SSW has had a very busy year – from the opening of the Talking Wall in March, to the celebrating granite with Sean Lynch during the Granite Festival, and working with all the artists in the Natural Bennachie project as part of the Year of Natural Scotland 2013. Coming up in 2014 we have a packed year of projects, residencies and workshops. First up are Helle Bjerregaard, Jane Brucker, Catharina […]
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Work created by Mary FreemanHenry Coombes film, “Two Discs and a Zed” (working title Between the Dog and the Wolf), made as part of the Natural Bennachie project, will show at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. Previewing Friday, 22 November, the exhibition “Man of the Year” will run until Sunday 26th January. Further details of the event are available on the CCA website; http://www.cca-glasgow.com/ We are very pleased to announce that Natural Bennachie artists collective Casali+Roubini have had their short documentary film “Arrange […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
SONY DSCDuring 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/
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 […]
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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