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Workshops

Treasures from around the world inspire Fife pupils

War history and
boating heritage at
Fisheries Museum

The winning young artists gathered for a special ceremony in Parliament Hall. Inset: Evie’s winning entry.

Art attack for record
number of pupils
by Fiona Pringle


Twitter: @Fi_Pringle

Over a thousand young artists
from Fife entered their artwork into the University’s annual competition – the largest
number in its 10 year history.
And Lawhead Primary’s Evie
Young took first prize in the
Primary 1 to Primary 3 category where she was one of 36
children who was presented

with a medal and certificate at
a special ceremony in Parlia-

ment Hall in St Andrews.
During the ceremony Professor Derek Woollins, viceprincipal for research at the
University of St Andrews,
congratulated the schools
for the extraordinary quality
and imagination of their pupils’ work.
Susan Stewart, headteacher, praised the competition
and Evie’s success. She said:
“It’s about working with the
community that you are part
of and engaging with the University which helps the children to look at wider life as
well as development of their

art skills.
“And for Evie it is an opportunity to be able to celebrate
a quiet wee girl and for her to
be recognised in this way is
great.”
Taking third place in the
same category was Roksana
Wawer, P3, and second for
Holly Bartlett, P7 both from
Greyfriars R.C. Primary
School.
The MUSA Young Artist
Award aims to use the historic and artistic collections in
the care of the University of St

Andrews to inspire creativity
and boost confidence among

pupils.
Matt Sheard, learning and
access curator, said: “This is
the tenth anniversary of the
MUSA Young Artist Award
and it’s been fantastic to see
the competition grow. We’ve
worked with nearly 8000
children, received over 5400
competition entries and have
awarded prizes to over 300 talented young people.
“The quality of the entries
we saw this year has been incredible and it speaks volumes
of the talents of the winners
that they stand out against
over a thousand competitors.”

‘Where’s the Pride in Fife?’
A young Fife man is winning
thousands of followers for his
online series looking at the
LGBTI scene in the Kingdom
– or, more exactly, the lack of
one.
Stuart Russell, moved
by the plight of LGBTI people elsewhere in the world
who are tortured and killed,

pitched the idea to BBC Scotland of looking at the situation
closer to home.
The 24-year-old has been
appointed a content producer for the online platform The
Social and his first video – en-

titled ‘Hey, Fife why no pride?’
– went live last Sunday and
within days had attracted
more than 10,000 viewers.
“The response surprised
even me,” said Stuart, who
has just completed studies in
radio production at Fife College. “But people are interested – it’s a subject that no one is
talking about in Fife. There are
LBGTI organisations which
do great work but there is no
sense of an LGBTI community
in Fife”.
A Pride event would be
one way to increase their vis-

ibility and he urged Fifers to
unite and organise a march.
Stuart hopes his videos will
underline that LGBTI in Fife
should have a voice but he said
his main message was to “celebrate differences and spread
love not hate.”
His first film saw him

taking to the Lomond Hills
draped in a LGBTI Pride rainbow flag to look out over the
region and ask the question
of why Fife has no gay ‘Pride’.
You can see his short
films at www.facebook.com/
bbcthesocial/videos.

Stuart Russell.

Boats and boatbuilding combine with a look back at wartime in the Forth to provide
the themes for this year’s
summer programme at the
Scottish Fisheries Museum
in Anstruther.
Displays, open days and
workshops , with an artistic
flavour, are offering a look at
fishing and boating heritage
plus recollections of war on
the water in the Forth.
Today (Friday) and on
July 15, there’s a chance to
construct a fleet of model
Dreadnaughts and Cruisers
and recreate the only major naval battle of the First
World War, the Battle of Jutland.
Tomorrow (Saturday)
sees an open day aboard The
Reaper vessel – with another

on August 11 – where visitors
can find out what it was like
to be a fisherman in the past.
There is a series of wa-

tercolour masterclasses for
adults in July and August,
with local artist Rebecca
Prentice.
The Young Boatbuilders
Club is staging several sessions, looking at traditional
boat construction, machines
for heavy lifting, coracles and
water engine-propelled fishing boats, with the chance to
see the museum’s boatyard
and to build some models.
There’s a chance to find
out about dazzle camouflage
used by the British Navy, to
prevent warships being torpedoed by enemy submarines.
‘The Forth at War’ exhibition features paintings by
local artist Jim Stormonth,
who’ll be giving a talk on July 22.
Booking is essential for
many events, call 01333
310628 or email charlie@
scotfishmuseum.org.

Charity’s challenge
to be ‘Apprentices’

Staff at two St Andrews hotels are competing in a charity challenge styled on the
television programme The
Apprentice.
Run by homelessness organisation Bethany Christian Turst, teams from the
Old Course Hotel and the
Hotel du Vin are vying for
the top spot in the battle to
raise the most money for
the Bethany’s charity shop
in Kirkcaldy.
Staff are not told their
challenges until their day
in the shop and could find
themselves faced with any-

thing from creating enticing
window displays to playing a
wild card.
Ann McLaughlan, from
Bethany Christian Trust,
who came up with the idea,
said: “We are really delighted
that both hotels are so enthusiastic about taking part.
“As well as raising money
for our services, it’s a chance
for the hotel staff to have
some fun and use their skills
in a completely different environment.”
The charity is hoping
more hotels will sign up for

the challenge next year.

Watch your speed Saving the planet
– new limits on A91 one drink at a time
New speed limits are to be
introduced on the A91 between Guardbridge and St
Andrews. The new limits,
agreed by Fife councillors
this week, will see an extension to the existing 40mph
limit east of the Strathkinness junction, a 50mph
speed limit east of Guardbridge to 100m west of Balgove Larder junction and a
40mph limit from there to
the 30mph limit.

Join in with a ‘Green
Drinks’ social evening on
July 14, where those interested in environmental
issues meet to have a drink
and a chat at the St. Andrews Brewery Company
from 5pm onwards.
The group – which is open
to anyone – will talk about
environmental and social
justice issues, and is an opportunity to raise any ideas
for future projects.