Reflections
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Soundbites! Reactions to the SAC's new Public Art Fund
24 Sep 2008
We asked a range of voices to respond to the Scottish Arts Council’s new Public Art Fund. Read on to find out what they told us…
Tagged as: Alex Hetherington Anthony Schrag Captain Hate PVAF funding opinion politics
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7stanes
Review by Becky Sik, 16 Sep 2008
Glasgow-based artist Becky Sik takes on the Red Trail at the Mabie mountain bike centre, in search of one of the 7stanes public artworks commissioned by the Forestry Commission Scotland.
Tagged as: 7stanes Becky Sik Dumfries & Galloway Forestry Commission review
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Voyages In Portobello: Ailbhe Clyne reports from the Garden Gallery
26 Aug 2008
Ailbhe Clyne is a graduate from Edinburgh College of Art’s MA (Hons) in Contemporary Art and Theory, who is currently doing an internship in Stills, Edinburgh. On the first weekend in August 2008 she made her way to Portobello to visit The Garden Gallery – a project from Big Things on the Beach, curated by Duncan Bremner and Amber Roome Contemporary Art. In this account Ailbhe describes her experiences and reflects on the unique context that the initiative affords.
Tagged as: Ailbhe Clyne Big Things On The Beach Edinburgh Garden Gallery Portobello event temporary commission
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Against Masterplanning
Socially engaged art: its limitations and possibilities , 2 Jul 2008
Artist and writer Michelle Letowska considers the spectrum of implications raised by the process of planning.
Tagged as: Campbell and Gibson Michelle Letowska The DIY Show commission masterplanning planning politics
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Glasgow Caledonian University & Public Art
17 Jun 2008
Malcolm Lochhead, Professer of Visual Design at Glasgow Caledonian University, gives an insight into the University’s experiences in supporting and commissioning public works.
Tagged as: Gary Breeze Glasgow Glasgow Caledonian University Policy Toby Paterson commision politics