Findhorn Bay Arts share some good news:
Caroline Inckle Continues Creative Work Shop Residency
In amongst life’s current challenges, we are chuffed to pieces that our new Creative Work Shop artists residency programme can continue – albeit with some digital changes!
Our first artist in residency Caroline Inckle hosted three workshops in our High Street studio before having to continue from home. She recently shared an update on her residency with us which you can read all about below…
The first part of Caroline Inckle’s Creative Work Shop was a busy time of workshops and creative activities on Forres High Street. Caroline ran printmaking, Zine making, and a colourful alternative photo walk for participants of ages to take part in. Due to the covid-19 emergency, Caroline moved out of the High Street studio and is now completing her residency from home. Before moving she displayed some work in the shop windows for the few passers by to enjoy.
Since moving to her home studio, Caroline has been working with the documentation and images created during the workshops to draw out prominent themes that will be used in the next stage of the residency.
Over the next week Caroline plans to produce an e-book containing the results of the Zine making workshop. The Zines were planned to be distributed in local shops and cafes for people to enjoy, but as this is now not possible, she will be making a digital addition to share online.
During the next phase of the residency, Caroline will be working visually, drawing on themes related to the interplay between the static elements of the High Street such as its architecture and geographical orientation, and the more fluid movements of natural elements within the space.
She will be looking at old maps to discover the organic growth of the High Street and its continuing relationship with the natural and rural aspects of Forres. Nature surrounds the town of Forres and feeds in from both ends of the High Street. The natural environment, alongside the architectural space of the High Street, were strong themes within the stories shared during the workshop sessions which will influence and inspire her work.
Caroline feels that the polarities of the static and the fluid feel particularly relevant at the moment. She notes, “over the past few weeks we have seen the gradual, then quite sudden and severe restrictions on our physical movement. Within the High Street space we are now negotiating a new natural element, which has been introduced to our environment. This impacts on our relationship to not only each other, but also to our physical and material environment, what we can touch and how we negotiate space.”
Creative Work Shop is Findhorn Bay Arts’ 12 month residency programme funded by Creative Scotland.
