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leading artists including Alec Finlay, Andy Goldsworthy,
Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Anya Gallaccio, Charles
Jencks, Christian Boltanski, Cornelia Parker, Helen Chadwick, Henry Castle, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Joana Vasconcelos, Laura Ford, Marc Quinn, Nathan Coley, Nicolas
Party, Pablo Bronstein, Peter Liversidge, Phyllida Barlow,
Rachel Maclean, Sara Barker, Shane Waltener, Tania
Kovats, and Tracey Emin.
Above this installation on Perth high street, JUPITER+
will offer 3 storeys of flexible learning spaces including a
green screen studio, media labs and creative workshop
spaces which will be used by students from around the region, in addition to a series of public programmes. The
space will support visitors and students in enhancing their
portfolio work, developing critical thinking skills and
gaining a greater awareness of contemporary art practice
and creative careers.
A curated annual programme of exhibitions and events
from leading visionary artists and emerging talents, as well
as public talks, assemblies and an active live art programme,
make Jupiter Artland a thriving location for new ideas.
Among its events JUPITER RISING, an annual art, music
and performance festival, offers an opportunity for a wide
audience to explore artistic ideas across Jupiter, whilst also
making the Artland their home for the weekend.
In 2021, Scotland’s creative industries contributed more
than £5 billion to the Scottish economy alone. While this
demonstrates the value of the sector, there has been a
striking drop in school-leavers and higher education
courses focusing on creative subjects as access to career
development opportunities and public investment in the
arts has diminished. JUPITER+ will work independently
to inspire 15 - 25 year olds with an interest in the arts,
commissioning internationally acclaimed artists to create
exhibitions in spaces across the Scottish regions, and providing workshops, courses and training opportunities in
skills from filmmaking and photography to animation,
script writing, costume and set design.
Central to Jupiter Artland’s vision is to engage Every
Child in Scotland with art through its learning and outreach programme. Jupiter Artland offers free school visits,
digital projects and hands-on activities for learners of all
ages. Jupiter Artland’s child-led ethos to learning sparks
curiosity and builds resilience, creativity and critical
thinking skills in the minds of young learners. Jupiter Artland’s mission is for every school child in Scotland to visit
or experience Jupiter Artland.
Nicky Wilson commented: “We are so excited to launch
JUPITER + this autumn as the result of years of planning
and collaboration to map out an arts and education initiative that aims to offer every child in Scotland an opportunity to enjoy, visit and create artwork, and to access
the opportunities that the creative industries can open
up. As the first in a programme of commissions across the
country, we’re delighted to welcome Rachel Maclean to
re-imagine her work Mimi for the historic Perth high
street, introducing her distinctive creative voice to a new
audience of young people and offering a tailored
programme of workshops and development opportunities
for 15 - 25 year olds”
Jupiter Artland was founded in 2009 by Robert and Nicky
Wilson and since then has grown into one of the UK’s
most significant places to see outdoor sculpture. In 2016,
Jupiter Artland was nominated for ArtFund’s Museum of
the Year.
About Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean (b.1987, Edinburgh) is a multi-media
artist. Using film, sculpture, printmaking and photography, she creates baroque characters and hyper-real worlds
which she uses to delve into politics, society and identity.
Based in Glasgow, Rachel Maclean graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009 and her work came to public
attention in New Contemporaries later that year. In 2017,
she represented Scotland at the 57th Venice Bienniale.
She has received significant acclaim, with major commissions and solo shows at the Kunsthalle, Winterthur;
Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden; The
National Gallery, London; Zabludowicz Collection,
London; KWM Artcenter, Beijing; Talbot Rice Gallery,
Edinburgh; The Hugh Lane, Dublin City Gallery, Dublin;
the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Artpace San
Antonio, Texas; HOME Gallery, Manchester and Tate
Britain, London.
In a significant push towards inclusion, JUPITER+ is
making travel bursaries available to schools and colleges
to support students in participating. This project has been
enabled through a creative partnership between
JUPITER+, Horsecross Arts and Perth & Kinross
Council, powered by the team at Jupiter Artland.
About JUPITER + Perth
JUPITER + is Jupiter Artland’s new off-site commissioning programme, which will see world-class artworks
brought to locations and communities across Scotland.
The programme is powered by the belief that everyone
should have access to the best of international art at their
doorstep and our mission to inspire the next generation
of artists in Scotland.
Jupiter Artland is an award-winning, contemporary
sculpture park, located just outside Edinburgh. Set over
100 acres of meadow, woodland and five indoor gallery
spaces, Jupiter Artland has to date commissioned over 35
permanent site-specific sculptures from the world’s
Website: www.jupiterartland.org
Instagram: @jupiterartland
Twitter:@jupiterartland
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