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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Nicole Poersch
Nicole was born in Germany and moved to Scotland in 2019. She has always had a passion for astronomy but it wasn’t until 2021 that she decided to buy her first telescope and realised that she could take pictures of the night sky from her very own back garden. That’s when her journey began and…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Grace Ren
Grace Ren is a multidisciplinary artist who earned her BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently working towards her MFA from The Glasgow School of Art. Throughout Grace’s time (so far) here on Earth, she has called many places home. She can’t help but feel that she’s not only lived…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Alasdair Watson
Alasdair Watson is a photographer and artist, working with families, community groups, cultural organisations, and other creators. He uses his photography to connect people, tell their stories, and help create joyful memories. His artistic projects are passionately rooted in the landscapes and languages of Glasgow and Scotland, and through the ritual of travel, connection, and…
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SIX FOOT SPOTLIGHTS: Chiaroscuro: On Fascist Architecture
Written & researched by Alice Martin Chiaroscuro, an artistic technique characterised by extreme tonal contrast, has beenused throughout the artistic canon to evoke drama, and convey a sense of intensity bothstylistically and in regards to the work’s subject. Usually associated with the technique arepainters of the Italian Renaissance such as Caravaggio, as well as Dutch…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Anastasia Kalinovskaya
Anastasia Kalinovskaya began her creative career in 2001 as a theatre actress. She is a theatre director and teaches acting, stage speech, stage movement, and plasticity in acting. She also creates theatrical and video performances. Since 2010 Anastasia has created a series of artistic works in experimental genres such as abstract expressionism and symbolism, and…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Catherine McClure
Catherine McClure is an abstract expressionist who works from her home studio in Prestwick, Ayrshire. She works across a variety of media including acrylic, oil and watercolour paintings, botanical plaster-castings, and pebble mosaics. Her work is influenced and inspired by the forms and colours of the natural world and ranges from figurative to abstract. Catherine’s…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Sandor Nagy
Born and raised in Transylvania, Sándor Nagy is a trilingual, transdisciplinary artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. A graduate of the School of Art Brașov and West College Scotland, he is currently a mature student at The Glasgow School of Art, specialising in Fine Art Photography. Nagy’s practice spans multiple mediums, including Happenings, Performance Art, Nature,…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Fiona Greer
Fiona Greer is a visual artist based in Scotland. Fiona graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2011 with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art specialising in Sculpture. Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions and publications, and mainly deals with the paranormal and haunted locations within Scotland. She explores these areas gathering research photos…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Bel Pye
Bel Pye moved to Scotland in 2011 to study Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since then they have worked as a writer, performer and workshop facilitator in Glasgow. Bel is a long term attendee of the Project Ability studios in Trongate – Project Ability is a visual arts charity and gallery…
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Six Foot Book Club: December Reads
Young Mungo by Douglas StuartGenre: LGBTQ+ Literary FictionRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Catriona’s thoughts: Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo has been described as a queer Romeo and Juliet set in the early 1990s in sectarian Glasgow. Stuart tells the story of fifteen year old Mungo Hamilton, a Protestant, as he begins a relationship with James, a Catholic. Mungo explores…
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