Nov 16, 2020
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...
Nov 9, 2020
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...
Nov 3, 2020
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 &...
Nov 2, 2020
Listen to the album here: https://bit.ly/3oz2V35 One of the country’s most enchanting folk bands is launching an album on 5 November taking listeners on a tour of literature – and some of America’s great independent book stores. The Bookshop Band – Live in...
Oct 19, 2020
A new General Manager, with a formidable record in heritage and hospitality, will take a leading role in developing Marchmont House as a home for artists, makers and creators. Anthony Hughes-Onslow was previously General Manager (GM) of the historic Chawton House,...
Oct 9, 2020
The open studios event may have had to shift online – but there is still a chance to see work by Spring Fling artists and makers in 14 window displays across Dumfries and Galloway. These include three Looking In exhibitions specially organised by Upland CIC, which...
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...
