2014 saw a national programme celebrating 25 years of contemporary visual art under the banner of GENERATION.
FCA&C (Fife Contemporary Art & Craft) wanted to recognise and celebrate the achievements of Contemporary Scottish Craft practitioners, highlighting creativity, skills, and the career of key individuals as well as and the continuation and renewal of skill and Craftsmanship.
Established craft artists will exhibited along with artists from the following generation whose work they admired.
Included were: John Creed with Thomas Jacobi; Maureen Hodge with Anna Ray; Dorothy Hogg with Andrew Lamb; Alison Kinnaird with Karlyn Sutherland; Archie McCall with Dawn Youll; Jacki Parry with Claire Barclay.
Publications containing short interviews with each artist were created to accompany the exhibition. (These are now available as a free online downloadable publication.) http://www.fcac.co.uk/event/craft-generation/
In addition to the Exhibition in St Andrews - This exhibition had a year long tour taking the show across the length of Scotland - Paisley - Wick - Dumfries
To engage the public there was an educational programme timetabled during the exhibition including workshops, a symposium and meet the maker events.
Craft in Conversation Symposium, lecture / panel discussion, St Andrews - Saturday 28th February 2015
My involvement included speaking at the symposium, discussing my own practice and innovations as well as the work of the Silversmithing and Jewellery department at GSA.
“The symposium reacted to the key themes of FCA&C’s exhibition ‘Craft Generation’. Craft in Conversation discussed the way in which craft is continued, taught and innovated through industry and personal practice. ‘Thought-provoking speakers included – two of the Craft Generation artists, Andrew Lamb and Karlyn Sutherland, as well as V&A Dundee’s Tara Wainwright and Harris Tweed’s Mark Hogarth”
On 22nd February 11am-4pm I also worked with Craft Scotland and Dorothy Hogg MBE for a ‘Meet the Maker’ event…. “Meet your maker 2015...see the skill, and discover the creativity a celebration of Scottish craft making. FCA&C is delighted to be partnering Craft Scotland again as part of their national Meet Your Maker initiative to coincide with FCA&C’s Craft Generation exhibition. In this national year-round celebration of Scottish craft making, visitors to St Andrews Museum can meet two jewellers in February. The makers will be present on their respective Sundays from around 11am to 4pm and will discuss the work they make and the processes they use, talking about examples of their work in the Craft Generation exhibition. As highly skilled artists, using complex techniques, both days should provide fascinating insights into the complexities of working as a top-level practitioner.”
