Space journalist Leo Enright will transform himself into the first seanchai of Mars to tell tales of humanity’s history on the Red Planet. His event at Wigtown’s fourth annual Big Bang dark skies festival will see him adopt the guise of a traditional Irish storyteller...
Applications are being invited from artists and makers to take part in Perthshire Open Studios (POS) 2020. The organisers say it’s important to sign up early as a maximum of 140 studios are able to take part. This year’s event will take place across beautiful...
Space journalist Leo Enright will transform himself into the first seanchai of Mars to tell tales of humanity’s history on the Red Planet. His event at Wigtown’s fourth annual Big Bang dark skies festival will see him adopt the guise of a traditional Irish storyteller...
Mural paintings of the Four Seasons will be unveiled in the Cupola Hall of one of Scotland’s most beautiful stately homes during an event to celebrate and promote women artists. Artist and art historian Julia Alexandra Mee has spent over two years planning and...
The annual £1,500 international Wigtown Poetry Prize – which celebrates Scotland’s three indigenous languages – is now open for entries. As Scotland’s international poetry prize it promotes and nurtures work in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic, attracting entries...
A total of 87 artists and makers, including more than a dozen new participants, have been selected to take part in Spring Fling 2020 – Scotland’s premier open studio weekend. Studios across Dumfries and Galloway will throw their doors open to the public for the Bank...
The Wigtown Book Festival generated £4.3 million for the Scottish economy last year – up from £2.3 million since 2013. The new economic impact study, by Bellerby Economics, also underlined the annual festival’s importance in supporting jobs and attracting visitors to...
The Cape of Clouds – covered with embroidered messages from women around the world – will be at the heart of a special event celebrating Arts and Crafts textiles from 1850 to the present. Arts & Crafts Textiles Celebration – nature, beauty and community...
Scotland’s arts community is to receive a significant boost in 2020 as Wasps opens its 20th building – with a second multi-million pound project underway in Inverness. Around two dozen diverse artists and makers (from jewellery makers, painters, photographers and...
The coming year will see a series of initiatives at Marchmont House aimed at nurturing a 21st-century Arts and Crafts Movement; with an appeal to appreciate the hand crafted and the creative spirit. The old stable block at the spectacular Borders mansion is being...
