'Cultural Connections' - the end of the festival

It is hard to believe but our festival is over. Yesterday, we celebrated a grand finale of 'Cultural Connections'.

We started with a delicious Kosher lunch, surrounded by Claire Maxwell's photographs documenting the making of our exhibition. It was great to see in those pictures the process of how the festival evolved. The lunch was followed by “Klezmer, Baroque and Tartan: A Jewish Musical Odyssey”
- a concert of baroque gypsy music, classical Hebrew songs alongside traditional Scottish folk tunes
with a hefty amount of foot-stomping Klezmer with the Adrianne Greenbaum Quartet.

Below are some photographs capturing the last moments of the festival:

Enjoying a Kosher lunch.

Adrianne Greenbaum Quartet

From left: David McGuinness, Adrianne Greenbaum, Lev Atlas and Michael Alpert

From left: Maria Simou (one of the 'Cultural Connections' interns), Dianne Gardner (the curator of the exhibition) and Fiona Frank (SCoJeC).

Dancing in the courtyard.



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Thank you so much to all who helped us make this festival happen and to all who participated in our workshops and events. It was a pleasure to be involved in such a meaningful undertaking.

Scottish Jewish Arts and Life

A two-day conference 'JEWISH LIFE AND JEWISH ARTS IN SCOTLAND' took place in the Maclaurin Gallery on 14th and 15th of Sempember, during the last week of the ‘Cultural Connections’ festival.

The highlights of the conference, organised by SCoJeC, the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, and the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, were: a talk on the history of the Jewish community in Ayr by Harvey Kaplan, Director of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre and the film ‘Hannah Frank, the Spark Divine’ together with a talk by director Sarah Thomas about the making of the film – and a presentation by Deborah Haase on the artist Hilda Goldwag.

Dances at Rozelle!

What a beautiful sunny day it was last Sunday! We could hold our dances outside in the park, at last.
It was a joyful time!

Thank you for your great protographs, Chris Dooks!
www.dooks.org

Scottish, Polish, Klezmer and other traditional dances were led by the incredible Colin Maclennan.

Thirsty people...

A Broom Dance - if you don't catch anyone you'll need to dance with a broom...

Afterwards we had a little music and song session and were way too busy singing to take photographs...

Thank you all for a lovely time!

Klezmer, Baroque and Tartan concert at Rozelle

 

Klezmer, Baroque and Tartan: A Jewish Musical Odyssey, with The Adrianne Greenbaum Quartet. Scotshne AND Fleytmuzic. Adrianne Greenbaum (flute) with Michael Alpert (fiddle, vocals, and percussion), and Lev Atlas, (Violin/Viola).

A concert of baroque gypsy music, classical Hebrew songs alongside traditional Scottish ...folk tunes with a hefty amount of foot-stomping klezmer.

Sunday 21st September, 12.30 p.m. Rozelle House, Ayr. Kosher lunch and concert. (£20 including lunch, booking essential) 01292 443708 or maclaurinfestival@gmail.com

After the concert there’s a chance to see the ‘Cultural Connections’ exhibition in the adjoining Maclaurin Gallery.

SCOTTISH JEWISH ARTS & LIFE CONFERENCE

SCOTTISH JEWISH ARTS AND SCOTTISH JEWISH LIFE - CONFERENCE at ROZELLE

Rozelle House, Ayr
Sunday 14  Sept (12 noon to 3 p.m.)
Monday 15 Sept (11 am to 4 pm)

This conference will be held at Rozelle House on 14th and 15th September, during the last week of the ‘Cultural Connections’ exhibition.  The conference, organised by SCoJeC, the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, and the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, as part of the ‘European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage’  is entitled: “Scottish Jewish Arts and Scottish Jewish Life, 1914 to 2014”.  It runs from 12 noon to 3 p.m. followed by a tour of the gallery on Sunday 14th, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

A highlight of the Sunday is a talk on the history of the Jewish community in Ayr by Harvey Kaplan, Director of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre.  Monday’s highlights include the film ‘Hannah Frank, the Spark Divine’ together with a talk by director Sarah Thomas about the making of the film – and a presentation by Deborah Haase on the artist Hilda Goldwag.

The conference is free but we would ask for a minimum donation of £5 to cover refreshments each day.

Please pass this on to any of your friends or contacts who may be interested.
To book email maclaurinfestival@gmail.com, or tel: 01292 443708 
For a full programme click HERE.
  

Klezmer dance workshop at Wellington School

 

Here are some photographs from the Klezmer dance with Kleyne Klezmer and caller Fiona Frank which took place at Wellington School on Wednesday the 27th of August.

 

 

Silk screen printing workshop

Silk screen printing workshop with David Farrar based on the work of Hannah Frank.

More photos to follow...