Three Harbours Arts Festival
In June 2006 we were part of the Three Harbours Arts Festival that took place in Prestonpans, Port Seton and Cockenzie. The festival already had great artists like Pete Howson, George Birrell, John Bellany, Tom Ewing and Gardner Molloy taking part so we decided to try and get two superstars of the Scottish Small Press Comics Scene. A few emails later and Malcy Duff and Nulsh had agreed to exhibit in our very own Monkey Loft.
Three Harbours Arts Festival
Malcy and Nulsh
So one Sunday afternoon, they came to The Monkey loft to put up their work. It took a long time but the exhibition was beginning to take shape. This was really going to happen...
Malcy gets hanging
Hooks on frames
Line em up
Up goes Nulsh's
Nulsh hanging
hmmm ...
Change of plan
Teamwork
Measuring out
All ready
A few days later, they were back again for our Private View. What a night!
Jan and Georgie ready
Nulsh and Georgie
Kev and Nulsh
But what does it mean ?
Cheers
Party ...
... on
Kev and Nulsh
Nigel and Georgie
Malcy
Party
Nulsh's sketchbook
Getting busy
Malcy and Georgie
Full swing
Standing room only
House
Laura and Nulsh
Party
Laura appreciates art
Monkey Loft ...
... a gogo
All too much
Booze still flowing
Our special guests
Malcy Duff and Nulsh
On saturday 4th June we opened to the public ...
Venue 21 ...
... is now ...
... open
Meanwhile Nigel and Emily were off to run the first Monkey Loft Comics stall at the Arts Festival fair.
Comic dealers
Monkey Loft Comics ...
... at Prestonpans Town Hall
Back at home visitors were pouring in to the Monkey Loft ...
Visitor 1
Visitor 2
Visitor 3
Visitors 4, 5 and 6
... appreciating ...
... the exhibition
Visitors 7, 8 and 9 ...
... meeting Malcy
All in all we had a truly wonderful time. Big thanks to Malcy and Nulsh for exhibiting with us and big thanks to everyone at Prestoungrange for making the Festival the success it was.
If you missed the exhibit we have a slideshow of the artists work here, with soundtrack by the boys, so turn your speakers up.
Our next comics event is Prestonpandemonium, a comic mart right here in the Pans on Saturday 22nd July, upstairs in the Goth from 11 til 3. Be there !