Art exhibition will be a really Lifting experience

Highland Games and modern life are to be celebrated at a new exhibition. Aberdeenshire Council is supporting Lifting, by Stéphanie Vandem, an exhibition linking the heavy events of the Highland Games with struggle and resilience in modern society. Based on Aboyne, Stephanie has created a series of large scale oil paintings that visually represent the…

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Scottish and Japanese groups to stage an exhibition

A cross-continental art show is set to open at a Scottish library. The multi-award winning Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries continues its run of varied exhibitions and events with the opening of ‘Paper from across the sea: Washi Umi o Koete’, a stunning collection of original hand-made fine art prints. Running from 8 September to…

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Orchard exhibition will bear fruit at arts centre

A new exhibition exploring memories, hopes and imagination is set to open this weekend. Kirkcudbright-based artist Maggie Ayres has a solo exhibition opening at the Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. Orchard explores memories, hopes and imagination – recalling everything from a childhood playing among the apple trees in the Lake District, through the joys and trials…

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International ceramic artist to talk in Edinburgh

A leading international ceramic artist is to give a talk about the craft in Edinburgh this week. Artist Talk: The Art of Ceramics with Stephen Bowers will take place at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, on Thursday, 30 August, from 6-7pm. This talk is presented with Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on the eve of Stephen Bowers’ first…

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Life drawing comes to Scottish Maritime Museum

Scottish Maritime Museum will swap shipping for stripping as it hosts a Life Drawing with All The Young Nudes event. The Scottish Maritime Museum’s vast, Victorian glass roofed Linthouse will be the scene for an extraordinary after hours sketching event on Friday, 31 August. One of the highlights of the Museum’s art inspired events and…

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Art galleries looking to broaden their canvas

The National Galleries of Scotland is looking for a creative partner to help refresh its image. They are looking for an outside firm which can match its ambitious vision and help them to reach and engage more audiences and diverse groups via a refreshed brand. A new visual identity and tone of voice across all…

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Major exhibition to focus on enigmatic Scots artist

A new exhibition exploring the life and work of Scottish Modernist artist Edwin G Lucas is now underway. Revealing the little-known story of Lucas’s life and career, it traces his development from the early watercolours of his youth to his boldly experimental oil paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. It also explores the artist’s final,…

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An avian art exhibition two years in the making

An exhibition of work by one of Scotland’s top wildlife artists, created over two years, is set to go on display. Glen of the Lapwing by Keith Brockie will be on show from 1 September-3 October at the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, in Aberlady, East Lothian. Keith has spent the past two years observing and painting…

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Exhibition will showcase popular artist’s work

An in-demand artist is to stage an exhibition of her work next week. Florin’s Glendale Gallery will showcase exhibition of original paintings, prints and beautiful gifts and stationery by renowned Northumberland artist, Mary Ann Rogers. Mary Ann’s artwork is sought after across the length and breadth of the country and this exhibition is her first…

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Artists and craftspeople will open their studios

A quirky celebration of Argyll’s talented artists is in store for visitors when it is host to an open studios event. A total of 39 interesting, creative and skilled artists and craftspeople will take part. This is the 11th year of Artmap Argyll, and the artists are opening their studios to art lovers. The locations…

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