SCAN’s annual #Art Unlocks campaign saw Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP Karen Adam visit the studio of Banff-based artist Bryan Angus.It celebrates the everyday power of art by encouraging people to visit a gallery, take part in an art activity, or seek an artistic experience that really means something to them.After a busy day doing local surgeries, Ms Adam joined the SCAN team at ...
A MAJOR summer art installation celebrating the 900th anniversary of Carlisle Cathedral is being launched this month. Rest Under the Stars will see visitors relaxing on deckchairs in part of the cathedral while admiring the stars on its world-famous painted ceiling. Headphones with specially-created soundscapes will add to the restful atmosphere of the event, which is one of the highlights of a year-long celebration ...
This month’s design news features the work of creatives who wanted to change the status quo. We have a gallery show celebrating the work of queer art collective General Idea, a group of artists who will forever be associated with the Aids pandemic and the prejudice many victims of the virus faced in the 80s and 90s. There’s also a show dedicated to Virgil ...
An art exhibition celebrating the life and reign of Her Majesty the Queen is coming to Manchester city centre this June. Displaying at the ABC Gallery on Quay Street, the exhibition will feature a range of unique pieces including photography, embroidery, sculpture, neon art, and more. The exhibition will form part of a wider weekend of activities to launch the ABC Buildings, which are ...
In their introduction to the new book Queer Spaces, An Atlas of LGBTIQ+ Places, author Olivia Laing describes queer space: “It’s not just a physical building to hook up or hang out. Instead it’s an alternate universe, a secret network that runs right around the world.” The idea of a world where you’re allowed to write the rules and experiment is one that many ...
This week, The Arts Center in Orange celebrates 25 years of providing access to the arts in Orange County and beyond.In 1997, a group of local artists and community members formed the organization and began offering classes and hosting small gallery shows in various buildings throughout Orange.In 2000, responding to an appeal from then-Mayor Ray Lonick, The Arts Center launched a project to create ...
Two art exhibitions have opened in the Scottish Borders celebrating women.A textile exhibition called In It Together opened at Peebles Library Museum and Gallery on Saturday 26 February and will run through to Sunday 22 May.Artists Rosemary Campbell and Alison King's work including textiles, painting and mixed media will be on display.This will also be running alongside Quines: Poems and textiles in tribute to ...
