St. Enoch Centre Paints Town Green With Live Art Exhibition
St. Enoch Centre is hosting a live art exhibition to raise money for sustainable charities in Scotland.
The event, which will be held on Friday 27 August outside Boots on the ground floor of St. Enoch Centre, will see local artist, Craig Robertson, paint the final two sculptures in a series designed to encourage shoppers to think about small changes they can make to help the environment.
Six sculptures will be on display at St. Enoch Centre on Friday, four of which were painted live at the opening of St. James Quarter in Edinburgh in June in partnership with The Leith Collective by artists James Flowerdew, Justina Woycicka, Sara McCarter and Deborah Copeland and Laura Walker, who work under the Copeland Walker Art name.
Each of the six artworks takes on a different shape influenced by sustainability and will be auctioned off later in the year by St. James Quarter, with money raised benefiting sustainable projects.
The live art show will take place from 1pm until 4pm in partnership with The Clydeside Collective, offering plenty of opportunity for shoppers to watch Craig Robertson’s creative process first-hand.
Sara Thomson, Founder at The Clydeside Collective, said: “‘As The Leith and The Clydeside Collective are both based around sustainability, we gave our artists the brief of designing something around this theme. Each sculpture has its own unique style and brings a clear and beautiful message which we hope appeals to everyone.
“Sustainability can be a small change in your everyday life, but by doing so the rewards are endless.”
Anne Ledgerwood, Centre Director for St. Enoch Centre, said: “Sustainability is so important to St. Enoch Centre, and we strive to be environmentally friendly in all that we do.
“Our live art exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness and we’re thrilled to be hosting this exciting event with our new partner, The Clydeside Collective.”
For more information on St. Enoch Centre, visit www.st-enoch.com
About The Clydeside Collective
The Clydeside Collective is brought to you by the creators of The Leith Collective in Edinburgh. The Leith Collective comprises more than 130 artists and makers from all over Scotland, united by a common aim to reuse, recycle, reclaim, and resell items that may otherwise have been destined for landfill.
The Clydeside Collective is proud to offer Glasgow a whole new kind of ethical shopping experience – one that has sustainability at its heart. The store brings together local artists, makers, and crafters, who each share a passion to reuse, recycle, reclaim, and resell items that may otherwise have been destined for landfill. Each of these eco-friendly creatives is committed to the single-use plastic-free pledge, making The Clydeside Collective a truly unique place to pick up a beautifully made gift.
The store also delivers valuable support through its business mentorship programme and will play host to a range of inspiring events and workshops, designed to boost the local community.
About Craig Robertson
Emerging primarily as a raw graffiti writer in the 1980s nascent scene in Scotland then breaking out in the 1990s as the medium progressed, Craig has also added photography and illustration to his skillset.
With a philosophy of always trying to improve the perception of this public, but still underground and often misunderstood art form, Craig has carefully managed the tricky balance of street and contemporary art, while staying true to the roots of the scene he emerged from. He has exhibited at multiple exhibitions across the country and is currently working on developing the abstraction of his ‘PURE’ series, which bends the original form of graffiti to a point where it becomes unrecognisable from its starting point.
More recently he has been exploring and expanding on the ‘ODDBAWS’ universe of characters that he has created. These fun little creatures can be found on the streets of
Edinburgh, throughout the UK and across Europe.
Recent appearance at events around the UK complement vital community outreach work culminating in a pivotal role that brought the Colinton Tunnel project in Edinburgh to completion, one of the longest mural projects completed in the country to date.