Bill Austin
Trustee
Bill, a retired chartered accountant, has been attending workshops and other events at MAC for the last eleven years. He has been a director and trustee since 2013 and spent five years as chair.
Bruce Campbell
Trustee
Bruce is an Artist, passionate about creativity. He paints and draws, photographs, makes pottery, designs and builds “green” wood furniture and loves learning to play the piano which he started from scratch at 65. The well being of the Moray Art Centre is for him an essential element of the thriving Findhorn EcoVillage in which he lives. He is committed to all people living creative and fulfilling lives: People are lit up!
Harry Ross
Trustee
I’m a teaching artist, producer, and opera librettist. I’m currently undertaking Artistic Research into the Hagiography of the Scottish Highland Warrior, at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. I also work for The British Army in Scotland to program and produce theatre and art that examines the diversity, inclusivity, utility, and resilience of the Armed Forces in society.
Trevor Parker
Trustee
I have been part of Moray Art Centre since its early conception, either exhibiting work or as one of its original trustees. After spending 6 years in New Zealand I have recently returned to Moray and became aware that MAC was starting a new chapter in its life. I felt that I wanted to be part of that energy and give something back. I consider myself fortunate to be working alongside talented and passionate colleagues and hope that my experiences as a practising artist will help MAC to bring exciting creative projects to the wider community.
Kenneth Le Riche
Art Tutor
Our prize-winning artist, Kenneth, describes himself as a late bloomer. Having first earned himself a degree in engineering (1986), he worked in a variety of different jobs in different countries. He only started painting in earnest in his late 20’s and didn’t go to art school until he turned 30, when he attended the Foundation Course at Leith School of Art (1994). This paved his way to study at Edinburgh College of Art where he received a BA Hons. (1998) and where he won an Andrew Grant Scholarship. He was also awarded an MFA with distinction from New York Academy of Art.
Celia Forestal Smith
Art Tutor
My four most favourite passions are Art, Teaching Art, Music and Healing. The thing that makes me feel the most ‘alive’ is drawing and painting in Nature and being immersed in ‘the Elements’. I’m very lucky to have met my mountaineer husband Al Smith in the French Alps while touring with my band “The Cosmic Sausages’. I used to tour with the band every year around Europe, singing and playing my piano accordion.
