Arts & Wellbeing Residencies

Two artists’ residencies at Nairn’s Primary Care Centre are being hosted in partnership between IOTA, The Highland Council and Nairn Town & County Hospital and Primary Care Centre (part of NHS Highland). The aim is to create two new artworks that enhance and harmonise with the building. Three selected artists have participated in the Centre’s innovative and unique Wellness Enhancement Learning (WEL) Programme.

  Images: (left-right) film stills from Georgina Porteous, Goat Ltd.

Selected artists:

Katrina McPherson & Simon Fildes
The awarding winning creative team of Katrina (chorographer/ film director/ camera) and Simon (editor/ visual artist/ producer) are based in rural Nairnshire. Katrina and Simon have extensive experience in film, broadcasting and new media productions. Recent international award-winning video There is a Place was shot around the
Highlands and screened as part of Sublime in Inverness last September.

Georgina Porteous
Currently based in Forres, Georgina studied Television and Sound in Glasgow and Fine Art at the UHI Moray School of Art. Georigina’s practice includes drawing, video, sculpture and installation, she was winner of Glasgow Arches 2010’s Blackbox award and last year you may have caught her as Conch Guardian for The Conch [Sound Studio] by Walker & Bromwich during its Highland Tour.

The Arts & Wellbeing Residencies are funded by the Highland Cultural Strategic Board through Creative Scotland’s Rural Innovation Fund (RIF). The RIF aims to support innovative, cross-agency working in rural areas; this project is part of a wider series of new arts commissions that relate to different aspects of Highland life and culture.