Pulteneytown People's Project and HomeLink Caithness
Scottish Charity No. SC 033675
Limited Company No. 272750
Pulteneytown People’s Project Arts and Crafts Showcase - 30th and 31st July 2011
Pulteneytown People’s Project held its Arts and Crafts Showcase on July 30-31 at Wick Youth Club.
Opening at 10am on Saturday, people started arriving immediately to see the many delightful pieces on display. An incredible 27 artists and craftspeople handed in their masterpieces, proudly exhibiting their artistic visions.
The Showcase was an opportunity for members of the PPP’s arts and crafts groups to bring the work they had been crafting throughout the year and show it to the community. The range of talent on show was staggering, with oil paintings, watercolours, cross stitching, textile art, quilting, card making and pillows all lining the walls and tables.
Throughout both days a raffle was held with top prizes of original artwork by the arts and crafts groups’ tutors, Bettine Bain and Karyn Fraser. Other prizes included bottles of wine, chocolates and smaller treats.
Closing at 4pm on Saturday, the Showcase reopened at 12pm on Sunday to let more people come to see the artwork. Similar to the day before, Sunday was a busy day with members of the public arriving, seeing the Showcase, and then staying for a cup of tea and slice of home baking.
The raffle was drawn on Sunday afternoon at the end of the day and all the artists arrived to claim their paintings and pieces.
You can see all the photos of the Showcase at the link below:
PPP Arts and Crafts Showcase Photos
During the Showcase there was a comments book provided for the public to leave their opinions of the event and artwork. Here you can see some of the lovely comments left for our exhibitors:
“Good variety of crafts and artwork. Good local talent.”
“Wonderful projects.”
“Good selection of skills on display.”
“Excellent work by everyone.”
“Wonderful standard of work. A joy to behold.”
“Loved all the art and craft work. Fantastic showcase for local talent.”
“Enjoyed it all, especially the felt work.”
“Excellent work. Very fine to see the excellent display of needlework.”
“What a showcase of excellent work. So many talented people in our community.”
“My goodness! What beautiful work. Lots of talented people in Caithness. Well done!”
“Loved the Poppy pictures.”
“Spectacular. A good inspiration to all and friendly.”
“This was a beautiful exhibition. What clever folk in Caithness.”
Many of these groups were funded by the Highland Council's Adult Learning programme.
