Last Week to see ‘Birds, beasts and delicacies’. Show finishes on Saturday 29th August.
Paintings and sculpture by James Newton Adams, Mary Archibald, Joyce Gunn Cairns, Jack Crabtree, Mary Crofts, Helen Denerley, Alexe Dilworth, Cathy Miles and Fraser Ritchie.
Also on show, contemporary art from Shetland by Kristi Cumming.
The exhibition of new paintings by Shetland artist, Kristi Cumming and dolls by Mary Archibald will also be on show.
‘Wittenoom’ by Ross Whyte Friday 24th April 2009
‘Wittenoom‘
An Installation
by Ross Whyte
at Left Bank
Introduction and Performance:
Friday 24th April 2009: 7pm – 8.30pm
£4
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Saturday 25 April: 10.30am – 5pm
Sunday 26th April: 10.30am – 5pm
Free Entry
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The town of Wittenoom is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Wittenoom was officially shut down in 1966 due to major health concerns regarding the blue asbestos which was being mined nearby. It is now little more than a ghost town.
Over 1000 lives have been lost to asbestos-related diseases as a result of the Wittenoom disaster. My grandfather, who along with my grandmother, immigrated there in the early 1950s, became one of those victims.
This installation combines image, sound, and spoken word in an attempt to create a memorial of the Wittenoom disaster. Furthermore, it considers the importance of universal themes: home, working life, memory, and family.
Left Bank Gallery
5 Bridge Street
Tarland, Aboyne, AB34 4YN
Tel: 013398 81603
leftbank.tarland@googlemail.com
http://leftbankgallery.wordpress.com/
www.myspace.com/rosswhytemusic
Future events, Spring 2009
Saturday 2nd – Sunday 24th May
Exhibition of prints from ‘An Leabhar Mor’ and from Amnesty International’s ‘We are all Born Free’ as part of the WORD festival.
Preview
Saturday 2nd May
6pm – 8pm
All welcome
Friday May 8th
John Sampson and Stewart Hanratty
Eclectic wind instrument virtuoso John Sampson and song-writing, singer-guitarist Stewart Hanratty visit Tarland for a unique evening of music and bonhomie.
8pm
Tickets £7
Saturday 16th May 8pm
The Great Book Show
‘An Leabhar Mor’
with Kevin Anderson and poets Aonghas MacNeacail and Louis de Paor.
16th and 17th May
Word festival events
Saturday 16th May
An event of books rhymes, songs and movement for children up to 4 years old and their parents or carers.
11am – 11.30 am
Free
Sunday 17th May
Amnesty International Persecuted Writers
Many writers in the world risk their homes, their lives and their freedom, facing persecution for their writing. A fundamental human right is freedom of expression, yet it is one that is often denied. This event will feature the work of some of these writers read by Word Festival authors and local personalities.
With:
Esther Woolfson – One of Aberdeen’s finest – well known for her memoir about a life with birds, Corvus, she has also recently published her first novel, Piano Angel.
Claire Keegan – One of Ireland’s masters of the short story.
Helen Lynch – Helen teaches at the University of Aberdeen’s English Department and was the winner of the 2008 Bluechrome Short Story Award.
1.30pm – 2.30pm
Free
Friday May 29th
Helen Booth
Opening 6pm – 8.30pm
Sunday 31st May
3pm
Closing event for Wordfringe
Details to follow
