Minehow Knowhow: Evidence, experiment, experience

Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 26 April 2002 Page Views: 9595

29th May - 2nd June 2002, A complementary international arts and archaeological event. The event uses the remarkable Iron Age site of Minehowe as a focus and a hinge to discover complementary ways of shedding light on Orkney's archaeology.

It draws on the experimental 'Know How' of craft workers, musicians, archaeologists, and other specialists who are bringing to life interpretations and the 'processes' which created some of Orkney's finest artefacts, with specialists from Orkney, Poland, Lithuania, Saskatchewan and Britain.

Specialists include:
Jacqui Wood & team - prehistoric cooking and textiles
Ruslanas Aranauskas - Lithuanian amber Zbigniew Dolski - Polish master bronze smelter
Professor Willie Ermine - Cree First Nations sweat lodge
Wojciech Kochman & team - Polish goldsmiths
Aimee Leonard - bodhran & song
Professor Kristin Linklater - master voice practitioner
Dr Alison Sheridan - Knowes of Trotty, Orkney
Inija Trinkuniene - ancient Baltic beliefs & song
Art Discovery in partnership with Friends of Orkney Archaeological Trust, Orkney Heritage Society & Orkney Archaeological Trust

Enquiries to: Arlene Isbister, Art Discovery, Hosan, Dounby, Orkney KW17 2JB Tel / fax: +44 ( 0) 1856 771 252 email: [email protected]
For travel information contact: Orkney Tourist Board: 01856 872856
Funded by Art Discovery through their Discovery Channels project. Art Discovery is a trust with charitable status. Scottish Charity Number: SC02315

Contributor Bio for Andy B: Megalithic Portal Founding Editor.

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