Invernessian Clanjamfrey

Friday 11th & Saturday 12th September 2009
Town House & St. Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness.

A gathering of a ‘rabble’, the Invernessian Clanjamfrey (part of Re-Imagining the Centre) was a two day debate that was conceived around a series of three sessions in which invited speakers acted as catalysts, introducing a topic before extending the dialogue to the floor.

Enveloping issues of heritage, religion, creativity and identity, the Invernessian Clanjamfrey sought to analyse the varying contexts against which public art is presented, and in which public art seeks to engage.

Invited speakers were:
Matt Baker (IOTA Lead Artist)
Philomena de Lima (UHI Centre for Remote and Rural Studies)
Dr David Alston (historian)
Claudia Zieske (Deveron Arts, Huntley)
Sam Harrison (Open Ground)
Rev. Peter Nimmo (Old High St Stephens Church, Inverness)
Jan Hogarth (Public Art Manager, Dumfries & Galloway)
Duncan McLean (Senior Landscape Architect, Land Use Consultants)
Ruth MacDougall (environmental artist)

The Clanjamfrey was chaired by Alistair Snow.

The Keynote Lecture was delivered by Neville Gabie in Inverness Cathedral.  Neville's lecture was sponsored by Public Art Research and Resource Scotland (www.publicartscotland.com).