Local artists' Cabrach Reconnections exhibition to run at Moray School of Art
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THE results of a Moray art duo's lockdown exploration of the Cabrach will go on show at Moray School of Art next week.
Local artists Lynne Strachan and Mary Bourne developed the Cabrach Reconnections arts project this year with support from Creative Scotland.
Both long fascinated by the area's desolate beauty, over the summer they explored the area on foot and developed artwork in response.
Their work has been influenced by the buildings and items left behind by people in the remote, depopulated area, materials which are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
The evocative Cabrach Reconnections Exhibition at Inverharroch Steading in the Lower Cabrach and at Glenlivet Estate Visitor Centre earlier this month drew visitors from near and far.
There will now be another chance for the public to view the exhibition at Elgin's Moray School of Art Gallery, from 9am-5pm on Thursday, November 25, and 9am-2pm on Friday, November 26.
The exhibition will move to Edinburgh in the new year.
Mary, who lives at Milltown of Auchindoun, said: "We have been delighted by the response to the project.
"The creative workshops and walks we organised over the last few months have been very popular and the attendance at the exhibition which was hosted for us by the Cabrach Trust, at Inverharroch Steading, was amazing.
"Both local people and visitors from as far afield as the Black Isle and Aberdeen visited and spent quite a time with us looking at the work and discussing the issues it explores.
"Many of the visitors then made a day of it in the Cabrach with lunch at The Grouse before heading out to explore the area."
Lynne, from Elgin, teaches part-time at the art school, where students will have access to the exhibition all week.
She said: "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to talk about our work with the students.
"There is more to being an artist than just making art. This will be a chance to explain a bit about professional practice: fundraising, community engagement, interpretation, publicity and all the other project management skills an artist must have.
"But, best of all, we'll be talking about the work itself and the issues to do with community and depopulation that it explores."
Track and trace will be in place at the exhibition and face coverings must be worn.
