Kirkcudbright
Art & Crafts Trail 2011
“If one lives in Galloway, one either fishes or paints” So writes Dorothy L Sayers in her Five Red Herrings, a Lord Peter Wimsey novel, set mainly in this area. You need not do either, or be a detective, to enjoy following this year’s Trail. 1
It has always been our aim to make the Trail a truly vibrant experience, covering all aspects of art and crafts. A platform for local people to display their many talents, all of which unfold as you follow the Trail. You can explore the heritage of Kirkcudbright as you meander the streets and the closes, to see the work of present day artists and maybe find a secret place. Discover studios, homes, gardens and even sheds not normally open to the public but yours to venture into over the weekend.
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You are invited to try your hand at various “have a go” venues, including creating a work of art for the weekend. Why not have a go at making your own kite, construct something with clay or watch a demonstration, such as the popular wood turning team. These are just a few ideas but you will find that much of the fun on the trail is derived from the surprises you discover!
2 There are plenty of places to take refreshment and the photographic opportunities are endless. Live music is played in many venues and for one evening there will be a choral performance. All this makes for a unique event for Kirkcudbright to be enjoyed by all, whatever your interest, young or old. See the map for the route of our Free Trail Bus which will take you around the town.
So have a great weekend and we hope to see you again next year! Photographs throughout this brochure are mainly taken from previous years’ Trails but some are of artists’ current work. Where to find Participants Venues Trail Map
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2010 Trailers Wee Kirkcudbright Entertainers Greengate Close Fredwood and friends Garden Art Brian Conchie
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Three fine exhibitions amply reflecting the importance of Kirkcudbright’s art heritage will be on display over the Art and Crafts Trail weekend, and all three are free! In Kirkcudbright Town Hall, the Kirkcudbright 2000 group are showing ‘The Glasgow Boys at Kirkcudbright’ curated by Roger Billcliffe – the leading expert on this subject. The exhibition follows the great success of ‘The Glasgow Boys’ exhibition in Glasgow and London last year. However this is a totally new selection of paintings by the ‘Boys’ borrowed from public and private collections. Just across the road from the Town Hall, the Stewartry Museum has arranged a small exhibition entitled ‘Not only painters – Kirkcudbright’s craft workers, 1900-1975’ – featuring decorative and applied art work by Jessie M King, W M Johnston, Tim Jeffs and others. Finally, not to be missed in the Tolbooth Art Centre is the exhibition ‘The Glasgow Style’ – a dazzling display of decorative art from a private collection, showing works produced by the ‘Glasgow Girls’ and their male counterparts in the period 1890 to 1930. David Devereux, The Stewartry Museum
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ARTISTS 30 Access Art/Turning Point 36 Jenny Ashmore 4 Pamela Baillie 27 Vivienne Boyd 27 Richard Brinley 27 Fiona Bullock 25 Alison Burns 50 Marie Calder 27 Jim Campbell 43 Pat Campbell 25 Lucy Crewdson 44 Janet Cross 25 Liz Dagg 27 Marianne Davidson 27 Jenny Ford 27 Ross Fulton 15 Anthea Gage 39 Jane B Gibson 10 Maureen Hall 34 Gabrielle Harrington 44 Janina Harrower 44 Ann Hill 50 Lucy Hughes 25 Richard Ipaint 44 Karen Isherwood 44 Angela Lawrence 35 George Lawson 72 Ken Lloyd 50 Faith McFerran 33 Ian McGibbon (late) 44 Andy McKean 48 Tracey McKeand 44 Niven McNicol 17 Mary Marsden 55 Susan Metcalfe 75 Margaret S Milligan 15 Laurence Nibhan 43 Annemieke Oldfield 27 Colin Park 25 Sheelaugh Petri 24 Lesley Priestley 54 Primary Schools Art 34 Lesley Purdy 12 Mike Quirk 33 Elizabeth Railton 38 Delya Randall
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Jean Redden Ruth Redden Robin Rennie Ami Robb Eddie Saul Pauline Saul Mavis Smith Ken Smyth Kie Stewart Jane Syme Janice Thompson Sami Thorpe Colin Warden Barbara Williams
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 37 Richard Thompson Bookbinding 10 Anthea Robson CALLIGRAPHY 34 Lesley Purdy CANDLES 44 Avril Swan CARDS 36 Jenny Ashmore 44 Margaret Burton 44 Margaret Hainey 44 Ann Hill 53 Margaret Schofield 34 Kie Stewart 44 Avril Swan 48 Peter Tallis
CARVED STICKS 15 Malcolm Cameron CERAMICS 25 David Alexander 75 Margaret Lansbrough EMBROIDERY 33 Dianne McLellan 44 Margaret West FACE PAINTING V Trish Bate FLORISTRY 53 Margo Brown 59 Sheena McKay FOOD 33 Loch Arthur Cheeses 33 Alison Murray (preserves) 74 Mary Newton (cakes) 33 Ann Stewart (cakes) GARDENERS 69 Linda Carter 31 Vivien Dania 35 Mark Glover 65 Rachel Inglis 9 Adele McNicol GLASS 44 Anna Bray 27 Cressa McLaren 44 Mark Rogers JEWELLERY 34 Dianne Chopping 11 Pat Griffiths 25 Erwin van ’t Hoff-Popov 42 Simon Lidwell 25 Linda Morris 10 Kava Naqvi 36 Janet O’Donnell 4 Linda Porritt 15 Kathryn Saul 15 Pauline Saul 44 Sally Willison KNITTING 31 Vivien Dania 33 Dianne McLellan
LETTERPRESS 48 Peter Grant 48 Kim Lowe MOSAIC 44 Val Goodall MUSIC V Billy Burgess V Cairnsmore Pipers V Dave Dunlop 5 Feral Choir 10 Fiona Hulatt 10 Jean Irving 10 Alice King 10 Hazel Laurie 10 Mary Mann V Coll Marshall 38 Delya Randall 5/10 Recorded Delivery 10 Katherine Rennie V Ruth Sandiford PENS 25 Johnnie Walker
WOODBLOCK PRINTS 27 Claire Cameron-Smith
SCULPTORS 68 Tom Allan 1 Ross Boxman 18 Andy Breen 68 Michelle de Bruin 41 Peter Dowden 68 Nicola Early 27 Lizzie Farey 68 Eldon Guay 35 Michael Hodgson V Dave Leck 68 Alex Lopey 68 Lyundmyla Mysko 68 Yuriy Mysko 68 Nigel Mullen 27 Colin Park 68 Martha Quinn 68 Alistair Thomson 68 Alan Ward 68 Christine Ward
WOODEN TOYS 48 Don Bell 34 Alan Ross WOOD WORKERS 48 Don Bell 48 Karen Bell 27 Ian Cameron-Smith 33 Peter Campbell 69 Peter Carter 25 Brian Conchie 8 Ian Dawson 13 Connor Gillan 8 Bill Johnstone 15 Colin Saul
SILK PAINTING 10 Yvonne Barlow 10 Maureen Hall
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SUGARCRAFT 39 Addie Clarkson TEXTILES 27 Maggie Ayres 17 Min Brown 31 Vivien Dania 15 Lynda Davis 10 Sally Eastgate 65 Alison Fair-Bixler 36 Janet Harvey 15 Ann McCrae 14 Fleur McIntyre 39 Sue MacNiven 27 Morag Macpherson 36 Janet O’Donnell 31 Joy Quirk 48 Ann Trevor 15 Cairis Worthington
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PHOTOGRAPHY 4 Stewart Baillie 50 Carl Dania 56 Oliver Dobbin 44 Philip Dunn 50 Suzy James 23 Ian Kirkland 48 Kim Lowe 70 Alisdair McGregor 44 Phil McMenemy 24 John Priestley 24 Laura Priestley 57 Steve Richard 32 John M Smith 11 Frances Wilkins
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1 Harbourside “Fredwood” and friends 2 MOAT BRAE Kirkcudbright plinth, your framed view, Cuthbert and wife 3 MacLellan’s Castle What’s going on at the castle? ancient tales 4 GREYFRIARS HOUSE paintings, jewellery, photography 5 GREYFRIARS CHURCH* flower festival, feral choir evening, recorder music 6 HARBOUR COTTAGE GALLERY paintings in summer exhibition 7 2 HIGH STREET Garden open garden 8 2 HIGH STREET Corner woodturning 9 23 HIGH STREET Garden Adele’s garden design 10 BROUGHTON HOUSE £1 entry for adults (returnable on shop purchases of min £1) accompanied children free entry paintings, handmade books, music, sculpture, textiles, jewellery, local crafts 11 BROUGHTON SUMMER HOUSE photography, jewellery 12 CUSTOM HOUSE STUDIO paintings, Have a go! 13 21 Union Street woodwork 14 34 High Street silk paper embroidery, silk artwork, textiles 15 GREENGATE & STUDIO paintings, jewellery, cards, carved sticks, textiles, woodcraft 16 Greengate Shed driftwood mirrors, beachfinds 17 The Red Door art from around the world, weaving 18 GREENGATE Garden & Harbour pirate boat, kite making, alternative art, Beltsy’s, woodcarving, You’ve been framed! Have a go!
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MUSIC AT VARIOUS VENUES AROUND THE TRAIL The information point/Summer Festivities stage is in the harbour square
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38 CHATTAN HOUSE paintings, music, Have a go! 39 CORNERWAYS STUDIO miniature paintings, sugarcraft, feltmaking, Have a go! 40 STEWARTRY MUSEUM exhibition,‘Not just painters – Kirkcudbright’s craft workers, 1900-1975’ 41 STEWARTRY MUSEUM Corner stone carving 42 STEWARTRY MUSEUM GARDEN viking jewellery 43 DAAR LODGE paintings 44 KIRKCUDBRIGHT PARISH HALL paintings, quilling, photography, cards, candles, glass, jewellery, textiles, mosaic, portraits, Have a go! 45 TOWN HALL Lower Kirkcudbright WASPS Art Fair 46 TOWN HALL UPPER Glasgow Boys at Kirkcudbright 47 KIRKCUDBRIGHT PARISH CHURCH crafts from the congregation, refreshments 48 THE Scout Hall letterpress, wooden toys, handbags, cards, prints, paintings, photography 49 KATHRYN KING designer jewellery 50 THE ROYAL Hotel “The People’s Palace” photography, paintings 51 TOLBOOTH CRAFTS local crafts 52 THE WHITEHOUSE GALLERY summer exhibition 53 WILLOW floristry, cards 54 KIRKCUDBRIGHT PICTURE FRAMERS paintings, primary schools exhibition, soaps 55 BACKROOM GALLERY paintings, prints 56 HARBOUR LIGHTS paintings, photography
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Scottish Showcase Gallery The very best of Scottish Art & Crafts, from all over Scotland and the Isles, all under one roof
Relax and enjoy the very best of Scottish art and crafts, in the light and spacious surrounds of the south west of Scotland’s premier gallery. With over 500 original works of art and hand made craft items to view, you can take your time and choose just the right piece to brighten your home and bring you years of pleasure. • • • • •
ORIGINAL ART & CRAFTS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS BESPOKE PICTURE FRAMING ART MATERIALS & BOOKS Large Car Park & Delivery Service
Riverside Mills, Beaconsfield Place, Kirkcudbright DG6 4DP • Tel: 01557 339400 (on the harbour, 50m from the bridge) • Website: www.showcasegallery.co.uk
Big Art for Kirkcudbright The second ‘Sculpture Symposium’ will take place in Kirkcudbright from 23rd July until 1st August 2011.
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This event will be even bigger, with up to 10 sculptors from the UK and abroad working on large pieces of local sandstone to produce public art for the town and its visitors. Once completed, these ten fabulous works will be displayed around the town and the region, with last years works, for everyone to enjoy. Come and see for yourself the many skills and the hard work required to produce these monolithic sculptures and talk to the sculptors themselves.
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Festival of Flowers
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Friday, Saturday & Monday 10am to 4pm, (You are, of course, welcome to Sunday 2pm to 4pm attend the Church services)
Ancient Greyfriars Church on the Moat Brae in the centre of Kirkcudbright is celebrating the art of flower arranging with a Festival of Flowers. A variety of displays throughout the Church illustrate what can be done with flowers and foliage. Demonstrations of the flower arrangers’ art will take place each day at 11am on Friday, Saturday and Monday and 3pm on Sunday.
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Events Guide 2011
SCOTTISH NIGHTS
ACADEMY HALF MARATHON Saturday 28 May, Kirkcudbright Academy 11am
‘Thursday Nights are Scottish Nights’ Harbour Square starts 7pm
JAZZ FESTIVAL incl. BROLLY PARADE Thursday to Sunday 16 to 19 June (Brolly Parade-Saturday) MEDIEVAL FAYRE Saturday 11 June, Soaperie Gardens 11am - 3pm HISTORICAL WALKS Tuesdays from 28 June to 26 July, Harbour Sq. 7pm GALLOWAY CHILDRENS’ FESTIVAL Sunday 3 July, Soaperie Gardens 11am-4pm GARDEN & COUNTRY FAIR 9 and 10 July, The Carse, Tongland 10am - 4pm PIPE BAND NIGHT Thursday 14 July, Harbour Square starts 7.30pm
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‘Kirkcudbright in the ‘Good Old Days’ c.1651 starts outside the Selkirk Arms, 7pm
SCOTTISH NIGHTS Thursdays from 21 July to 25 August, Harbour Square starts 7pm RIDING OF THE MARCHES and CORNET’S BALL Friday 22 July, Dee Walk starts 7pm (Ball on Saturday) MAGGIE’S TOURS Fridays from 29 July to 19 August, 7pm ART & CRAFTS TRAIL Friday to Monday 29 July to 1 August, 11am to 5pm SONGS OF PRAISE Sunday 14 August, Harbour Square 6pm SUMMER MISSION HOLIDAY CLUB 15 to the 19 August, Primary School 10am - 12.00 TIMES PAST Wednesday 24 August, Tolbooth Art Centre 7pm PARADE DAY Saturday 27 August, leaves Mill Flats at 2.15pm VINTAGE CAR RALLY Sunday 28 August, Harbour Square 12noon KIRKCUDBRIGHT TATTOO Monday 29 August, starts 7.30pm FOOD FESTIVAL Saturday and Sunday 22,23 October
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Garden design The People’s Palace Pottery have a go The Shed Studio Artist’s “Palette”
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Vote of Thanks
GEOCACHE ON THE TRAIL
Do you have a GPS unit/phone?
see also www.geocaching.com
Next Years Art & Crafts Trail will take place 3 – 6 August
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If you wish to take part then please contact:
Vivien Dania or Pauline Saul at Greengate, 46 High St, Kbt. DG6 4JX telephone: 01557 331895 email: kbtpainter@aol.com
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Our thanks must be given to all those who take part and who help in any way to make the trail run smoothly, without them there would be no trail for us all to enjoy. Also our thanks, to you the public, for your support and encouragement. Haste ye back in 2012 Best Wishes Pauline and Vivien
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Locate the clue co-ordinates on our website before arriving or from the stage when you get here. Clues are near to Trail Venues, use these to find the hidden cache and to swap some treasure!
From small beginnings eight years ago our art and crafts trail keeps growing and has proved so popular that this year it has been extended to cover four days giving everyone who comes more time to cover the venues and enjoy all that the event has to offer.
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