No Ticket Required
Saturday 26th May 2012
11:00
Various Venues In Perth
Perth Art Trail brings together all the wonderful events and exhibitions taking place at Festival time. Many are within easy walking distance of Perth City Centre on the weekend of 26th and 27th May. See the wide range of art on show - "Art on the River", 40 art and craft stalls along the River Tay in Tay Street.Also Matisse Exhibition at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, exhibitions at the The Ferguson Gallery, Perthshire Art Association's Exhibition at St Matthews Church Tay Street, Blooming Artists a children's art exhibition at the Studio Theatre in Mill Street, Arts Cafe at St Matthew's Church, exhibitions at Frames Gallery (Victoria Street) and The Tayberry Gallery (Princes Street) and guided walks by Perth Civic Trust. More details below.
Art on the River
Tay Street, Perth
Saturday 26th May 10.00 – 17.00
Sunday 27th May 11.00 – 16.00
The River Tay provides a stunning back drop to a busy art and craft exhibition with over forty stalls of paintings, drawings, original prints and an interesting selection of crafts. Take the opportunity to admire the artists hard at work on their easels. Be a budding Picasso and get creative at the arts and crafts table. For more information call Gail Cain 01738 475728 www.perthcity.co.uk
Blooming Artists
Studio Theatre, Mill Street, Perth
Friday 27th – Sunday 29th May 10.00 – 18.00
Art and design work from schools throughout Perth and Kinross ranging from nursery through to S6. Free Admission.
Perthshire Art Association Exhibition
Mission Hall, St Matthews Church, Tay Street
Saturday 26th 10.00 - 16.00
Sunday 27th 12.30 - 16.00
Work by both professional and amateur members of the Association will include watercolours, acrylics, landscapes, portraits, still lifes and ceramics. Watch the artist in residence hard at work. Check www.perthshireartassociation.org for latest information.
Arts Café on the Tay
St. Matthew’s Church and Hall, Tay Street
Saturday 26th May 10.30 - 15.30 and
Sunday 27th May 12.30 - 15.30
The sixth year for the popular café, serving homemade soup, freshly filled rolls, home baking, tea and coffee to refresh as you explore the Art on the River and visit Perthshire Art Association’s Exhibition in our halls.
Frames Gallery, Victoria Street, Perth PH2 8LW.
www.framesgallery.co.uk
Barbara Robertson Solo Show
14th May – 4th June
Barbara has been exhibiting at Frames for 25 years and during that time has delighted us with her witty and elegant linocuts. Barbara studied printmaking and illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and has been working professionally since then. This exhibition will feature over 25 works which reveal her immense skill in her chosen medium. Her subjects range from landscapes to hilarious interpretations of poems, sayings and myths including her obvious delight in farm animals and cats. This is a wonderful opportunity to see a collection of the work of one of our great local artists.
Boo Vake
5 Watergate, Perth, PH1 5TF
www.boovake.co.uk
Exhibition of contemporary craft from some of Scotland's top designer makers. Also permanent display of gifts & homeware from British based designers and small design companies.
Tayberry Gallery
19, Princes Street, Perth
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 – 17.00
The Tayberry Gallery re-opened under new management in April 2011. To celebrate this new start, the gallery will be exhibiting a collection of handmade contemporary jewellery from owner Sarah and sister Islay Spalding. Both have created their own individual style which, for the first time, will be combined to make the '2b1' collection. This collection is exclusive to The Tayberry Gallery so don't miss your chance to have a look. We also display permanent collections from Scottish designers, craft makers and artists including prints, ceramics, textiles and many more. '2b1' exhibition will run from the 3rd May - 31st May.
Wall Painting by Alison Whyte
Alison’s working practice involves observing the everyday and re-discovering environmental spaces. This project aims to take elements from a particular location and to project them back into the space in a series of patterns. www.aliwhyte.blogspot.com Her wall painting will be found on the rear outside wall of Browns Pharmacy Healthcare on 196 High Street, Perth, PH1 5PA. Access via the alleyway to the left of the shop or from Scott Street Car Park. The painting will be done at the beginning of May so it will run for the whole of the Festival.
Perth Civic Trust Guided Walks
Perth Civic Trust was founded in 1967 with one of its main objectives being the conservation of the environment be it buildings, monuments, townscape and landscape of architectural, scenic or historic merit or of high amenity value in Perth. The Trust has been delighted to be involved with Perth Festival of the Arts from the beginning, leading guided walks around Perth as its contribution, and we are particularly pleased to be participating this year – the 40th Festival. The walks take place in small groups, each with a guide. This year the walks are taken from the booklet Walks Around Historic Perth – the title of the very successful booklet written and sponsored by the Trust and published by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust in 2010. Last year we covered two of the four walks in the booklet and this year we cover the other two – The City Centre and Tay Street and the Bridges.
Sunday 22nd May 15.00 Tay Street and the Bridges
Meet under the dry arch of Smeaton’s Bridge
Sunday 29th May 15.00 The City Centre
Meet outside the main entrance to St. John’s Kirk
Follow the Thread
19th – 28th May, 10.00 – 16.00 each day
North Church, Mill Street, Perth
Exhibition by Spectra Textile Artists showcasing their latest work of creative art and design employing both traditional and modern innovative techniques using for example hand dyed fabric, threads and wools, handmade felt and paper, mixed media, beads etc. Follow the thread . . . and see where it leads!
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