| Event: St Andrews | Exhibitions |
What’s on in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland updated 3 August 2008 |
Abbey Street [map]. 01334-475000.
There are often small exhibitions in the foyer and spaces about the theatre. Particularly the contemporary craft display presented by Fife Contemporary Arts and Craft on level 2 by the box office
Soft pastels by Helen L Robertson
Breakers, 3a The Scores, KY16 9AR. Private garden “roses a special feature!” open daily in aid of the Madeleine Steel Trust: £1 donation requested.
Club Rooms, 14c Argyle Street – usually signed from the West Port when there is an exhibition. [map] Monday – Saturday 10.15am-5pm, Sunday 12.30-5pm. Alan Stephens 01334 478016. Admission: free.
Annual Exhibition Annual Exhibition of work.
12 North Street. 2-5pm. Free.
When the Boat comes in… St Andrews’ fishing community from its early beginnings, its rise and fall.
St Andrew’s Week Exhibition
Gateway Building, North Haugh [map]. 01334 467400. Daily, 9am-5.30pm (10am-5pm weekends). Free: Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road. Tel 01334-659380. Open April to September: 10am-5pm daily, October to March: 10:30am to 4pm daily. Free.
Your Ocean “explores the impact of the ocean on our lives and the importance of sustaining it for our future”. Exhibition by the National Maritime Museum.
Brown Linen Textile Artist Jeanette Sendler, Fife Arts Cooperative Artist in Residence, in association with Fife Contemporary Art and Craft, exhibits her latest work.
Based in Newburgh, Jeanette became inspired by the village’s historic past in the cottage weaving industry of the 18th century. Later jute was woven in Dundee and used as part of the floor cloth/linoleum industry in Newburgh.
“150 years after the handloom industry of Fife come to an end I learned to weave in Newburgh. The weaving history of Dundee and Fife has influenced my choice of material, linen and jute.”
By combining the new skills with her expertise in tailoring, knitting, felting, printing and weaving Jeanette has produced work incorporating varied textile techniques. An installation comprising a length of woven cloth will dramatically span the gallery at St Andrews Museum. This will include the motif of crotcheted Newburgh cherry blossoms which re-appear in further pieces. Woven panels refer in abstracted ways to the people involved in the handloom industry such as the Stampmaster. Jeanette’s skill in evoking the past through contemporary work is hinted at through these pieces and in the story she has written to accompany a further installation called ‘Mapping the Body’.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an essay by Dr Jessica Hemmings, Reader in Textile Culture at Winchester School of Art. A full programme of textile based activities for adults and children will also take place at St Andrews Museum to complement the show.
Canongate [map]. 01334-476452. Open all year, 10am-4pm.
18 acres of landscaped garden Glasshouses with cacti, alpines and plants from warmer regions. March-October at 2pm on the 1st Sunday of the month there are tours conducted by the Friends of the Botanic Gardens.
Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]
Has small exhibitions of craft for sale in the Byre Theatre [map] foyer and organises arts events across Fife.
Church Square, St Andrews, KY16 9NN. 01334-412685. Monday, Friday & Saturday 9.30am – 5pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am – 7pm.
The Scores, KY16 9AS. 01334-474786. Open daily from 10am, call for winter hours.
Over 30 displays and 100 species, from sea horses to seals.
British Golf Museum, Golf Place. Tel 01334-460046. 9.30am-5.30pm.