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Deveron Arts is a contemporary arts organisation established in the Aberdeenshire town of [[Huntly]] in 1995. It brings together international artists from a variety of disciplines and the town community through residencies that address issues with both a global and local dimension. Over 20 years this has brought artists from as far afield as China, the Americas, India, Africa and mainland Europe to North East Scotland. Uniquely, Deveron Arts has no dedicated art venue, but rather uses the town as the canvass for the residencies and the work created. The town is the venue residencies have also led to a number of annual events, including the Slow Marathon initiative, and the creation of a major collection of contemporary art in the town. This socially engaged practice that brings art out of the gallery context forms the focus of ARTocracy, a curatorial handbook published by Deveron Arts in 2010. |
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In 2008 Deveron Arts joined forces with the Huntly Development Trust and artist Jacques Coetzer to create a new branding for the town: Room to Roam and reprised the initiative for the Aberdeenshire [link to Wikipedia] region in 2014 with Aberdeenshire Ways. In 2012 Huntly won a Creative Place Award from [[Creative Scotland]] which supported the creation of a signature menu for the town, and in 2013 a further Creative Place Award led to a new initiative spearheaded by Deveron Arts: The Walking Institute. As part of its 20th anniversary year Deveron Arts has commissioned a new work inspired by [[Joseph Beuys]] seminal [[7000 Oaks]] |
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Huntly, a town of 4,000 residents in rural Aberdeenshire
Deveron Arts is a contemporary arts organisation established in the Aberdeenshire town of Huntly in 1995. It brings together international artists from a variety of disciplines and the town community through residencies that address issues with both a global and local dimension. Over 20 years this has brought artists from as far afield as China, the Americas, India, Africa and mainland Europe to North East Scotland. Uniquely, Deveron Arts has no dedicated art venue, but rather uses the town as the canvass for the residencies and the work created. The town is the venue residencies have also led to a number of annual events, including the Slow Marathon initiative, and the creation of a major collection of contemporary art in the town. This socially engaged practice that brings art out of the gallery context forms the focus of ARTocracy, a curatorial handbook published by Deveron Arts in 2010.
In 2008 Deveron Arts joined forces with the Huntly Development Trust and artist Jacques Coetzer to create a new branding for the town: Room to Roam and reprised the initiative for the Aberdeenshire [link to Wikipedia] region in 2014 with Aberdeenshire Ways. In 2012 Huntly won a Creative Place Award from Creative Scotland which supported the creation of a signature menu for the town, and in 2013 a further Creative Place Award led to a new initiative spearheaded by Deveron Arts: The Walking Institute. As part of its 20th anniversary year Deveron Arts has commissioned a new work inspired by Joseph Beuys seminal 7000 Oaks