Scotland

Scotland. . Glasgow. 6/10/83. Jacki Parry had agreed, while she was still in Barcelona doing her papermaking project, to help in making a documentary videotape on her project at Laurence Barker's workshop. This recording is a follow up in which she shows her finished work and the works-in-progress; she also shows her earlier work in black-and-white etchings.
Experimentation is often the reason given when an artist is asked to explain the work they are doing which does not neatly fit into the context of their usual style; you will hear it often to explain works-in-progress. 20:00 Min. SA830610

Scotland. . Glasgow. 6/11/83. This is a videotape glimpse of an opening in Scotland, interesting only in that it takes place in a not-for-profit gallery and, as such, is able to feature the work of artists whose art would not likely attract commercial support. In this instance, it is an artist-in-residence from the Philippines.
Around the world, openings of art exhibits fill an important need in urban communities. They are not only to celebrate the publication of new artworks by contemporary artists, but also provide opportunities for new meetings for visitors, exchange of ideas, and development of new projects. 1:00 Min. SA830611

Scotland. . Glasgow. 6/12/83. A very short tour - really just a glimpse - of the collective workshop for print makers in Glasgow. There was not much going on, but the amount of equipment available indicated that a lot could be.
As in other European countries, city and state incentives make the community printmaking workshop a possibility; it has been true for generations throughout Europe. 1:00 Min. SA830612

Scotland. . Glasgow. 6/13/83. The computer education program of Dr. Alec James at the Glasgow School of Art and Architecture is demonstrated, showing the routines which were developed here for the students of architecture, and the newly acquired system which is oriented more to the art students' interests - such as color and paint programs.
Some schools of art have, in the persons of their directorship, individuals as important to the schools' students as they are to the faculty - and even to the buildings themselves! In responding to the questions raised by new technologies and the arts, it is often the directors who are in positions to act. 18:00 Min. SA830613

Scotland. . Edinburgh. 6/14/83. This videotape recording shows another printmaking workshop, well furnished with the usual equipment for lithography, intaglio, and screen-printing, plus modest papermaking and photographic facilities, and located in a fine old Scottish home(!). There is a mixture of new and old technologies here, plus some one-of-a-kind machines built as experimental prototypes: a miniature hollander beater, for example.
In schools abroad there is always a split, referred to as a division between design and fine arts. Printmaking often shares a place between these divisions (or camps as they are often called). The benefits to the students working here is that the medium of printmaking affords them opportunities for working in manner not controlled by their academic parameters. 6:00 Min. SA830614

Scotland. . Edinburgh. 6/15/83. The director of the workshop is Kenneth Duffy, and he describes some of the shop programs. He says that there may be some video productions forthcoming. There are views of the workshop equipment and a few people at work. The tape does not show, however, the galleries and the coffee shop housed in the same building.
It would appear that most individuals who are invested heavily in print publishing (as distinguished from electronic publishing) activities of their community find it difficult and slow-going to venture into the other media arts. 5:00 Min. SA830615