15 April 2010
Forecourt Fundraising Art Show at RGC
Pupils on the Charities Committee at Robert Gordon’s College have organised an Art Show this weekend, in aid of The ARCHIE Foundation.  The show, entitled ‘Forecourt and Friends’ will feature the work of local artists who are members of Forecourt, as well as paintings by several prominent local professional artists, including Gordonian Eric Auld.

The event will be held in the MacRobert Hall at Gordon’s, Schoolhill, and will be launched with a private view evening on Friday 16 April for around 100 invited guests including the artists.  It will then be open to the public, free of charge, from 10 – 5 on Saturday 17 April, and 10 – 4 on Sunday 18 April.  Over 160 pieces of framed art from around 40 artists will be on show, ranging in price from £25 to £750.

Kenneth Watt (age 15), a member of the Charities Committee at RGC said: “After meeting Peter Hutchison and hearing about the work The ARCHIE Foundation does at the hospital we felt inspired to put on an event to help raise money.  We thought of various options and decided to do something a bit different that would hopefully reach people outside the Gordon’s community.  20% of all sales will go to ARCHIE and we hope that this and catalogue sales will raise a good amount for the hospital.”

Mr Hugh Ouston, Head of College said: “It is great to see Gordon’s getting involved with such a worthy charity.  Last year the College raised over £20,000 for various charities and this is all down to the commitment shown by the pupils on the Charities Committee and the generosity of all who attend the events and donate.  I am sure that this will be another successful event.”

Mr Peter Hutchison, Community Fundraising Manager for The ARCHIE Foundation said: “I am delighted that the charity committee of Robert Gordon’s have taken on this event in aid of The ARCHIE Foundation. They are a very well organised group and I am sure the ‘Forecourt and Friends’ event will be a fantastic success”

PETERCULTER HERITAGE HALL – Map

Opening Night: Friday 2nd April

Cheese & Wine Open Evening – 7pm-9pm (Free Admission)

The Exhibition will then be open for the public during the month of April

Opening Hours

Fridays: 12pm- 6pm Daily

Saturdays & Sundays: 11am- 6pm Daily (with Teas & Homebaking from 2pm-4pm)

Note one exception -  Saturday 17th (which will be open 1pm-6pm)

The Forecourt Art Group is a not for profit organisation which organises exhibitions
throughout the year for artists living and working in the North East of Scotland.

The Exhibition will showcase Original Works by 19 artists. All artwork is available for
sale and to take away at the time of purchase. Artists replace sold works on a daily
basis, so the exhibition always provides new work throughout the month.

Framed Originals, Unframed Originals, Prints and Art Cards will all be available

There is still time to catch the last day of the McMillan Affordable Art show which is on at RGU Faculty of Health Building, Garthdee, Aberdeen  on Fri 11th, Sat 12th, and Sun 13th.

Opening times 1000am -1600hrs

Works from £35 to £450.

The Forecourt Art Group and Tornadee are very happy to present the first Open Exhibition at The Tornadee Community. The group has been displaying work for the pleasure of the residents and their families for a year in the main nursing home.

The Exhibition is open to all and refreshments will be provided. A percentage of all sales is donated to the Tornadee Comfort Fund.

Tornadee Nursing Home
Thursday 3rd December 2009
7-9pm

Map:-

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Three further weekends have been added to our winter show.

The exhibition, which  will be open on Saturdays  and Sundays  from 2PM to  4 PM will end on Sunday 13th of December.

The show features and sold works by 24 Locals Artists in watercolours, oils, acrylic, pastel,  pen & ink, with a wide variety of framed and unframed works, all of which are replaced when sold,  so artwork will change on an ongoing basis.

Map:
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The Forecourt Art Group’s annual winter exhibition continues at the Peterculter Heritage Hall.

The exhibition will remain open  each Saturday and Sunday 12- 4pm (with teas and home baking served from 2pm) until closing on Sunday 29th November.

This exhibition  features the broadest range of artists for some time, with 24 exhibitors displaying 72 new works in a variety of media. There will also be a range of unframed works, photographs, prints  and cards.

All works are available for purchase and immediate collection.

The New Pitsligo Visual Arts Exhibition runs this Saturday and Sunday (26 & 27th September 2009) at the village hall on the main street.

The event runs from 10am to 5pm each day and exhibits in painting, drawing, 3D work, craft, photography and transparencies will be featured, with various prizes up for grabs.

Forecourt Art Group Secretary, Ian Watt, has had two pieces accepted, both acrylics. One is a painting of the woods at Glentanar. The other is a scene of Gamrie (Gardenstown) Village looking towards Crovie.

Both pieces are shown on the gallery on Ian’s profile page.

The Autumn Exhibition of the Forecourt Art Group will take place at the Heritage Hall, Peterculter – where we have had two very successful previous exhibitions.

The Opening night will be on Friday 30th October and it will run daily (except Wednesdays) for two full weeks. Thereafter it will be on for two further weekends.

More details to follow.

Paintings of Aberdeen produced by George Mackie in the 1970s, recently donated to the Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.

This exhibition is on at Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Ship Row Aberdeen until 10th October 2009.

Monday 7th to Friday 11th of September (10am-4pm daily).  Evening showings on Tues and Thurs also (7.30pm-9pm)

A variety of art for sale from local artists in the Cove, Kincorth, Portlethen, Peterculter and Ferryhill areas of Aberdeen.  Many attend a weekly class at Cove (Loirston Annexe) on Wednesday mornings.

A commission on sales goes to the church funds to cover heating and lighting. Thank you to Bella Adam and Karl Brown for organising this event.

Free Entry.

Tea’s / Coffees / Biscuit- £ 1.50