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SUMMARY:North East Open Studios
DESCRIPTION:Iona’s studio gallery will be open as part of this annual event
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/north-east-open-studios/
LOCATION:Kinloss and Findhorn Parish Church\, 4 Manse Road\, Kinloss\, IV363GH
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SUMMARY:Land and Seascapes exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy delicious food and drink at the Phoenix and take in images of the Island of Iona\, Findhorn Bay\, the pine and birch trees of Moray in my solo exhibition of work at this wonderful cafe.  Open every day 9 – 5pm and late every Friday night for drinks and cheer\, music and dance.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/land-and-seascapes-exhibition/
LOCATION:Phoenix cafe findhorn\, The Park Universal Hall\, Findhorn\, IV36 3TZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Castle Gallery Inverness Summer Mixed Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:I’m very happy to have four paintings feature in this wonderful gallery’s mixed summer show
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/castle-gallery-inverness-summer-mixed-exhibition/
LOCATION:castle gallery inverness\, IV2 3DU
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SUMMARY:Remembered Lands - Iona Leishman
DESCRIPTION:Iona Leishman has been selected as the artist of the month at Logie Steading\, a cultural centre located in Forres\, Scotland. From 2 June to 3 July 2023\, she will be showcasing her new work entitled ‘Remembered Lands’ in the Square Room Gallery at Logie Steading. The exhibition will be open to the public\, providing an opportunity for visitors to view and appreciate Iona’s artistic creations and the themes explored in ‘Remembered Lands’. \n\n\n\n‘Remembered Land’ carries themes from my life of painting – my own ancestral connection to north eastern Scotland coupled with a knowing and a familiarity with land born of long Scots lineage.  This will be a special exhibition for me as it marks my 60th birthday that falls on 11 July 2023.  During the show\, I’d really like to be around to talk with people about my work if that’s possible. \n\n\n\nI feel an emotional heft in my response to this Moray land; in its shapes that speak of ancient knowledge\, the particular smell of trees\, water and turf.  This place is now my home and from my working art studio in Kinloss\, I bring in my first hand knowledge of the feel of the wider Scotland\, from the Pentland Hills of Edinburgh\, the Highlands\, Western Isles and Cairngorms.  A Scots artist for sure\, Scotland carries whispers and reminders of what I know on a soul level.  \n\n\n\nInstead of formal art schooling\, I chose a long and robust apprenticeship in en plein air painting.  With an excellent teacher in Orcadian artist Peter McLaren and a bunch of intrepid companions\, I explored the limits of cold\, wind and rain in the pursuit of delicious colour\, texture and mood to describe the River Spey\, Glencoe\, Orkney and Perthshire.  It was and is an utterly compelling activity and I do hope my enthusiasm and love of this Scots land is conveyed to you in this body of work.  \n\n\n\nEngaging with art in this way over a long period of time enabled me to parent my family of four\, making me a better parent as a result because I was attending to my own creativity. \n\n\n\nMy affinity with history and past lives was given free reign with my year-long residency at Stirling Castle.  By invitation of Historic Environment Scotland\, I was the first resident visual artist based there and from my studio within the castle walls I engaged with the lives of those who had lived and died\, struggled and fought there.  The energy flowed through me in a torrent of images.  In the years following my residency\, I was invited by HES to produce work marking key anniversaries in Scotland’s history\, exhibiting each time in the Castle’s Chapel Royal. \n\n\n\nHarsh\, mesmerising and enchanting in equal measure\, I return to Scotland’s western seaboard where as a child growing up in Edinburgh\, Glasgow and Argyll\, its wild beauty affected me deeply.  As a young adult I drew and painted on the Hebridean Island of Canna where I lived for a couple of years\, commissioned by The National Trust for Scotland to produce images of this wondrous place.  \n\n\n\nOnce again connecting with the National Trust for Scotland\, my work was chosen to mark the opening of the NTS flagship Battle of Bannockburn Centre in Central Scotland.    \n\n\n\nI am a visual artist with more than 25 years’ experience of studio and en plein air drawing and painting.  I delight in the luscious depth and colour that oil paint extends and often add ink\, pastel and charcoal to change pace and create texture.  A seasoned outdoor painter\, I am drawn to use unexpected colour in my trees and expanses of water and sky\, understanding nature’s extensive colour palette.  Art tutoring and creative workshop leadership has made up an important plank of my working life for many years\, and I continue to deliver both in my working studio in Kinloss\, Morayshire and for Moray Art Centre\, Findhorn. \n\n\n\nA profoundly inspiring experience was my appointment as Historic Environment Scotland first Artist in Residence at Stirling Castle which led to a long and fruitful relationship with repeated invitations to exhibit to an international audience in the Castle’s Chapel Royal.   \n\n\n\nA native Scot schooled in Glasgow and Edinburgh\, I have north east connections through my mother and delight in the opportunity\, at last\, of living and connecting creatively with Moray.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/remembered-lands/
LOCATION:Logie Steading\, Logie Steading\, Dunphail\, Forres\, IV36 2QN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:ArTay
DESCRIPTION:Famously FREE annual ArTay event as part of Perth Festival of the Arts\, Horsecross\, Perth 7.30pm Friday 19 May\, 10am-7.30 Saturday 20 May\, 12pm-7.30pm Sunday 21 May \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘Stormy Spring Evening on the Bay’ 61 x 81 cms mixed media
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/artay/
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SUMMARY:'New Ground' an exhibition of work by Moray Artists
DESCRIPTION:Paintings\, ceramics\, wood carving\, basket weaving and silversmithing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVera Bohlen\n\n\n\nDuke Christie\n\n\n\nUdo Reiss\n\n\n\nIona Hall\n\n\n\nKaren Collins (Naturally Useful)\n\n\n\nIona Leishman
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/new-ground-an-exhibition-of-work-by-moray-artists/
LOCATION:Elgin Library\, Cooper Park\, Elgin\, IV30 1HS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Flow Without Fear workshop @ Moray Art Centre
DESCRIPTION:Come and be truly encouraged to make free with lovely water-based paint\, charcoal\, ink and pencil. It’s astonishing what can appear\, despite the fear!  \n\n\n\nIn these sessions\, we simply enjoy gorgeous\, joyful mark making\, mixing the media and seeing what happens. For those who want more tutoring in composition or perspective or ideas for intuitive design and then it’s all on offer.  \n\n\n\nIona’s approach to tutoring is to react in the moment to you as you are in your own creative expression on that day. Iona doesn’t have any expectations\, therefore no judgement. It’s about empowering you. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease book via www.morayartcentre.org. Scroll down on the Home page and click on Flow Without Fear icon.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/flow-without-fear-workshop-moray-art-centre-2/
LOCATION:Moray Art Centre\, MAC\, Findhorn Park\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Flow Without Fear workshop @ Moray Art Centre
DESCRIPTION:Come and be truly encouraged to make free with lovely water-based paint\, charcoal\, ink and pencil. It’s astonishing what can appear\, despite the fear!  \n\n\n\nIn these sessions\, we simply enjoy gorgeous\, joyful mark making\, mixing the media and seeing what happens. For those who want more tutoring in composition or perspective or ideas for intuitive design and then it’s all on offer.  \n\n\n\nIona’s approach to tutoring is to react in the moment to you as you are in your own creative expression on that day. Iona doesn’t have any expectations\, therefore no judgement. It’s about empowering you. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis workshop is now SOLD OUT but there are spaces for Flow Without Fear on Saturday 4 March.  Please book via morayartcentre.org website.  On Home page scroll down and click on Flow Without Fear icon.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/flow-without-fear-workshop-moray-art-centre/
LOCATION:Moray Art Centre\, MAC\, Findhorn Park\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Creative Flow Workshop Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Creative Flow painting sessions with Iona\, where we let paint\, ink\, charcoal and pastel flow\, mix and meld into gorgeous\, suggestive shapes and textures that feed our souls’ imagination. \n\n\n\nFlowing this way means there are no mistakes that can be made. Our minds relax when we realize there in no prescribed outcome\, no judgements. From this place of excitement we grow in confidence and wonder at the beauty of the colour and marks. Images can rise and I encourage you to bring them into the world of perception. \n\n\n\nCost: All materials are supplied and costs £40 each with up to four people per session. \n\n\n\nThe minimum attendance for the event is 3 people\, any previous bookings would be available for rescheduling free of charge. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n♥ INSPIRATION FOR CREATIVE FLOW ♥ \n\n\n\nOver many years of tutoring and painting I have been struck by how many adult people are in grief about their creativity and how they can believe that painting is not available to them.  I felt this sadness and so began encouraging the innate\, playful\, curious child inside to come out and explore safely.  For many\, it’s been like a gateway opening up inside and this openness feeds into so many others areas of life.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/creative-flow-workshop-sessions-3/
LOCATION:Leishman Studio/Gallery\, Kinloss Parish Church\, 4 Manse Rd\, Kinloss\, Moray\, IV36 3GH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Creative Flow Workshop Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Creative Flow painting sessions with Iona\, where we let paint\, ink\, charcoal and pastel flow\, mix and meld into gorgeous\, suggestive shapes and textures that feed our souls’ imagination. \nFlowing this way means there are no mistakes that can be made. Our minds relax when we realize there in no prescribed outcome\, no judgements. From this place of excitement we grow in confidence and wonder at the beauty of the colour and marks. Images can rise and I encourage you to bring them into the world of perception. \nCost: All materials are supplied and costs £40 each with up to four people per session. A £20 deposit upfront secures your place. Please call or email to book (details below). \n \n♥ INSPIRATION FOR CREATIVE FLOW ♥ \n \nOver many years of tutoring and painting I have been struck by how many adult people are in grief about their creativity and how they can believe that painting is not available to them.  I felt this sadness and so began encouraging the innate\, playful\, curious child inside to come out and explore safely.  For many\, it’s been like a gateway opening up inside and this openness feeds into so many others areas of life.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/creative-flow-workshop-sessions/
LOCATION:Leishman Studio/Gallery\, Kinloss Parish Church\, 4 Manse Rd\, Kinloss\, Moray\, IV36 3GH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Flow Workshop Sessions
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SUMMARY:Nairn Community and Arts Centre annual exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Iona is displaying a few of her paintings at the Nairn Community and Arts Centre’s annual exhibition. The public will have a chance to see her work\, which is on display during the exhibition.
URL:https://ionaleishman.co.uk/event/nairn-community-and-arts-centre-annual-exhibition/
LOCATION:Nairn Community & Arts Centre\, King Street\, Nairn\, IV12 4BQ\, United Kingdom
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