Posts Tagged ‘culture’
Find out more about Scotland’s Fish Town
The penultimate episode of the TV series exploring Scotland’s fishing industry will air tonight (Monday). Up the coast from Peterhead, new trawler Faithlie heads out to sea, skippered by one of the most experienced fishermen in the Scottish fleet, Davie Milne. It travels 120 miles from harbour to fish in Norwegian waters, trialling a new…
Read MoreThe Scot known as the Mother of Japanese Whisky
A new exhibition blending whisky, wonder and globe-trotting romance opens soon in the town where the legendary tale began. Love & Whisky – The Story of Rita Cowan and Masataka Taketsuru – is being hosted by the Auld Kirk Museum in Kirkintilloch from 22 February to 14 March 2020. The exhibition focuses on an intoxicating…
Read MoreStill time to see exhibition from three artists
An exhibition created by three artists using artefacts from the Hawick Museum archive is coming to a close. Focusing on the rural environment of the Scottish Borders, artists Liz Douglas, Felicity Bristow, and Jenny Pope interpret artefacts from Borders Museums, managed by charity Live Borders, in ways which question and challenge audiences. Borders-based artist, Liz…
Read MoreThe artist who loves her islands of adventure
Artist Naomi Rae has always been drawn to the tranquility of island life, so spending time on Arran, capturing on canvas the essence of Scotland in miniature, was a childhood dream come true. I cannot recall a time when islands were not a feature of my life; they are part of what makes me me.…
Read MoreScotland will make a splash at this year’s Collect
Scotland will be represented at this year’s Crafts Council event Collect, when it returns for its 16th edition. Presented for the first time at Somerset House in London, the Crafts Council founded Collect in 2004 with the aim to build the profile and sales for collectable craft and to promote the very best galleries and…
Read MoreCelebrating U.S. conceptual artist Allan Kaprow
Jupiter Artland Foundation has announced a new season dedicated to legendary American conceptual artist Allan Kaprow, who famously coined the term ‘Happening’ in the early 1960s. From May through to September 2020, Scottish and international artists will reinvent artworks from Kaprow’s career, reimagining them for the current day and the unique landscape of Jupiter Artland.…
Read MoreShow your love for Glencoe this Valentine’s Day
The National Trust for Scotland is asking people to show their love for Glencoe this February by giving a Hug of Heather. This new campaign will help thatch the roof on a reconstruction of a long-lost 17th century turf cottage. Six hundred hug sizes bundles of heather are required for the roof of the turf…
Read MoreThe King and I – lavish, beautiful and entertaining
The King and I is without a doubt one of the most iconic musicals of all time. Say the title, and you will almost certainly picture Yul Brynner as the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam, and Deborah Kerr as Anna Loenowens, the governess and English tutor to his wives and many children. The Rodgers and…
Read MoreFolk royalty returns for Celtic Connections
Scottish folk royalty Christine Kydd will perform her much-anticipated solo album Shift & Change for the very first time at Celtic Connections 2020. Christine will play Drygate Brewery on Saturday, 1 February. An iconic name in Scottish folk song – as a singer, teacher, choir director, folklorist and animateur – and after taking a 20-year…
Read MoreArts and science combine in a plastic exhibition
The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is hosting an exhibition to encourage us to thing more about plastic. A collaboration between art and science, Think Plastic encourages us to consider the urgent need for humans to use plastics more responsibly Two years ago, when ceramicists Lorna Fraser and Carol Sinclair decided to look at the…
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