ARTIST LIST 2019 – Falkirk Arts Festival

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ARTIST LIST 2019

AJ Dance Centre

Welcome to the AJ Dance Family. We are excited to share our passion & commitment to the Art of Dance with you through your very own Dance journey.

Antonine Silver -designs by Elaine Petrie

Elaine Petrie, the designer/maker behind Antonine Silver Jewellery, makes beautiful, stylish silver jewellery inspired by themes drawn from the history and culture of Scotland and the beautiful Forth Valley countryside.

Barony Players

A day for all to join in our workshops and have a go at puppetry, costume, light and set design and find out what we are currently working on….join in the fun!

Big Bad Wolf Children’s Theatre

Big Bad Wolf Children’s Theatre Company is based in Falkirk area for 8 to 18 year olds, our mission is to create amazing shows for young people, which are fun, exciting and rise to the challenge of young people’s imagination.

Nicole Clements

Nicole Clements’ love of art began in Canada where she grew up. She loved to paint the prairies of Manitoba and the lakes of Northern Ontario. She studied drawing and design at the university of Manitoba before moving to Calgary where she graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Ceramics.

David Cumming

Starting out as an online T-shirt designer in 2007, Printmaker David Cumming swapped digital files for linoleum and ink in 2015. The unpredictable process of cutting, inking and pressing is an aspect of print which Cumming most enjoys as often there are variations from one print to the next.

Carrie Dougall

COLOUR! If you look at my artwork that’s what you will see I have a wide range of styles but nearly all of my pieces have this one thing in common, Colour. Colour is my source of Life.

Chloe Dougall

Watching the world and the people around me inspires the greatest works I have created. Stranger’s pass by and I wonder who they are, what they are feeling and this leads me to the creation of my work.

Tracy Dougall

Scottish Artist on a journey to explore possibilities!

Falkirk Creative Collection

Falkirk Creative Collective are a group of diverse artists offering opportunities to “meet the artist” and host “Pop Up shops” in and around Falkirk. We sell a range of original art, prints, homeware, gifts and jewellery. All work made locally.

Falkirk Festival Chorus

Falkirk Festival Chorus sing traditional choral music from a range of composers such as Handel, Verdi and Rossini, accompanied by professional musicians and soloists. We also take part in the Bairns’ Christmas.

Falkirk Operatic Society

“Falkirk Operatic Society are delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Falkirk Festival. Our company was formed in 1903 and is an amateur dramatic organisation based in Falkirk. We currently produce 2 shows per year – one full scale musical in Spring and a cabaret/concert in Autumn. We also sing in the community when we are asked!!

Falkirk Sewing Studio

Falkirk Sewing Studio, located in Callendar Square, offers indiviualized sewing and weaving classes and hosts a Thursday morning knitting group. We also offer a permanent home to a diverse group of artists, ranging from mosaic and art glass, to clay workshops, to innovative encaustic art, to traditional painting and sculpture.

Glenbervie Folk Duo

Glenbervie Folk Duo consists of Neil Clark and his wife, Kathryn Grainger. Between them they play Scottish smallpipes, Highland bagpipes, whistles, guitar and clarinet, and they both sing. Their music is mainly Scottish/Celtic trad and folk. In the last 18 months, they have performed in the Falkland Islands, San Diego, the Isle of Man and Germany, as well as at many local events. Neil also teaches bagpipes and together they have done workshops and educational visits in schools and other venues. The Faw Kirk, with its special acoustics, lends itself to their unusual mix of instruments.

Jenkins Dancers

Copy follow…

Jaya’s Clay Art

I am professional Mural Artist and doing art from last 20 years specially in clay
Handcrafted cold porcelain flowers and painting workshops private one – one lessons demonstrations are available for children age 7 to 14 and for adult in my art studio.

Larbert Amateur Operatic Society

We’re a musical theatre society who perform one musical and one pantomime each year. Our objective is to encourage the study, performance and appreciation of music and drama. Also to entertain the local community!

I’m a self taught artist originally from Ukraine and have lived in Scotland for the last 12 years. I work in a variety of media, including oils, soft pastel, acrylic and pyrography. Being a lover of animals and nature I would consider this my favourite subject to paint. My work varies from landscape to wildlife depending on my mood on the day. My artwork has been exhibited locally and at venues throughout Central Scotland.

Dani Lisney

Dani Lisney studied fine art, specialising in sculpture, at Liverpool Hope University. After graduating with first class honours in 2005 she moved to Japan. The work she made whilst living there resulted in an invitation to the Florence Biennale in 2009. She is currently based in the sewing studio. At the moment she is working on sculptures and large scale paintings

Honey Georgina Lyon

Recycling and Upcycling are at the cornerstone of my beliefs and carried through into my art. I am working towards zero waste and am looking forward to sharing this with others.

Sharn McGregor

Never afraid of experimentation, Sharn likes to work with a wide range of mediums including, oil and acrylic painting, graphite and charcoal sketching, pastel drawing, plasterwork, casting and carvings, pyrography, photography, printing, textiles and still life portraiture. As a student, Sharn produced conceptual, multi-sensory pieces using combinations of light, smoke, scent, audio and sound combined with 2D and 3D pieces. Being creative with mixed media is a particular enthusiasm of Sharn’s, resourcefulness being very much central to her ecological value system in addition to her technical skill-set.

Eileen Moore

I have a studio at Falkirk Sewing Centre. I work mainly in mixed media using a variety of materials and methods e.g. torn paper, acrylic, oils and ink. I also make handmade cards and small pieces of distressed furniture.

Rhona Morrison

Dr Rhona Morrison is a retired consultant forensic psychiatrist who
has a passion for producing detailed watercolour paintings and embellished felting . Her favourite subjects are trees , water , light , reflections and buildings.

Ochil Craft Association

Ochil Crafts is a group of Crafters which sells hand crafted goods from a shop in Grangemouth. We also organise a monthly Craft market in the Howgate Shopping Centre, Falkirk.

Anna Ohar is an artist and also designs a range of giftware and homeware. Most of her artwork is contemporary and abstract, loosely inspired by botanical forms and nature, with colour and line being at base of everything she creates. – exhibiting as part of Falkirk Creative Collective.

Lorraine Poole

My art covers a wide range of media and subjects, from pastel portraits to oil landscapes, acrylic roses to textured abstracts. My first solo exhibition was held in Falkirk in 2013.

Project Theatre

Founded in 2008, Project Theatre are a performing arts organisation and registered Scottish Charity who aim to promote youth involvement in the creative and performing arts across the Falkirk area through workshops, productions and other events and initiatives.

Roya

Roya Mehravari studied at the University Paradis having graduated with a BSc in art restoration. Her works often inspired by melancholy and sadness, emotions which she likes to utilise to communicate with the subject. Often the viewer will be given and insight into the artist’s dreams on canvas.

Seagull Trust Cruises Art Gallery

The Seagull Trust Cruises Art Gallery shows a collection of contemporary art and crafts by talented and accomplished local artisans. A portion of all sales goes to fund the work of the Seagull Trust Cruises charity who provides free canal boating to people with special needs.

Marjory Sime

Marjory is an artist working primarily in Oils, the media of the great masters. She lives in Falkirk Scotland. Her paintings are exhibited internationally and are held in private collections. Marjory is primarily self – taught and in 2003 she enrolled in an art class hosted by the Master Still Life artist Denzil N. Herring where she soaked up knowledge like a sponge. Over the years- and a few broken rules, Marjory has developed her own individual style and has shown a broad versatility that is a strong theme in her exhibitions.

Jake Smith is an up & coming artist who lives in Falkirk. During his childhood Jake spent a few years in Yorkhill Children’s Hospital where he passed his time painting his favourite movie characters.

‘Original paintings and digital artwork’

Stenhouse School Of Dance

Dance Display 2019 – Photograph by Bill Miller, Falkirk.

Although established in 1958, Stenhouse School of Dance is a modern and forward thinking dance school with a reputation for excellent teaching but not forgetting the fun! Classes are held in Falkirk, Larbert, Bo’ness and Linlithgow and include, ballet, tap, jazz, dancemix (hiphop, street) acrobatic, musical theatre, boys only Street Squad and adult tap. Children taken from 3years.

Strathcarron Hospice

Strathcarron Hospice is privileged to provide to provide specialist care, love and support completely free of charge for patients and their families. To enable us to do this we rely on charitable giving from supporters to cover the daily costs of £12,900.

Treubh Dannsa

“Dancing is joy”

A performance and life painting workshop

Tryst Theatre- Presents A NIGHT WITH TRYST

Tryst Theatre are delighted to support the inaugural Falkirk Arts Festival. They’re staging two short plays in Behind the Wall, September 23, 24 and 25 at 7.30 pm, both written by local writers. We open with “Shells” by Falkirk writer Howard Sargeant. It tells the poignant story of Allie, Bel and Cat who haven’t seen each other for years. When they do catch up, there’s no shortage of stories to tell: tales of loss, frustration, and satisfying middle-aged sex. But some tales are too dark to tell…even to your best friends. The supremely talented Carol Clark, Rhona McColl and Jean Kendall take the staring roles with Brian Paterson as the suave support. Expect laughter, a few tears and some inventive swearing!…

Karen van de Graaf

Karen van de Graaf is a Scottish born artist. The last three summers she has been performing at the Fringe, drawing faces at high speed on the Royal Mile. She loves watercolour painting and is expanding her range of landscapes.

Vintage Eva

Rummaging through the shiny buttons, dusting off the old antique clock, messing about with the old Singer sewing machine as a child. This is where Vintage Eva was born, in a household of former Czechoslovakia where the love for crafts such as knitting, cross stitching, crocheting triggered creativity and dedication.