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And so the dust settles on Spring Fling Open Studios for another year. What a fantastic weekend...three days of glorious sunshine, friendly faces and great conversations about art (and much more besides). There were some wonderfully serendipitous moments, chance encountors and discovered connections. I never fail to be astonished and enchanted every time 'six degrees of separation' is proven once again. We are all connected, whether it's through another person, a place or a

I am delighted to say I have been accepted as a member of EDGE TEXTILE ARTISTS SCOTLAND. EDGE is the leading textile art group in Scotland , and it's aim is to ' promote excellence in all aspects of contemporary textile art'. There are some fantastic artists in this group, whose work I really admire, so I was very pleased in January to have been selected for the Portfollio Submission part of their application process. On the alloted wet and windy day in February we drove up

I had such a good time last year, I'm doing it again! Spring Fling is Scotland's premier Art and Craft Open Studios event and the standard of work is incredible. I'm so happy to have been selected as a participant for my second year. Last May I had a blast welcoming visitors to my house and studio...it's exhausting, but really good fun. This is an excerpt from my application form for 2026 - 'Last year was my first experience as a participating artist in Spring Fling and I lov

Returning is an exhibition of work by two artists resident in Dumfries & Galloway who each draw inspiration from the landscape and local natural environment, including the migratory birds who return every winter. Louisa Ruthven and Rosie Dobson, friends and near neighbours in Bladnoch Galloway, have worked in collaboration for this exhibition, responding to the habitat and particular geography of Caerlaverock and the Solway Coast. **PLEASE NOTE - NEW OPENING INFORMATION Due t