Created By Stuart Russell B.E.M
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ARTS IN FIFE is a free publication created by Stuart Russell B.E.M, promoting all arts within Fife, Scotland. The magazine showcases a range of local talent and constructs a dialogue between artists, voluntary organizations and the general public. This magazine displays art awareness and shows the important role art plays in bringing together communities. The magazine celebrates dance, drama, literature, media, music, visual arts, crafts and applied arts. It also promotes and supports local voluntary art groups, events and galleries. To submit work for the next issue please contact us via our website at: www.artsinfife.blogspot.co.uk
Various Craft Workshops -- All Year Round -Miss Pauley’s, Dunfermline Various Art Workshops -- All Year Round -Studio 222, Newburgh On the Rocks Art Festival Sat 05th Apr – Sun 13th Apr Various Venues, St Andrews The Fife Show Sat 24th May Kinloss, Cupar The Links Market Wed 16th Apr – Mon 21st Apr Esplanade, Kirkcaldy
STUART RUSSELL B.E.M is the former Arts Ambassador of Fife, representing Voluntary Arts Scotland. He has won awards for his voluntary work, contributing to the arts in Scotland since the age of 16. He is a successful artist and poet in his own right and works hard to support the local art scene, with aims to make it more inclusive.
www.stuartrussellartwork.co.uk
Contact us to advertise any creative events happening in Fife.
ST ANDREWS ART CLUB was formed in 1959, and has grown into a very lively, active and popular group. The members meet for demonstrations and lectures every other week at the clubrooms just off Argyle Street in St Andrews. At present there are over 160 members with a long waiting list of people wanting to join. Three exhibitions a year are held, one at Easter, one in November and during July a larger two-week show is held. There are also regular weekend exhibitions for unframed work. During the summer, outdoors painting is organised at various local venues. Members can enjoy classes in various subjects and mediums throughout the week with occasional weekend workshops. Competitions are held during the year with judging by some prominent visiting artists. More information about the Club can be found on the website: www.standrewsartclub.co.uk
O2 THINK BIG… Are you 13-25? Need money, support or training to help improve your community? We help young people launch ideas and programmes that benefit the places where they live. You provide the big idea; we provide £300 and the support to make it happen! ARTS IN FIFE… Is now supported by O2 and is itself a Think Big project. You can support Arts In Fife by visiting the O2 Think Big website and sharing the project through social media. You can also support the projects creator and leader Stuart Russell by visiting his personal website: www.stuartrussellartwork.co.uk For more information on O2 Think Big and to support Arts In Fife, visit the website: www.o2thinkbig.co.uk
Artwork By Aine Scannell www.ainescannell.com Aine is an artist living in Dunfermline and working in mixed media on paper. She loves to experiment with materials, papers and different processes. She likes to employ materials that interplay with the image in a metaphoric or symbolic sense.
Artwork By Mary Tully www.minigallery.co.uk/mary_tully Mary lives in Dunfermline and has been painting since she was in Secondary School. Her work is abstract and uses mixed media to explore composition, colour and surface. She allows the materials to determine the image. Some of her work can be seen at Reuben’s in Dunfermline.
Scottish Community Drama Association www.scda.org.uk Our mission is to encourage the development of theatre arts in the volunteer sector. We do this through promoting and supporting communities to express themselves through their creative endeavours. We ensure that community drama has a ‘voice’ in Scotland. We continually organise and promote popular and successful festivals, run playwriting competitions and offer training in all aspects of theatre including: acting, set design and construction, costume and make up. You can keep updated on all of these events online, by reading our monthly newsletter or our quarterly in-house magazine, ‘Scene’. We also have thousands of plays available on loan to members, which are housed in 5 libraries across Scotland. Fife (council area: Fife) Chairman:
Mark White, 01592 643603, mark5_white@yahoo.com
Membership is open to any dramatic society in Scotland and to any individuals who sympathises with the aims of the Association. Artwork By Anne Stillman www.facebook.com/Arty-Annie-Gallery Anne paints mainly in oils and having moved to Fife in September last year, she is looking forward to painting some of Fife's beautiful coastlines. She was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis/juvenile RA at age 13. Over the years, this autoimmune disease has caused her body lots of damage. Her hands are badly affected but she enjoys art immensely and continues to purse her passions in creating beautiful imagery.
The Joe Corrie Project www.facebook.com/BirnamCD
Cage Load of Men is a CD that celebrates The Joe Corrie Story - a Fife local hero who went on from Cardenden to inspire and influence thousands through his plays and poems. That influence has continued in music that compliments Joe Corrie's socialist message perfectly. The aim of the project was to celebrate the work of a Fife writer who had exerted a major influence on British/Scottish drama and literary culture and to re acquaint a modern audience with Corrie's poems and songs. Respected producer and musician Erik Knussen was commissioned as Musical Director and funding was obtained from Fife Council. The talented pool of Musicians involved included The Hershaws, legendary Folk singers Davey Stewart and Fiona Forbes, clarsach player Jenn Knussen and Fife's freshest acoustic music phenomenon, The Dandylions. The CD is available from Amazon & Birnam CD.
Kino Cinema www.thekinocinema.co.uk
Artwork By Lisa Jervis www.kaystep-designs.com Lisa pursues a range of creative activities; but loves to draw these illustrative birds most. She wishes to spread happiness with her work.
Kino Cinema opened on Friday 22 October 2010. It is an award-winning three screen cinema, open 7 days a week and shows all the latest releases. Catch all the latest information via www.facebook.com/kinocinemaglenrothes
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Fife Mining Museum The Fife Miners Community Culture Group runs Fife Mining Museum, Kinglassie. If you'd like to visit your mining roots or if you have an interest in local history this is the place for you. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 1-4pm. For more information contact 01592 882793 or 01592 882 520 fifemining@btconnect.com
Arts In Britain celebrates creativity all over the country. We interview artists; provide information on regional galleries and show you some of the most interesting art being created at the moment. This is a spin-off project from Arts In Fife and is available online. Find out more at: www.artsinbritain.blogspot.co.uk
The Happy Lands www.thehappylands.com Theatre Workshop Scotland presents The Happy Lands, a feature film developed and created along with members of the mining communities of Fife, Scotland. Robert Rae's second feature film conveys a world burning with rawedged political relevance. It's 1926. Britain is taken to the brink of revolution only seven years after the slaughter of the trenches. Savage austerity cuts imposed by the government turn lawabiding citizens into lawbreakers in a heroic battle against the state. From the makers of the multi-award winning feature, Trouble Sleeping comes a courageous and inspiring testament to the fighting spirit of our times. Created from the true stories of Scottish miners, The Happy Lands shines with honesty and integrity. Outstanding performances are underpinned with powerful emotional authenticity that will reach audiences across the world. A Theatre Workshop Scotland Production supported by Creative Scotland through The National Lottery, in association with BBC Scotland. Directed by Robert Rae.
We asked artists in Fife what they would do if they made their millions. We wanted to know what positive contributions artists would make towards our planet.
Woodwork By Iain Muir www.imuir.com Born in Johnstone in1963, Iain trained as an apprentice ship’s joiner at the Govan Shipyard from 1979-1983. After finishing his apprenticeship, he did various jobs in Joinery, even working on the sets of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, before completing a Furniture Design and Restoration course. Iain specialises in fitted, contemporary furniture and beautiful, bespoke pieces for your home. Iain’s designs are simple and classic but always to the customer’s requirements. He works on a commission basis and creates small decorative items too.
"If I made my millions, I would..." Make more waste aware projects. Reduce, reuse and recycle! – Emma Pauley Stop companies drilling under the sea for oil. I would invest in science and technologies to find alternative fuel. I would also support and extend the usage of solar panels. – Roza Karimova Stop over fishing in our oceans, discourage fish farming and plant a huge forest. I would also build an ecological town in South America and start a charity fund to support artists all over the world. – Stuart Russell