Fife Contemporary Art & Craft: Artists’ & Makers’ Forum

Fife Contemporary Art & Craft: Artists’ & Makers’ Forum

Fife Contemporary Art & Craft has been holding an annual forum since 2007, giving craft and visual artists in Fife an opportunity to meet together and hear talks from inspirational artists, updates from local arts organisations, and generally make contact with each other.This year, with additional funding from Celebrating Fife 2010, FCA&C is delighted to be able to open the Forum to artists across the country! The theme this year is ‘Sustainability – Looking over the Horizon’, with talks on how to sustain yourself as an artist, as well as looking at the bigger picture – from the personal to the global.

The event will be held on Saturday 17 April 2010, 10am to 4pm, at Rothes Halls in Glenrothes.
It’s completely free, including lunch and refreshments during the day.
The booking form can be downloaded from FCA&C’s website www.fcac.co.uk/artist_resource/ or contact mail@fcac.co.uk

Join the Discussion!! (and enjoy a nnnniiiiice SOUP!) 2

(This is my A Fertile Ground - Soup & Conversation diary! For more documentation and information go to the project blog: http://a-fertile-ground.blogspot.com/)

Mike Small led the discussion. Photo by FCA&C

Participants writing down thoughts on the place mat - will be documented by Alex. Photo by FCA&C

Last Sunday was a good day! Mike Small from Fife Diet Project was a brilliant speaker in any aspect. And a few participants signed up to join the project.

Eating local food, I have to say I disagree with eating 100% local food - that's very localism for me. And since I'm not a very local person and always appreciate the chance to experience food from difference places - and at the same time do not have much money to travel, I do agree with Fife Diet's programme of having a certain percentage of your food from local resource - for me, maybe 60% is a workable number. This is a very strong support for local food producers and also remind people where and when what grows.

The soup was brilliant as usual - some people were held back by the Oatmeal Soup, but it's with different veggies and milk, very nice and healthy!!

For the next week's event (Sun 28th Feb), Alex invited Jane Stewart from St Andrews Cheese Farm to lead the discussion and we will be serving a Celery, Apple and 'Anster' Cheese soup! Limited Places left!
Book with the St Andrews Museum: 01334 659380

The Tasting and Recording Session by Gayle

The memory about food being told and recorded! Photo by FCA&C

Gayle in her 'Memory Tasting Unit' uniform was convincing a visitor to tell his story. Photo by FCA&C

Artist Gayle Chong Kwan did her tasting and recording session last Saturday the 20th, and we successfully got about 10 new recordings to go on the CD!

I was surprised to find out that Gayle has this white laboratory coat with 'Memory Tasting Unit' on it! All looked like a performance and very professional.
The spring rolls this time is very crispy and freshly out of Susan's (our very helpful programme manager) oven. I look forward to listen to the recordings!

* Gayle will be shown in the Project Room in Trongate 103, Glasgow from 1st - 8th April.
This exhibition is a preview of her new works came out of her recent residency with Ricefield Arts & Cultural Centre in Glasgow and a presentation of the concept behind them.
This project will feature a discussion event, a serious of workshops and drop-in activities around the senses in contemporary art.
For farther information please contact Lucy Keany, Project Co-ordinator, lucy@ricefield.org.uk.

Don't Forget Alex Wilde's Soup and Discussion Event this Sunday!

To book your place at the table please contact St Andrews Museum on 01334 659380.

Feb 21st
The discussion will be initiated by Mike Small and we will be serving an oatmeal soup.

Mike runs the Fife Diet Project, a mass-member food network of people accessing sustainable local food. The project brings people together who want to know where their food comes from and how it was produced, believing that together we can create alternatives to the globalised food system that will be part of our low carbon future. The project aims to help each other re-learn how to eat seasonally and challenge the insanity of food miles. Mike will be talking about recovering our national and local food culture as an antidote to globalisation.

www.fifediet.co.uk