Town Collection

Artists working with Deveron Arts come from all over the world and all walks of life. They can be local or international, recent graduates or established figures. Focus is on the visual arts which form a catalyst connecting with performance artists, musicians and a wide range of other creative practitioners. The traces of their work have evolved into a collection - The Town Collection - placed in pubs, shops, schools, offices and other spaces around the town.

Town Collection Map

	Paul Anderson was Huntly's first town fiddler in 2003/4. During his residency he produced the Strathbogie Collection containing 25 new written pieces. A signed music score of the tune Huntly Castle can be found in the Crown Bar on George Street.
	David Blyth was artist in residence in Huntly in 1998. His debut-project 'Fish out of Water' focused on roadkills, pet owners and other 'animals' in and around the town. The bronze cast Road Kill can be found at Marshall Garage next to the station. An oil painting, Fox, is in the foyer of the Castle Hotel and a taxidermy work, Pheasant Bomb, in the basement of the Brander Library.
	Donal Brown is a piper and step dancer who visited us in 2005. During this time he composed over 30 new tunes and worked with many community groups, resulting in a Ceilidh style concert Harmony in Huntly. One of his music scores can be found in the changing rooms of Jessiman’s Dance School on McVeagh Street.
	Roderick Buchanan together with Nuno Sacramento held the ArtCup in Huntly in June 2006. 13 Scottish and 13 Danish artists/ footballers embarked in the town for a week to train, play and exhibit at Huntly. The signed Cup Ball can be found in the Board Room at Christie Park.
	Paul Carter was with us in 2000 and worked with local people around the ideas of robots for the town. His time culminated in two projects: Messiah 2 an installation of a space-ship in the communal garden behind the Brander library and Chapel Barbarossa a sound-and-light installation in a pill box outside the town. The photography Miracle over Huntly Castle is in the vestibule of the Huntly Hotel.
	Jonathan Claxton, land artist, was here in 2001. Groundword depicted words and the sky line of the town. Horizons a mural is at the back walls of Gordon Primary School; the installation Ladder is in the staircase of the Business Centre; Cabrach a screen print hangs in the foyer of Grampian Pig Producers on King Street; and two tree sculptures are at the Nordic Ski Centre.
	Dalziel + Scullion had a Fellowship with Deveron Arts in 2005, when they produced Breath Taking a large-scale image that was displayed on bill boards across the UK. A long-term reminder of the bill board is hanging on the stage of the Assembly Room in the Gordon Schools.
	Julia Douglas, a textile artist came to Huntly in 1999, when she held Threadbare a project in the Brander Museum. Huntly has a strong tradition with the knitting industry and Julia worked with people who became unemployed when the industry closed in the early 1990's. Prayer Gloves, a small sculpture made of poppers can be found in the Museum.
	Thierry Geoffroy/COLONEL is from France and visited Huntly as a 'professional tourist' in 2004. Through his project Made in Huntly he took 250 self-measurements (photos in prison mugshot-style) of people’s Scottishness. A broadsheet of the images hangs in the hallway of the Huntly Express on Gordon Street.
	Elsebeth Jørgensen was in Huntly in 2005/6, when she re-discovered the redundant cinema on Gordon Street, through her long-term project Cinemagic Tour. She held a number of events relating to the past of the former Playhouse. A photography work can be found in the foyer of the Stewarts Hall on Gordon Street.
	Umesh Maddanahalli is a performance artist from India who lived in Huntly for three months in 2003. His project Here to There depicted the problem of an ageing community, for which he produced a major light performance and a video. One of his balalaika instruments is in the Strathdeveron Bar on Deveron Street.
	Eva Merz, from Denmark, staged in 2003 'Empty Shops/Modern Monument' which led to a performance on the Gauld & Sons shop, merchandise exhibition, interview based publication and panel discussion on the theme of local commerce. The Missing Picture, a pencil drawing, hangs over the counter at Orb's bookshop on Deveron Street.
	Leena Nammari is a from Palestine who came in 2002. Belonging took place in the former caretaker's flat of the Brander Building. Through Dark Corridors, a series of small vignettes hangs in the flat. The screen print Hilda's Cupboard hangs in Hilda's cupboard, in a backroom of the Library. Hilda is the cleaner at the Brander who befriended the artist.
	Jelka Plate is a visual/performance artist from Berlin. She visited us for three months in 2006, when she ran her project 'MONO' around the topic of car cruisers racing around our town. She ran two drive in cinemas and held a book launch in the Watt's Garage, where the small work Peacocks can now be found in the window.
	Wilhelm Scherübl from Austria was in Huntly in 2000. Structure showed ink drawings of plant cells on 12 private and public windows around the town. One drawing can still be seen at 29, Deveron Street. The lithography Haus is on the staircase at Murdoch, McMath & Mitchell, solicitors & estate agents on Duke Street.