Some of Scotland’s most significant contemporary artists will be involved in this year’s Cupar Arts Festival.
Running from June 18 to 25, organisers are confident they have their strongest line-up yet, with work to be placed in spaces across the Fife market town.
Cupar is one of the few curated visual arts festivals in Scotland, using unconventional spaces such as hoarding on industrial sites, historic buildings and mediaeval closes to display the works.
Festival director Gayle Nelson said: “I’m delighted to be able to bring some of the strongest artists working today to Cupar Arts Festival this year.
“The festival reveals Cupar in a completely different light, encouraging visitors to see new spaces in the town or re-evaluate familiar ones in a way that is both stimulating and delightful.”
Artists taking part include Charles Avery, who represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2007.
His work will include a large sea monster sculpture.
Rachel Maclean, whose video work has won awards at Glasgow Film Festival and been exhibited at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, will show “Feed Me”, a new one-hour film commissioned by the British Art Show.
And Chad McCail, who has had solo exhibitions at galleries in the UK and the USA, will present a large-scale outdoor mural on the subject of education.
Amanda Catto, head of visual arts at Creative Scotland, said: “This year’s festival programme is a great opportunity for people to see how rich and varied contemporary art can be.
“One of the best things about the festival is the fact that it takes art outside the traditional gallery or museum.
“Local audiences and visitors to the festival will be able to explore the ideas and work being presented in more familiar, everyday spaces as well as in places that are less obvious.”