The first Filmpoem Festival will take place 2nd – 4th August 2013 at Dunbar Town House, Dunbar, Scotland. Part of North Light Arts | Walking a Line | a Year of Natural Scotland project

The Filmpoem call out has now been released – check http://filmpoem.com/ for deatails. Festival 3/4 August / submissions deadline 1st May.

www.facebook.com/Filmpoem

North Light Arts are happy to say that we are now funded for an exciting year of creative activities centered on Dunbar through the fantastic support of Creative Scotland.

North Light Arts: Journeys: Walking a Line This site-specific project will inspire many creative journeys and collaborations which will explore the nature and potential of our environment: through the act of walking, marking and recording; through the seeding, and sharing of ideas, exhibition, performance, and participation in the footsteps of John Muir in this, the Year of Natural Scotland

Artist in residence 2013 Alastair Cook

Please join us.

@NorthLightArts

http://www.creativescotland.com/news/fourteen-projects-to-receive-support-through-the-year-of-natural-scotland-open-fund-28012013

Meredith, Wet plate collodion Alastair Cook 2012

North Light are very pleased to announce that Alastair Cook’s major solo show has now been extended until February 21st 2013 offering more opportunity to see this wonderfully inspiring  archive of contemporary portraits.

MCARTHUR’S STORE IS AN EXHIBITION of wet plate collodion portraits made by Alastair Cook during his summer as North Light artist in residence at McArthur’s Store on the Old Harbour, Dunbar.

WED – SAT 10.00 – 4.00pm SUN 1.00 – 4.00pm Contact 01368 866 030

Reviews:

Link to the 4 Star Times review by Giles Sutherland http://alastaircook.blogspot.co.uk/

Giles Sutherlands 4 star review of Alastair Cook | McArthur’s Store http://gilessutherland.blogspot.co.uk/

Join us in the Town House Gallery for an afternoon of selected screenings of Alastair Cook’s Filmpoems, celebrating the McArthur’s Store exhibition.
Traditional music and seasonal hospitality.

FREE |Children very welcome

Sunday 6th January 2013 | 2.00 to 4.00pm
DUNBAR TOWN HOUSE, HIGH STREET, DUNBAR EH42 1ER

McArthur’s Store | Exhibition extended into February
Wed to Sat 10 to 4pm | Sunday 1.00 to 5pm

Alastair Cook ‘McArthur’s Store’

Wishing all a Merry Christmas!
Come along and see us at the Gallery open from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30Dec and into the New Year

Join us for an exhibition celebration on 6th Januuary
Dunbar Town House Gallery

ALASTAIR COOK ‘McARTHUR’S STORE’

Wed to Sat 10am – 5pm | Sun 1pm-5pm | Contact 01368 866 030 |

Wet plate collodion Alastair Cook 2012

Children’s fun after Christmas Workshops; with Alastair Cook and poet Rita Bradd at Dunbar Town House

MAKE WORKSHOP | Friday 4th January 2013,  2pm – 4pm
MAKE is a fun messy workshop where kids aged 5-12 can build how they would like Dunbar to be. Want an icerink? MAKE it. Want a cinema? MAKE it. Glue, paint, cardboard and a real live architect to help you realise your Dunbar dream in cardboard!
Free; call 07983 594781 to book.

FILMPOEM WORKSHOP | Saturday 5th January 2013, 1.30pm – 4pm
Make a Filmpoem with local poet Rita Bradd and artist Alastair Cook. Write and film a winter poem: the poem will then be recorded and the footage edited by the whole group to form the basis of a Filmpoem. 2.5 hour workshop for 6 children aged 7-12.
Free; Call 07983 594781 to book.

ALASTAIR COOK
McArthur’s Store
30 NOVEMBER 2012 – 10 JANUARY 2013
Dunbar Town House, High Street, Dunbar

EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS
Wed to Sat 10am – 5pm | Sun 1pm-5pm | Contact 01368 866 030 | Closed on public holidays

Fantastic to see so many people on our opening weekend. So privileged to be showing these wonderful works from Alastair Cook’s season as artist in residence on Dunbar’s old harbour, thanks to the generous support of the Harbour Trust and Bob the Harbour Master. A wonderful way to celebrate our first season of North Light with all those special people we’ve had the pleasure of working with.  Showing at Dunbar Town House for six weeks till January 10th 2013.

© Alastair Cook 2012

As part of the Year of Creative Scotland 2012, North Light Arts shone a spotlight on the creativity and the continuing inspiration of the Scottish fishing town of Dunbar in East Lothian, a beautiful and flourishing location. Over the summer, we have had 5 key artists resident in our Beach Hut, each for a week long residency. Our artist in residence Alastair Cook has been working with the rhythms of the season using wet plate collodion, a photographic process from 1851, along with Super8 and 120 film.

End of Season Celebration

A wonderfully warm reception on McArhur’s quayside; and a big thank you is due to all who have created, taken part in and supported North Light over this amazing first season. It has been a hugely successful and illuminating time in the landscapes of Dunbar thanks to the art works, installations and performances of over 26 visiting artists, who have celebrated the wonderful and diverse landscapes of Dunbar and the John Muir Way with many thousands of visitors. Special thanks go to our artist in residence Alastair Cook whose presence and engaging practice has been truly inspirational.

There are of course four season in a year and we are already looking forward to seeing the fruits of Alastair’s residency in a major solo show at The Town House, Dunbar, opening on 30Nov

Pictures by Eileen Hall and Susie Goodwin