The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
AROUND TOWN
Watercolour All Ways Classes
Roseangle Art Gallery, Roseangle, Dundee, DD1 4LR.
Fri January 14, 10.30am12.30pm, £90 (members £80). Watercolour All Ways Classes are designed to lift spirit through the activity of painting and are run by an experienced watercolour artist who will guide you through techniques while working on your own painting. Suitable for all levels of experience, this five-week block of teaching is tailored to suit individual needs. dundeeartsociety. co.uk
Introduction To Adobe Lightroom
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444. Sat January 15, 12-5pm, £85 (£65). Pick up all the skills you need to start creating images, enhancing photos or designing artwork. dca.org.uk
Relaxed Drawing @ The Wardlaw Museum
Wardlaw Museum, 7a The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AR, 01334461660. Wed January 19, 5-7pm, free. Drop into the Wardlaw Museum to relax and draw. Find a place in the galleries and take inspiration from great artworks, capture the detail of an ancient artefact or bring a stuffed animal to life. All abilities welcome with materials provided. st-andrews.ac.uk/ museums
Dive In! Protecting Our Ocean
Wardlaw Museum, 7 The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AR, 01334 461660, until Sun January 30, Mon-fri 11am-7pm; Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, free. This is your chance to explore the wonders of the ocean, learn about the challenges it faces, and discover the actions you can take to help save it. divein.wp.standrews.ac.uk
Tasty Treats Afternoon Tea
Dobbies Dunfermline, Whimbrell Place, Fife Leisure Park, Dunfermline, KY11 8EX, 01383 842757, until Mon January 31, Mon-fri 12-3.30pm; Sat & Sun 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm & 3.30pm, £10. Treat yourself to an afternoon tea for just £10 per adult throughout January. As well as a traditional selection or a specially curated vegan offering, there’s a children’s version for only £5. dobbies.com/ dunfermline
Scotland’s Coasts
Aberdour Castle And Gardens, Aberdour, KY3 0SL, 01383 860519, until Mon February 28, Sat-wed 10am-4pm, included in admission price £6 (£4.80) child £3.60, under 5s free; family ticket £12£20.50. Scotland’s coast has shaped life in this country for thousands of years, influencing how we work, rest and play. This exhibition, drawn from Historic Environment Scotland’s archives, explores Scotland’s relationship to the sea and its impact on everyday life. historicenvironment.scot
ART
Royal Scottish Academy The Ages Of Wonder: The Art Of Etching On Tour The Meffan Museum and Art Gallery, 20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB, 01307 491771, until Sat January 15, 10am-3pm, free. An exhibition of 300 years of Scottish etchings, on loan from the Royal Scottish Academy. New works are displayed alongside masterpieces by the likes of Rembrandt, David Wilkie, Ian Fleming and Elizabeth Blackadder. angusalive.scot
ART309 Exhibition Ainetheon Arts, 3-5 High Street, Coupar Angus, PH13 9DB, until Sat January 15, 10am-5pm, free. An exhibition from a group of artists in the Tayside area who all met while studying Fine Art at Dundee College where they spent most of their time in Studio 309. Hence the name. art309blog. wordpress.com
Drawn: An Exhibition Of Drawings
Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382 384310, until Fri January 21, Mon-fri 9.30am-7pm, free. Drawing is often seen as the fundamental basis of art, as well as being an important tool in other forms of creative thinking. This exhibition presents highlights from the university’s wide-ranging collection of around 2000 drawings. It includes rarely seen work by many renowned artists, including Thomas Gainsborough, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, WQ Orchardson, David Foggie, James Mcintosh Patrick, Wilhelmina Barns-graham, and Stephen Sutcliffe. dundee.ac.uk
Royal Scottish Academy The Ages Of Wonder: The Life School On Tour Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose, DD10 8HF, 01674 907447, until Sat January 22, Tue-sat 10am3pm, free. The Life School includes anatomical firsts and old master copies, amazing early paintings by the likes of SJ Peploe and Robert Brough and contemporary responses from Beth Fisher and George Donald. angusalive. scot
Joy And Creativity: 60 Years Of Kirkcaldy Art Club
Kirkcaldy Galleries, War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1YG, 01592 583206, until Sun January 23, 10am, free. Formed in 1961, the Kirkcaldy Art Club have been exhibiting their wares since 1964, and, in this celebration, a wide variety of art and craft (including greetings cards, paintings, ceramics, glass and prints) by their members will be on show and also up for sale. onfife. com
The Pit And The Kit
Wardlaw Museum, 7a The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AR, 01334 461660, until Sun January 30, 11am, free. Subtitled Addiction, Heroin And The End Of Coalmining In Scotland’, this exhibition features objects, artworks, poems and photographs from various sources including the National Mining Museum’s collection. st-andrews.ac.uk/museums
PRINT 21
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries, Abbot Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7NL, 01383 312603, until Sat February 5, 10am-5pm, free. This exhibition of contemporary printmaking from Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop showcases a range of fine art printing techniques in etching, linocut, screen printing, collagraphy and monotype. The artists have been inspired by wildlife such as crows and foxes, weather, local landscapes
both rural and urban, holidays, family, and even a washing-line. onfife.com
The Ignorant Art School | Sit-in #2 | To Be Potential
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, 13 Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HT, 01382 345330, until Sat February 19, Monsat 11am-4pm, free. An exhibition and event project navigating experiments in art education and alternative pedagogical initiatives from the early 20th Century to the present. dundee.ac.uk/djcad
Knitting The Herring Exhibition
Scottish Fisheries Museum, St Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, KY10 3AB, 01333 310628, until Sun February 27, Wed-sun 10am-4pm, £9. Knitting The Herring explores the history, uses, creativity and traditions held within fishermen’s ganseys and showcases key examples from the Scottish Fisheries Museum’s nationally recognised collection. Starting out in the industry as young men, most Scottish fishermen between the late 19th and early 20th Century would have owned at least one gansey (a tightly knitted sweater that was usually dark blue but sometimes grey, cream or even red), created for them by a family member. The Knitting The Herring project collated information on these unique handmade garments which is now available for visitors to see within the museum. scotfishmuseum.org
Joan Eardley Exhibition
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488, until Mon February 28, Thu-mon 10am-5pm, free. This exhibition is one of many happening across the country celebrating the work of Joan Eardley in what would have been her centenary year. Eardley’s life was cut short when she died in 1963, aged just 42, but while her career lasted barely 15 years, she was prolific, creating hundreds of paintings and many more sketches and drawings. culturepk.org.uk
A Love Letter To Dundee: Joseph Mckenzie Photographs 1964-1987
The Mcmanus: Dundee’s Art Gallery And Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sat March 5, Tue-sat 10am-5pm, free. Exhibition of black and white photography by Joseph Mckenzie, which documents the changing fortunes of Dundee’s waterfront and its people. mcmanus.co.uk
Meet, Make, Collaborate
Carnoustie Library, High Street, Carnoustie, DD7 6AN, 01241 465353, until Sat March 19, Wed-sat 11am, free. A touring exhibition of new works created by Craft Workers in the applied Arts Scotland International Exchanges programme. angusalive. scot/whats-on
Design Busters
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Thu March 31, 10am-5pm, free. Watch the latest Design Busters videos, pick up a free pencil and a range of activity sheets to inspire you. Illustrated by Dundeebased designer Laura Darling, you’ll design cities, future fashions, graphic logos, mashed-up products, striking patterns and more. vam.ac.uk/dundee
Yinka Ilori: Listening To Joy
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Sun April 24, Thu-mon 10am-5pm, free. This vibrant installation uses pattern, music and colour to inspire joy and delight for kids young and old. Yinka Ilori is a Londonbased multidisciplinary artist of British-nigerian heritage, who specialises in storytelling by fusing his background to tell new stories in contemporary design. He began his
practice in 2011 by upcycling vintage furniture, inspired by the traditional Nigerian parables and West African fabrics that surrounded him as a child. vam.ac.uk/dundee
Design For Our Times
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Mon June 13, 10am-5pm, free. Material innovation for our contemporary age as Design For Our Times offers sustainable solutions to overconsumption and material waste through the innovative work of selected designers based in Scotland. Discover how designers are developing ingenious solutions, using unexpected materials in new ways, from biodegradable mycelium and spent grain to construction waste. vam. ac.uk/dundee
The Street At The Mcmanus
The Mcmanus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun October 23, 12.30-4.30pm, free. Take a walk down memory lane and immerse yourself in The Street which recreates the windows of an old toy shop and pawn shop while also giving you a glimpse into ye olde establishments which sold shoes and furniture. These museum favourites span a 150-year period, looking at the history of retail and brewing in Dundee. mcmanus.co.uk
ONLINE Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra: Chevalier De Saint-georges & Mozart
oxfordphil.com.
Fri January 14, free. In the mid-1760s the child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart took Paris by storm. At the end of the same decade, Parisians witnessed the rise of another virtuoso, the violinist Joseph Bologne, Chevalier De Saint-georges. This concert pays tribute to both artists featuring the works of a pair who were shaped by similar musical traditions but radically different backgrounds. The orchestra performs Chevalier De Saint-georges’ elegant Symphony No 2 and Mozart’s clarinet concerto. oxfordphil.com
Pulp Fiction Dance Party
mycharlestondance.com. Fri January 14, 6.30pm, £10 per person, £15 per household. Grab your dance shoes and party outfit to join online for a Pulp Fiction dance party. You’ll be taught the iconic moves from Uma Thurman and John
Travolta’s epic Twist dance scene in this fun workshop. Don’t worry if your moves aren’t the slickest as this is suitable for all dance levels. mycharlestondance.com
A Day Out At Shakespeare’s Theatre
abitlit.co.
Sat January 15, 4pm, £15. Theatre lovers and history buffs everywhere are invited to join a new interactive online experience from digital learning platform A Bit Lit. Fear not, as there’s nothing dry and dusty about this history lesson, which gives participants the opportunity to imagine themselves as a theatre producer in the 1600s, diving into the decisions and dilemmas you might have faced while taking in the sights, sounds and even smells of the day. There may even be bears... Among those who will help you along the way are veteran actor Simon Russell Beale, anarchic theatre troupe The Pantaloons and key scholar of the Bard, Emma Smith. abitlit.co
Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford
historicenvironment.scot. Thu January 20, 2pm, free. As part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of one of Scotland’s most famous figures, this event comes in partnership with Abbotsford House, the home of the great bard Sir Walter Scott. Join Kirsty Archerthompson, collections and interpretations manager at Abbotsford, as she discusses what Scott was trying to achieve in terms of Abbotsford’s composition and curation, using examples from the fabric of the building alongside the collections housed within, to illustrate how he created a space for the celebration of history, memory and storytelling. historicenvironment.scot
From Athens To Andromeda: When Ancient Greece Looked To The Stars
sciencemuseum.org.uk. Thu January 20, 7.30pm, free. Along with pioneers from other ancient civilisations, Greek thinkers made huge contributions to accelerate our understanding of the stars. Driving the field of astronomy into a new era, their work helped to transform ideas not only around science, but also religion, philosophy and culture. Join a panel of experts to learn of the leaps and bounds Ancient Greek minds made in the field of astronomy, from determining the secrets of the universe through mathematics to the remarkable discovery of the world’s oldest analogue computer. sciencemuseum. org.uk
Film Music Composition For Beginners
gsmd.ac.uk, every Tue until February 22, 7.15pm, £215. This six-week online evening course will equip you with an understanding of how to write music for film. You can expect to analyse scenes from different films and explore how a particular genre of music complements a film visual. The topics addressed will include orchestration, composing with instrument sample libraries in Logic Pro and the composition of original music to a given clip. Unleash your inner John Williams or Hans Zimmer now. gsmd.ac.uk
Martin Simpson
livetoyourlivingroom.com. Tue January 18, 8pm, £10£25. Four decades after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, Martin Simpson is well-renowned as a formidable guitar talent. Just as at home with English traditional folk as he is with American blues, he is the performer with the most nominations in the Radio 2 Folk Awards over the past 18 years, with two victories as Musician of the Year. His most recent album came out in November, with Home Recordings receiving ecstatic acclaim, as he played his guitar and banjo collection out on his Peak District-facing porch. livetoyourlivingroom.com
Always Be Comedy
alwaysbecomedy.com. Wed January 19, 8pm, £5. A top-notch line-up is scheduled for this week’s Always Be Comedy night featuring Fringe favourites such as Kiri Pritchardmclean, Rhys James, Dane Baptiste and Joe Wilkinson. Your MC for tonight’s proceedings is James Gill. alwaysbecomedy.com
Castival Live With Tony Law
matthosscomedy.com/ castival.
Thu January 20, 8pm, £7 (£5). Welcome to Castival, a live podcast where a guest is asked to pitch their dream music festival lineup. Hosted by Matt Hoss, this show features humour, hypothetical questions and maybe even a touch of sentimentality as guests go deep into why they think their line-up is top drawer fare. This live special features the Uk-based cult Canadian comedian Tony Law who, if his live shows are anything to go by, will utter many, many hundreds of words per minute and go off on diversions aplenty. matthosscomedy.com/ castival
TS Eliot Prize Readings
southbankcentre.co.uk, until Sun January 16, 7pm, £7.50. This is your chance to see some scintillating performed poetry from the ten poets shortlisted for this year’s prestigious TS Eliot Prize. Hosted by Ian Mcmillan, a broadcaster and top master of verse himself, among those appearing are Kayo Chingonyi, Selima Hill, Michael Symmons Roberts, Kevin Young and the ultimate prizewinner Joelle Taylor. southbankcentre. co.uk
Murder On The Second Floor
bespokemurdermystery. com, until 6 August, £416 for 20 players. The world of work has been disrupted like never before. Reintroducing employees to the physical workplace will take time, but you can make that transition memorable with a fun and immersive murder mystery game by crime writer Fiona Sherlock. Her virtual murder mysteries have been played by over 20,000 players, including corporate organisations, a range of banks, schools and voluntary organisations around the world. Murder On The Second Floor is a scripted game like no other. bespokemurdermystery. com
Puss In Moon Boots
thesleepingtrees.co.uk, until Sat January 15, £5. Dubbed as the love child of Monty Python and The League Of Gentlemen’, The Sleeping Trees have been enthralling audiences for many years with their innovative narrative sketch comedy. After the success of their first living room adventure, The Legend Of Moby Dick Whittington, the trio is back with a new interactive caper as they turn a house upside down in order to fly off to outer space. Puss (Santa’s cat and a wannabe inventor), has always dreamed of being able to build and pilot a rocket which would allow him to travel alongside Mr Claus and help deliver all the Christmas presents. But no one ever takes his ideas seriously. thesleepingtrees. co.uk
Fit For The Streets
toybox.org.uk, until Mon January 31, times vary, £3-£10. Keep fit and raise funds through Toybox for needy children across the world. All sums raised will go towards warm winter bundles for street children as you walk, run, skip, swim, cycle and then upload the distance you travel on to the grand total. toybox.org.uk
Ray Harryhausen: Titan Of Cinema
nationalgalleries.org, until Sun February 20, 12-5pm, £10. This virtual experience includes five specially created films, images and texts from the current
Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art exhibition, plus archive films and objects from Ray Harryhausen’s life and work. And most exciting of all, some 3D model videos. Your experience will also include access to a series of related, live online events created in close collaboration with the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation. nationalgalleries.org
Creative Dance London Presents Work It Out
creativedancelondon.org, every Mon until February 28, 10-11am, £7. We’re all encouraged to get moving at the start of a brand new year, and what better way than to express yourself through dance. Molly Wright hosts weekly sessions which focus on improvisation as you get energetic to kick off your Monday. creativedancelondon.org
Women Of Scotland
historicenvironment. scot, until Thu December 7, 2023, 9am, free. War is traditionally a male domain but during the Wars of Independence, women were among some of Bruce’s strongest and bravest supporters. Many suffered for their loyalty and others rose to the challenge. Hear about the role they played and how the castle fared during this bloody and brutal time. historicenvironment.scot
Scotland From The Sky
historicenvironment.scot, until Thu December 7, 2023, 10am, free. Scotland From The Sky brings you a selection of breathtaking aerial photography, featured in the book of the same name. Take yourself on a topflight tour of some of the most atmospheric properties in the country. historicenvironment.scot