Claudia Zeiske, Director of Deveron Projects for the last 25 years, will join the MLitt Film, Visual Culture and Arts Management to discuss the finer details of organising and delivering socially-engaged art projects and events in the Aberdeenshire town of Huntly. The session will run from 1515-1645 on Wednesday 10 February, on Teams. Access the … Continue reading
The clock struck 6PM on a quiet night in Huntly, Scotland on the 7th of February, 2020. The smell of freshly baked bread and warm soup filled the air and it was official: the new community café called “Neep and Okra” was opened. “Neep” refers to the turnip grown traditionally in Scotland and around Huntly, … Continue reading
Huntly, tagged as “the town is the venue” due to its engagement with the arts by Deveron Projects is a small town in the North-East part of Scotland, Aberdeenshire to be precise. Deveron Projects [1] is located in the town square of Huntly. The body is an arts organisation that spearheads the engagement of people … Continue reading
When one thinks of an art-gallery the image that springs to mind is one of a white room, decorated in paintings or sculptures, a space where people can fully immerse themselves in art, shutting out the distractions of everyday life. The post-modern approach towards an art gallery however, such as the one taken by Deveron … Continue reading
Stepping from the train, I saw the petite houses of Huntly nestled within the beautiful, green countryside of Aberdeenshire. Adventuring further into the town, I discovered, what I later defined as, an array of “hidden faces” in “beautiful places”, including the dog on the wall in No. 11 Café, the clock’s face observing the square … Continue reading
Upon learning that myself and three other MLitt students were to collaborate with Deveron Projects in Huntly, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I hadn’t been back to Huntly in 6 years (despite my parents only living 25 minutes away) and my limited awareness of the group came from hazy memories of school art projects. However, … Continue reading
The advent of the era of Big Data has highlighted a truism in scientific discovery: an inference is only as good as the data that underlie it. While it is tempting to believe that large, open-access data repositories are a recent invention, in fact scientific collections such as herbaria have been filling this purpose for … Continue reading
GWW’s MLitt in Visual Culture is accepting applications for 2016/17. Continue reading
Fee-waiver scholarship available for a place on the MLitt in Visual Culture in 2015/16. Apply by 1 June 2015. Continue reading
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