SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY FAREWELL FESTIVAL
4 April - 5 April 2009
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen St, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD
Telephone 0131 6246 6200; recorded information 0131 332 2266
www.nationalgalleries.org Join
us for a celebratory weekend marking the temporary closure of the
Scottish National Portrait Gallery as we begin our exciting and
ambitious Portrait of the Nation project. See portrait
artists at work and hear them in conversation; enjoy live music
performances; have your portrait made or create your own. Plus, hear
about our plans for the future, tell us about your memories of the
Portrait Gallery and toast the exciting future of this much-loved
gallery.
Farewell Festival Programme of Events Saturday 4th April All day - Queen Street Café - Enjoy the best of the café's
delicious fare chosen by visitors in the last week. You can also obtain
discount vouchers for the Dean & GMA café.
Keep in touch postcard: What will you miss most while we are closed? Tell us your favourite thing about the PG on a postcard.
11.00am -5.00pm Entrance Hall & Raeburn Room Meet Mary Queen of Scots & Robert Burns in full costume.
Drop in workshops on the Ambulatory & Raeburn Room 11am -12pm & 1- 4pm Choose from:
- Picture Yourself: digital photography with digital artist Janey Nicoll
- Drawing
and painting portraits - create an original drawing at an easel,
working from a live costumed model or with the help of a mirror capture
yourself in time by making a self portrait using lots of drawing
materials. - Creating a clay portrait bust - Inspired by works
in the PG collection try your hand at modelling a 3-D clay head and
shoulders bust to take home.
Demonstrations by Alex Main 11am - 1pm & 2pm -4pm Sculptor Alex Main, who has recently made a bust of actress Tilda
Swinton, demonstrates how he starts making a portrait bust from a model
using clay. Through examples he will explain the stages involved in
transforming the clay sculpture into a bronze,
discuss his techniques and answer questions.
11:15am & 12:15pm Behind the Scenes: Prints and Drawings Senior Curator Stephen Lloyd looks at highlights of the Portrait Gallery's extensive prints and drawings collection.
12 places - booking on the day essential
12:00-12:45pm Main Hall Live Music Now: Sarah Naylor (fiddle) and Douglas Millar (Piano/keyboard) .
1.15-1.45pm Iain Clark and Muriel Gray - in conversation (Temporary Exhibition gallery) Broadcaster Muriel Gray will discuss portraiture with Iain Clark
in relation to his own work and illustrated by his portrait of Muriel.
Muriel will reflect on the role of the sitter in portraiture and Iain
on the process of creating photographic portraits.
2-2.45pm Portrait of the Month An introduction to a selection of some of the many faces in the
Portrait Gallery's collection including Mary Queen of Scots, John
Campbell, 4th Duke of Arygll, The Oncologists and a self portrait by
John Bellany.
Meet in the main entrance.
3.-3.45pm Portrait of the Month An introduction to a selection of some of the many faces in the
Portrait Gallery's collection including Walter Scott, Flora Macdonald,
Flora Drummond and works by Calum Colvin.
Meet in the main entrance.
4-4.30pm Ken Currie in conversation with Dr Tom Normand (Room 2) Dr Tom Normand, University of St Andrews talks to artist Ken
Currie about his striking portrait of the three Oncologists. Discussing
his relationship with the sitters, the reasons behind the choice of
subject matter and the impact of the work on the viewer.
Programme Sunday 5th April Visit the Queen Street Café & shop Enjoy the best of the café's delicious fare chosen by visitors in
the last week. Get your discount vouchers for the Dean & GMA café.
Keep in touch postcard: What will you miss most while we are closed? Tell us your favourite thing about the Portrait Gallery on a postcard.
11.00am -5.00pm Entrance Hall & Raeburn Room Meet Mary Queen of Scots & Robert in full costume.
Drop in workshops on the Ambulatory & Raeburn Room 11am - 12pm & 1- 4pm Choose from:
- Picture Yourself: digital photography with digital artist Janey Nicoll
- Drawing
and painting portraits - create an original drawing at an easel,
working from a live costumed model or with the help of a mirror capture
yourself in time by making a self portrait using lots of drawing
materials. - Creating a clay portrait bust - Inspired by works
in the PG collection try your hand at modelling a 3-D clay head and
shoulders bust to take home.
11:15 & 12:15 Behind the Scenes: Prints and Drawings Imogen Gibbon looks at highlights of the Portrait gallery's
extensive prints and drawings collection. 12 places - booking on the
day essential
4.00pm Main Hall Speeches & toast supported by Drambuie and Ruthvens Musical finale 4.15 - 17.00pm Main Hall The Cast : Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis (Main Hall) Live music in the Main Hall. Mairi was awarded Scots singer of the
year 2008 and their recording Auld Lang Syne featured in the film ‘Sex
and the City' in 2008
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