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Fri 21 Aug
Kinnaris Q | Auditorium
20:00 - 22:00
Doors Open 19:30
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Fri 21 Aug
Kinnaris Q | Auditorium
20:00 - 22:00
Doors Open 19:30
This small selection of work has been inspired by Adrian Stokes (1902 -1972) series of still life paintings of bottles and jars, called The Last Eleven.
He painted them between September - December 1972 in the last days of his life. As the bottles and jars emerge from a mysterious background, disappearing and reappearing, they speak of a liminal
space, of transitions and the ephemeral.
Flowers too, can represent the ephemeral. In my garden I find much inspiration as plants appear mysteriously from the greenery , partly disappear in the shade and edges disappear fading into the light.
Sheila is a local artist working in oils. Her practice is inspired by the natural world, with a special focus of the myriad of changing colours that flowers display over time—from the bud, through full bloom, to decay. Her paintings capture flowers appearing from and disappearing into the background. Through this interplay of presence and absence, she hopes to convey their essential, ephemeral quality as a meditation on the fleeting beauty of life.
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The comfortable and aesthetically pleasing cafe seating attracted praise and provided ideal places for small groups to gather at the tables, enjoying excellent food and drinks! Visitors remarked upon your new signage, now so much easier to navigate to the various rooms within the venue.
Fiona Ritchie | Birnam Book Festival 2022
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Pop in to the Foyer Cafe for breakfast, grab a delicious coffee with a selection of our homemade baking or enjoy a light lunch whilst browsing on the free WiFi. Wander upstairs to view the latest of our monthly art exhibitions before visiting the world of Beatrix Potter, or the Gift Shop to purchase a special gift for your loved ones or yourself!
A lovely welcome. Keep on flourishing.
Alan Reid | Birnam Book Festival 2018
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We had not planned to present a hybrid festival, however that changed when one of our main authors tested positive for Covid. I greatly appreciated how the team worked with us to pivot and present remotely in part, making full use of your enhanced video conferencing equipment. As a result, we were able to deliver quite complex events with several elements all showing on screen simultaneously. The audio-visual quality was excellent, and our audiences were delighted that these events could still go ahead, in spite of Covid. The author in question was really pleased that he could join us on screen and remarked that he had not been so well supported in this way at any other festival.
Fiona Ritchie | Birnam Book Festival 2022
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