23 January – 7 March 2010, St Andrews Museum (Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, KY16 9DP, tel 01334 659380), open daily 10.30am-4pm, admission free.
Fife Contemporary Art & Craft in collaboration with SAC funded trainee curator Tonia Lu brings together a group of artists who present work which is inspired by the emotional relationship between food and people. Artists Ruth Archibald-Swaans, Gayle Chong Kwan, Alex Frost, Alex Wilde and Rebecca Wilson take part. The artists range from recent graduates to the more established and are based in Scotland.
For more details about the exhibition and its press release, please go to the News section of this website.
Also look at the exhibition’s blog and Alex Wilde’s A Fertile Ground project blog.
A full programme of activities are planned to accompany this exhibition:
Sat 23 Jan, 1-3pm – opening reception for exhibition, during which curator Tonia Lu will run a tasting and recording session for Gayle Chong Kwan’s work, ‘Manipulated Memory Tasting Booth’
Sun 24 Jan, 2pm – free exhibition tour with curator Tonia Lu and Diana Sykes of FCA&C
Sun 31 Jan, 1pm – free discussion event (with duck soup & false moustaches!) with artist Alex Wilde and Nicola & John Fletcher, Auchtermuchty Deer Farm (booking required as numbers limited – please contact St Andrews Museum 01334 659380)
Sun 7 Feb, 1pm – free discussion event (with roasted garlic & potato soup) with artist Alex Wilde and Eva Schonveld, Transition Scotland Support (booking required as numbers limited – please contact St Andrews Museum 01334 659380)
Frid 12 Feb, 11am-12.30pm – free workshop with artist Ruth Archibald-Swaans for 8-12 year-olds (booking required as numbers limited – please contact St Andrews Museum 01334 659380)
Frid 12 Feb, 1.30-3pm – free workshop with artist Ruth Archibald-Swaans for 13-16 year-olds (booking required as numbers limited – please contact St Andrews Museum 01334 659380)
Sat 20 Feb, from 12 noon – special tasting (of Spring Rolls!) and recording (of your food memories) session by artist Gayle Chong Kwan for her Manipulated Memory Tasting Booth. No booking required – just drop in.
Sun 21 Feb, 1pm – free discussion event (with oatmeal soup) with artist Alex Wilde and Mike Small, Fife Diet Project (booking required as numbers limited – please contact St Andrews Museum 01334 659380)
Sun 28 Feb, 1pm – free discussion event (with ‘Anster’ cheese, celery & apple soup) with artist Alex Wilde and Jane Stewart, St Andrews Cheese Farm (booking required as numbers limited – please contact St Andrews Museum 01334 659380)
