Dumfries & Galloway is looking to build on its links with Robert Burns to hugely expand cultural tourism in the post-Covid world. Burns-related tourism currently generates £21m a year for the region – a fraction of the estimated £121m it earns for neighbouring...
Five artists received some new year cheer when they were selected for free month-long residencies in newly-created studios at the magnificent Marchmont House. Marchmont teamed up with Borders Art Fair to offer the residencies as a way to encourage and support the...
Artists are being offered the residency opportunity of a lifetime – a week aboard a 50ft yacht exploring the remote and beautiful coasts and waters around Arran and the Firth of Clyde. Not only will they be able to set their own itinerary for their voyage...
An anthology of poems by a diverse range of modern Scots, including some from society’s most under-represented groups, is being launched this week. This Gift of Time comes from Open Book, a charity that runs shared reading groups and creative writing sessions for the...
A newly formed group promoting the work of some of the leading original printmakers from Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire is being launched with a Christmas exhibition in Dumfries. A wide range of work by over 20 members of South West Scotland...
Art lovers are being invited to join SPG Club – believed to be the world’s first subscription scheme bringing specially commissioned sculpture by leading artists into members’ own homes. Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) has designed the club to be exclusive but...
Bookshop Band fans have yet another treat to look forward to as Beth Porter, one half of the folk duo, releases a long-awaited new video and single. It follows hot on the heels of the release of The Bookshop Band – Live in American Bookshops, a limited edition...
A window exhibition is about to take place of colourful aprons and cushions created by Langholm schoolchildren to celebrate the town’s heritage as a centre for textiles. The display is the result of a project run by Upland CIC that saw Kirkcudbright-based...
Internationally renowned musician Simon Leach (pictured) has been appointed to one of Scotland’s most unusual positions – as House Organist for a magnificent Borders mansion. The role will see him bring the recently restored organ, in the Sir Robert Lorimer designed...
Exquisite hand-made work by over 50 established and emerging makers will be on show at Scotland’s annual Elements Festival of Jewellery, Silver and Gold. Organised as a partnership between The Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh and Lyon &...
