ZOOM IN ON PLEIN AIR CREATIVITY

Join us for our second of six monthly gatherings on 15 April 2021 for a blether about twin cities, artist residencies, portable easels, plein airs, birch trees and the great outdoors. Meet artists Andrew Hunter, Mare Tralla, Babs Pease, Oleg Tsvetkov, Hugo Saunders and Dave Hunt. Learn about the history and future of artists residencies al fresco with Iliyana Nedkova, Moira Gavin, Sally Bonnar, Meg Luckins and Caron Ironside.

WATCH OUR FIRST ZOOM IN ON EVENT

Missed our inaugural event zooming in on Pushkin and Soutar, hosted by Jim Mackintosh and friends? It was held on 15 March 2021 marking the 30th anniversary of the twinning of Perth and Pskov? Watch our Zoom recording now edited and released on our Friends of Pskov YouTube channel.

OUR STORY SO FAR

As we approach our 30th anniversary in 2021 we look back at our print publication People to People. 25 Years of Friendship between Perth and Pskov. We are pleased to make it available as a free downloadable booklet for the first time now.

ADVENT IN PANDEMIC

How can we celebrate Advent in this COVID-19 stricken year 2020? How do we spread festive cheer from our city of Perth to Pskov and Tartu – our twin cities in Russia and Estonia? Just follow our founding member Sally Bonnar as she takes over our Instagram – yet, again – after reporting on Perth in full spring bloom under our first lockdown.

RUSSIA DAY 2020

How do Friends of Pskov celebrate 12 June 2020 – National Russia Day amidst a global COVID-19 pandemic? Over social media? Yes. Over a video conferencing platform? Yes. By joining the official inauguration of the new Russia – UK Twin Cities Foundation? Yes, indeed.

TWIN CITIES THROUGH THE YEARS

In this two-part travelogue, exclusively written for the Friends of Pskov website, Daniil Schultz – a long-term friend of Perth and a resident of Pskov – takes us through Scotland in the early 1990s before welcoming us to his native Pskov during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of Spring 2020.

LOCKDOWN PERTH IN BLOOM

Perth under lockdown in full spring bloom? Just follow our founding Friends of Pskov member Sally Bonnar on her daily walks over at our Instagram. Was it just a year ago when Babs Pease – our artist-in-residence at Pskov Plein Air did our first Instagram Takeover! Intrigued?

DARIA ELKONINA'S AUTUMN

The latest in our Friends of Pskov RECOMMENDS (even under the pandemic lockdown) is the UK premiere of the short film Autumn by the Russian filmmaker Daria Elkonina as part of Alchemy Live – the tenth edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. Curated in Hawick, Scotland’s film town, the festival livestreams to the comfort of homes the world over. For free.

FALLEN FRUIT

Did you know that Bulgaria was so loyal to its Big Brother USSR that it used to be considered the 16th Soviet Republic. Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the collapse of Soviet communism in Bulgaria with the Bulgarian/Scottish visual artist and theatre maker Katherina Radeva at Threshold artspace, Perth Theatre.

PERTH PIANO SUNDAY

‘Queen Victoria at the piano’ is only one of the titles of Viktoria Postnikova. Learn about the memorable encouter of the Friends of Pskov on and off stage at Perth Concert Hall with this talented musician.

WORLD HERITAGE

17 unique buildings in Pskov were the latest cultural gems to join UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 2019.

INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

Our brand new Instagram account is now live! Barbara Pease – the recipient of the artist-in-residence travel bursary 2019 from the Friends of Pskov – will be taking over with news and stories from her experience of the 11th International Plein Air in Pskov and Izborsk from 18 until 29 June 2019. Remember to follow us and share widely!