Public art and case studies
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1 September 2018
VACMA: Rosey Priestman 2018-2019, Gardemeles Museum
"I used the award toward buying the equipment I needed to take photographs of my collection of found objects (and training). My creative practice has expanded with photography becoming a new and…
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1 January 2018
Flying High
Lifestyles public art ran a series of workshops that led to Flying High by Sheena Graham George and Anjelica Kroeger. Flying High was a collaborative public artwork created by adults with learning disabilities, professional artists and local community groups in Orkney. The artwork was the result of a project launched in 2017 aimed at providing users of the Lifestyles Service access to a wide range of creative workshops. The project was designed jointly by the Orkney Islands Council’s Arts Development Service and the Lifestyle Service managed by Orkney Health and Care which supports adults with learning disabilities in the county.
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13 September 2017
George Mackay Brown Portraits - 2017
Four portraits of George Mackay Brown by photographer Gordon Wright were gifted to the library and supplement the paintings displayed at the Warehouse Buildings, Stromness.
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1 January 2017
George Mackay Brown
Orkney Museum currently houses the portrait of George Mackay Brown by Alexander Moffat, which was restored for the Stromness bicentenary exhibition at The Pier Arts Centre in 2017. Sandy Moffat very kindly offered to do the restoration at no cost to OIC and the painting is on display in the drawing room. Sandy Moffat visited Orkney at the beginning of October 2019 to see the portrait on display. Stromness, its history, people and, not least, the old library meant so much to both George and Ian that the new premises are the right and appropriate place for this painting to hang.
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1 January 2017
Magnus 900
Orkney celebrated St Magnus through the Magnus 900 Festival supported by Heritage Lottery Funding. This included the display of ‘The Sails’ in St Magnus Cathedral.
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1 January 2017
Case Study: Loose Parts 2017 - 2019
Our Loose Parts projects over the last three years for Early Years in partnership with the Pier Arts Centre has resulted in a clear benefit to some of our youngest learners and has enabled a wider…
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1 January 2016
Poppies: Weeping Window
St Magnus Cathedral hosted ‘Poppies: Weeping Window’ by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper to mark the centenary of The Battle of Jutland. The presentation of Weeping Window was supported by Northlink Ferries and the learning and engagement programme for the Poppies: Wave and Weeping Window was supported by the Foyle Foundation
