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This was a three year programme that developed 16 permanent commissions for public spaces on the east side of the river Tay. The project was part of a longer-term strategy to create a circular public art trail linking with Perth’s South Inch, the Fergusson and Perth Museum and Art Galleries, Greyfriars’ Kirkyard and Tay Street. The trail includes artworks already onsite commissioned over the previous 25 years. The sites are physically linked and extend through a mile of riverside parkland. The project aimed at realising a greater recreational potential for the these sites and raising the public profile of this whole area. The trail is viewed as an important strand in Perth’s development as a centre for the arts.

Artists

Funding

SAC Award amount

£154,000.00

Project total cost

£268,000.00

Funding purpose

Towards the costs of 16 permanent commissions over three years.

(Please note dates and details correct at time of award.)

Consultation & Commissioning Process

The 16 artworks were selected following an open competition and the invitation of known artists.

Outcomes

• A public art trail in Perth invovling 16 commissions for permanent artworks