New Art Tour opens in Edinburgh inclusive, green and giving back to the community.
New Art Tour opens in Edinburgh inclusive, green and giving back to the community.
Now visitors and locals alike can now tour Edinburgh galleries with a real artist, and make art at the galleries.
Local artist Kirsteen Lyons-Benson (Bachelor of Arts with Honours) will tour visitors through inspiring Scottish art and then teach them how to create your own art to treasure as a memory of the experience. The tour will be small groups and lots of help will be available so any level of ability including complete beginners can enjoy the experience.
Kirsteen grew up in Scotland’s art scene, her parents met at Glasgow School of Art and were friends and contemporaries with such famous names as Alastair Grey - who read Lanark to her father while he was writing it (and burned any pages her father did not enjoy). Kirsteen later interviewed Alastair Grey about his paintings and drawings long before the solo show at the National Galleries of Scotland brought these works to their rightful acclaim. This rich history was followed by attaining her design degree at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University. Kirsteen is now keen to share her passion for Scottish art and help a diverse range of learning styles and visitors experience Scotlands rich culture.
Kirsteen is a working artist herself and has regular exhibitions throughout the UK, including the iconic Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture.
The tour will be a green as possible with visitors making short walks to the various locations through stunning Edinburgh landmarks and the artist even gets the bus to the city! Kirsteen is also passionate about Human Rights and wants the tour to fund a series of Human Rights education events in Edinburgh this coming summer.
What the public say about the tour and workshop:
“I booked my family on this workshop and we had such a lovely time! My 11 year old and my husband are talented but I’m not and I haven’t sketched since high school some 30 years ago. Kirsteen managed to nurture confidence and inspire all of us. We were delighted with our sketches and my daughter immediately started practising what Kirsteen had taught her when we got home!” JG (Google business review)
“Kirsteen is an amazing art guide and tutor and completely returned my motivation for doing art.”NC (Google business review)
More information about the tour and the artist can be found at:
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