Alyth Museum hosts Cateran Trail exhibition
A new exhibition in Alyth Museum was launched on Saturday.
‘A Story of the Cateran Trail in 100 Objects’ was opened by Bob Ellis, one of the trail’s founders, and 10-year-old Sebastian Goodman, who is one of the youngest members of East Perthshire’s community to have walked the whole trail.
The exhibition is the culmination of a project that invited local people and visitors to propose objects that they believe tell an important part of the story of this area of Scotland.
Suggestions were collected online through a public campaign and in April an advisory panel chaired by Bob selected the final 100 objects.
He said: “The variety of suggestions put forward through the public campaign has been extraordinary and I hope that many more people will come to the exhibition and feel inspired to walk the trail as a result.”
Clare Cooper, one of the project’s producers, said: “Eastern Perthshire and the Cateran Trail are two of Scotland’s hidden gems.
“As well as being extraordinarily rich in history, archaeology and cultural and natural heritage, this area has a thriving and diverse community of living artists and makers and we are especially grateful to five of them for generously sharing their creativity and imagination through this exhibition.”
The free exhibition will be on display at Alyth Musuem on Commercial Street for the rest of this season and all of the 2018 season.
Five local, contemporary artists feature in the exhibition, including master weaver Ashleigh Slater with his Berries and Cherries tartan, Jane Wilkinson from Special Branch Baskets with a tattie creel, Martin McGuinness who painted the exhibition door and a wolf which is on display, Andrew Hunter with his painting of Kirkmichael and Kevin Greig with his illustrations of a Cateran and Donald McCoull the sheep rustler.
Details on ‘A Story of the Cateran Trail in 100 Objects’ and other Cateran’s Common Wealth projects can be found at www. commonculture.org.uk.