Craft Spotlight

1 May - 11 September 2010
Small Gallery

The first of four 'Spotlight' craft exhibitions - solo shows highlighting the work of Highland makers - opens on 1 May 2010 to coincide with Craft Month and Craft Festival Scotland.  The makers for the four Spotlight exhibitions are Jenny Deschenes, textiles; Laura West, bookbinding; Lucy Woodley, jewellery and Daniel Kavanagh, ceramics.  The exhibitions are part of the Making Progress Hi-Arts mentoring and business support scheme for mid-career makers.  All four makers have been involved in selecting work that has influenced them for Made It! an exhibition of work from the Craft Council Collection.  Featuring work from some of the UK's top makers, this exhibition opens on 5 June 2010 at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.  For further information, please contact the Exhibitions Officer on 01463 710978.

Craft Spotlight - Lucy Woodley

10 July - 7 August 2010
Small Gallery

Lucy Woodley started her own business as a designer jeweller in 1993 and works from her studio in Tain, designing and hand making gold and silver jewellery.   She undertakes commissions and her work has moved from purely functional pieces to exhibition work.  The sea and its creatures are a constant source of inspiration in her work and she incorporates silver, gold, slate and snadblasted glass that gives it a quality of flotsam and jetsam.  www.lucywoodley.co.uk

Craft Spotlight - Daniel Kavanagh

14 August - 11 September 2010
Small Gallery

Based in Glenferness, Daniel Kavanagh creates fine art ceramics that are classical and contemporary in their style, defined by crisp elegant lines and flowing shapes.  He also produces a collection of cast bronze work and exhibits in galleries, and retails through craft outlets and through direct sales.  Daniel also works to commission and this allows him to open up his creativity and explore techniques and scale.  The Highland landscape is an ever changing influence in his work.  www.danielkavanagh.com

Made It!

5 June - 31 July 2010
Art Gallery

All four of the Craft Spotlight makers have been involved in selecting work that has influenced them, for this exhibition of work from the Craft Council Collection, featuring work from some of the UK's top makers.

Matisse: Drawing With Scissors, late works 1950 - 1954

7 August - 6 September 2010
Art Gallery

The French painter, sculptor and designer, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was one of the 20th century's most influential artists.  His vibrant works are celebrated for their extraordinary richness and luminosity of colour.  This exhibition, a Hayward Touring exhibition from the Southbank Centre, features 35 lithographic prints of the famous cut-outs, produced in the last four years of his life, whien the artist was confined to his bed.  It includes many of his iconic images, such as The Snail and Blue Nudes.  'There is no gap between my earlier pictures and my cut-outs', Matisse wrote, 'I have only reached a form reduced to the essential through greater absoluteness and greater abstraction.'

Brest-Litovsk Fort, Chernobyl Children Exhibition

July 2010
Community Display Space

An exhibition of photographs of Brest-Litovsk Fort, the 'Scots Greys' and of the Chernobyl Children, from the Brest area of Belarus, who visit Inverness every year.  Exploring the children's links with the Scots Greys, the first British regiment to make contact with Russians in 1945.

Focus Environment

August 2010
Discovery Centre

Photographs from the winners of the Focus Environment photography competition for school pupils in Scotland.  The exhibition is sponsored by Chevron North Sea Ltd.

Summer Events for Families

All the workshops are for families and are free of charge. We ask parents/carers to stay and join in the workshop. Maximum numbers are 12-15 participants (excluding adults) and booking is required (except for 24th July, which is a drop-in day). Phone Inverness Museum and Art Gallery on 01463 237114 to book your places on the workshops. 

20th July 1.30 – 3.30 pm
Helmets and Tiaras
Making and decorating knight’s helmets and princess tiaras.

21st July 10.00 – 12.00 pm
Old Fashioned Toys
Making old fashioned toys such as pegs dolls, pin wheels and cartoon flipbooks. Also look at some of the old fashioned toys in the museum 

22nd July 1.30 – 3.30 pm
Magic Boxes
Designing and decorating small boxes that you can keep special things in eg jewellery, money,

24th July 11.00 am – 3.00 pm
Bugs, Beasties and Fossils – drop-in day
A mix of art activities and object handling. There will be three ‘Looking at Objects’ sessions on the themes of Invertebrates, Fossils and Sea Life. These will take place at different times during the event.  Just drop in - no need to book.

27th July 1.30 – 3.30 pm
Jewellery Making
Have a try at enamelling and make a small piece to hang on a necklace or key ring. We will also be making beaded jewellery.

28th July 10.00 – 12.00 pm
Glass Painting
Decorating glasses with designs inspired by the objects in the museum.

29th July 1.30 – 3.30 pm
Textiles
Creating mobile phone covers, small bags and purses using felt, beads etc. Some sewing is required but at a basic level and using plastic needles.