ADP

A modern arts centre is to open in Aberdeen in 2010, costing £13 million. The new centre received £4 million in capital funding from the Scottish Arts Council and will be the first of its kind in Northern Scotland.  The development is a partnership between Aberdeen City Council and Peacock Visual Arts, and they hope to attract 200,000 visitors a year. The centre will exhibit contemporary arts, host exhibitions by world-class artists and run community outreach and education projects. Facilities will include galleries, printmaking, television/dance studios, workshops and space for film screenings and talks. The building will primarily be built underground and heated using geo-thermal and solar energy.

Lawson Park Farm is the new headquarters of Grizedale Arts.  The Farm will act as a research base for a wide range of people working with Grizedale Arts including contemporary artists, traditional artists, curators, farmers, gardeners, educationalists, regenerators and funding bodies.  Grizedalde Arts have a reputuation for pioneering new approaches to artistic production and exhibition.