A FESTIVAL in Dumfries is to celebrate the town's links to Peter Pan, and the restoration of Moat Brae House.
The Dreams for the Future Festival will run from 24 November to 2 December.
Festival events will include Mutiny! (1 December) when members of the JMB Creatives, Moat Brae’s group for under-26s, give members of the public a look inside the historic house.
Moat Brae was saved from demolition nearly 10 years ago.
J M Barrie played at Moat Brae when he was a pupil at the nearby Dumfries Academy in the 1870s.
He later described his time in Dumfries as "the happiest days of his life" and the garden as “enchanted land to me - the genesis of that nefarious work – Peter Pan”.
Simon Davidson, Moat Brae’s Centre Director, said: “The people of Dumfries and Galloway have been fantastic in supporting our long campaign to save Moat Brae and give it a new future at the heart of the community.
“We, and the JMB Creatives, want Dreams for the Futureto be a celebration of young people’s storytelling, of Dumfries, of Moat Brae House and our links to Peter Pan and JM Barrie. It’s great that we can do all this during Scotland’s Year of Young People and to give people an idea of everything that Moat Brae has to offer when it opens to the public in 2019 as the new Scottish National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling.”
Paul Bush, sitScotland’s Director of Events, said:“The JMB Creatives are playing a central role in designing and delivering these brilliant events providing a sneak preview of the magical world of Moat Brae – it is fantastic to see young people directly contributing to Scotland’s position as the perfect stage for events in this special year."
www.peterpanmoatbrae.org
TWO shows at the DCA gallery in Dundee come to a close later this month.
The shows by Santiago Sierra and Mike Kelley run until 25 November.
Sierra, described by the DCA as one of Spain’s most important living artists, has staged his solo exhibition in Gallery 1 at DCA.
Black Flag "questions and overturn themes of ownership and territory, asking the audience to reconsider Dundee’s history of polar exploration."
The Scottish premiere of American artist Mike Kelley’s film, Mobile Homestead, is shown in Gallery 2.
Beth Bate, director of Dundee Contemporary Arts, said: "These Scottish premiere exhibitions offer audiences in Dundee the opportunity to see highly acclaimed work that asks a range of important questions at the timeliest moment possible for both our city and our society.
"They are reflective of the ways that art can speak to all of our lives, and I am proud that DCA continues to offer a space for our communities to come together and use art as the catalyst for debate and discussion."
Sierra said: ‘I am very pleased to stage Black Flag at Dundee Contemporary Arts on the occasion of my first solo presentation in Scotland. It was my intention for this work that it would interplay with the historical and contemporary realities of the Polar regions whenever possible. To see the work in such a place that frames the conceptual and formal qualities of the project brings a great deal of satisfaction.’
www.dca.org.uk
THE PRINTING history of Glasgow is to be celebrated in a new exhibition.
More Than Just Books: Printing in Glasgow is being curated by the Scottish Printing Archival Trust from 9 November to 6 January 6 next year at the Lighthouse in Glasgow's Mitchell Street.
The Herald Building, which incorporates the Lighthouse, was the first public commission for Charles Rennie Mackintosh when he was a young draughtsman with architects Honeyman and Keppie.
Iain Robertson, director and vice-president of Print Scotland, the trade association for Scotland’s graphic communication industry, said: “More Than Just Books promises to be an absolutely fascinating exhibition, not just for people in the industry but for a much wider public.
"Printing in Scotland began in Edinburgh more than 500 years ago and flourished in Glasgow from the 17th century, when the city was beginning to carve out a place as one of the most important trading posts of the British Empire.
"Glasgow was home to printers such as Robert Foulis, printer to Glasgow University, who with his brother Andrew produced beautifully typeset and carefully printed classical texts. It was also a great newspaper city, with publications employing hundreds of skilled printers.”
www.scottishprintarchive.org
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