"Air Travellers Invited To Create Inverness Airport Artworks"

Thursday, August 28, 2003

Air Travellers Invited To Create Inverness Airport Artworks
United Kingdom - The Aberdeen Press & Journal


Air travellers in the Highlands and Islands have an exciting opportunity to
take part in a major community arts project centred on Inverness Airport
over the coming months.

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited has secured partnership funding to
develop the arts initiative as part of the Inverness Airport gateway project
that is creating a distinct cultural identity for the region's principal air
transport hub.

The 10-month pilot arts project will create lasting works of art within the
modern terminal building at Inverness through active involvement with
communities in the area.

The project is principally funded by the Scottish Arts Council National
Lottery Fund with additional funding from Arts & Business New Partners,
Inverness and Nairn Enterprise, the Highland Council and Writers In
Scotland, and supported by Highlands and Islands Airports.

The appointment of project co-ordinator Caroline Storey heralds the
beginning of a programme of events that will involve airport staff, air
travellers and local communities.

The project will involve artists and writers in a series of workshops and
events within local communities, schools and airports in the region.

This will include the creation of an anthology of new writing by local
schoolchildren, staff and passengers, inspired by the airport and air
travel; the publication of a series of postcards and posters; and provide
the opportunity for all who work in and use the airports to create their own
art.

A temporary exhibition will include works created by artists and
craftspeople from throughout the Highlands.

The works will be chosen by the staff and displayed at Inverness Airport.

A professional writer will also create a piece of work inspired by a journey
around Highlands and Islands Airports' 10 airports while an artist will be
commissioned to produce a permanent piece of work which will be displayed at
Inverness Airport.

Amanda Catto, head of visual arts for the Scottish Arts Council said: "This
is a fantastic project and one the Scottish Arts Council is delighted to be
involved in. The project is distinctive in that it brings together staff,
passengers, local schoolchildren and artists in a totally unconventional
setting.

"It will also allow a large number of people to get involved in the arts who
may normally have limited opportunity to do so. I am looking forward to
seeing the impact this project has on the aesthetics of Inverness Airport
and the communities that interact with it."


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