9 January 2006

100 women paint the sea - Moira Scott Payne

Centrespace Visual Research Centre, DCA

Preview: Thursday 12th January, 6 - 8pm.
Exhibition: Friday 13th - Sunday 29th January 2006
Artists’ talk: Sunday 15th January, 2pm

In the 100 women paint the sea project Moira Scott Payne has brought together 100 women living on the east coast of Scotland to make a statement about the sea. Initially this project set out to record the changing lives of women in the face of the declining fishing industries, however it became clear quite early on that many seized it as an opportunity to express deeply held feelings about their own lives.

A broad section of the community came together for the project; women from the fish shops, local guesthouses, fishermen’s wives and daughters, a couple who live and work in a lighthouse, women involved in fund raising for the local lifeboat, and women who have lost loved ones at sea.

Each woman was invited to paint a 12inch square canvas of the sea and they each gave a voice recording of their thoughts or stories about the sea.

As part of the project, Moira will be giving a talk about her research and the 100 women paint the sea project on Sunday 15th January at 2pm in Centrespace. This free event is open to the public and no booking is required.

Moira is a Fine Art researcher at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Her research is concerned with landscape, language and social interaction. Recent exhibitions include The Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto and an audio/drawing artists book project, which will be published by Hungry Dog Press.

Further information about the project can be found on the website: www.100womenpaintthesea.co.uk.

Please contact Vicky Hale, Project Co-ordinator at the VRC for more information: 01382 388064 / v.hale@dundee.ac.uk.

VRC open Wednesday - Friday 10.30am - 5.30pm Saturday & Sunday 12.30pm - 5.30pm

Visual Research Centre Dundee Contemporary Arts 152 Nethergate Dundee DD1 4DY

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For more information contact:

Roddy Isles,
Head of Press
University of Dundee
Tel: 01382 384910,
Email: r.isles@dundee.ac.uk