Welcome to DG unlimited
We are the Dumfries and Galloway Chamber of the Arts, a membership organisation working to showcase, support, and champion the people who make the Dumfries and Galloway creative and cultural sector. We work with our partners across the South of Scotland to advocate for the vital contribution creative practitioners and organisations make to our communities.Whether you’re a new face or an old friend, you’re in the right place to find out more about the work we do with and for Dumfries and Galloway’s creative and cultural community.
DG Unlimited Members enjoy a range of services and support including workshops and training, toolkits, financial guidance, and funding and commission opportunities. Join Us!
Whether you’re a mentor or a mentee, emerging or established – We’re proud to offer resources and avenues for creative professional development, advocacy, connection, and opportunities for all Dumfries and Galloway creatives. Interested? Learn more here.
NEWSFLASH
FOCUS 14 is here! Open the pages below.
Focus magazine
FOCUS Issue 14
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Welcome to the 14th edition of FOCUS!
We have enjoyed an amazing summer of art, music, and fantastic people letting their creativity shine, so we decided to make this issue all about what our team and members have created and experienced this summer. We FOCUS on the beautiful work of the fabulous Ailsa Mackay, our Chair and an accomplished artist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Artists. We showcase the outstanding work of TOW MURA, Fox and Hound, and we share what we have bee out and about enjoying within the cultural scene this summer including the D&G Arts Festival and Eden Festival, A Dog’s Life, The Ground Truth, A Listening Ear.
This autumn’s featured Hot Tickets are for Wigtown Book Festival and Jupiter+ in Dumfries. But that is not all, follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn to get the latest news on events and opportunities. You can also sign up for our newsletter.
Alongside these, we continue to share recommendations from the team, with our regular columns Watch with Ellie, Cerys Live Gems and Mr D’s Listen Inn. In my Bookshelf this edition, I share the books I am reading in preparation for this years Book Festival. I hope you will be able to read along and to join me as I have conversations with these brilliant authors.
We also welcome Rebecca Giblin who joins our team to work on our Creative North Star project. Please keep an eye on our socials for news of our upcoming events and some more new projects. And, for the observant amongst you, you may have noticed that we are finally on LinkedIn. Please do follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn if you are on there and join the conversations.
Tabi xx
Creative Mornings: Old Mill Arts
Medieval Spiced Ink and Quill Making Workshop 10.30-12.00 Wednesday 4 November 2026 DG Unlimited’s Creative Mornings are a time for members to get together for a relaxed morning of connection, conversation and creative exchange with members of the DG Unlimited […]
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Alycia Pirmohamed in Conversation
Alycia Pirmohamed – ‘Shorelines: Memory, Migration and the Selves We Become’
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Talk: Royal Photographic Society
RPS Historical Group Talk on Dr Werner Kissling with Judith Hewitt.
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Talent Pool
Join our talent pool of creatives in this region who are available for commissions and work in Dumfries and Galloway and beyond!
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Digital Inclusion Charter
DG Unlimited is proud to be an accredited signatory of the Digital Inclusion Charter for Scotland…
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LEADERS UNLIMITED 2026 Recap
From 20th – 23rd April 2026, twelve creative leaders of the region took over Cample Line in Thornhill for a 4-day creative leadership course proudly supported by Creative Scotland. The cohort of 12 were taken on a thought provoking and […]
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VACMA Funding 2026/27
VACMA Funding 2024/ 2025
Support available for artists and craft makers in Dumfries & Galloway and The Scottish Borders through VACMA Scotland funding
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SP Energy Networks: Community Benefit Fund
Your project. Your community. Your fund. Tell us what matters most in Carsphairn. SP. Energy Networks operates your electricity transmission network. We are building a new project in your area: LORG. We have set up a Community Benefit Fund worth […]
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Competitions, Awards and Submissions
We love sharing creative opportunities with you! Make sure to check out our page that’s full of competitions, awards and sumbissions for you to apply to!
bringing voices together
DG Unlimited seeks to bring fresh voices into the fold wherever we can. As a result, each of our Trustees champions a particular facet of Dumfries and Galloway’s creative and cultural community.
Whether supporting neurodiverse artists; fighting for accessibility; amplifying artists from marginalised backgrounds; or supporting emerging artists of all ages, our wonderful Trustees and Members choose what they are most passionate about to focus on. All out work is led by the Trustees, team, and our growing membership. It is this collective inspiration that inspires and fuels us.
Could be our next fresh voice? Do you have a hunger to shape Dumfries and Galloway’s creative sector for the better? Do you have an idea to share? Consider joining us as a member.
Gavin Wallace Fellowship
We are thrilled to announce that DG Unlimited is hosting the 2026 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship—the first time this prestigious literary residency will take place in the South of Scotland. This year-long opportunity offers one Scotland-based, established writer the rare chance to develop new work in a supported, creatively rich environment, guided by the theme UNFOLDING Scotland.
The Fellowship invites writers working in fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, spoken word, experimental writing, and graphic fiction to apply for a residency beginning in March 2026. The chosen Fellow will receive a stipend, alongside structured support, time in Dumfries and Galloway, and meaningful engagement with our region’s diverse creative community.
Our aim is simple: to offer a year defined by creative freedom, connection, and a deep sense of belonging. We want the Fellow to feel empowered to write, reflect, explore, and imagine—while becoming part of Scotland’s evolving cultural story.
Our Gavin Wallace Fellow is Alycia Pirmohamed.
MEMBERSHIP
Join us to be a part of our future! Your membership gives you access to essential resources for all creatives living and working in Dumfries and Galloway:
- Professional development workshops
- Financial guidance
- Advocacy
- Funding opportunities
- Access to Toolkits
- Training
- Mentor access
- Access to partners
- Network events