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Artist Uncovered: Kate Downie

Two large canvasses face each other in Kate Downie's studio, their typically energetic and expressive marks awaiting her finishing touch before their exhibition this summer at the Royal Scottish Academy. One is a reconstructed view of Beijing where she did a residency in 2011, eagerly immersing herself in the street life of the city, and the other is a sweeping and empty landscape. Despite or rather because of the absence of human forms, the juxtaposition of the dark monolithic cityscape with the depopulated countryside is characteristic of Downie's sensibility for the human condition.

DATE POSTED: 4th of March 2013

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Interning for the voluntary sector

Last Friday, Art in Healthcare (AiH) opened 'Art from Art', an exhibition of works created during artist-led workshops in care settings across Edinburgh. Such a project takes much time to set up, a challenging task for a small organisation run by part-time staff and beyond their dedicated volunteers' call of duty.

DATE POSTED: 18th of February 2013

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Artist Uncovered: Alastair Clark

Colour can provoke a powerful emotion in artists, Claude Monet called it an 'obsession', and it is this passion for colour that comes through first in printmaker Alastair Clark's intense images.

DATE POSTED: 5th of February 2013

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A busy year ahead

For the first blog this year, I asked Trevor Jones, Art in Healthcare director, what new projects we could look forward to in 2013.

DATE POSTED: 18th of January 2013

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Artist Uncovered: Alison Auldjo

When I met up with artist and gallery owner Alison Auldjo, she told me that she considers herself lucky and it is easy to see why. She set up the UNIONgallery in Broughton Street, a creative and buzzing niche of Edinburgh, with her husband Rob Dawkins at a time when few would have been brave enough to do so. She brought together an impressive group of artists and three years later, she can claim a string of successful shows to her credit.

DATE POSTED: 15th of October 2012

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Art in Healthcare's quick response to QR codes

You will have seen them in magazines, on bank statements, food, clothes labels and business cards. The black and white square QR codes are appearing everywhere. You might find their two-dimensional pixilated look intriguing in a way that the linear one-dimensional bar codes have now ceased to be and you might be wondering at their purpose.

DATE POSTED: 15th of September 2012

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