visual arts

VISUAL ARTS

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Carvers ‘log on’ for online chainsaw contest

SCOTLAND'S annual open chainsaw carving competiton, "Carve Carrbridge", is heading online tomorrow. Ten carvers are competing for the "Claymore Trophy", including: local artist and long-standing...

Scotland launches ‘Gumtree for artists’

A SERVICE to help artists and craft makers share leftover materials, swap skills and share transport has been launched. The Circular Arts Network (CAN) has...

Artists send online D&G postcards

NEARLY 40 artists and makers have contributed small-scale works to an online exhibition entitled "A Postcard From D&G". Pieces created for the initiative range from...

Marchmont House creates studios for artists

ARTISTS' studios and workshops have been created at Marchmont House near Greenlaw in the Borders. An event marking the launch of the creative spaces will...

Folk musician Karen Tweed publishes sketchbook

PIANO accordionist Karen Tweed has published her first book of sketches. Tweed trained as a graphic artist in the early 1980s before focusing on music...

Campaigners call for reopening of Glasgow Boy’s historic home

CAMPAIGNERS have called on the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) to reopen its historic Broughton House and Garden in Kirkcudbright and save the jobs of...


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