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Mon 1st June 2009
Craft Curators Networking Visit to Cove Park
Maggie Broadley, CTS Craft Development Manager, visited Cove Park as part of the Scottish Arts Council’s Craft Curators Network. The network offers opportunities for professionals in the visual and applied arts, working in curatorial, education and developmental roles, to extend their professional practice and exchange ideas.
Maggie was pleased to catch up with two fellow graduates from the Ceramics Department at the Glasgow School of Art, Dawn Yuille who is one of the Cove Park artists in residence and Katy West who will take over as Craft Officer at the Scottish Arts Council whilst Claire Hanna is on leave.
Dawn graduated in 1999 and worked in the film and television industry before returning to complete an MA in Ceramics at the International Ceramics Centre at Cardiff School of Art and Design in 2007-8.. Katy also graduated in 1999 and went on to further study in 2005, completing the Masters of Art course at the Royal College of Art from 2007
Cove Park is situated on a 50-acre site overlooking Loch Long on the Rosneath peninsula. Located on the fringes of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the peninsula is an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The site itself has a varied history. Initially farm land, it was used during the Second World War to store ammunition. Subsequently it became a conservation park, dedicated to the preservation of indigenous plants, flowers and wildlife. Cove Park maintains these environmental concerns: the site is home to highland for wild orchids and other native plants.
Cove Park's 2009 programme begins in May and continues until November. The programme is particularly wide-ranging, including innovative work across all visual, performing and literary forms. Cove Park offer up to ten residencies at any one time and these residencies may last from one week to three months.
Invited artists are given the time, space and freedom to concentrate on the development of their work. Cove Park provides a supportive context in which artists can devise new projects, experiment and engage with artists working in different fields or with different approaches to their practice.
Fri 29th May 2009
Naeve Brannan - Determined to Succeed
Maggie Broadley, Craft Development Manager, is delighted to offer a week long Gallery Assistant placement to local pupil Naeve Brannan.
Craft Town Scotland is working alongside the Ayrshire Chamber of Business and Commerce, who have been organising placements for local secondary school pupils in businesses throughout Ayrshire as part of the Determined to Succeed campaign.
The campaign aims to help inspire future generations of employees, employers, business leaders and entrepreneurs by instilling an enterprising attitude in today's young people. Through Determined to Succeed, the Scottish Government's strategy for developing enterprise in education and More Choices, More Chances, the strategy to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training, organisations can get involved with young people, giving them the skills and drive to create a smarter, wealthier and fairer Scotland.
"The Scottish Chamber of Commerce are delighted to be working with Determined to Succeed to help develop the skills of our young people. I hope that schools and businesses utilise every possible opportunity to introduce new ways of engaging, making it exciting and worthwhile to all. Through partnership working with employers our young people and educational staff will become more aware and informed of the job opportunities and skill requirements needed to succeed”
Liz Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber of Commerce.
Naeve will spend time in the gallery and craft studios and will be coming along with Maggie on some inspirational ‘craft’ visits. We’ll let you know how she gets on at the end of next week!
Fri 8th May 2009
Barony Centre Development Update
The Barony Project Team has been working extremely hard over the last six months and, as a result,the plans to develop the Barony Centre have moved on considerably.
- Working closely with CEiS consultants, a full business plan has been completed. This followed WKCIL's successful application to "Aspire to Enterprise", a new Scottish Executive programme providing a range of Business Support Services to ambitious, developing social enterprises in Lowland Scotland. The programme offers access to development support to organisations with the drive and potential to increase their trading and become more sustainable social enterprises.
- Assist Architects was commissioned to work with the Barony Project Team on the development of a full Stage D Design Proposal, a prerequisite of major capital applications to BIG Lottery Growing Community Assets. ASSIST Architects Ltd is a co-operatively run Architectural Practice with over 30 years experience in Sustainable Design, Social Housing and Community Regeneration. The report was completed at the beginning of April and contained full Architectural Design (including Drawings and Plans), M & E Engineering Report, C & S Engineering Report, Cost Report and Project Programme.
- A significant amount of time was spent by the Craft Development Manager on working up the full written application to BIG Lottery, with information from the original Barony Centre Feasibility Study, the Community Consultation and Business Plan feeding in to the final draft. WKCIL received guidance throughout this process by our Lottery Application Support Officer. The application and all supporting documents were submitted on the 5th May. The next stage in the process is an assessment visit, after which time the decision will be made as to whether the Barony Centre application will be recommended for consideration by BIG Lottery Committee.
WKCIL is committed to developing the Barony Centre as a flagship project which will benefit our community and the wider North Ayrshire community - exciting times!
Sat 7th March 2009
Spring Exhibition Opens
Craft Town Scotland celebrated the start of this year’s gallery exhibition programme with a range of distinctive work from three ‘new to the gallery’ makers and regular exhibitors
Sheila Barr
Kiln Formed Glass
Sheila Barr was born in Glasgow and studied Architectural Glass at Edinburgh College of Art.
Since graduating in 2006, Sheila designs and makes contemporary , kiln formed pieces from her workshop on the Isle of Arran. Working with handblown English Antique Glass, Sheila uses the range of vibrant colours to convey the varying light and colour seen in the surrounding landscape throughout the year, and works to express the mood and atmosphere of the island.
Emma Boxall-Gray
Jewellery
Enthused by my portfolio I am inspired by the free flowing energy my drawings contain. I am fascinated by the ongoing construction work of surrounding building sites and how they encapsulate an industrial quality. Experimenting with mono-printing, collaging and spray painting has allowed me to capture their qualities and translate their lines into my own work.
Caroline Nash
Ceramics
Caroline Nash is a contemporary crafts person who works in a variety of different materials. Caroline is inspired by her childhood. Spending a lot of time in and out of the garden with her mother, learning to sew with her grandmother, elements of every day life are her inspiration.
Fiona McIntosh
Graphics/ Drawing & Painting
Fiona Macintosh is a local artist and art therapist.
Her work tells of her relation to the surrounding land, sea and skies. She paints with almost unseeing spontaneity, to provide a depth of layers that over time gradually evolve until reaching a point of resolution.
Other work on show includes ceramics, glass platters, jewellery, leather bags & purses, textiles and wirework.
Gallery opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am till 4 pm
Fri 27th February 2009
Community Consultation
Craft Town Scotland is a project of the West Kilbride Community Initiative Limited. Driven by local residents from the very beginning, the aim of the project was to revitalise and regenerate the main retail and community hub.
Working with Opp2mise (Opportunities to Move into Social Enterprise), WKCIL commissioned IBP Strategy and Research to undertake the community consultation.
The survey was conducted in street using a quota representative of the West Kilbride population by gender and age. A total of 336 interviews were completed, which were then analysed using the SNAP data processing package. 336 interviews from an estimated population of 2,650 households in West Kilbride gives data accurate to +/-5%.
Thu 8th January 2009
McHattie - New Crafter
Eileen Bell, "McHattie", Studio Happy Hills, 121-125 Main Street. KA23
Tel: +44(0)7885402872 Email: mchattie@happyhills.co.uk
Web: (coming soon!)
Eileen lives in Seamill and has supported the craft town by volunteering in The Gallery since it"s launch in 2005. An active member of the West Kilbride Knitting Circle, Eileen has been a health care professional for over twenty years.
Thu 8th January 2009
Bryony Designs - New Crafter
Bryony Ausdahl, "Bryony Designs", Studio Happy Hills,121-125 Main Street. KA23 9AR. Tel: 07724 241967 Email: bryonydesigns@googlemail.com
Bryony lives in West Kilbride and her lovely jewellery has been a hit with the town"s residents for some time now - she has built up a reputation over several years as one of our best selling jewellers in the W.K. Initiative Centre. It was this success that partly inspired Bryony to take the next step and establish her own studio workshop in the craft town, which is open a minimum of Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
Thu 8th January 2009
Old Maiden Aunt - New Crafter
Lilith Green, "Old Maiden Aunt", Studio 99b Main Street, KA23
Email: info@oldmaidenaunt.com
Lilith Green brings a wealth of experience as a crafter of the highest calibre. Lilith"s craft business, "Old Maiden Aunt is well established and has a truly International client base, with orders placed by private customers from as far a field as the USA, Europe and the Scandinavian countries.