Gratitude for NHS heroes at Newhailes
Sculptures celebrate pandemic sacrifice
A PUBLIC ART installation will be on display outside Newhailes House in Musselburgh from 17 September and free tickets are available online.
Wild in Art, the team behind Oor Wullie's BIG Bucket Trail, has brought the piece called “Gratitude” to life to thank NHS staff and all key workers for their work during the pandemic over the last 18 months.
The artwork comprises 51 sculptures all designed by well known artists and designers, including the Scottish fashion designer, Pam Hogg, sculptural artist Andrew Logan, British fashion and textile designer Kitty Joseph, one of the UK's leading ceramic artists Kate Malone, and the project's creative ambassador Dame Zandra Rhodes.
The work will feature real-life stories and poems about key workers recorded by identifiable voices such as KT Tunstall, Christopher Eccleston, Julie Hesmondhalgh, John Thomson, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Shobna Gulati and Adil Ray. Plus Downtown Abbey's Hugh Bonneville, Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), and Sarah Parish.
The sculptures will be auctioned after nationwide tour to raise funds for NHS Charities Together.
www.thisisgratitude.co.uk