the elements An ever-changing exhibition of Cambridge original paintings, prints, cards KETTLE’S YARD, Castle future creativity with an energy and enthusiasm metamorphose through decay, and gifts including ceramics and Street, CB3 0AQ, 01223 748100 that bring an appealing sense of excitement, weathering and the unforeseen jewellery. July 10 - October 3 THE GRANARY GALLERY, Larry Achiampong & David curiosity and uncertainty to the place. What, who, vagaries of life. Claire transforms 2nd Floor, Berwick YHA, Blandy, Kimathi Donkor, Evan why, where and how will be coming next? further; gentle interventions to add Dewar’s Lane, Berwick upon Ifekoya, Cedar Lewisohn, Har- Tweed, TD15 1HJ, 01289 303 old Offeh and Ima-Abasi Okon. It’s a tribute to Hugo’s vision, and generosity or reveal layering, colour, texture 232 UNTITLED: of spirit that he welcomes, shares and encourages and form. A reflection of the NUMBER FOUR GALLERY, Until September 1 Northfield Farm, St Abbs, Cornelia Parker. Installation in creativity, providing a home and commissions geological strata beneath us. Berwickshire, TD14 5QF, 01890 the House. Work for makers and creators – the Creative Spaces Jim’s interest is human traces, 771 111 Contemporary work from artists Castle Douglas initiative. the way we interact with and and designer/makers from both CLIENCE STUDIO, 212 King So there are studios and workshops for rush- change landscape, reflecting needs sides of the Border street, DG7 1DS, 01556 504318, PAXTON HOUSE, Paxton www.cliencestudio.co.uk seat chair-makers Sam Cooper and Richard Platt, and awareness, working with and house, Paxton, TD15 1SZ Gallery & studio of Angela making ladder-back chairs in the Arts and Crafts taking account of the very diverse Lawrence tradition of Gimson and Clissett; a studio for stone- community that a complex estate Birmingham DESIGNS GALLERY & IKON GALLERY, 1 Oozells CAFE, 179 King Street, DG7 carver Michelle de Bruin; and ongoing, short term like Marchmont depends upon to Square, Brindleyplace, B1 2HS, 1DZ, 01556 504 552, www. 0121 248 0708 designsgallery.co.uk, admin@ residencies for artists, many living and working in survive and thrive. designsgallery.co.uk the Scottish Borders and England’s north country. For all three artists the extent, BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & A selection of books, prints and ART GALLERY, Chamberlain cards with a café that provides As I write, a studio is looking for a new variety and particular natural Square, B3 3DH, 0121 348 8000 coffee and food, using simple Until August 31 (Centenary and locally produced ingredients inhabitant, too, so contact Marchmont if you would and human qualities of the place Square) like more details. provide a special chance to explore Freedom 50. A new outdoor THE MCGILL-DUNCAN exhibition that celebrates 50 GALLERY, 231 King Street, A few miles away, at Allanbank Mill Steading, within and without, and, given the years of Bangladeshi independ- DG7 1DT, 01556 502 468 ence, featuring powerful and ARTS OF ALBA, 39/40 and for twenty seven years now, artists Pauline luxury of dedicated time and space, evocative photography taken Threave Terrace, DG7 1HG, Burbidge and Charlie Poulsen have opened their to work at a greater intensity. over five decades 01556 504 020 Featuring the work of Freida studios to visitors, as they will be doing again this It’s a great opportunity. Like Dyson, Sam Mullen and Sheila Borders Mulllen year from August 6th to 9th. the Skyboat, Marchmont is going THE SCOTT GALLERY, As you’d expect, happenstance has brought onwards and upwards! Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge JANINAS ART, Meadowview, Park, Hawick, TD9 7JL, 01750 Springholm, DG7 3LP, 01556 many like minds together there. On one such 650329 20096 Still lifes, landscapes, portraits, encounter, Hugo was leafing through Charlie’s Future events at Marchmont THE CHRISTOPHER BOYD figures, abstracts, experimental sketchbooks, full of those stream of consciousness managed and funded via the ‘Marchmont Makers include an Open Studios weekend on August 28 GALLERY, Old Gala House, work in mixed media Scott Cresent, Galashiels, THE GALLERY AT LAU- doodles that so often take artists by surprise, Foundation’ who invited Berwick Creative Guild and 29; and a ‘Conversations with Trees’ weekend TD1 3JS RIESTON, Woodbank House, wondering where on earth that came from! to encourage artists and creatives in its network to from October 1 to 3. www.marchmonthouse.com. FLAT CAT GALLERY, 2 Laurieston, DG7 2PW, 01644 Market Place, Lauder, TD2 450 235 Charlie’s doodles sparked an ongoing and apply. Allanbank Mill Steading Open 6SR, 01578 722 808, www. Contemporary and traditional fruitful partnership with Marchmont. It’s enabled The Guild was set up in 2019 to provide a Studios is from August 6 - 9. www. flatcatgallery.co.uk, flatcatgal- Fine Art and Landscape images [email protected] of Galloway him to convert those doodles into more tangible platform for supporting, sharing, and promoting the allanbankmillsteading.co.uk July/August and long term works, like ‘Skyboat’, a traditional Susie Christie Cornwall east coast coble, cradled on an oak framework, as BURNSIDE GALLERY, 48 ROYAL CORNWALL MU- Market place, Selkirk TD4 4BL SEUM, River Street, Truro, it might be for repainting and maintenance. Except FINANCIALFINANCIAL HELP HELP FOR FOR www.burnsidegallery.co.uk TR1 2SJ, 01872 272 205 New gallery in Selkirk Until August 8 that we’re some thirty miles from the coast, and THE ROADSTEAD GAL- Contemporary Art Medals. the intention is that this boat’s next voyage will be SCOTTISHSCOTTISH ARTISTS ARTISTS LERY, St Ellas Place, Eyem- Until September 5 skywards, enveloped and embodied within the five outh, TD14 5HP, 018907 52067 Festival of Drawing. The TheScottish Scottish Artists’ Artists’ Benevolent Benevolent Association Association REAL WOOD STUDIOS, LEMON STREET GALLERY young oak trees that are growing beneath it, slowly existsexists to afford to afford relief relief to distressed to distressed artists, artists, their their Monteviot Nurseries, Nr (LSG), 13 Lemon Street, Truro, Ancrum, Jedburgh, TD8 6TU, TR1 2LS, 01872 275 757 pushing themselves and Girl Hannah (for that is widows,widows, orphans orphans or dependants. or dependants. 01835 830 767 Contemporary Scottish furniture GrantsGrants are payableare payable to those to those who whomay maybe experiencingbe experiencing Café and walks County Durham difficultiesdifficulties due todue old to age old orage ill or health. ill health. Applications Applications are areBUY DESIGN GALLERY, BOWES MUSEUM, Newgate, consideredconsidered in April in April and November. and November. Assistance Assistance may alsomay bealso be1 Harestanes Craft Work- Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP, given givenfor emergency for emergency situations situations and these and these are dealt are dealtwith on with an on anshops, Harestanes by Ancrum, 01833 690 606 Jedburgh, TD8 6UQ, 01835 July 17 - October 31 ongoingongoing basis. basis. The Adventures of Clara. 830 718 Until January 9 2022 Application forms are available by email from the Showspace for quality crafts Application forms are available by email from the made in wood, metal, glass, North Country Quilts: SecretarySecretary Lesley Lesley Nicholl: Nicholl: [email protected] [email protected] ceramic and textile THE ORIENTAL MUSEUM, TWEEDSIDE GALLERY, Elvet Hill, DH1 3TH, 0191 All informationAll information received received will remain will remain strictly strictly confidential confidentialTweedside Road, Newtown St 334 5694 Until August 22 The Scottish The Scottish Artists’ Artists’ Benevolent Benevolent Association Association Boswells, Roxburghshire, TD6 Silla Collection 100 Project. 0PG, 01835 823473 Consists of 100 brooches ℅ Robb ℅ RobbFerguson Ferguson, Regent, Regent Court Court Picture Framing Plus beautiful 70 West 70 WestRegent Regent Street Street inspired by traditional jewellery crafts such as aromatic, ceram- and accessories from the Korean Glasgow Glasgow G2 2QZ G2 2QZ ics, glass and much more Silla dynasty (57 BCE-935 CE) 0141 0141248 7411 248 7411 EDGE TEXTILE ARTISTS THETHE TOD TOD SCOTLAND, Towerhouse, Ha- wick, www.edge-textileartists- Crieff scotland.com AITON FINE ARTS, 63 King ENDOWMENTENDOWMENT FUND FUND Promoting excellence in textiles Street, PH7 3HB, 01764 655 423 CharityCharity No: SCO10046 No: SCO10046 by artists based in Scotland Contemporary Scottish paintings and prints. Picture restorers and The TheScott iScottsh Artiish stsArti’ Bensts’ evolBenentevol Assocent Associationi atision is Bristol framers empoweredempowered by the by abovethe above to provide to provide holidays holidays in in THE STRATHEARN GAL- ARNOLFINI, Bush House, 16 LERY, 32 West High Street, ScotlandScotland for artists for artists (resident (resident in Scotland in Scotland for at for least at least Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA, 0117 PH7 4DL, 01764 656 100, www. 917 2300 two years) who are experiencing difficulties. strathearn-gallery.com, info@ two years) who are experiencing difficulties. BRISTOL DRAWING strathearn-gallery.com All informationAll information received received is Private is Private and Confidentia and Confidential l SCHOOL, Unit 5.18, Paint- July 3 - September 5 works, Arnos Vale, BS4 3EH 2021 Summer Mixed Exhibi- ApplicationApplication forms forms may be may obtained be obtained from: from: September 14 & 15 tion. Paintings, glass, ceramics, NEW! Flower Painting of India. sculpture and metalwork The SecretaryThe Secretary ScottishScottish Artists’ Artists’ Benevolent Benevolent Association Association Caithness Cumbria C/o RobbC/o RobbFerguson, Ferguson, Regent Regent Court Court NORTH LANDS CREATIVE ART IN THE PEN, Border- GLASS, Quatre Bras, Lybster, way Auction Mart, Rosehill 70 West70 West Regent Regent Street, Street, Glasgow Glasgow G2 2QZ G2 2QZ KW3 6BN, 01593 721 229, GrouseGrouse GordonGordon K Mitchell K Mitchell RSA RSW RSA RGI RSW RGI Industrial Estate, Montgomery www.northlandscreative.co.uk, Way, Carlisle, CA1 2RS, www. Email:Email: [email protected] [email protected] No: SC011823 No: SC011823 scottishartistsbenevolentassociation.co.ukscottishartistsbenevolentassociation.co.uk CharityCharity No: SC011823 No: SC011823 CharityCharity No: SC011823 No: SC011823 [email protected] artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 8 artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 9 Maxwell’s Cold Blast On the Arts & Crafts from the North The BORED? Here’s a wee project for you. If you send Amazon £ 29 Guide they will send you a pallet of the junk that has been returned to artinthepen.org.uk Road, DD1 4HT, 01382 385 330 Trail in Kirkcudbright BRAID IMAGE, 60 Rhodes The Galloway Hoard: Viking- Contemporary art fair Until August 22 (Off-site venue) them. Park, North Berwick, EH39 age Treasure. ABBOT HALL ART GAL- Phase Four | Corin Sworn: Varia- THIS YEAR, Kirkcudbright celebrates its art Whit? I am being serious. 5NA, 01620 890 780 August 6 - January 9 2022 LERY, Kendal, LA9 5AL, tions of Assembly. Summer Festivities’ 50th anniversary, but some Large Panoramic Art Photo- Inspiring Walter Scott. 01539 722464 Until August 22 (Off-site venue) for Beltsy, introduced washing-line art, As you may have heard, Amazon now has a policy of instead graphs, Printed on Canvas. View July 24 - April 17 2022 Exhibition talks, holiday Phase Four | CURRENT: Con- events have been cancelled, particularly the encouraging people to decorate clothes pegs with of engaging with long letters of discussion with those who send on-line gallery or visitors by The Typewriter Revolution. workshops, gallery book shop, temporary Art from Scotland. appointment NATIONAL LIBRARY OF coffee shop Until August 22 (Off-site venue) crowd-drawing Tattoo, The Parade, country fair, which they pinned up their artwork and invited their products back they are now often inclined to simply send you GALLERY 27, Dunbar Busi- SCOTLAND, George IV Phase Four | Nashashibi/Skaer: KENDAL MUSEUM, Station car show, pipe bands and Highland dancing. the town’s residents to send messages in bottles. back the cash you paid and junk the item. ness Center, 8 Spott Rd, Dun- Bridge, EH1 1EW, 0131 623 Chimera. Three fi lms, bar, EH42 1RS, 07942 676804 3700 Road, Kendal, LA9 6BT, 01539 Until July 7 2023 (Off-site However, The Kirkcudbright Art & Crafts Trail, Simple and effi cient, but green? 815597 venue) This year, Colin Saul is planning a life-size BASS ROCK POTTERY, TAN- SCOTTISH NATIONAL POR- BLACKWELL, Bowness-on- What I am Reading Now.... although cancelled last summer, is back for its shell lady made with scallop shells. Mysterious So now they have a new scheme (you can check it out on TALLON ARTS & CRAFTS TRAIT GALLERY, 1 Queen Windermere, LA23 3JT, 01539 LAMB GALLERY, University 18th year and will be held from Friday July 30 happenings are ear-marked for a Dr Who line, there’s not a word of lie in this). You send them around STUDIOS, Halfl and Barns St, EH2 1JD, 0131 624 6200 446 139 of Dundee, Tower Building, Schoolhouse, North Berwick, July 17 - January 9 2022 Until October 10 until Monday August 2. twenty nine quid and they pitch fork a load of the returned rubbish EH39 5PW, 0131 467 8300 Alison Watt. A Portrait Without Nethergate, DD1 4HN, 01382 police box. Rapunzel, still stuck at the top of Likeness. Body of new work - House of the Setting Sun. 385330 “It’s growing and growing,” says PAINTBOX ART CLASSES, Exploring the enduring legacy Kirkcudbright castle, will let down her hair on to a pallet and bingo you have a massive lucky bag that may paintings HANNAH MACLURE CEN- Cockenzie House & Gardens, of artistic exchange between installation artist Colin Saul who, with wife, again, in the hope of being rescued contain treasures and may contain junk delivered to your front 22 Edinburgh Rd, Cockenzie, INVERLEITH HOUSE, Royal Britain and Japan TRE, University of Abertay, Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Top Floor, Abertay Student Pauline, a painter, has been a driving force in door. Though probably best to check with your partner fi rst. EH32 0HY, 07852 951 592, BREWERY ARTS CENTRE, The Vikings, as a theme, predominates. In www.paintboxartclasses.com, Row, EH3 5LR Centre, 1 - 3 Bell Street, DD1 Until September 26 Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4HE, 1HP, 01382 308 777 the Trail’s success since it began. Although this September 2014, Derek McLennan discovered Now there are several ways of looking at this. Amazon [email protected] 01539 725 133 Offer a variety of classes, The Hidden Beauty of Seeds July 9 - 15 GALLERY Q, 160 Nethergate, year, the usual 24-page brochure is cut down to in Galloway the largest Viking hoard in modern seems to be becoming the watchword for pure unfettered workshops, summer schools and and Fruits. Ammonite. Cinema DD1 4DU, 01382 220 600 a fold-out leafl et history: over 100 objects, including beads, capitalism. Pay workers and taxes, as little as you can get away luxury residential courses THE QUEEN’S GALLERY, July 17 - 22 Until July 17 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PALACE OF HOLYROOD- The Hitman’s Wife Bodyguard. Mixed exhibition. Featuring listing participants only, the Trail map is brooches and rings. The Galloway Hoard will with. Chisel down your purchase price, and indeed your selling HOUSE, Palace of Holyrood- Jennifer Mackenzie FLIGHT, East Fortune Airfi eld, Cinema covered with 111 red dots, each indicating a go on display at Kirkcudbright Galleries from price to your customer. North Berwick, EH39 5LF, house, Abbeyhill, EH8 8DX, July 24 - August 21 0131 556 5100 EDEN ARTS, 1 Sandgate, Pen- Impressions of Italy. Don’t knock it. This is the system we all rely on to keep the 0300 123 6789 rith, CA11 7TP, 01768 899 444 separate venue. October this year until July 2022. Until January 31 2025 Until September 5 THE MCMANUS: DUNDEE’S PENNINE POTTERY, Cargill This year people can’t open their homes, The Vikings are a favorite with children, price of food and consumer goods down to their minimum. No Red Arrows Hawk T.1A. Victoria and Albert: Our Lives ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Display in Watercolour. A collection of Head House, Alston, CA9 3NG, Albert Square, Meadowside, as before, but may exhibit on tables outside and need to get too self righteous. We all milk this system and hardly thousands of watercolours 01434 382 157 who like the excuse to carry a shield and wear THE SCOTTISH ORNI- DD1 1DA, 01382 307 200 ever complain. Greed is good, cheap products are seductive. That TALBOT RICE GALLERY, Pottery & kiln work of ce- Until October 3 in gazebos and gardens. In the town centre’s a helmet. A Viking boat will show its prow and, THOLOGISTS’ CLUB (SOC), ramicist Peter Lascelles - please is why Amazon is now the king of retail. Waterston House, Aberlady, University of Edinburgh, Old Time and Tide: The Transforma- Soaperie Gardens, a grassy area with trees, College, South Bridge, EH8 telephone fi rst tion of the Tay. with their habit of EH32 0PY RED BARN GALLERY, Mel- 20 gazebos will be used to show art and craft It’s what we all want, most of the time, our spasms of eco- August 5 - September 26 9YL, 0131 650 2211 Until March 31 2022 ‘taking the mickey’, local artists will exhibit July 29 - August 29 kinthorpe, Penrith, CA10 2DR, A Love Letter to Dundee: responsibility are largely incidental. Helga Chart, Claire Harkess and 01931 212 767 work. Of course, galleries, shops and café s, who their ‘precious’ Viking artefacts: plastic beads, Derek Robertson. Painted Emeka Ogboh. A new sound Joseph McKenzie Photographs But just a wee minute. What is the real price we are paying for work MUSEUM OF LAKELAND 1964-1987. regularly participate in the Trail, are already paste brooches and lager can rings, in a glass capitalism? Until August 29 LIFE & INDUSTRY, Abbot DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY open. case! Edinburgh Larry Achiampong, Amy Hall, Kirkland, Kendal, LA9 ARTS (DCA), 152 Nethergate, Kirkcudbright Art & Crafts Trail has First is that policy really green or just greenwash? After all if THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL Balkin, Anca Benera and Arnold 5AL, 01539 722 464 DD1 4DY, 01382 909 900 Kirkcudbright Arts & Crafts Trail prides they didn’t send out those pallets the stuff would probably just end GALLERY, The Mound, Estefan, Boyle Family, Alexan- WILLOWPOOL DESIGNS, 9 Until August 8 built a reputation for ‘doing crazy, tongue- itself in being inclusive and open to all ages. Princes Street, EH2 2EL, 0131 dra Daisy Ginsberg & Sascha Weston Houses, Endmoor, Ken- Emma Talbot. Ghost Calls. A up on landfi ll, so maybe its better that the needy get their hands on 624 6200 Pohfl epp, Gabrielle Goliath, new series of works in-cheek things’, sometimes ‘sending up’ the Femke Herregraven, Jarsdell dal, LA8 0HA, 01539 567 056 They don’t ask anybody to prove they’re an artist items that they otherwise couldn’t afford. Ongoing Willow work by Simone Siegan COOPER GALLERY contemporary art world. Painting as Spectacle. Paintings Solutions Ltd, Kahlil Joseph, & Steve Fuller (EXHIBITIONS), Duncan of and if someone says they’ve been embroidering Ongoing Tonya McMullan, Sarah Rose, And the other side of the coin? Well let’s take a dodgy James Webb. The Normal. DOVE COTTAGE & THE Jordanstone College of Art & In response to Tracey Emin’s ‘Unmade Bed’, for 20 years and wants to show their work, they Dutch and Flemish Art 1600- lawnmover. Person A buys it from Amazon, who send it buy road. 1700. Display WORDSWORTH MUSEUM, Design (DJCAD), University of they erected a pristine one with an old-fashioned can do so. OPEN EYE GALLERY, 34 Dove Cottage, Grasmere, LA22 Dundee, 13 Perth Road, DD1 It is returned by road, junked, re-packaged on a pallet, junked, SCOTTISH NATIONAL GAL- Abercromby Place, EH3 6QE, bedstead and a fl owery quilt. 0131 557 1020 9SH, 015394 35544 4HT, 01382 385 330, www. The trail receives no public arts funding Stephen Barclay: ‘Trailer’ Gouache on paper 54cm x 80cm Artist’s collection sent to landfi ll. Again by road. Not so green now, eh? LERY OF MODERN ART, 75 FARFIELD MILL, Garsdale dundee.ac.uk/cooper-gallery/ Damien Hirst’s diamond-studded skull was either. But over the years, they have been Belford Road, EH4 3DR, 0131 THE E.D.S. GALLERY Road, Sedbergh, LA10 5LW, exhibitions/ and drink, there’s plenty of choice. Most venues It’s obvious that during these very Colin Saul were unable to visit Stanley, The other day I laughed when I told a young friend that my 624 6200 (FORMERLY TORRANCE Until October 9 01539 621 958 an opportunity not to be missed. The Trail’s supported fi nancially and in other ways by Ongoing GALLERY), 36 Dundas Street, Ruth Ewan. The Ignorant Art are in the town centre. Within this area you diffi cult times, the spirit of invention their grandson, living in South England, career had been more of a verb than a noun and he pondered this Figurative Art in Scotland and EH3 6JN, 0131 556 6366, www. Until August 15 School: Sit-in #1. thought-provoking plastic version covered with Kirkcudbright Summer Activities. Under the Stuart Gray. Song of Silence. can sign up for a cookery class, wander around and resilience has predominated. they kept in touch by writing stories, and then used a phrase I hadn’t heard for years. “A verb… a using England 1918-1945. 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Pottery 150 years of South Asian and DOUBTFIRE GALLERY, 3 studios.org Wayfarer Muslim history in Glasgow South East Circus Place, EH3 classes, Monday 10-12pm and Until January 1 2022 MAISIE & MAC ART AND 7-9pm, Tuesday 7-9pm and 6TJ, 0131 225 6540 www.westhighlandwayfarer.co.uk Wednesday 2-4pm Self led Workshop - Share some Until July 31 CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, South Asian Games. Guide-led Euan McGregor. Remain In 1 St. Catherine Street, Cupar, BIRCHWOOD COTTAGE tour Light. New paintings KY15 4LS, 01334 656 523, GALLERY & TEAROOM, CENTRE FOR CONTEM- QUEENSFERRY MUSEUM, www.maisieandmac.com, info@ THE Balmungo, St Andrews, KY16 PORARY ARTS (CCA), 350 53 High Street, South Queens- maisieandmac.com 8LW, 01334 208220 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD, Paintings, prints, sculpture, Whisky Gallery/tearoom just outside St ferry, West Lothian, EH30 9HP, textiles, ceramics, wood & metal Andrews on the B9131. 0141 352 4900 0131 331 5545 from UK artists and makers MACKINTOSH CHURCH, Helps visitors to explore the Trailer ST. ANDREWS ART CLUB, Ongoing 14c Argyle Street, St Andrews, CRM Society, Queen’s Cross past and traditions of historic Art and Contemporary Craft - www.whiskytrailer.co.uk Church, 870 Garscube Road, Queensferry and neighbouring KY16 9BP, www.standrewsart- Celebrating 10 Years. Fabulous club.co.uk G20 7EL, 0141 946 6600, www. Dalmeny work from UK artists & makers crmsociety.com, trish@crmso- THE PEOPLE’S STORY MU- plus ethically sourced gifts from PAGE POTTERY GALLERY, ciety.com SEUM, 163 Canongate, Royal elsewhere 49 High Street, Pittenweem, Until December 31 Mile, EH8 8BN, 0131 529 4057 PITTENWEEM ARTS FESTI- CHECK OUT KY10 2PG, 01333 311402 Mackintosh Online Talks. THE FINE ART SOCIETY, 6 VAL, Festival Offi ce, 47 High GREENGATE GALLERY, THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Dundas Street, EH3 6HZ, 0131 Street, Pittenweem, KY10 2PG, OUR OTHER Sandhaven, Culross, KY12 AND ART GALLERY, Uni- 557 4050 01333 313 903, www.pitten- 8JG, greengategallery@gmail. versity of Glasgow, University Until July 24 weemartsfestival.co.uk, info@ com Avenue, G12 8QQ, 0141 330 Drawings by Scottish artists pittenweemartsfestival.co.uk TITLES 4221 from the 17th through 20th Festival 2021 Cancelled Fort William For the Guide online Visit: www.artwork.co.uk A history of the world in a hundred

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artWORK 217 Summer2021 Page 11 The ArtWork Guide HIGH ST. GALLERY, 84 High From May working farm and museum Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 Old Ways New Roads: Travels KELVIN HALL, Argyle Street, Isle of Lewis 4JL, 01557 331 660 in Scotland 1720-1832. G3 8AW, 0141 276 1450 AN LANNTAIR, Town Hall, THE WHITEHOUSE GAL- MCLELLAN GALLERIES, Explore items from the Glasgow Northumberland Folk… Kenneth Street, Stornoway, LERY, 47 St Mary Street, 270 Sauchiehall Street, G2 history, archaeology, furniture HS1 2DS, 01851 703 307 and education collections Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DU, 3EH, 0141 565 4137 I’M NOT SURE I should be telling you about As Neil MacGregor demonstrates so well in his July 27 - 29 01557 330 223 THE ANNAN GALLERY, 164 HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER, Pop-up Opera Summer Tour. July 3 - September 4 Woodlands Road, G3 6LL, 10 Dumbreck Road, G41 5BW, ‘Northumberland Folk’ or their strange and Radio 4 series ‘A history of the world in a hundred August 10 & 11 Summer Exhibition 2021. 0141 332 0028 0141 353 4770 wondrous tales, as retold and recreated by illustrator objects’, the secret of a good museum is not just Tarbert Towers. Performances OCHRE GALLERY & STU- ROGER BILLCLIFFE GAL- HILLHEAD LIBRARY, Byres and printmaker Jonny Hannah. They’re hidden interesting artefacts, and their makers, but vivid HARBOUR VIEW GALLERY, DIO, 76 High Street, Kirkcud- LERY, 134 Blythswood Street, Road, G12 8AP, 0141 276 1617 Port of Ness, HS2 0XA, 01851 bright, DG6 4JL, 01557 428 088 G2 4EL, 0141 332 4027 EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CEN- gems, you see, rather like one of the museums where storytelling. 810 735 , www.ochregallery.co.uk Until July 24 TRE, 51-53 Old Coach Road, you can see them and hear their stories, if you can This show is as much about Jonny, the Original paintings and prints by Working gallery and studio Stella Campion, Zoe Watts and East Kilbride, G74 4DU, 01355 Anthony J Barber THE STEWARTRY MUSEUM, Steven Ottewill. Hand-Held. 261 000, www.slleisureandcul- find it! illustrator with a great imagination, as it is about MORVEN GALLERY, Upper 47 St Mary’s Street, Kirkcud- Functional pieces of silver ture.co.uk/info/48/east_kilbride_ But I’m uncomfortable, sitting on the horns of Hannah, the reporter, researcher, and teller of Barvas, Outer Hebrides, HS2 bright, DG6 4DU, 01557 330223 EWAN MUNDY FINE ART, arts_centre 0QX, 01851 840 216 TOLBOOTH ART CENTRE, 01436 821 533 AULD KIRK MUSEUM, a dilemma, so will reveal all. I thought I must have Berwick-upon-Tweed’s folklore. Changing exhibitions of original High Street, Kirkcudbright, GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, East art, crafts, photography & imagined my first visit to Berwick-upon-Tweed’s Sometimes the two get confused, and tapestry weaving DG6 4JL, 01557 331 556 GALLERY, 48 King Street, G1 Dunbartonshire, G66 1HN, 0141 THE FAED GALLERY, 56 5QT, 0141 552 0704 578 0144 museum, years ago, drawn into another world, a confusing. His work has a crude energetic, primitive, High Street, Gatehouse of Fleet, GLASGOW SCULPTURE CASS ART, 63-67 Queen Street, brilliantly theatrical display of outsider art naivety, perfectly Isle of Skye DG7 2HP, 01557 814 458 STUDIOS, The Whisky Bond, G1 3EN, 0207 619 2601 local life, complete with fishwives capturing the legendary spirit of DANDELION DESIGNS, Stein, CORNERWAYS STUDIO/ 2 Dawson Road, G4 9SS, 0141 For all your art supplies and gifts Waternish, IV55 8GA, 01470 GALLERY, 7 Selkirk Road, 353 3708 PATRICIA FLEMING and jolly jack tars peering out of the stories and their folk. That 592 218, www.dandelion- Kirkcudbright, DG6 4BL, PLATFORM, The Bridge, 1800 PROJECTS, 2nd Floor, 60-64 designs.co.uk 01557 331 640, www.cornerway- Westerhouse Road, G34 9JW, Osborne Street, G1 5QH upstairs windows. said, the pieces can easily appear a Permanent exhibition of many contemporary and traditional sart.co.uk/studio/, enquiry@ 0141 276 9696 Until August 1 So thumbs down to Museums somewhat random and mysterious cornerwaysart.co.uk Until July 30 Tako Taal / Halo Nevus. artists, and an interesting range of crafts Miniature paintings & larger Jimmy Cauty’s ESTATE. New Until August 15 Northumberland for the minimal muddle without help, because works in oil, pastel & watercol- village model explores urban Ilana Halperin. There is a publicity, and a gentle wake-up the tales are quite complex, and, SANDBANK STUDIO, Old our by Jane B Gibson dystopia from the back of a Volcano Behind my House. Pier Road, Sandbank, Broad- lorry Installation call to them, English Heritage and quite deliberately, there is little KIRKCUDRIGHT ARTS & ford, IV49 9AE, 01471 822 011, CRAFTS TRAIL CLYDE MARITIME CEN- GOVAN PROJECT SPACE, Berwick Town Council to their explanation or interpretation www.duncancurrie.net, duncan. July 30 - August 2 TRE, 100 Stobcross Rd, G3 249 Govan Road, G51 1HJ [email protected] The Trail 2021. get respective fingers out. If you on display to dilute their Wide range of original paintings 8QQ, 0141 339 0631 ARTISTS & MAKERS POP- The Tall Ship at Glasgow Inverness want to encourage visitors to the otherworldliness. by Duncan Currie and works Harbour. Glenlee (1896), one of by Pam Carter and other well- UP SHOP, Mill on the Fleet only 5 Clyde-built sailing ships INVERNESS MUSEUM & ART town and its cultural delights, of Fortunately Jonny has produced known Scottish artists Visitor Centre, 65 High Street, left afloat GALLERY, Castle Wynd, IV2 AROS SKYE HERITAGE Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2HS, which there are many, promotion a little green book, explaining the 01556 814 099 TRAMWAY, 25 Albert Drive, 3EB, 01463 237114 CENTRE, Viewfield Road, Por- CASTLE GALLERY, 43 Castle Stocked and staffed by local G41 2PE, 0141 276 0950 helps, and Jonny’s your man, with show, along with a short video. tree, IV51 9EU, 01478 613 750 professional designer makers Until July 14 Street, IV2 3DU, 01463 729 512, Video exhibition of Skye scen- Ian Kamau. Tramway TV: Non www.castlegallery.co.uk, info@ his delightful ‘manicule’, a stylish Best of all, the museum staff ery and local history Essential. castlegallery.co.uk hand that could be replicated all offer regular short presentations to EDINBANE POTTERY, Lanarkshire July 11 - 25 Until August 31 Edinbane, Portree, IV51 9PW, IRONWORKS GALLERY, Sammy Baloji and Bodys Summer Mixed Exhibition over town, index finger pointing talk you through it. Our excellent 01470 582 234 Summerlee Heritage Park, Her- Isek Kingelez. A Glasgow September 3-25 museum-wards, where else? guide brought one central theme GALLERY AN TALLA itage Way, Coatbridge, ML5 International 2021 exhibition. David Meredith and Jenny 1QD, 01236 431 261 Photographs McLaren - Nature’s Contours Museums, from the Greek in the show to life for us. It’s all DEARG, Ornsay, Sleat, IV43 8QR, 01471 833 439, www. Call for details STREET LEVEL PHO- HIGHLAND PRINT STUDIO, mouseion, originally meant a about an orphaned bear called eileaniarmain.co.uk, hotel@ GOLD AND SILVER-ETC TOWORKS, 48 King Street, 20 Bank Street, IV1 1QU, 01463 eilean-iarmain.co.uk ART GALLERY, 41 High Trongate 103, G1 5HD, 0141 718 999, www.highlandprintstu- philosophical institution or a place Wotjek, adopted by his Polish Until July 28 Street, ML11 7LU, 01555 665 552 2151 dio.co.uk, info@highlandprints- of quiet contemplation. Perhaps soldier foster-parents, and his Lynne Forrester 342 GALLERY III, 25 King Street, tudio.co.uk July 30-August 24 Work by June Shirreffs, inc. Townhead, G1 5QZ, 0141 552 Open access print studio and that’s why Berwick’s museum extraordinary adventures in Jim Woodman Bespoke jewellery, Quality 0704 education facility. Regular August 26 - September 22 handbags weekend and evening courses hides its light under a bushel in the wartime Italy, Berwick-upon-Tweed WASPS ARTISTS STUDIOS, Margaret Evans, Marianne WILLIAM WILSON FINE available - call for full details Clock Block at the Barracks, built and Edinburgh. Worthy The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Ongoing - online ART PHOTOGRAPHER, 75 G1 5HZ, 0141 553 5890 Online gallery and shop. in 1739 from a design by Nicholas So Wotjek, shop mascot, DIANA MACKIE, 10 Borreraig Hyndford Road, ML11 9AU, July 10 - August 31 re heading for Park, Dunvegan, IV55 8ZX, 01555 660 023 EDEN COURT THEATRE, Hawksmoor. The earliest barracks points the way, and, later we see 01470 511 795 Limited edition giclée fine art Ten Years On - Kirkcudbright Eden Court, Bishops Road, IV3 Online Exhibition. Celebrates in Britain, they reflect worry about his outsize bottle of ale (left). pay Beer, Working studio and gallery - prints and canvases 10 years of Cannonwalls and 5SA, 01463 234 234 paintings depict the climatic July 5 - August 9 SUMMERLEE MUSEUM, Claverhouse Studios featuring a Jacobite invasion. It came about bears, and Berwick have made for changes of the Highlands and Heritage Way, Coatbridge, past and present Wasps artists I Love Summer. Come along and Islands join us in the tent for 6 fabulous 250 years later! a happy trinity since the middle ML5 1QD, 01236 638460 ARTERIES GALLERY, 185a weeks of drama, dancing, fun Now, on high days and holidays, the town ages. The theme of the whole exhibition is inspired ORBOST GALLERY, Half KILN SERVICES, Unit 8/11, Bath Street, G2 4HU, 0141 and friendship Bolvean, nr Dunvegan, IV55 Whistleberry Park Indus- 222 2830 is full of relaxed Glaswegians from caravan by a Victorian receipt from ‘The R Good Emporium, 8ZB, 01470 521 207 trial Estate, Hamilton, ML3 PICTURE THIS, 18 Church Selling exhibitions of profes- PULP PAPER ARTS WORK- Street, IV1 1EB, 01463 238823 museum-art-galler 0ED, 01698 822032, www. SHOP, WASPS Factory, 77 encampments outside the ramparts. But thumbs and wholesale and retail grocer, oil and colorman’, on sional artworks by local artists in SCOTTISH FLAIR ART Skye & Highlands kiln-services.co.uk, sales@kiln- Hanson Street, Dennistoun, hands up to Jonny Hannah for his four exhibitions what is now Marygate. Open the door of the famous services.co.uk GALLERY, 11 Bank Street, IV1 RAVEN PRESS GALLERY, G31 2HF, 0141 337 2842, www. 1QY, 01463 248 500 We supply, maintain and repair paperartsworkshop.co.uk, ali- in Northumberland’s museums. The others are R Good pantry to be rewarded with an illustrated Colbost, Dunvegan, IV55 8ZS, kilns and wheels. [email protected] at Woodhorn, near Ashington; Morpeth Chantry alphabet of Good’s goodies. 01470 511 748 Scottish agents for Potclays & Wood engravings of landscape SCOTTISH ARTISTS’ BE- Inverness-shire Potterycrafts supplying clay, IONA GALLERY, Duke Street, Bagpipe Museum; and Hexham Old Gaol. There’s much more to see and celebrate, and wildlife. Resist dyed silks glazes and tools NEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, and hand knit design. Working Second Floor, 5 Oswald Street, Kingussie PH21 1JG, 01540 664 Jonny’s brief, back in 2019, was to invite, including feisty Northumberland women, past and studio of engraver Kathleen BIGGAR AND UPPER G1 4QR, www.scottishartists- 535, www.theionagallery.com Lindsley CLYDESDALE MUSEUM, 156 benevolentassociation.co.uk July 11-17 research, collect and create his own artwork in present; salmon fishers of the Tweed; and the great High St Biggar, Biggar, ML12 Empowered by the TOD Ann Evans and David Fallows: response to stories and folklore about these places Jimmy Strength, who carried his hoss across the 6DH, 01899 221 050 Endowment Fund to provide The Eye of the Beholder Kelso DOUGLAS DAVIES GAL- holidays in Scotland for artists July 19-28 and people. A challenge made more complex by the bridge to save a toll, fathered more than forty bairns, THE VENNEL GALLERY, LERY, Loanfoot, Skirling, Big- (resident in Scotland for at least Creative Cairngorms pandemic, which delayed the exhibition until now. and lived to be 115! Denise Playfair, 11 Bridge gar, ML12 6HD, 01899 860254, two years) who are experiencing 1896 GALLERY, Deshar Rd, Street, TD5 7HT, 01573 224 www.douglasdaviesrsw.co.uk, difficulties Boat of Garten, PH24 3BN, The response was brilliant, and he has done them To get to the Barracks, head for the Parade car 003, [email protected] www.douglasdaviesrsw.co.uk/ Ongoing 01479 831 111, www.1896gallery. proud. park, and walk towards the ramparts, keeping Holy Besposke Picture Framer. contact.html Holiday in Scotland. Providing com KELSO POTTERY, The holidays in Scotland (through Art, photography, crafts, jewel- Like his contemporary Mark Hearld, Jonny’s Trinity Church (one of very few from the 1650s, Knowes, 100 metres behind ‘The TOD Endowment Fund’) lery, books, cards and calendars Lancashire for artists (resident in Scotland illustrating and printmaking is influenced by the and ‘of quite exceptional architectural interest’ Kelso Abbey, TD5 7BH, 01573 CARRBRIDGE ARTISTS’ 224 027 BLACKBURN MUSEUM & for at least two years) who are traditional hand painted signwriting and lettering in Pevsner’s Northumberland) on your left. The ART GALLERY, Museum experiencing difficulties. Please STUDIO, Main Street, Mugs, jugs, bowls & ‘Time Tab- Cairngorms National Park, lets’ fired in the Kelso Pit Kiln Street, Blackburn, BB1 7AJ, visit our website for more of shops, canal-boats and fairground art, as well as Barracks are on the right. 01254 667 130 details Carrbridge, PH23 3AS, 01479 841 328, www.carrbridgestu- work revived and stylised by artists like Edward If you don’t want to visit them as well, explain Call for details RSW, 5 Oswald Street, G1 Kirkcudbright dios.com, alice@carrbridgestu- Bawden between the wars. to English Heritage’s gatekeepers that you’re heading Until September 18 4QR, 0141 248 7411, www.rsw. dios.com KIRKCUDBRIGHT GALLER- Craig Easton & Abdul Aziz org.uk, [email protected] Work by resident artists Jeff & He recognised that this genre, threatened by for the museum and will pay there. It’s good value – IES, St Mary Street, DG5 4AQ, Hafiz. The Royal Scottish Society of Alice Buttress. 01567 331 276, www.kirkcud- The Watercolours of J.M.W Painters in Watercolour modern printing technology (and, now, computer pay once and enjoy unlimited visits all year. brightgalleries.org.uk Turner (1775 – 1851). GLENFINNAN STATION Until July 10 Until December 31 LILLIE ART GALLERY, MUSEUM, Station Cottage, graphics), embodied the hand-made craftsmanship, Station Road, Milngavie, G62 The Galloway Hoard at Kirkcud- Get Crafty at Home. With Baxter Glenfinnan, PH37 4LT, 01397 sense of place and timelessness of another, almost The exhibition runs until October 31. Usually bright Galleries. Comprises the Badger 8BZ, 0141 956 5536, www.edlc. 722 295 co.uk/heritage-arts/exhibitions/ lost world. That dreamlike quality gives this open Wednesday to Sunday 10 - 4, but check! more than 100 objects KEN BROMLEY ART SUP- lillie-art-gallery-exhibitions THE LAUNDRY GALLERY, HARBOUR COTTAGE GAL- PLIES, Unit 13 Lodge Bank Until August 21 Aviemore, PH22 1ST exhibition an immersive feel, drawing you in, www.museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/ LERY, Castlebank, Kirkcud- Estate, Crown Lane, Horwich, Joan Eardley (1921 – 1963) – A complemented by the permanent display, a ‘Window berwick-museum-art-gallery bright, DG6 4LB, 01557 330 Bolton, BL6 5HY, 01204 690114 Centenary Celebration from the Isle of Arran 073, www.harbourcottagegal- BACK-RIDGE GALLERY, Lillie Collection. STUDIO 4, Shore Road, Lam- on Berwick’ that I remembered from my first visit. NICK JONES lery.org.uk Twitter Lane, Waddington, PEOPLE’S PALACE, Glasgow lash, KA27 8LA, 01770 600 919 July 5 - 17 Clitheroe, BB73LQ, 01200 Green, G40 1AT, 0141 550 0892 Lively contemporary art, Isle Gallery Open Exhibition. 427304 UNLIMITED STUDIOS, 25 of Bute July 19 - 31 Former working farm has been Corfield – Derby – Hamilton Hyndland Street, G11 5QE, MOUNT STUART, Mount Stu- transformed into a work-haven – Lochhead. Embroidery and for local designers and craftsmen 0141 338 6052 art, PA20 9LR, 01700 503 877 textile art, hand tufted rugs, ART FORUM, 50 Station photography, ceramics PETER SCOTT GALLERY, Road, Milngavie, G62 8AB, Isle Of Harris August 2 - 12 Lancaster University, LA1 0141 956 6765 Summer Gallery Exhibition. 4YW, 01524 594 151 Mixed exhibition of work SKOON ART CAFE, 4 Ge- August 14 - 29 Until July 31 including Peter Howson, Pam ocrab, HS3 3HB, 01859 530 268 Fine Arts in Edinburgh (FAS). A Walk for Grief: A Permanent Carter, Mary Davidson, Walter Original art, home made cakes August 31 - September 6 Sound Walk for Lancaster. Awlson, Marion Drummond and Michelle Bennett Oates, Mary LYTHAM HERITAGE CEN- many more Isle of Islay Gladstone, Flora McDowall. TRE, 2 Henry Street, Lytham, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GALLERY, Bowmore SHOP ONLINE Mixed Media. FY8 5LE, 01253 730787 RURAL LIFE, Wester Kit- Distillery Visitor Centre, School PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS tochside, Philipshill Road, Street, Bowmore, PA43 7JS, POP UP SHOP, 67 St Mary’s Leeds East Kilbride, G76 9HR, 0300 01496 810 441 UK MAIL ORDER Street, DG6 HAREWOOD HOUSE, Hare- 123 6789 Regular exhibitions by local Applied Art from 20 artists wood House Trust, Harewood Escape to the countryside for artists living and working in Dumfries the day to explore the 1950s & LOCAL DELIVERIES and Galloway House, Harewood, LS17 9LG, www.EdinburghArtShop.co.uk For the Guide online [email protected] artWORK 217 Summer 2021 Page 12 The ArtWork Guide 0113 218 1010 DULWICH PICTURE GAL- drawings, paintings and carving Until October 31 THE GALLERY, Elgin LERY, Gallery Road, Dulwich Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, by sculptor John Thompson and Together We Are. Featuring six Village, SE21 7AD, 0208 693 artist Lesley Murdoch unique flag artworks IV30 1HS, 01343 562 600 5254 Exhibitions by local artists and SHORELINES GALLERY HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE, Until August 22 craftspeople & STUDIO, Maitland Place, 74 The Headrow, LS1 3AH, Journeys. Works from the Gal- Finstown, Orkney Isles, KW17 0113 234 3158 lery’s Collection LEAP STUDIO & GALLERY, Until August 30 17 Victoria Street, Craigel- 2EQ, 01856 761142 LEEDS CITY ART GALLERY, Unearthed: Photography’s lachie, Aberlour-on-Spey, AB38 Original gallery & shop selling The Headrow, LS1 3AA, 0113 Roots. 9SR, 01340 881226 prints & watercolours by Orkney 247 8256 artist Jane Glue GREENWICH PRINTMAK- Unique display of whisky ERS GALLERY, 1a The related art THE LOFT GALLERY, ST Linlithgow Market, Greenwich, SE10 9HZ, ‘Timo’ the dachshund LOGIE STEADING ART Margarets Hope, KW17 2SL THE LINE GALLERY, 238 0208 858 1569 OIL ON BLOCK CANVAS 11”X 14”…no need to frame. GALLERY, Logie, Dunphail, NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, Graham Place, Stromness, High Street, EH49 7ES, 01506 Original Artist Prints at afford- Any subject considered. Forres, IV36 2QN, 01309 611 670 268 able prices 378 KW16 3BY, 01856 851 194 Until July 13 CONTEMPORARY SCULP- KIRKCUDBRIGHT ARTISTS’ TOWN Shows of contemporary art in Non-profit white wall exhibition Morag Lloyds, Helen Acklam, the gallery by local artists. space with a sink, sofa bed, TURE GALLERIES, 108 Old shower and cooking facilities Nikki Monaghan and Melanie Brompton road, SW7 3RA., Jane B. Gibson RMS A’ANSIDE, Main Street, Keevil. Connections. www.cornerwaysart.co.uk • [email protected] Tomintoul, AB37 9EX, 01479 available for self-funded Artist 0207 373 8615 Residencies At Royal British Society of Tel: 01557 331640 Any subject considered 872 074 Liverpool Sculptors Scottish Art, ceramics and BILL MCARTHUR SEA- sculpture - craftsmanship at its SCAPE ART, 3 Lettan, Sanday, TATE LIVERPOOL, Albert Until September 19 Sophie Kemp. best - etchings, pottery, sporting KW17 2BP Dock, L3 4BB, 0151 702 7400 10Gram Challenge. More than prints BLUECOAT ARTS CENTRE, 200 miniature sculptures Wide range of MORAY COLLEGE UHI, Oxford School Lane, L1 3BX, 0151 The Royal Society of Sculptors. original paintings Moray Street, Elgin, IV30 1JJ, 709 5689 Summer Exhibition 2021. MODERN ART OXFORD, 30 01343 576 413, www.moray. Pembroke Street, OX1 1BP, LADY LEVER ART GAL- VICTORIA AND ALBERT by ac.uk 01865 722 733 LERY, Lower Road, Port MUSEUM, Cromwell Road, Duncan FALCONER MUSEUM, Tol- ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, Sunlight Village, Wirral, CH62 SW7 2RL, 0207 942 2000 booth Street, Forres, IV36 1PH, 5EQ, 0151 478 4136 Until September 12 Beaumont Street, OX1 2PH, Currie 01309 673 701 01865 278 000 THE WALKER, William Bags: Inside Out. Explores the style, function, design and Old Pier Rd THE BOOKMARK, 34 High Brown Street, L3 8EL, 0151 Street, Grantown-on-Spey, 478 4199 craftsmanship of the ultimate Paisley accessory Broadford Isle of Skye PH26 3EH, 01479 873433 Tel: 01471 822064 PAISLEY MUSEUM & ART CONTEMPORARY APPLIED Livingston [email protected] GALLERIES, 60 High Street, ARTS, 2 Percy Street, W1T Morayshire Town Centre, PA1 2BA, 0141 HOWDEN PARK CENTRE, www.duncancurrie.co.uk 1DD, 0207 436 2344 Summer/Autumn ISSUE 2021 THE HIGH ST MERCHANTS, 889 3151, www.renfrewshire- Arts Services, West Lothian OPERA GALLERY, 134 New 74 High Street, Grantown- leisure.com/paisleymuseum/ Council, Howden Park Centre, bond Street, W1S 2TF, 0207 on-Spey , PH26 3EL, 01479 art-galleries-and-ceramics- EH54 6AE, 01506 777 666 491 2999 872246, www.thehighstmer- collection/ LA GALLERIA PALL MALL, THE KELSO POTTERY chants.com, thehighstreetmer- Check website for more details London Unit 30 , Royal Opera Arcade, KELSO POTTERY [email protected] PAISLEY ART CENTRE, New THE BRITISH MUSEUM, SW1Y 4UY, 0207 930 8069 50th ANNIVERSARY Café - Gallery - Bar Street, PA1 1EZ, 0141 887 1010 Great Russell Street, Blooms- JACKSONS ART SUPPLIES 100 metresmetres behindbehind the Kelso Kelso Abbey Regular performances and bury Square, WC1A 2RJ, 0207 LTD, 1 Farleigh Place, N16 Nairn events, call for listings 323 8181 7SX, 0844 499 8430, www. in the Knowes Car Park. NAIRN BOOK AND ARTS PAISLEY ART INSTITUTE, NATIONAL MARITIME jacksonsart.com, sales@jack- AbbeyEXHIBITION in The Knowes & Car SALE Park FESTIVAL, 53 King Street, c/o Unit 33, Sir James Clark MUSEUM, Romney Road, sonsart.co.uk Mugs, jugs, bowls and IV12 4NP, 01467 451 804, www. Building, Abbeymill Business Greenwich, SE10 9NF, 0208 SAATCHI GALLERY, Duke nairnfestival.co.uk, enquiries@ Centre, Seedhill, PA1 1TJ, 858 4422 Of York’s HQ, King’s Road, WeMonday regret 2ndbeing of closed November for as long nairnfestival.co.uk www.paisleyartinstitute.com, Until October 31 SW3 4RY, 020 7811 3081 “Time Tablets” fired in September 4 - 12 secretary@paisleyartinstitute. Tudors to Windsors: British Ongoing as the lockdown persists. We hope Nairn Book and Arts Festival. com Royal Portraits. JR. JR: Chronicles. Featuring the Kelso Pit Kiln. The annual celebration of litera- Annual Exhibition - work from THE NATIONAL GALLERY, recent projects, including The Until Saturday 19th December ture and the arts in the Scottish artist members and open entrants Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN, Secret of the Great Pyramid to celebrate this, our 50th year of Highlands he length and breadth of the UK 0207 747 2885 (2019) Open Tuesday to Saturday BOATH HOUSE, Auldearn, September 23 - October 24 closed on Sundays. IV12 5TE, 01667 454 896 Various artists. 133rd Annual THE BARBICAN, Silk Street, ALEXANDRA PALACE, Al- making pottery in Kelso with an Open Exhibition. EC2Y 8DS, 0207 638 4141 exandra Palace Way, N22 7AY, 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm Changing exhibitions by Scots contemporary artists TATE MODERN, Bankside, 0208 365 2121 Peebles SE1 9TG, 0207 887 8008 July 1 - September 30 TelephoneExhibition in (01573) November. 224027 CAWDOR CASTLE, Cawdor, More than 25 artists from In the Knows, Kelso TD5 7BH IV12 5RD, 01667 404 401 TWEED ART, 1 Biggiesknowe, TATE BRITAIN, Millbank, Haringey. Artists Walk 2021. EH45 8HS, 01721 720 246, SW1P 4RG, 0207 887 8888 NEW SHOP, DISABLED ACCESS THE COURT HOUSE, THE Sculptors, poets, painters and Telephone: (01573) 224027 SEAMAN’S HALL, IV12 4AU, www.tweedart.co.uk, info@ BANKSIDE GALLERY, 48 photographers Telephone ~ 01573 224027 01667 458510 tweedart.co.uk Hopton Street, (Next to Tate DESIGN MUSEUM, 28 Shad Framing studio artists and Modern), SE1 9JH, 0207 928 GREENTREE ARTS STUDIO, Thames, SE1 2YD, 020 7403 The School House, Ferness, craftmakers gallery 7521 6933 Ongoing Until August 8 Nairnshire, IV12 5UP, 01309 Various artists. Artists Gallery. July 23 - 28 651 319 Royal Watercolour Society The Power of Material: From The High St Merchants as original art and prints. and Royal Society of Painter Studio spaces, workshops and Virtual to Physical. 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