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New installation on Bennachie with Venice Biennale artist Elpida

This morning Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva led a group of volunteer artists to create a large scale temporary artwork/installation on Bennachie hill. Over the next few days Elpida will be working closely with students from Gray’s School of Art, as well as the Forestry Commission Scotland and the Bailies of Bennachie, and the artwork will emerge as a spectacular visual intervention spanning over 0.6 of a hectare, visible from the summit of Mither Tap and Mill Stone. Working collaboratively as part of […]

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Pollen Analysis Art Science Exhibition

Art Science Exhibition by artist collective ~ in the fields opens at the Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen from Thursday 7 November to Sunday 17 November 2014. The exhibition results from a collaboration between ~ in the fields and Dr. Edward Schofield of the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen, exploring the past environment of the iconic Bennachie range through soil sampling and pollen analysis. The exhibition opens with an Artist Talk at 7pm on Thursday 7th […]

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Artists / Events / News 1:26 pm , November 1, 2013 0

Huntly Halloweeen – Get Ready to Flashmob!

As everyone gathers at the Castle grounds, turn on your phones and play this new track from Olid Nordhausen…. The Indifference of a Benevolent God Huntly Halloween mp3 Please right click the link above to download.

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Community / Events / News 1:54 pm , October 31, 2013 0

Introducing – SSW’s Nam Le

Above: Nam Le (Right), with USUK London-based artist Ben Woodeson. Introducing Nam Le, SSW’s new resident technician, a 2011 graduate of the University of Maryland’s Studio Art programme. Over the winter, Salem Art Works (SAW), Franconia Sculpture Park in Minnesota and SSW connected with the goal of creative a self-sustaining network of artist residencies around the world. As articulated by SAW’s Executive Director Anthony Cafritz, “This is a global approach to connecting residency programmes so artists can experience culture, ideas […]

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Artists / News 11:35 am , July 26, 2012 0

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USUK – Open Studio Exhibition

During the USUK: Public Iron Pour, SSW also opened its doors for an open studio exhibition of all the works produced by the USUK artists over the course of the symposium. Below are works by Kelly Ludeking, Geoff Hockley, and Kevin Dart from the Open Studio event; to view more visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sswlumsden/sets/72157630747819524/

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Artists / News / Week in Pictures 11:04 am , July 26, 2012 0

SSW Open Door Summer Celebration!

In conjunction with the USUK Public Iron Pour, SSW hosted an Open Door Summer Celebration on Friday 20th July! The afternoon kicked-off with a Potluck Picnic, with contributions from SSW as well as members of the community that came along while the USUK artists prepared the furnace for pour and made last-minute adjustments to moulds, and the musicians warmed-up. Members of the public also got the chance to take part in the proceedings, as USUK artist Jeff Crawford, performance artist […]

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Artists / News / Week in Pictures 11:02 am , July 26, 2012 0

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USUK Public Iron Pour

The USUK Public Iron Pour took place this Friday past as part of SSW’s Open Door Summer Celebration. The USUK Public Iron Pour was a great event and had a full crowd gathered to watch open mould-rolling performances with the molten iron, carried out in the capable hands of the USUK professionals and the SSW technical team. The public pour saw the finial pieces being made by several of the USUK artists including Geoff Hockley, Austin Sheppard, Kelly Wilton, and […]

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Artists / News 9:58 am , July 26, 2012 0

USUK Castle and Whisky Outing

Above – Some of the USUK crew at Auchindoun Castle (l-r; Nam Le, Jeff Crawford, SSW’s Emily Wyndham Gray, Austin Sheppard, Kelly Wilton, Kevin Dart, Coral Lambert and kelly Ludeking.) USUKers take on the rural North East for a day of historical and distilled enrichment! The last week has been so busy and action-packed with all the artists working hard to complete their moulds for the production pour at the weekend. The USUK artists managed to take some time out […]

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News / Week in Pictures 9:44 am , July 18, 2012 0

Friday the 13th Potluck Dinner

Last friday we had a fantastic Potluck dinner, hosted with the help of artist Merlyn Riggs. These Potluck dinners, which happen on a semi-regular basis, help bring visiting artists and members of the community together, and allow for the local residents to gain an insight into the practices of the international artists that are currently in residence. This time it was the turn of the artists participating in the USUK: Cast Iron Symposium, and an opportunity to experience some of […]

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News 9:12 am , July 18, 2012 0

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USUK: Big Production Iron Pour

The first iron pour of the UK leg of USUK Cast Iron Symposium has come and gone in a flash it seems, and an impressive amount of work has come about on behalf of the international artists here at SSW for the symposium. In total, the artists got through 2100lbs of iron with the help of the SSW technicians Eden Jolly and Virginia Hutchison, and a few local artists who were on site to lend a hand, including SSW patron […]

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Artists / News 12:00 am , July 18, 2012 0