Celebrating Leith and North Edinburgh January 2012
Elsewhere on Leith & North:
LGBT Lives Exhibition 2011
Leith Festival Arts 2009
Edinburgh Mela 2010
Return of the Soul
Parallel Lives 2: On Tour
Edinburgh Poetry Garden
Dialogues of Wind & Bamboo
104 pairs of shoes exhibition
Leith & North: Please email any news items to: news@leithandnorth.org.uk Leith Festival Arts 2011: ...and North Edinburgh follows! Detail of the CORE DFID project banner with words in white running along branches "Achieve Universal Primary Education", "Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger" ^^^ Above: Detail of the banner created as part of the Community Organisation for Racial Equality and Department For International Development UN Millennium goals arts project

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North Edinburgh Arts Centre saw two exciting events during the festival. One was an exhibition by artist and illustrator Alice Bethune Spicer, 100 Wondelands. Alice was "discovered" by fellow artist Kate MacKay, selling postcards of her work for 20p a shot in a car boot sale. Kate helped to arrange for this highly deserving artist to have an exhibition at North Edinburgh Arts Centre. Strikingly, Alice likes to create art without relying on technology.

The other exhibition on display was the culmination of a project funded by CORE and the DfID to explore the UN's Millennium Goals, by bringing people together to create communal works of art.

CORE web site >>>
North Edinburgh Arts Centre web site >>>

Red demon like figure with a striped cat on his shoulder Two women in the Cafe area of North Edinburgh Arts Centre looking at an installation in a blue display box Left <<<: Detail of one of Alice Bethune Spicer's 100 Wonderlands
Right >>>: Art worker Kate MacKay with one of the artists involved in the CORE Millennium Goals project.

Below: Two of the pieces in Alice Bethune Spicer's exhibition: 100 Wonderlands

Two black stenciled cut outs raised from a white background casting pale shadows Painting of a pallet on a yellow background with the words "Leith Art Club 40th year" Various posters displayed on pillars in Ocean Terminal Left <<<: Leith Art Club celebrates 40 years together
Right >>>: Pictures from the annual Primary Pot Pourri sponsored by Crombies on display at Ocean Terminal. Below >>>: Some pictures of Fantastic Buildings by Leith Primary as part of the annual Pot Pourri sponsored by Crombies on display at Ocean Terminal.

Seven foot tree trunk lying in a pile of sawdust with Arran Ross' chain saw carving it as Leithers watch on Out of the Blue Drill Hall showcased The Art of Leith - an exhibition of some two dozen artists working within their studios. Media ranged from drawing and painting, through jewellery, crafts and architectural models, to photography and sculpture.

Below >>>: Victoria Berg's "Flying Lamb" was a clear favourite with visitors.

White clay winged lamb on a platform in the foreground, with display cases of crafts, and portraits on a board in the distance Close up of a pink satin basque embroidered with a pink, and purple design A retriever standing in front of a display of embroidered clothes Left <<<: Close up of a basque from Mairi B's World of Sewing.
Right >>>: A canine visitor to the World of Sewing. White clay winged lamb in front of a black heart shaped pot Illustration of a flying hummingbird in black on white material Left <<<: Victoria Berg's winged lamb, grouped with a pot by Onya Attridge
Right >>>: Detail of a design by Kate Mackay. Back to first page of Leith Festival 2011 arts >>>

Out of the Blue web site >>>
Alchemy Arts: Kate Mackay's web site >>>

Seven foot tree trunk lying in a pile of sawdust with Arran Ross' chain saw carving it as Leithers watch on