Imagine Alloa: Artists
Local, national and international artists are working on Imagine Alloa. Here are just some of the artists involved, watch this space for more details on the other artists involved.
Keiko Mukaide
Keiko has designed shop numbers for Primrose Street in Alloa Town Centre.
Keiko is a glass artist from Japan. Her work is internationally known and she has had solo exhibitions in France, Denmark, The Netherlands, England and Scotland.
She lives in Scotland and is currently working with the Edinburgh College of Art.
View images of Keiko Mukaide'swork.
Bill Brown
Bill has worked on public art in two locations on Primrose Street along with Sandor Dobany.
Bill is a ceramic artist and head of ceramic design at Glasgow School of Art. You can view information about Bill Brown on the Glasgow School of Art's website.
Sandor Dobany
Sandor will work on public art in two locations on Primrose Street with Bill Brown.
Sandor Dobany is a ceramic artist from Hungary.
Alec Galloway
Alec has been asked to look at the windows of the Victorian sandstone building on Drysdale Street, above the former Christies Shop. This will be a temporarily art intervention, to allow for a better appearance, until a new owner will develop the building.
Alec is a glass artist and lives and works in Scotland. Currently he is working with the Edinburgh College of Art.
You can view information on Alec Galloway on Edinburgh College of Art's website.
Siobhan Healy
Siobhan has worked on a piece of public art for the Library of Alloa. This glass piece is now on display in the current library in Drysdale Street, but will eventually move with the library to the Speirs Centre in Primrose Street.
For more information, you can refer to Siobhan's website www.nattyglass.co.uk.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray is a writer and artist whose books are translated into many languages, while being studied in Scottish and foreign schools and universities. In 2010, shows of his paintings will be hung in the Talbot Rice Edinburgh University Gallery, and in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Clackmannanshire's main library in Alloa is now home to his design which was brought to life by Siobhan Healy as a stained glass panel about Scotland's international links and foundation, and he also read some of his work at the Writers' Festival.
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