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From Alba To Arabia

We collaborated with Wejha Arts Center, Kuwait, to produce a fascinating exhibition and programme of creative events online (which you can now watch back below) after our project, From Alba to Arabia, was paused due to Covid restrictions.

Before Covid-19 put a halt to the project across the Gulf Region, which has a rich heritage and an exciting contemporary art scene, From Alba to Arabia had toured to three of the four Gulf Region venues with great success; Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE and Art Jameel, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The final stage of the exhibition, which should have been at Wejha Arts Center, Kuwait, is now available on this website until 1st February 2021.

The programme of events was supported by the British Council, DCMS and GREAT through the UK-Gulf Culture and Sport programme.

The opportunity to collaborate with these Gulf cultural organisations has been a remarkable, exciting and culturally enriching experience. It has been a privilege to get to know these Gulf countries better; their similarities and their differences; the unique identity of each country we visited. We are grateful for the hospitality we received and the interest in Scotland and its culture.

Times for the exhibition

As we travelled across the region the one constant was the enthusiasm for the creative learning we were offering. There was such an appetite for it. We think this is an exciting time for contemporary visual art across the Gulf Region and we would be delighted if future collaborations came out of this amazing opportunity that we have had. It has been an enriching experience for Highland Print Studio. We are fortunate that we managed to get to three of our four venues before Covid impacted and grateful to the British Council for offering the additional support to enable the project to be moved online rather than cancelled at the last stage.

Launch event

We were delighted to launch our exhibition and programme of events on the 30th November with a live webinar with members of Wejha Arts Center and the British Council joining us. The below video contains Arabic subtitles.

Here is a message about the project from Michael Gordon, British Council Director, Kuwait.

Virtual Tour of Highland Print Studio

A guided tour of Highland Print Studio, with a live printmaking demo, as John, Studio Manager, shows how a two colour reduction cut lino print is produced.

Inside Guide to Printmaking

This video looks at works from the exhibition in etching and screen print and also includes two films showing how the techniques work.

From Alba To Arabia exhibition

Print of a wasps and a flower
Dusk by Ade Adesina. Linocut. Image/Print size 30x30cms. £340 unframed.
Print of a panda pulling a cart of flowers
Honey by Ade Adesina. Linocut. Image size 78x58cms. £800 unframed.
Print of a dead fish
Cromarty Firth by Alison McMenemy. Stone Lithography. Image size 19x32cms. Paper size 30x42cms. £210 unframed.
Print black and pink
Baker Street by Bronwen Sleigh. Etching. Image/Print size 45x45cms. £450 unframed.
Print green and black
George Street by Bronwen Sleigh. Etching. Image/Print size 59x59cms. £650 unframed.
Print block of ice
Secret Language of Ice 1 by Elizabeth Ogilvie. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 35x67cms. Paper size 35x67cms. £4800 (Set of 4 Prints).
A block of ice print
Secret Language of Ice 2 by Elizabeth Ogilvie. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 35x67cms. Paper size 35x67cms. £4800 (Set of 4 Prints).
Block of ice print
Secret Language of Ice 3 by Elizabeth Ogilvie. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 35x67cms. Paper size 35x67cms. £4800 (Set of 4 Prints).
Block of ice print
Secret Language of Ice 4 by Elizabeth Ogilvie. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 35x67cms. Paper size 35x67cms. £4800 (Set of 4 Prints).
Print of a donkey and a crow blue and black
Each-Uisge and the Moorland Medley by Fabric Lenny. Screenprint. Image size 57x43cms. Paper size 76x56cms. £95 unframed.
Peatland Whinny by Fabric Lenny. Screenprint
Peatland Whinny by Fabric Lenny. Screenprint. Image size 57x43cms. Paper size 76x56cms. £95 unframed.
Geometric abstraction I by Ian McNicol. Etching
Geometric abstraction I by Ian McNicol. Etching. Image size 55 x 55cms. Paper size 69 x 69cms. £600 unframed.
Geometric abstraction II by Ian McNicol. Etching
Geometric abstraction II by Ian McNicol. Etching. Image size 55 x 55cms. Paper size 69 x 69cms. £600 unframed.
Sea Area Fair Isle by Joanne Kaar. Polymer Photogravure with watercolour.
Sea Area Fair Isle by Joanne Kaar. Polymer Photogravure with watercolour. Image size 25x20cms. Paper size 42x30cms. £195 unframed.
Welcome to Scotland 1 by John McNaught. Linocut.
Welcome to Scotland 1 by John McNaught. Linocut. Image size 20x38cms. Paper size 36x54cms. £30 unframed.
Welcome to Scotland 2 by John McNaught. Linocut.
Welcome to Scotland 2 by John McNaught. Linocut. Image size 20x38cms. Paper size 36x54cms. £30 unframed.
Welcome to Scotland 3 by John McNaught. Linocut.
Welcome to Scotland 3 by John McNaught. Linocut. Image size 20x38cms. Paper size 36x54cms. £30 unframed.
Welcome to Scotland 4 by John McNaught. Linocut.
Welcome to Scotland 4 by John McNaught. Linocut. Image size 20x38cms. Paper size 36x54cms. £30 unframed.
Its Pith by Kacper Kowalski. Polymer Photogravure.
Its Pith by Kacper Kowalski. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 46x69cms. Paper size 70x90cms.
Its Skin by Kacper Kowalski. Polymer Photogravure.
Its Skin by Kacper Kowalski. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 46x69cms. Paper size 70x90cms.
Its Vigor by Kacper Kowalski. Polymer Photogravure.
Its Vigor by Kacper Kowalski. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 46x69cms. Paper size 70x90cms.
Its Will by Kacper Kowlaski. Polymer Photogravure.
Its Will by Kacper Kowlaski. Polymer Photogravure. Image size 46x69cms. Paper size 70x90cms.
On the Hill of Bog Cotton by Murray Roberston. Etching.
On the Hill of Bog Cotton by Murray Roberston. Etching. Image size 45x60cms Paper size 54x70cms. £380 unframed.
Inside by Pamela Tait. Etching.
Inside by Pamela Tait. Etching. Image/Print size 37.5×37.5cms. £300 unframed.
Roots And Rust by Pamela Tait. Etching.
Roots And Rust by Pamela Tait. Etching. Image/Print size 48x41cms £400 unframed.
Biocrystals R by Rachel Duckhouse. Etching.
Biocrystals R by Rachel Duckhouse. Etching. Image/Print size 39x39cms. £300 unframed.
Terraced Nacre ii by Rachel Duckhouse. Screenprint.
Terraced Nacre ii by Rachel Duckhouse. Screenprint. Image/Print size 55x55cms. £400 unframed.
Upwelling 15_20 by Rachel Duckhouse. Screenprint.
Upwelling 15_20 by Rachel Duckhouse. Screenprint. Image/Print size 72x52cms. £400 unframed.
Line of Sight by Rosalind Lawless. Mixed media.
Line of Sight by Rosalind Lawless. Mixed media. Image size 70x55cms. Paper size 86 x 73cms. £1650 unframed.
Room approached by steps by Rosalind Lawless. Mixed Media
Room approached by steps by Rosalind Lawless. Mixed Media. Image size 79 x 47cms. Paper size 96 x 73cms. £1800 unframed.
Casual Highland 2 by Sarnath Banarjee. Screenprint with watercolour.
Casual Highland 2 by Sarnath Banarjee. Screenprint with watercolour. Image size 27x70cms. Paper size 35x77cms. £1500 unframed.
Casual Highland 4, Sarnath Banarjee. Screenprint.
Casual Highland 4, Sarnath Banarjee. Screenprint. Image size 28x29cms. Paper size 34x29cms. £1000 unframed.

For more information about any of the artists featured in this exhibition, please visit their websites.

Ade Adesina

Bronwen Sleigh

Elizabeth Ogilvie

fabric lenny

Ian McNicol

Joanne B Kaar 

John McNaught

Kacper Kowalski 

Murray Robertson

Pamela Tait

Rachel Duckhouse

Rosalind Lawless  

Sarnath Banerjee 

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