- Venue
- the Line Gallery
- Starts
- Saturday, May 29, 2021
- Ends
- Tuesday, June 15, 2021
- Address
- 238 The High Street, Linlithgow EH49 7SE
- Location
- Scotland
- Organiser
- The Line Gallery and Lorna Pirrie
An exhibition is due to open at The Line Gallery in Linlithgow paying tribute to frontline workers across Scotland. The exhibition will bring together over two dozen artworks/portraits gifted free to frontline workers as part of the ‘Front Line Workers Thank You’ project coordinated by Paisley-based artist Lorna Pirrie.
Running from Saturday 29th May to Tuesday 15th June., the exhibition will show the artworks gifted to the frontline workers (including self-portraits and portraits of family members) alongside additional works for sale by the nine artists involved in the project. A percentage of any sales from the exhibition will be donated to food banks in Linlithgow, Paisley and Glasgow under the Trussell Trust.
In the first lockdown of the pandemic Lorna approached gallery owner’s Gail and Elisabet with the idea for an exhibition of gifted artworks to frontline workers, to which they agreed whole-heartedly. Both Lorna and the gallery reached out to the artists they knew to participate, asking everyone involved to use their social media to spread the word, resulting in 26 artworks commissioned from and gifted to frontline workers. Nurses, police officers, postal services and care home workers came forward to request self-portraits or family portraits to remember their part in the pandemic. Participating artists include; Elisabet Thorin, Ruth Nicol, Elaine Woo MacGregor, Lorna Pirrie, Robert Powell, Victoria Ross, Emma Boyd, Amy Murray and Sharon Black.
Gail Boardman, co-owner of the Line Gallery is passionate about the project;
“The Line has always played an active part in Linlithgow, and quickly recognised the exceptional demands on key workers made by the virus situation. This project is our way of saying ‘thank you’ and, with the support of the artists and the wider community; we hope to generate a positive outcome for the food banks that have been so shamefully needed.”
There will be photographs, landscapes, portraits, prints and sculptures all on display in the exhibition, with prices ranging from £20 to £4000.
The Line Gallery is located at 238 The High Street in Linlithgow open Tuesday – Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm and on Sundays from 1 to 4pm. Website; www.thelineonline.co.uk.
Visit The Front Line Thank you Project page on Facebook; www.facebook.com/frontlinethankyouproject. Come and celebrate our frontline workers and help your neighbours in raising donations for local foodbanks.
Organiser Lorna Pirrie said by way of thanks to everyone involved: “I couldn’t be more grateful to the Gallery and all the participants, the emotions in the artworks and the generosity of all involved is truly heartwarming.”
Participant, Artist Ruth Nicol, who graduated from Edinburgh College of art in the same year as Lorna Pirrie, said: “Lorna Pirrie is a force of nature. Her ability to pull together an exhibition which celebrates and thanks key workers for their Covid endeavours is inspiring and I’m delighted to be part of it.”
Linda Stuart, manager of the Northeast Glasgow food bank commented; “The Frontline Thank You project is a thoughtful, creative and generous idea. We at, Glasgow North East Foodbank are extremely grateful for the support. We would like to thank everyone involved. This will make a difference to people who are experiencing food poverty in our area”
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For media enquiries, contact:
Lorna Pirrie M-07756076646 [email protected] or [email protected]
Gail Boardman, co-owner The Line Gallery P:1506 670268 email: [email protected]
Notes to Editors:
The Line Gallery is a long established Gallery on the High Street in Linlithgow with a loyal
following and an active participant in the community. Gail Boardman and Elisabet Thorin are co-owners and valued members of the neighbourhood.
238 The High Street
Linlithgow EH49 7ES
Phone; 0044 (0) 1506 670268
www.thelineonline.co.uk
Lorna Pirrie is a Scottish American artist living in Scotland for over 14yrs and a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art in 2010. Lorna is a firm believer in being a positive member of society, using her artistic abilities as a vehicle for public events. Formerly a commercial artis, she currently works as a freelance artist mainly in portraiture, with regular commissions. She has been a contributing artist at The Line Gallery for over a decade, and has had her artwork shown in venues across Scotland, England and the U.S, having won awards in both Scotland and London. You can see Lorna’s work at www.linearprior.com , www.facebook.com/lornapirrieartist , or on instagram as lornapirrielinearprior
She can be reached on mobile; 0775 6076646
Or email; [email protected]
The Trussel Trust is the umbrella group for food bank through out the UK they can be found at website; www.trusselltrust.org
The local food banks outlined in the project are;
Northeast Glasgow Food Bank, Manager; Linda Stuart, Phone; 07951749363 or “373, Email; [email protected]
The Renfrewshire Food Bank (for Paisley), Manager; Elizabeth Alexander, Elizabeths mobile; 07563 814083, Email; [email protected]
The West Lothian Food Bank (for Linlithgow)
Manager; Kathleen, Phone; 01501 229307 press opt. 5
