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Several major projects have been carried out over the last few years. Our special project for 2009 is the commissioning of a new sculpture -
details to follow - this page will be updated after the unveiling in January 2009
The renowned artist Alan Herriot has been commissioned to create a unique bronze sculpture to mark the 250th anniversary of the Bard's birth and the 2009 Scottish Year of Homecoming. He has work in private collections and on public display throughout the UK, Ireland, Holland and France, including the sculptures of a Highland Division piper at the House of Bruar, his Miner at Newtongrange, and The Ancient Mariner at Watchet in Somerset. The new sculpture will enhance the Irvine Burns Museum and provide a further fascinating visitor attraction.
Other recent projects
The Parish Church window (1995; pictured left; click to enlarge) - see Stained Glass Windows
The Masterclasses (1996) - see How to Support Us
The audio-visual updated (1996-97) - see Burns in Irvine
The window for the Club's 175th anniversary (2001; pictured right; click to enlarge) - see Stained Glass Windows
The St Mary's Chapel window (2004) - see Stained Glass Windows
Schools Project (enhanced 2006) - see Schools Project
The Club also initiated the 1996-97 re-landscaping of the statue of Burns on Irvine Moor, pictured on our front page - see statue. It was sculpted by J Pittendrigh Macgillivray, RSA, and unveiled in front of huge crowds in July 1896.
a local
school pupil reciting in the North Ayrshire Council Burns competition
(Mar.05) in our Music Room, with the mural of the Irvine skyline,
designed by Edward Odling and painted by Gordon Brown (photo courtesy
of Jan Bernhard Rønhaug) |
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The
window donated to the St Mary's Church, in the year of office of
Fr W Boyd as President of the Burns Club.
