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Arts News The latest heritage news and views. Compiled by Simon TaitChurches Conservation Trust among the 2016 Hudson’s winnersThe Churches Conservation Trust has won a Judges’ Special Award in the 2016 Hudson’s Heritage Awards for its work in saving and restoring redundant parish churches and returning them to community use. It was one of the winners in the annual awards, sponsored by Hudson’s Historic Houses and Gardens since 2011. “From great food to original loos, visitors to today’s heritage sites can expect more than just history and beauty on a day out, though there is always plenty of both,” said the magazine’s Publisher, Sarah Greenwood.Among the other award winners were: Best Family Day Out, Newby Hall; Best Eating Out, Waddesdon Manor; Best Shopping, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck; Best Accommodation, Frampton Court, Gloucester; Best Loos, Lowther Castle; Best Hidden Gem, Painshill Gardens Crystal Grotto, Surrey; Best Picnic Spot, Clearburn Picnic Area, New Lanark.Below: The Crystal Grotto at Painshill in SurreySecrets of Viking treasure revealed on FacebookViking treasure, found in a Galloway fi eld 1,000 years after it was buried there, is being revealed for the fi rst time via a Facebook site. The cache, found in a Carolingian vessel, was part of a wider hoard of around 100 items, including silver ingots, armrings, an elaborate cross and an ornate gold pin shaped like a bird. It is the most important archaeological discovery in Scotland for a century. The objects come from across Europe and from other cultures with non-Viking origins.The hoard, which has not been on public display, was found by metal detectorists in September 2014 and is being conserved in a project partnership of Historic Environment Scotland, the Treasure Trove Unit and the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer. More images at www.facebook.com/hashtag/vikinghoard.Above: The vessel from the hoardLast year of Art in ActionBernard Saunders, who founded the Art in Action festival in 1977, has died aged 81 – in the fi nal year of Art in Action. Saunders became Steward of Waterperry House in 1971 with the task of restoring the house and gardens. “It was a case of three reasons coming together in a fl ash,” he explained of Art in Action in 1992. “The fi rst was that, as one who had worked with artists all my life, I knew just how diffi cult it was for artists to reach the right public for their work. The second reason was that I was looking after a country house with a lovely sweep of grounds, fl owers and grass, which did not get the full public use they deserved. The third reason was that I had attended a craft demonstration at a famous London museum, at which the people beyond the front rows could not see the demonstration.” Read more on page 34.Above: Sculptor Nathan David demonstrates in 1979Animated Vincent is one of a kindAn animated biopic of Vincent Van Gogh is being created using a series of paintings on canvas, the fi rst fi lm of its kind. In Loving Vincent, being made by two British studios, BreakThru Films and Trademark Films, every frame is an oil painting by a professional artist and uses more than 120 of Van Gogh’s own works. The plot, drawn from the 800 letters written by the painter himself, introduces us to the signifi cant people and events in the time leading up to his unexpected death. Some 60 artists have been employed to make 56,800 frames over two years, and the fi nished fi lm, directed by Dorota Kobiela, is due to be released later in 2016 to mark the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s death.10 NADFAS REVIEW / SUMMER 2016 www.nadfas.org.ukARTS NEWS