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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.
Filmpoem festival [...]

North Light 2013 call out – submissions welcome by 28th February; email susie@northlightarts.co.uk for further information please!

Creative Scotland: North Light Arts | Walking a Line
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North Light Arts: 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 | [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

© 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 [...]

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 [...]