Castlewynd Studios Exhibition
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by editor in Exhibitions | No Comments
Local Gallery Searches for Creative Residents to Celebrate Exhibition Opening
A local gallery based in Aviemore is searching for employees of Castlewynd Studios to invite as VIP’s to a new spring exhibition launching on the 29th April 2010.
The Aviemore Gallery in Inverdruie, owned by Lizzie MacIntyre, is based in the premises occupied by Castlewynd Studios, which was run by Lizzie’s parents James & Mary Crawford until they retired in 1979.
The spring exhibition will be showcasing work from a number of local artists as well as having a special area dedicated to the work of the Castlewynd Studios, which opened in Aviemore in 1964. The Studios were the first pottery to produce theiconic Loch Ness monster, shaggy Highland cattle and Black Faced sheep earthenware figures that are now a Scottish tradition and sold throughout the country.
Lizzie, who also worked at the studios as a youngster explains, “The Castlewynd Studios was a massive part of my childhood. It was one of the main employers in the area at the time – not only having the showroom in Inverdruie, but also a bigger workshop in Kingussie. Dad has so many memories and photos of his time running Castlewynd and plenty of advice to give us now we run the gallery! We got talking about the spring exhibition and thought it would be great to welcome all the old employees from Castlewynd along on the opening night as our VIPs so that they can catch up with one another and see what we have done to the place. They will hopefully see that our roots are firmly based in Castlewynd’s ethos – in the fact that we are supporting local artists and have a continued passion for Scottish art. I am really looking forward to having an area dedicated to Castlewynd over thirty years since my parents closed the business – after all, for me, this is where it all started.”
The Aviemore Gallery opened in February 2010, and houses an exhibition space, which showcases stunning art and photography from a range of local artists, and a gift shop with a range of unique crafts produced by independent craftspeople and Fair Trade artisans.
The Castlewynd Studios exhibition will have pottery, photographs and memorabilia from the 60’s and 70’s, but Lizzie is hoping that over the coming weeks locals will pop in with their own Castlewynd Studios photographs that can be loaned to the Gallery for the exhibition.
Lizzie continues: “We would like anyone who has photos of their time at Castlewynd to bring them along to the gallery in the next few weeks so that we can include them in the exhibition. We will of course look after the photos while they are here and give them back in the same condition, but it would be great to have a few more of the creative employees that worked here.”
The spring exhibition VIP preview night will take place on Thursday 29th April. The exhibtion will run until the end of June Artists include: Painters – Daniel Campbell (Glasgow), Jim Gardiner (Grantown on Spey), Jane Lanagan (Tomintoul) and Fiona Mathieson (Inverness), textile artist – Leanne McKend (Upper Largo), photographer – Neil Macintyre (Strathspey), earthenware and Bronze – Daniel Kavanagh (Glenferness) and jeweler Melissa James (Perthshire)
For further information, please contact Charlotte Kissack at Rock Solid PR on 0783 4871707 or email charlotte@rocksolidpr.co.uk
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