ART COLLECTION OPEN DAY
The Blue Boy, Stirling University.
Stirling University has announced the date of this year’s Art Collection Open Day. The event will take place on Saturday 20 May, 10am-4pm.
The theme will be Space & Place, with a series of workshops, creative activities and tours planned throughout the day; culminating in a performance by the Edinburgh Quartet and the University’s MLitt creative writing students.
10:30 to 12:30 - Making Space: Art and Movement Workshop
How do we navigate spaces and make them our own? In this free creative workshop, led by artist Andy Auld and philosopher Professor John Sutton, we will explore this question through painting and movement, culminating in an abstract artwork, created together by participants.
Book your free spot on the Making Space: Art and Movement Workshop.
12:00 to 14:00- Memory Mapping: Creative Workshop
Join artist Orla Stevens for a mixed-media abstract painting and drawing workshop. In this memory mapping workshop, we will be taking a short walk around the University of Stirling campus, to gather inspiration. The class will explore memory, mixed media processes, and how to use texture, colours and symbols to create artwork that reflects journeys, emotions and memories of a place.
Book your free spot on the Memory Mapping workshop.
13:00 to 15:00 - Writing the City Space: Creative Writing Workshop
Join our visiting Charles Wallace Fellow in Creative Writing, Nikita Parik for a workshop exploring South Asian forms of poetry. such as anthadi, haiku, haibun, ghazal. Nikita will share her practice in writing about city spaces and lead you to write about spaces that inspire you.
Book your free spot on the Writing the City Space workshop.
14:00 to 15:00- GOSSIP Exhibition Launch
Join us and local artist collective GOSSIP, as we formally launch their newest exhibition Space & Place. There will be a chance to view this exciting new work and hear from some of the artists about their practice. Drop in, no need to book.
15:00 to 16:00- Music and Poetry Performance
Each year, the Art Collection invites students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and students from the MLitt Creative Writing course at Stirling to create new work, inspired by our collections. Join us at 15:00 for a very special performance of this work, performed by the University of Stirling Musicians-in-Residence, The Edinburgh Quartet. Drop in, no need to book.
For the full programme click here.