St Andrews Citizen Friday, July 8, 2016 www.FifeToday.co.uk 37 news Workshops Treasures from around the world inspire Fife pupils War history and boating heritage at Fisheries Museum The winning young artists gathered for a special ceremony in Parliament Hall Inset: Evie’s winning entry Art attack for record number of pupils by Fiona Pringle fiona.pringle@jpress.co.uk Twitter: @Fi_Pringle Over a thousand young artists from Fife entered their artwork into the University’s annual competition – the largest number in its 10 year history And Lawhead Primary’s Evie Young took first prize in the Primary to Primary category where she was one of 36 children who was presented with a medal and certificate at a special ceremony in Parlia- ment Hall in St Andrews During the ceremony Professor Derek Woollins, viceprincipal for research at the University of St Andrews, congratulated the schools for the extraordinary quality and imagination of their pupils’ work Susan Stewart, headteacher, praised the competition and Evie’s success She said: “It’s about working with the community that you are part of and engaging with the University which helps the children to look at wider life as well as development of their art skills “And for Evie it is an opportunity to be able to celebrate a quiet wee girl and for her to be recognised in this way is great.” Taking third place in the same category was Roksana Wawer, P3, and second for Holly Bartlett, P7 both from Greyfriars R.C Primary School The MUSA Young Artist Award aims to use the historic and artistic collections in the care of the University of St Andrews to inspire creativity and boost confidence among pupils Matt Sheard, learning and access curator, said: “This is the tenth anniversary of the MUSA Young Artist Award and it’s been fantastic to see the competition grow We’ve worked with nearly 8000 children, received over 5400 competition entries and have awarded prizes to over 300 talented young people “The quality of the entries we saw this year has been incredible and it speaks volumes of the talents of the winners that they stand out against over a thousand competitors.” ‘Where’s the Pride in Fife?’ A young Fife man is winning thousands of followers for his online series looking at the LGBTI scene in the Kingdom – or, more exactly, the lack of one Stuart Russell, moved by the plight of LGBTI people elsewhere in the world who are tortured and killed, pitched the idea to BBC Scotland of looking at the situation closer to home The 24-year-old has been appointed a content producer for the online platform The Social and his first video – en- titled ‘Hey, Fife why no pride?’ – went live last Sunday and within days had attracted more than 10,000 viewers “The response surprised even me,” said Stuart, who has just completed studies in radio production at Fife College “But people are interested – it’s a subject that no one is talking about in Fife There are LBGTI organisations which great work but there is no sense of an LGBTI community in Fife” A Pride event would be one way to increase their vis- ibility and he urged Fifers to unite and organise a march Stuart hopes his videos will underline that LGBTI in Fife should have a voice but he said his main message was to “celebrate differences and spread love not hate.” His first film saw him taking to the Lomond Hills draped in a LGBTI Pride rainbow flag to look out over the region and ask the question of why Fife has no gay ‘Pride’ You can see his short films at www.facebook.com/ bbcthesocial/videos Stuart Russell Boats and boatbuilding combine with a look back at wartime in the Forth to provide the themes for this year’s summer programme at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther Displays, open days and workshops , with an artistic flavour, are offering a look at fishing and boating heritage plus recollections of war on the water in the Forth Today (Friday) and on July 15, there’s a chance to construct a fleet of model Dreadnaughts and Cruisers and recreate the only major naval battle of the First World War, the Battle of Jutland Tomorrow (Saturday) sees an open day aboard The Reaper vessel – with another on August 11 – where visitors can find out what it was like to be a fisherman in the past There is a series of wa- tercolour masterclasses for adults in July and August, with local artist Rebecca Prentice The Young Boatbuilders Club is staging several sessions, looking at traditional boat construction, machines for heavy lifting, coracles and water engine-propelled fishing boats, with the chance to see the museum’s boatyard and to build some models There’s a chance to find out about dazzle camouflage used by the British Navy, to prevent warships being torpedoed by enemy submarines ‘The Forth at War’ exhibition features paintings by local artist Jim Stormonth, who’ll be giving a talk on July 22 Booking is essential for many events, call 01333 310628 or email charlie@ scotfishmuseum.org Charity’s challenge to be ‘Apprentices’ Staff at two St Andrews hotels are competing in a charity challenge styled on the television programme The Apprentice Run by homelessness organisation Bethany Christian Turst, teams from the Old Course Hotel and the Hotel du Vin are vying for the top spot in the battle to raise the most money for the Bethany’s charity shop in Kirkcaldy Staff are not told their challenges until their day in the shop and could find themselves faced with any- thing from creating enticing window displays to playing a wild card Ann McLaughlan, from Bethany Christian Trust, who came up with the idea, said: “We are really delighted that both hotels are so enthusiastic about taking part “As well as raising money for our services, it’s a chance for the hotel staff to have some fun and use their skills in a completely different environment.” The charity is hoping more hotels will sign up for the challenge next year Watch your speed Saving the planet – new limits on A91 one drink at a time New speed limits are to be introduced on the A91 between Guardbridge and St Andrews The new limits, agreed by Fife councillors this week, will see an extension to the existing 40mph limit east of the Strathkinness junction, a 50mph speed limit east of Guardbridge to 100m west of Balgove Larder junction and a 40mph limit from there to the 30mph limit Join in with a ‘Green Drinks’ social evening on July 14, where those interested in environmental issues meet to have a drink and a chat at the St Andrews Brewery Company from 5pm onwards The group – which is open to anyone – will talk about environmental and social justice issues, and is an opportunity to raise any ideas for future projects