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From Rannoch to St John’s

From Rannoch to St John’s One of our CAF exhibitions is currently making its way to the Festival via a rather unusual route – Maris is carrying the artwork Reliquary on foot from their studio in Rannoch to Cupar, where it will be housed in St John’s Church on Bonnygate. Speaking to Jenny Messenger, Maris explained that they were drawn to St John’s Church because of the nature of their project, which reconstructs a lost work based on the ancient Celtic poem The Song of Amergin: ‘Reliquary suggested a ‘sepulchral’ or ‘sacred’ space. A dimly… Read More »From Rannoch to St John’s

It’s all coming together…

Preparations for our official launch day on Saturday, June 18 are heating up, and the Cupar Arts Festival team have been working hard to create a collection of fantastic opening events for our fifth festival. As well as our launch party at the Festival Hub at 12 noon, visitors can look forward to street food, live music, tours of the Thermos Museum, and the Caravan Obscura, which offers people the chance to step inside a world of optical illusions created by artist Kenny Bean using mirrors, lenses and light – all inside a caravan, of course. From 4pm at… Read More »It’s all coming together…

Anthony Schrag Interview

‘It’s not my job to provide answers. It’s just my job to provide questions.’ I met artist Anthony Schrag this week in Cupar’s Haugh Park to talk about his upcoming project for Cupar Arts Festival, provisionally titled ‘What Lies Beneath Cupar?’ and inspired by the hidden waterways beneath the town. The interview followed a photo shoot, which saw Anthony get up close and personal with the murky depths of the Lady Burn. What do you do? What does art mean to you? I think art is the thing that challenges perceptual habits. So, art is… Read More »Anthony Schrag Interview

Cupar Burgh Chamber

A New Lease of Life

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://cupararts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Burgh-Chamber.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” alt=”Cupar Burgh Chamber” title_text=”Cupar Burgh Chamber”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Cupar’s former Burgh Chambers will get a new role as an exhibition space during this year’s Cupar Arts Festival, as it is all set to house the works of Charles Avery and Ilana Halperin. The familiar pink, domed building, home to the town clock, sits on the corner of St Catherine Street and Crossgate, and was probably built by the former Royal Burgh in the… Read More »A New Lease of Life