Schedule for Final Gathering

Here is a poster image showing the schedule and what you can see when you visit the Final Gathering:

Artists' cards images and text files

  

Artists' cards

We have made a series of artists' cards for accompanying their projects - I will insert them into my next post. Each of the photographs chosen show an element of their project - either documentation or artwork. The text was written collaboratively by the artist and the Nine Trades team.

Family Art Session at The McManus on Saturday

To accompany all the Final Gathering events we have on at the Visual Research Centre at DCA on Saturday 17th July. The creative learning team at The McManus (always great allies!) have arranged a special Family Art Session inspired by Clare Thornton's Nine Trades of Dundee project:

Saturday 17th July 10.30 - 12.30

Creative Learning Studio, The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum

Family Art Session

Fundee and the 9 Trades

- As part of our 'Fundee' summer programme, join artists to create part of a large scale artwork inspired by Clare Thorntons 'Notions and findings' and the Nine Trades of Dundee project.  Family Art Sessions are big, messy and lots of fun. Especially for children and their grown ups, activities are designed to encourage families to play, create and enjoy the museum together.

Free, no need to book, just drop in.

Final Gathering event preparations

It's very exciting to be hearing about what all of our nine artists and their collaborators will be bringing to the Final Gathering. There are Garbologists goody bags, presentations from collaborators in Ben and Ange's projects and from Chris Dyson will be introducing his film 'Working Methods'. Pippa Koszerek is arranging activities outside on the VRC patio and visitors to the event can make objects for the but an' ben interior led by Debbie Lawson.

Th McManus have also arranged a Family Art Session (10.30 - 12.30 at The McManus rather than VRC, DCA where the other activities are based). This is based on Clare Thornton's project and I will post a proper advert for it next.

Some of the scheduled events will have limited numbers, for example Clare Thornton's Stroll, so tell us if you want to attend when you first arrive.

Here is a new graphic we are using for the project title: 

Billy and Bruce and their Bootscamp

Nine Trades of Dundee artist Ange Taggart has met Billy Howe and Bruce Mills since coming to Dundee and they have been collaborating in on several different projects and encouraging each other along the way. Billy and Bruce were photographed as they carried out their Bootscamp performance in the city centre of Dundee. They have been in Nottingham over the last week editing the video footage but here are a couple of sneak previous shots.

Photos of Fraser MacDonald - cracking skip site work!

Here are a couple of really funny and heart warming images of Nine Trades of Dundee Fraser MacDonald at his project site: the Friarton recycling depot in Perth. Note 'Find of the Fortnight' the tonka truck, Garbologists newspaper and bike shed fashioned on the side of the Harbologists HQ shed.

David Yu has just sent us his image for his artists' card

It shows his audio visual installation showing the Trades House Bar, (including the signature stained glass windows). This photo shows it installed in The Doghouse. Top right image is of a regular at The Bush Bar telling a story to David as he was filming.

busy busy busy

Getting ready for the Final Gathering which takes place next Saturday. Today we are working on some print for each of the artists and sent the invites to be printed earlier in the week - here is a copy, and everyone is invited: