Author: Arlene Keddie

Celebrating 30 years at Fife Contemporary

If you have ever been in touch with us here at Fife Contemporary, it’s likely that you will have talked to either Diana Sykes or Susan Davis. Unbelievably, they have both been with us for 30 years!

They both started when the organisation was the Crawford Arts Centre, and continued when it became Fife Contemporary Art & Craft, and are here with Fife Contemporary.

Susan began work with the Crawford Arts Centre as the Touring Exhibitions Officer in April 1987, which means that she has been with us for a staggering 31 years.

Diana came to the organisation a year later to take up the position of Director on 31st August 1988, so 30 years to the day have passed since she joined us.

I think you will agree that they have hardly changed a bit!

On this Day – 14 August 2010 – Double Visions

It’s hard to believe that eight years ago today saw the closing day of the Double Visions exhibition at the University of St Andrews Gateway Galleries.

This exciting exhibition was a rare opportunity to see work by artists from Papua New Guinea (PNG).
A larger version of the exhibition had been shown at Kirkcaldy Galleries from 15 May to 20 June 2010, before moving, in an abbreviated version, to the Gateway Galleries in St Andrews.

The artists involved transformed cultural tradition into contemporary expression through their choice of materials, subjects and an awareness of life in PNG today.

Specially featured were paintings by the major artist Mathias Kauage OBE (1944-2003).

Also exhibited were the delicate figurative scuptures made from recycled metal by Tom Deko; oils on canvas by Martin Morububuna; Sepik river carvings by Teddy Balangu, Lucas Tangun and Kaua Gita; and a range of textiles based on the traditional ‘bilum’ woven bag technique, featuring Cathy Kata.