It’s up!

It’s up in Gallery 1 at St Margaret’s House and has pride of place – as any hearth should have!
The Dog, the Cat and the Bird, Isle of Harris. John Maher.The original 5 x 4 foot version of this image, along with a host of John and Ian’s other images from the Leaving Home project will be making their way to Edinburgh over the coming weeks in preparation for an eclectic cross arts exhibition planned to usher in 2015 in the capital. More to follow very soon…10801668_901731653184519_345783050410654511_n

Tick Tock

Time passes. Image from Leaving Home by John Maher
Time passes. Image from Leaving Home by John Maher

Its nearly time for Away Being our pop up exhibition to celebrate a new concerto for a new year! On Sunday afternoon January 4th 2015, Gallery 1 at St Margaret’s House will be buzzing with musicians, artists and creatives. Enterprise Music Scotland together with The Thrive Archive have commissioned composer and multi talented musician Mike Vass to write Coming Home, a piece of music inspired by the images of abandoned croft houses by Ian Paterson and John Maher that featured in their Leaving Home exhibition in 2013 in Stornoway. Mike and Thrive curator Jan Bee Brown have worked with the talented young musicians of the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin Big Band to develop the music and envelope art work and their performance is at 2pm. We hope to flash-mob this concerto throughout 2015 in cities and villages throughout Scotland.

sponsored by Enterprise Music Scotland
sponsored by Enterprise Music Scotland
sponsored by Creative Scotland
sponsored by Creative Scotland
Music played by EYG Big Band
Music played by EYG Big Band