You may be aware of the success of Kirkcudbright arts
champions in recently securing phase 1 funding of Heritage Lottery Funds to
develop a permanent art gallery in the Town Hall building in Kirkcudbright!
Now, they need to hear all your ideas about what you’d enjoy seeing, doing and
contributing to the venue. The more input we offer the more chance we have of
getting the important phase 2 HLF funding!
There is an online survey here https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5PLYBN6 and by filling it in you can
help to shape this exciting development that will help make a great venue that
you can enjoy and put Kirkcudbright and D&G on the national and international
art map!!
For more information on the project you can contact
Kayleigh Scott- Gallery Development Officer, Kirkcudbright Art Gallery by
telephone: 01387 253 374
Or by email: Kayleigh.Scott@dumgal.gov.uk
Project overview:
The Kirkcudbright Art Gallery Project is a project to convert
Kirkcudbright Town Hall into a nationally recognised art gallery. The Heritage
Lottery Fund have agreed to fund the development stages and they will very
likely contribute heavily to the creation of the gallery itself. We are
currently putting together the Stage 2 application.
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| work by Jessie. M. King |
The Art Gallery will house and celebrate the artistic
heritage of Kirkcudbright. In a custom built exhibition space, it will display
the vast collection owned by Dumfries and Galloway Council relating to
influential artists who resided in the area, such as Jessie M King, E A Taylor,
John Faed and Charles Openheimer, along with other important names who were
inspired by Kirkcudbright, like George Henry and S J Peploe. As well as this,
the Gallery will have a temporary exhibition space that will house visiting
exhibitions including contemporary and historic art from both the local area
and nationally recognised galleries and museums across the country. With a café
and space for training, the Gallery will create jobs as well as providing
volunteering and learning opportunities. There will be an exciting programme of
activities and workshops running alongside the exhibitions with the aim of
attracting a large array of local people and visitors.
With Kirkcudbright still being a place of inspiration for
many artists and with art still being very important to the area we are keen to
get input from local artists and art organisations about what they would like
to see in Kirkcudbright Art Gallery and how they might like to get involved. We
are aiming to make the Gallery an asset to the area and we would like to work
with local artists to optimise what the Gallery and wider area has to offer.
Below is a link to a survey in which local artists can
give feedback and opinions on what you would like to see from Kirkcudbright Art
Gallery. All you need to do is follow the link and complete the short
questionnaire.
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