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Welcome to the 2011 Cupar Arts Festival

All indoor venues are open today, Tuesday 18th October, 10am – 5pm. Visit The Garage (opposite Haugh Park) for information and tickets. 

THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS ARE OPEN TOMORROW FOR THE FINAL DAY OF THE 2011 CUPAR ARTS FESTIVAL:

“OUT & IN” CURATED BY LIZ SKULINA AND INCLUDING COLIN KIRKPATRICK, MOIRA PAYNE, JILL SKULINA, LIZ SKULINA, AILEEN STACKHOUSE, AND WRITER ZOE VENDITOZZI. SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTS, SOUND, AND FILM.  KIRKMORE, NORTH UNION STREET, CUPAR, FIFE KY15 4DU, 11AM -5PM

RICHARD DEMARCO, KATE DOWNIE, JONATHAN BAXTER & SARAH GITTINS, KYLE NOBLE & JAMIE IRVINE, AND JUDY SPARK @ 15 MILLGATE (THE FORMER ST COLUMBA’S PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS), CUPAR, FIFE KY15 5EG, 10AM – 5PM

FIONA MCGARVA, VOLKER ROSENBERG, TOM HARRUP & DENIZ USTER @ THE WAREHOUSE, KIRK WYND, CUPAR, FIFE KY15 5AW, 10AM – 5PM

HAZEL SWAN, KAREN SPY, AND SINEAD BRACKEN @ CUPAR YMCA (UPPER FLOOR), MARATHON HOUSE, BONNYGATE, CUPAR, FIFE KY15 4LG, 10AM – 5PM

“A SENSE OF PLACE”, KAYE LYNCH @ CUPAR COUNTY BUILDINGS, ST CATHERINE ST(GROUND FLOOR), CUPAR KY15 4TA, 9AM – 5PM

“TRACES: THE POLISH ARMY IN FIFE”, MARYSIA LACHOWICZ, ALONG WITH OTHER ARTISTS @ THE GARAGE (OPPOSITE HAUGH PARK), 2 ST CATHERINE ST, CUPAR, FIFE KY15 4BT, 10AM – 5PM

PLUS ALL ARTWORKS AT PUBLIC SITES AND SPACES (SEE VISUAL ARTS SECTION OF THE SITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS).

WE ALSO STILL HAVE PLACES LEFT ON OUR FINAL CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP TODAY WITH ARTIST JOSEPH CALLEJA. A FUN WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN AGE 6-12 ON THEMES OF IDENTITY AND USING UNUSUAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES AND RESPONSES TO IMAGE AND SOUND. DURING HIS TIME DEVELOPING WORK FOR THE FESTIVAL, JOSEPH CALLEJA HAS SUCCESSFULLY WORKED WITH LOCAL SCHOOLCHILDREN TO PRODUCE DRAWINGS WHICH INSPIRED HIS OWN PROJECT, AND HAS ALSO LEAD WORKSHOPS WITHIN CASTEHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL. DON’T MISS THIS FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ONE OF HIS WORKSHOPS, 2 – 4PM, £4, CHILDREN 6-12 YRS. BOOK ONLINE OR VISIT US AT THE GARAGE TO SIGN UP. 

Welcome to Cupar Arts brand new website. You will find here a comprehensive overview of everything Cupar Arts has been developing over the past year in preparation for the 2011 Cupar Arts Festival. On the left is a sliding menu which leads to the various sections of our programme. This includes Visual Arts, where you can read about each project selected for this year’s event, including those of our three Invited Artists Richard Demarco, Kate Downie, and Chad McCail. The new Music section includes a link to our online Box Office, and the Events and Workshops section provides information on a number of events and activities which will take place during the festival run. The Archive will be launched towards the end of the year.

The 2011 Cupar Arts Festival  presents an exhibition of contemporary visual art using both established venues and unconventional sites. Alongside this programme of indoor shows, temporary public artworks, performances and interventions, the programme also includes music, with headliners King Creosote making a much-anticipated appearance, and workshops and events all of which celebrate the unique character of this town.

This year, artists were invited to respond to the broad theme Drawing Attention and the result is an exciting and varied range of interpretations often highlighting many fascinating and sometimes lesser known or considered aspects of Cupar.

Projects such as Marysia Lachowicz’s study of the Polish Army in Cupar during the Second World War, Carolyn Scott’s sound-based artwork created from stories of the former sugar beet factory, and this year’s Artist in Residence Judy Spark’s exploration of Cupar’s unusual disposition in relation to radio transmission are amongst those which make Cupar’s rich heritage their focus.

Richard Demarco’s Cupar close drawings, Chad McCail’s billboard artwork and Karen Spy’s research into the symbolic unicorn’s horn all focus on aspects of Cupar’s centre, whilst Rosie Lesso’s alternative signage and Sinead Bracken’s new street route markers create pathways around town. These and many other artworks and events will be presented in venues as diverse as Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse, the grain silo on the Trading Estate, and Cupar public spaces, disused shops and warehouses – drawing attention to the most unexpected places.

We hope you will enjoy reading about this year’s programme and please do come and visit us over the coming weeks at our newly opened festival hub opposite Cupar’s beautiful Haugh Park.

 ** THE FESTIVAL CLOSES AT 5PM TODAY, TUESDAY 18TH OCTOBER**