Historical record of Glenrothes artwork donated to heritage centre

The collection, which belongs to former Glenrothes town artist Malcolm Robertson, contains a near perfect record of his work over a 15 year period in the town, as well as many other fascinating items relating to the town’s burgeoning collection of public sculpture, and is to be donated to the town’s Heritage Centre for prosperity.

Mr Robertson made the surprise donation after giving a presentation at the centre last week.

“The slides and photographs present a historical record of what we were creating at the time as well as some of the creative aspects of what my predecessor David Harding was doing,” Mr Robertson said.

“I just feel now is the right time to pass them over to the Heritage Centre staff as they will make better use of them than them languishing in my storage.”

The donation has been welcomed by Linda Ballingall, Heritage Centre chairman, who said the collection presented a unique and invaluable record of Mr Robertson’s time in Glenrothes.

“We are very grateful to be entrusted with what is a fascinating cultural record of public art in Glenrothes.

“Malcolm created some of the most iconic and much loved sculptures in the town so to be entrusted with it and to be able to preserve it for future generations is very exciting indeed.”