RHUEART promotes contemporary artists based in the UK and Ireland, whose work encompasses painting, film-making, photography, textiles and sculpture.

The new Rhue Art Gallery will show work by artists represented by RhueArt alongside site-specific installations. The Gallery will be formally opened by Andrew Dixon,  chief executive of Creative Scotland, on 25 April 2012, the inaugural exhibition features works in stone by sculptor Mary Bourne and wall-mounted jewellery by Lucy Woodley. Helen Denerley’s wild animal sculptures prowl the grounds.

Rhue Art is a Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) account-managed business. Rhue Art Gallery’s innovative renewable heating system was partially funded by the Scottish Rural Development Programme and with help from Highland Opportunites – representatives from the aformentioned expect to attend the gallery launch.

James Hawkins continues to work and exhibit at his open studio, adjacent to the gallery. Rhue Art Gallery & James Hawkins’s Rhue Studio open Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

2012 EXHIBITION PROGRAMME:

25 April – mid-June 2012
Group show: Mary Bourne (sculptor, works in stone, slate and marble), Lucy Woodley (silversmith, wall-mounted jewellery and HI-Arts Making Progress Makers 2009-10), Helen Denerley (animal sculptures in the grounds)

Mid-June – end of July 2012
Tobias Hodson: large-scale botanical watercolours

August – mid-September 2012
37 Red Leaves Diary of a Year
Katy Spong’s wildlife monoprint diary inspired by her walks around Cuil Bay

Mid-September – end of October 2012
James Lumsden: new abstract paintings developed from his 2010 RSA Ullapool residency

November & December 2012
Winter Show featuring selected gallery artists

April – December 2012: sculpture in the gallery and in the grounds by Mary Bourne, Helen Denerley & Allison Weightman

OTHER:

The Gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair, London
12 – 16 June 2012
Cutting Edge: new cutouts and paintings by landscape artist James Hawkins

Art London, Royal Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea, London
4 – 8 October RhueArt promotes work by a selection of its artists

James Hawkins’s Rhue Studio is open throughout the year

RhueArt, Rhue,  Ullapool,  IV26 2TJ
web: http://www.rhueart.co.uk/

Source: Rhue Art