Dysart Artworks
30 May 2007
Dysart Artworks wins Scottish Design Award 2007
The Dysart Artworks project is designed by City Design in collaboration with: Donald Urquhart, Alec Finlay, Tom Clarke, Ken Cockburn and Studio LR. It was an 18 month long collaboration between landscape architects, artists, poets, the local authority and the local community to create a series of new artworks and public spaces linked by the Fife Coastal Path within Dysart. It is one of a number of projects intended to contribute to positive change in the town. Each work draws its inspiration from the coastal landscape and the specific site characteristics. Rather than clutter the town and coast line with object sculptures each artwork acts as a device to view familiar aspects of the landscape and the town in new ways.
Dysart Artworks, was commissioned by Fife Council on behalf of the Dysart Regeneration Management Group. Representatives from Dysart Community Regeneration Forum worked in partnership with the artists, Community Services, Facilities and Policy and Organisational Development staff discussing designs and holding public consultations. In association with the physical works poet Ken Cockburn held workshops in the local schools from which a lovely little booklet was produced and made available from the Harbourmasters House. The work was delivered through FILM (Fife Intermediate Labour Market), creating training and job opportunities for local people. The project was funded from a mixed package including ERDF and various Services within Fife Council.
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