Category: News
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Creative Mornings Sanquhar Knitting Demonstration
Creative Mornings – Sanquhar hand-knitting demonstration at A’ the Airts
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Alycia Pirmohamed in Conversation
Alycia Pirmohamed – ‘Shorelines: Memory, Migration and the Selves We Become’
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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 team. This is a seasonal workshop at Old Mills Arts at Mabie Steadings. Make…
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Talk: Royal Photographic Society
RPS Historical Group Talk on Dr Werner Kissling with Judith Hewitt.
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The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide
Download your copy or request a printed copy The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide is a practical resource for the increasing number of artists, makers, writers and other creatives working freelance in Scotland today, now updated for 2026/27. This essential resource has been created to fill an information gap for creative freelancers to understand their rights and best practices in…
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Shuttle Stories: Travel to Wigtown Book Festival with 10% off
Heading to Wigtown Book Festival this year? A new Shuttle Stories initiative is making it easier, and a little more entertaining, to travel to the festival from across Dumfries & Galloway. Wigtown Book Festival is running 13 special shuttle bus journeys to and from Wigtown, connecting Lockerbie, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart and Stranraer with…
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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 £4,560,000 to help local people benefit from new energy infrastructure. It’s available to help with…
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VACMA Scotland: Grants for Artists & Makers Across Scotland
Bursaries of £500 and £1000 now available • Autumn deadline: 5pm, 20 October 2026 • Winter deadline: 5pm, 2 February 2027 Visual artists and craft makers across Scotland are invited to apply for grants of up to £1000 to support their creative practice, develop new skills and take the next step in their professional journey.…
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Popular Vote Winner Announced for Summer Exhibition
Dumfries and Galloway Fine Arts Society’s 99th Annual Exhibition concluded last weekend (15th August) at Gracefield Arts Centre with the announcement of the winner of the Visitors’ Award for most popular work. Gary Craig won the vote with his oil painting On an Afternoon. This popular recognition goes hand in hand with Gary’s professional standing.…