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FCA&C Xmas and New Year closures

20th December 2011 by Susan Davis

Have a magical festive season from FCA&C

Here we are again at the end of another year – who’d have thought 2011 would’ve passed so quickly!

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First Treat night kicks off in Newport

2nd December 2011 by Susan Davis

Dot Sim's studio in Newport on Tay

Dot Sim’s studio was alight was the spirit of Christmas when she opened her doors yesterday evening to the first of FCA&C’s 3 festive craft events.  Her elegant jewellery sat well fabulous cosy knits by Mitchell & Black and Louise Wedderburn;  ceramics by Vanessa Bullick;  glass by Keiko Mukaide; and textiles by Molly Bullick.

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Nick Evans’ sculpture has landed (safely!) in St Andrews

21st October 2011 by Susan Davis

Installation of first sculpture by Nick Evans

The wonderfully statuesque sculptures by Nick Evans arrived at St Andrews Museum on Wednesday and after some major fiddling about with lifting equipment, were finally moved into position late in the afternoon.  And very wonderful they look too.

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Storytelling about contemporary ceramic objects

6th October 2011 by Susan Davis

Judy Paterson in 'full flow'

That’s what the plan is for a week today (Thur 13 Oct) when well known storyteller Judy Paterson will be at St Andrews Museum to tell traditional oral tales that are inspired by the ceramic work within FCA&C’s ‘Placement’ exhibition.

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Free Symposium in November – booking now!

21st September 2011 by Susan Davis

Causing Chaos symposium 2010

With PART 1 of FCA&C’s  ‘Placement’ exhibition now open at St Andrews Museum, we’re pleased to announce that booking for this year’s Symposium, linked to the exhibition, is now open.  It all takes place on Sat 5 November 2011, 10.30am-4pm, and is completely and utterly free for all!

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Set of bools take up permanent residence in Kirkcaldy

13th September 2011 by Susan Davis

L to R: Diana Sykes, FCA&C; Gareth Baglow; Gavin Grant, Fife Museums

One of the 4 sets of ‘Buckhynd Braes Bools’ created as part of FCA&C’s Coastal Path project has recently been donated to Fife Museums at Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery.

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Placement exhibition set-up underway

13th September 2011 by Susan Davis

Diana carefully unpacks Claire Curneen and Stephen Bird's work

Yesterday saw the first day of unpacking and setting up of FCA&C’s next exhibition – ‘Placement – Ceramic Connections: Wales & Scotland’ at St Andrews Museum.  Taking part in the first of the exhibition’s 2 parts is Stephen Bird, Claire Curneen, Lowri Davies, Laura Ford, David Shrigley and Dawn Youll.

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Successful art/eco labs in Fife

12th August 2011 by Susan Davis

Day 1, The Ecology Centre, Kinghorn Loch

The Steep Trail – art/eco labs, Fife:  9-10 August 2011

A group of artists, scientists and academics were brought together for two stimulating days of exchanging information and ideas as part of a larger project organised by artist led Polarcap, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and FCA&C.

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Treat – the end (for now…)

20th July 2011 by Susan Davis

Arlene, Arlene - are you there???

Well, they do say that all good things come to an end, and sadly Treat, our first pop-up shop in J&G Innes, has run its 2 week course.  We had a lot of packing up to do on Monday and Tuesday, despite selling a lot, but I think the worst part was carting everything down the stairs, across the road and into the office in the Town Hall.  Great thanks to Marion and Anton for helping!

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Treat – only one more day

15th July 2011 by Susan Davis

View of Treat at J & G Innes, St Andrews

Hard to believe there is only one more day left of FCA&C’s first pop-up shop.

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