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Inverness exhibition raises cash for Glasgow School of Art

Pupils of Culloden Academy (L-R) Chelsea MacGillivray, Katie MacDonald and Susie Hay with some of their works and that of other artists on show at the Culloden Visitor Centre following an art project on the Culloden Viaduct.
Pupils of Culloden Academy (L-R) Chelsea MacGillivray, Katie MacDonald and Susie Hay with some of their works and that of other artists on show at the Culloden Visitor Centre following an art project on the Culloden Viaduct.

An Inverness art exhibition and sale has raised thousands of pounds fire-ravaged Glasgow School of Art.

The two-day Culloden Viaduct Exhibition celebrated the local iconic landmark through 80 works contributed by talented artists.

The weekend showcase and sale raised £8,500 – half of which will go to Glasgow facility.

David Martin, chairman of the Highlands Decorative and Fine Arts Society, said: “We’ve been amazed and delighted at the quality and variety of work that artists have contributed and we’ve been very pleased and excited by the public response.

“We still have some items unsold and we will be seeking another opportunity to do just that.”

The work of artists of all ages featured in the display at the Culloden Battlefield Centre including pictures by Culloden Academy pupils.

Furniture, paintings and glass sculptures were on show and a specially composed piece of music was aired – all inspired by the nearby railway viaduct.

The event also marked the society’s 25th anniversary.

The money raised will go towards the multimillion-pound restoration project to rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art which was extensively damaged by fire in May last year.

Exhibition organiser Debbie Owen said: “We’re an arts group and wanted to do something to help restore the Glasgow School of Art which is an international treasure.

“We thought why not take another iconic structure in our area and ask artists to create something which this structure has inspired in them.”

The majestic, curved 29-arch viaduct, which took five years to build, opened in 1898. At 1,800 ft, it is the longest masonry viaduct in Scotland.

Anne-Mary Paterson, the great-grandniece of Murdoch Paterson, engineer to the Highland Railway on the construction of the viaduct, said she was delighted with the display of drawings and photographs that paid homage to his masterpiece.