Oct 7, 2020
Many Spring Fling artists and makers take inspiration from nature – but for Sue Thomas and Jennie Ashmore the plants, flowers and seeds they gathered in the Scottish countryside have become the art. And Sue, from near Dalbeattie, has used her art to put climate change...
Oct 5, 2020
For the first time the results of Scotland’s international poetry prize – which celebrates the country’s three indigenous languages – will be revealed live to a worldwide audience. The ceremony, on 4 October at 7.30pm, will be the finale for the Wigtown Book Festival,...
Oct 5, 2020
Over 80 artists and makers across Dumfries & Galloway have thrown open their digital doors for an online, autumn edition of Spring Fling Open Studios. They include 15 new participants such as the potter Joshua Williams who returned to Galloway with his wife and...
Oct 1, 2020
Three leading arts organisations have welcomed Dumfries and Galloway Council’s ongoing commitment to support major events and festivals. Spring Fling Open Studios, run by Upland CIC, and the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, are two of the region’s Signature...
Oct 1, 2020
This weekend a series of Wigtown Book Festival films and online events will celebrate the Solway and its saltmarshes as wonderful places for wild birds, animals and swimmers. The festival has been exploring the human and natural history of the area as part of...
Sep 30, 2020
Few of those present when a tall, young widow stepped ashore at Leith in August 1561 could know that she would make more of a mark on history than any other Scottish woman before or since. The story of Mary Queen of Scots, her brief, turbulent reign and eventual...
