Creative Futures’ artists in residence project at the Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES), Aberdeen. 2011

Creative residencies at ACES 2011

During the run up to the ACES conference in Aberdeen this August, four creative practitioners have been working with members of the ACES team and other affiliated and interested parties to explore the theme of Conflicts in Conservation.

The creative practitioners are:
Dalziel and Scullion, environmental artists
Helen Denerley, sculptor
Huw Warren, jazz pianist
Esther Woolfson, writer

Project manager:
Sera James Irvine

The residencies have been funded by Creative Scotland’s Creative Futures program and supported by ACES and the University of Aberdeen.

‘Creative Futures’ is an ambitious program of residencies and related activities designed to promote the professional development, vision, connectivity and ambitions of Scotland’s creative practitioners and organisations. It is the largest coordinated residency programme in Europe, and includes residencies that are single discipline, interdisciplinary, cross sectoral and international.

WASPS gallery, Edinburgh: ‘Drawing ahead’ new work by Joyce Gunn Cairns, Sera James Irvine, Mary Archibald and Sarah Gittins

Second opening:  Saturday 15th May 11am – 1pm

Coffee and cake, all welcome.

‘Cloud passing over Bogston hill’ Sera James Irvine

Joyce Gunn Cairns

‘Mona Lisa’ Joyce Gunn Cairns

”   I am seeking a connection with all sentient life in my work, whether it is wildlife or figurative, and I hope that at times my work conveys such connectedness.  Otherwise it has no meaning. ”   JGC

Joyce Gunn Cairns  is currently working towards three other exhibitions:   Skin Deep at the Royal College of Surgeons, focussing on facial deformity and plastic surgery;   The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow (as part of her ongoing commitment to drawing writers and actors);   and New College, Cambridge in Spring 2011, a solo show of figurative work on a literary theme.     She has been exhibiting regularly for over twenty years, at home and abroad.  She has works in major collections:  The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh City Council, and the Universities of Edinburgh, Cambridge, and Oxford.  A book about her and her work, “Unspoken Lines” , is available from The Henderson Gallery in Edinburgh.

Mary Archibald

‘Doll’ Mary Archibald

Sarah Gittins

Joyce Gunn Cairns  is an established artist, exhibiting on a regular basis at home and abroad, most recently Munich, Sydney, Oxford, London, Brussels, and Glasgow. She has drawings in the permanent collections of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery; Edinburgh City Council; and Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities. Joyce is a professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA).