Gracefield Arts Centre Exhibitions, Events and Workshops March - September 2019

Image: Siobhan Healy, Scientific Glass Apparatus GRACEFIELD ARTS CENTRE

28 Edinburgh Road, DG1 1JQ 01387 262084 [email protected] www.dumgal.gov.uk Explore art and craft at Gracefield Arts Centre Open throughout the year 23 March - 4 May Gallery 1 30 March - 11 May Gallery 2 in Dumfries. A packed programme of collection Tues to Sat 10am - 3.30pm Exhibitions: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm Camera Club Annual Exhibition Apothecary: Siobhan Healy and Alasdair Gray exhibitions and contemporary exhibitions Lunches 12noon - 3pm (including Café Gallery Exhibition 23 March-13 April) Apothecary features a series of handmade vessels and scientific glassware by featuring regional, national and international Craft Shop: Tues-Fri 10.30am-3.30pm, Glasgow-based artist Siobhan Healy containing traditional herbal medicines and artists and craft makers, along with art and Sat 10am-5pm Dumfries Camera Club was founded in 1947 and has continued to thrive from its Light lunches tonics. Shown at Gracefield Arts for the first time, selected glass exhibits have text craft workshops for adults, children and Café Hubbub: Tues-Sat 10am-3.30pm first meeting. It is recognised nationwide for the quality and variety of the images produced especially for the project by writer Alasdair Gray incorporated into the families, ensures a lively atmosphere. The Arts (hot food served 11am-3pm) Home baking produced by its members. This year’s show will be no exception with a stunning array work. Siobhan also worked closely with Auchencairn-based herbalist Alex Ross to Centre also has a craft shop, café and an active of images in b&w and colour. Admission Free Kids Menu develop the apothecary herb collection. This new exhibition will include some works print studio. The Camera Club gives a warm welcome to all levels of photographer, from beginner Speciality coffee and teas from Siobhan Healy’s previous body of work - Biodiversity 2018, which included Access: We are committed to making our to international award winner. Competitions are run throughout the year and Gracefield Arts Centre is home to a collection contributions from Alasdair Gray, also a selection of contextual historical works by programme and facilities accessible. For more Take-away service speakers, both national and local, visit the club to lecture and give presentations on of over 600 paintings and drawings by Scottish both artists. artists, most with links to Dumfries and information on physical access please call on various aspects of photography. You don’t even have to take photographs! Just come Siobhan Healy has received recognition for her work through prestigious awards; most Galloway. 01387 262084. along to an enthusiastic club, who enjoy seeing each other’s pictures from a wide mix of abilities and benefit from the fund of knowledge that is shared about all things recently in the worldwide tri-annual competition - ‘The International Glass Prize 2012’ - To preview the collection visit the web site Group visits: Schools, other groups and clubs are photographic. So if you are looking for inspiration, want to know which buttons to Public Prize. Healy specialises in glass commissions for public buildings and also sculptural www.exploreart.co.uk and you can make an welcome to visit Gracefield. Staff can offer informal press on your camera or just want to join a friendly progressive photographic club, artworks for museums and public spaces. She has also been recently commissioned by the appointment to view artworks in our store. guided tours if arranged in advance. Workshop space for school group art activities on request. why not come along to Gracefield on a Wednesday evening and give it a go. Dumfries Amazon series Outlander to produce specialist glassware for the programme. Room Hire: Meeting rooms and print studio Camera Club meets on Wednesday evenings from the end of August to the beginning Alasdair Gray is an award-winning Scottish writer and artist best known for his work This information is available in a large available for hire from £8.20 per hour. of May at Gracefield Studios. Visit www.dumfriescameraclub.co.uk Lanark: A Life in Four Books. By his own description: ‘Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, print format - call or email for details. Visit www.dumfriescameraclub.co.uk balding, increasingly old Glaswegian pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and Keep up-to-date with all events, designing books, most of them fiction’ (Canongate publishers). at Gracefield Arts Centre exhibitions and activities at 28 Edinburgh Rd, Dumfries DG1 1JQ Meet the artist: Saturday 2-4pm, 30 March. Siobhan will be in the gallery to Cover image: Siobhan Healy www.dgculture.co.uk Tel 01387 262084 discuss the work and new projects. a free event with refreshments served. 2 3 18 May - 22 June Gallery 2 Tom Lindsay: Friday 19 and Towards Saturday 20 April Freedom 10am - 2pm Tom Lindsay is an artist based in Dumfries and Join the Gracefield Kids Club this exhibition is the team on Good Friday and Easter first time his work has Saturday from 10am-2pm for featured in a major the annual Easter egg hunt, exhibition on home art and craft taster hands-on Gill Glover Alison McCartney ground. activities and quizzes. You can book an hour-long spot at the “The show is based on Pop-up exhibition: activity tables in advance by the last two year’s work Dumfries and Galloway College HND Exhibition calling 01387 262084 or just 11 May - 29 June Gallery 1 11 May - 29 June Gallery 1 and reflects my aim to push towards producing work which excites and satisfies me. What you see is a small part of my output, much of which is either destroyed or Saturday 25 - Monday 27 May 10am-5pm drop in and grab a seat. Room 1-3: Energise: A residency programme and Room 4-5 (upstairs) painted over. The paintings are about my love of paint and surface, and not illusion. Please join the students for their end of year show opening on • Easter egg hunt and quizzes exhibition exploring the history and legacy of the Galloway hydro- Andy Goldsworthy: Winter Harvest I work directly from stimuli in a variety of media. Passion and frustration with long Friday 24 May 5.30-7.30pm. run all day 10am ‘til 5pm. electric power scheme. Andy Goldsworthy OBE (b.1956) is based near Thornhill and is an periods of reflection contribute to work that can be complex or simple but never easy: You’ll find the group in room 2, off the main exhibition hall in Gallery 2. Featuring • Craft shop lucky dip Energise is a project run by Upland CIC which ran from October internationally renowned sculptor and photographer, best known freedom is an unachievable aim, but one worth striving towards.” artwork by Gill Glover, Alison McCartney, Crystal Rose McKain, Rhianna McCartney, and prize draw 2018 - April 2019 with the aim of giving artists the opportunity to for his site-specific work with natural materials such as ice, snow Tom graduated from in 1971 with a post diploma (highly Rosemary Nicholson and Heather Armstrong, the exhibition showcases work created research and creatively explore the subject of climate change in • Café Hubbub Easter Cake and stone. The Gracefield Permanent Collection has a selection of commended) and was awarded an Andrew Grant travelling scholarship to Italy(spring as part of their HND studies. relation to the unique landscape of Dumfries and Galloway. The Extravaganza - delicious early photographic works by Goldsworthy including Winter Harvest, 1972). He has exhibited with the Richard Demarco Gallery, the McLaurin, Ayr, the project connected artists with local communities, including young savoury and sweet treats which was created as a large scale book and is now framed for Society Scottish of Artists, Open Eye, Compass Gallery, Paisley institute, and most people and schools, in order to explore perceptions and responses from 10am-3.30pm gallery display. This series of photographs of ephemeral works is recently a one-person show at the Dundas Street gallery in Edinburgh in April 2017. to climate change with specific regard to renewable energy, in an shown alongside installation photographs of Gracefield’s three His teaching career takes in spells at the Douglas Ewart, Maxwellton High and imaginative and positive way. cones (also in the grounds), leaf works and artist’s sketchbooks. Lockerbie Academy where he ran a successful department for twenty years and was The residencies were undertaken by photographers Ted Leeming Goldsworthy’s new film ‘Leaning into the Wind’ was an examiner with the SED. and Morag Paterson and visual artist Jason Nelson, who was first show last year to two sold out screenings at the Robert The exhibition also features some work by Tom’s daughter, jeweller Sarah Lindsay. assisted by associate artist Catherine Major. The work exhibited Spring Fling Open Studios at Gracefield:Andrew Adair, Burns Film Theatre with a talk from the artist, but for those that Now based in London, Sarah graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2002 and at Gracefield Arts Centre is a culmination of the residencies, Ceramic, Gwen Adair, Painting (Gallery 2, room 3 off main exhibition hall). See the missed it, it will be screened again on Tuesday 14 May at 7.30pm. she has been developing her use of acrylic. Her innovative technique has allowed presenting new art work that reflects the research and engagement Spring Fling website www.spring-fling.co.uk or pick up a brochure for full details of £7/£5.30conc. Book online or call the RBC on 01387 264808 her to exhibit in shops and galleries throughout the UK, Europe, America and Japan, undertaken. all 96 open studios. including the V&A, Tate Modern and San-Francisco MOMA. Sarah’s design approach For more info visit: www.weareupland.com is to make simple pieces for everyday use and comfort and wearability are key to the Café Hubbub will also be open additional hours on design. Sunday and Monday 26/27 May. Bring the family for some free arty fun for all ages! 5 Sebastian Mary Tay, Time Passing #2, Photography Abigail McLellan

29 June - 24 August Gallery 2 29 June - 24 August Gallery 2 6 July - 3 August Gallery 1 Forthcoming Ladies First: 70 years of Women’s Art from the Gracefield Collection A Stitch in Time Dumfries and Galloway Fine Arts In September 2014 a hoard of tenth century Society 92nd Annual Exhibition 31 August - 2 November Gallery 1 and 2 This presentation, selected from the Gracefield As part of the exhibition, a Dumfries writers group lead Viking age treasure was discovered in Galloway. Dumfries and Galloway’s largest members based Utopia - What’s Yours? permanent collection, offers a significant moment to by Vivien Jones selected artworks from the show as This comprised over 100 objects - silver jewellery, art group presents a fascinating selection of its The idea of Utopia may be older than Thomas More’s recognise and celebrate a selection of some of Britain’s a starting point for stories and poetry and these are ingots, amulets of glass, Anglo Saxon disc participants’ work, which this year celebrates 92 years Wednesday 7 August - famous book, but what could actually be gained from most important women artists working from the displayed alongside the art. brooches, aestels (pointers), pins and beads. of their annual exhibition. From painting and drawing 1950s to the present day, such as: Dame Laura Knight, The Hoard has now been secured for the nation Saturday 24 August Gallery 1 the concept, or possibly lost. A personal utopia would Please join the members of the group and exhibition to craft and sculpture, there is always something to surely be as individual as each of us, and our own Joan Eardley, Elizabeth Blackadder, Barbara Rae and curator Dawn Henderby on Saturday 29th at 2pm for a and is held by the National Gallery of Scotland, catch the eye and as most are available to buy, it’s the Masters of Print: Wilhelmina Barns Graham. but will be displayed in Kirkcudbright in 2020. personal imagination. Is this the difficulty with any gallery talk and Qand A with refreshments. Free - pre- ideal exhibition to start or enhance your original art The British Photographic Alliance proposed Utopian society? The power of the individual Artists from Dumfries and Galloway are represented booking advised as space is limited, call 01387 262084 Embroiderers from Dumfries and District and all collection with prices to suit all pockets. over Scotland have created a textile hanging to of Great Britain 2019 would make the construct a contradiction. too with Chris Fergusson, Abigail McLellan and a to book. For details of membership and the busy programme celebrate this magnificent find and it has its local Presented by Dumfries Camera Club this selection of This idea is explored by members of the Society of memorial to Silvana McLean (1953-2018). Many During the School Summer holiday (Monday demonstrations and workshops given by professional debut here in Dumfries as part of the summer 59 framed photographic prints features portraiture, Scottish Artists (SSA) with a selection of contemporary national art collections hold only a tiny percentage of 1 July 2019 to Friday 16 August 2019) we have free artists, (hosted at Gracefield Arts Centre on Fridays) exhibition, presented in the corridor to the craft landscape and the genres from across the UK in colour work in painting, drawing, print and mixed media work by women, often as little as 5%. The Gracefield drop-in gallery quiz sheets and colouring and painting please visit the website at shop. and black and white. The Masters of Print Exhibition displayed across galleries 1 and 2. A complementary collection (which has artwork dating from the 1840s inspired by the exhibition - suitable for all ages. www.dumfriesandgallowayfineart is supported by multiple sponsors, including Canon, selection of work from the Gracefield Collection in on to present), is better placed with 21%, but more needs society.org.uk to be done to redress the balance and representation, Darwin Clayton, Epson, Fotospeed, Hahnemuhle, Paper display in the upper rooms in Gallery 1. and this show aims to highlight the unique talents of Spectrum, Permajet, Sony, Wilkinson Cameras, and by these ladies. the R.K.Burt Gallery.

6 7 Adult Café Gallery Programme Adult Workshops Workshops Tues 19 Mar - Sat 13 April Tues 6 August - Sat 7 Sept Dumfries Camera Club: linked to the main Margaret Bennett: The exhibition, this showcase from DCC gives a taster of flora of Colvend All our adult workshop are suitable the main show while you enjoy your coffee or lunch!. Although no longer painting, for beginners, even ‘masterclasses’ botanical artist Margaret Tues 16 April - Sat 18 May will be paced to accommodate worked exclusively in Nithsdale Amateur Artists watercolours from her home those who are trying something for The group meets at Gracefield to learn and practise on the Solway Coast. A self- their skills in watercolour acrylic and other media with the first time. taught amateur artist, working to exacting botanical diverse subject matters covered - but one shared goal standards, her subjects were the flowers, fruits and Saturday 13 April 10am - 3pm - to enjoy art. Please book in advance on plants of her garden and the surrounding countryside. Figurative Drawing and Expressive Mark-Making 30 March and 6 April 10am - 4pm each Saturday Curated by her son John, this exhibition covers works 01387 262084 or email with Katharine Wheeler Tues 20 May - Sat 22 June An Introduction to Collographic Printing Process Tom Lindsay Art Group: Tom Lindsay teaches an from throughout her long painting career. [email protected] and leave your Through a series of short poses we will be playing with fast mark-making and with Nolan Wall amateur art group here at Gracefield and this selection expressive drawing techniques using mediums that inspire flow and play; inks, water Tues 10 Sept - Sat 19 October name and number. We ask for a by his students covers all media. Collagraph is a method of printmaking that uses texture to create a wide variety of colour, charcoal, chunky graphite. Brenda Proctor Lives near 50% deposit to secure your place, tone and line on a plate. The process begins by making a textured plate from a thin A chance to really experiment and explore observational response. Quick sketching Tues 25 June - Sat 3 August Waterbeck and her work is if the workshop is cancelled due mount board base where a variety of materials are applied to create an intricately can be a challenging process but worth the energy and confidence in mark-making Elisa Lafuente Elisa is based in Kendal but grew up about how colours and forms textured printing plate. The plate is printed using an etching press and can be printed to lack of numbers all deposits are and observational technique it will bring to any level of practice. in Spain and started painting as a child. She studied are changed by reflection intaglio, relief or both. Over the two days, participants will learn a range of techniques at art school in Madrid, and has recently participated or time. She is intrigued by returned in full. Your deposit is non- for making collagraph plates as well as a variety of ways of printing using both Katharine is well known for her figurative work and landscape painting. Her Ovid’s Metamorphosis, as explorations of colour, shape and depth alongside fast sketching techniques and in exhibitions throughout Cumbria. “Landscapes refundable unless there is a waiting intaglio and relief processes. Day one will look at building up the print (allowing a of the Mind” is inspired by the scenery of Northern in her paintings of Daphne week’s drying time) and day 2 will look at printing and Transfer experimentation. exploration of mixed media lead the development of her practice. England, mixing and Echo, and by the beauty list name available to take your Nolan Wall is originally from Dumfries and Galloway and has worked in art colleges in Suitable for all levels, whether to try for the first time or follow your own practice Mediterranean of the covering over and assimilation by nature place and at least 48 hours notice England, returning only recently to a studio base in Thornhill. Nolan Graduated from Materials will be available to experiment with but please bring along a selection colours from her of rejected man-made objects. Her work grows by given. Grays School of Art specialising in Fine Art Printmaking and continues his own practice, of your own drawing/painting materials, a large pad of A2 paper (we will be going background and accretion in the same way. She often works in mixed using a wide variety of traditional and experimental printmaking approaches. through a lot) - no turpentine please as we will have the model in close proximity. (5 media, and/or in acrylic paint. Brenda has a Fine Art finding balance and Cost £90 full / £60 student. includes all materials and tea/coffee. hours with 40 minute lunch break) degree from Newcastle University and taught art and harmony within her Costs £35/£30conc. paintings. design in schools in Gateshead, Carlisle, Lockerbie and Places up to 10 places available suitable for age 16+ Dumfriesshire until her retirement. (5 pre-booked place for class to run) Places Up to 15 places (min 10 for workshop to run) Booking Please book by 25 March Booking Please book by 7 April 8 9 Saturday May 4 Saturday May 11 Saturday 18 May 10am - 4pm Saturday 8 June 11am - 4.30pm 10am - 4pm Introduction to Solar 10am - 3pm Macramé with Lucy Wayman Plate Etching with Pamela Grace Silver Clay Jewellery - Saturday 1 June This one day taster workshop introduces you to a range Life Painting and Portraiture Saturday 27 April This is an ideal workshop for total beginners or those Beginners and Refreshers 10am - 4pm of knots used in macramé. Using 100% cotton rope and a with Katharine Wheeler. 10am - 4pm who may have already done a workshop at Gracefield with Sybil Williamson selection of coloured twines you’ll create your own plant An Introduction to Lino Through a series of hour long poses we will be focusing on but need to refresh their training or explore their ideas This fascinating technique allows you to make a wide variety Spring Willow hanger as a way to explore how the rope can take a more Cut Printmaking observational painting, shape, light, colour and tonal variety. further. Pamela will help you explore the Solar Plate of jewellery, from pendants to earrings and bracelet charms. sculptural form in space. All materials are provided but with Thornhill-based artist Medium length poses will allow us time to practice capturing Workshop technique and provide an introduction to the Gracefield Silver clay was first invented in Japan in the nineties. A process if you have any treasured items at home, such as beads, Nolan Wall the human form but not get too drawn into detail, giving us the with Geoff Forrest Print Studio. With a detailed demonstration of the was developed for reclaiming particles of silver from medical gems, hoops and drift wood, bring them along and we’ll One-day introduction to linocut printing. opportunity to pull back and try to ‘see’ what the fundamental Now is the time of year to get your garden in order solar plate etching process followed by an intensive and dental equipment, and from equipment used in film and show you how to incorporate them in your design. During the day you’ll learn how to elements needed really are. ready for the summer and what better way to add a hands-on “print clinic” participants can develop their technology industries. These very tiny particles are suspended compose your image, cut the lino and Katharine is well known for her figurative work and landscape bit of practical beauty than with sculpted willow plant ideas, drawings and sketchbook images into finished Perfect for beginners, no previous experience required in an organic binder. This forms the clay. Once the piece is create a final print exploring the current painting. Her explorations of colour, shape and depth alongside supports. Geoff Forrest is back to lead his ever-popular prints. Materials and equipment will be provided. it’s a must for anyone interested in learning more about made it is fired in a kiln. During firing the binder and the exhibition for inspiration, or bring an fast sketching techniques and exploration of mixed media lead class in willow weaving and you will make plant Bring along sketchbooks, drawings or photographs as the art of macramé. moisture is burned off leaving a piece which is 99.9% pure idea from home. the development of her practice. supports, fun flowers and garden ornaments using pre- suitable creative raw material for this technique. One Lucy Wayman is a Welsh Artist, currently based in silver. This can be hallmarked as fine silver, 999, by an Assay soaked willow. solar plate per participant is included with course fee, Edinburgh, and graduated with a Sculpture Degree from Office. Silver clay is easy to work with, non-toxic and very Cost £50 / £35 student. Includes The class is designed for all levels, whether to try for the first additional can bought at usual print studio charges, inks, prep paper and one piece time or follow your own practice. Easels will be available but Cost £60 included - materials for 2/3 finished pieces Edinburgh College of Art in 2016. Her work currently versatile. A full day workshop allows participants to create and participants can also have one month’s free revolves around repetitive soft sculpture, where crafts their own piece of fine silver to take away with them. of lino to complete an artwork please bring along your own painting materials, water based and tea/coffee am/pm. (additional can be purchased membership of the print studio to come back in and such as macramé play a part in her production Sybil Williamson is a retired head teacher who has studied oils or gouache advised (water-based or solvent-free only SPECIAL OFFER! Buy one place and get top up their skills (to be used from date of workshop, from the Gracefield print studio please as we will have the model in close proximity) and a one half price. Encourage your friends or Cost £55 / £35 student includes materials for a Silver Clay intensively and set up her own studio in 2016. usually daily rates apply). on the day). Includes tea and packed lunch or you can purchase from the café if you wish. perhaps a parent or child to come along and finished plant hanger, and tea/coffee during the Cost £75. per person, include enough clay for a small coffee during the day Cost £48 / £30 student day. Cost £35/£30conc. Includes tea and coffee during the day. enjoy a creative experience together. project, tea and coffee during the day. Places Up to 8 places available, age Places Up to 12 suitable for age 14+. (6 minimum Places Up to 10 places (5 minimum for class to run) Places Up to 10 places (5 minimum for class to run) Places Up to a maximum of 8 places available (min 5 places 16+ (min. 5 for workshop to Places Up to 15 places available booking for class to run) Suitable for age 14+ Suitable for age 14+ for workshop to run). run). Suitable for age 16+. Booking please book by 21 April Booking Please book by 26 April Booking Please book by 25 April Booking Please book by 10 May. Booking Please book by 20 May. Booking Please book by 1 June

10 11 Saturday 13 July Saturday 20 July Saturday 15 June Thursday 27 - Sunday 30 June 10am - 4pm 10am - 4pm Saturday 24 August Saturday 29 June 10am - 4pm Young Adult Summer School A Painter’s Eye with Hazel Campbell Summer Holiday Silver Clay 10am - 3pm Daily 10am-2.30pm 10am - 4pm Silver Clay for Youngsters A practical watercolour and gouache painting workshop Jewellery Drawing from Life with Katharine (4pm finish on weekend if able/preferred). with Sybill Williamson for ages 10-16 years Drawing with Pen and Ink with Hazel Campbell, influenced by the women’s art with Sybil Williamson Wheeler Join contemporary artist Bea Last to explore art and design in a series with Pamela Grace exhibition. Tailored to suit a younger audience this Join us for a one-day class - suitable for all ages, abilities Inspired by the Womens’ art exhibition, Katharine will of workshops exploring drawing and mark making in its broadest workshop (see listing for the 18 May for This workshop will explore the potential of drawing in The workshop will begin with a half hour tour of some and genders. From pendants and pins to earrings and focus on expressive mark-making, shape and collage sense, including the use of sketchbooks. We will be experimenting details) encourages you to have a go at a inks. of the artist’s work, followed by a demonstration using bracelet charms, silver clay was first invented in Japan to experiment with ways to capture the human figure with different tools to further the creative process and different ways creative skill. In the last year, silver clay has There will be an orientation session introducing the undercoated boards and thicker gouache or acrylic paint. in the nineties. The clay is ‘ready to use’ and once in its simplicity. Using mixed media, inks, coloured of creating, including an introduction to collaborating, cyanotype become much more well known. It was wide range of ways in which artists have used drawing Some spare gouache, acrylic and watercolour paper will be created, is fired in a kiln. During firing the binder and paper and card working from a series of short poses. printmaking and collage. featured on Country File, BBC Four’s MAKE!, as the foundation of their work. This will include access provided, but participants should bring their own brushes, the moisture is burned off leaving a piece which is This workshop is for all levels, whether you are Craft Britain and Women’s Weekly magazine. Bea is a practising artist based in Dumfries & Galloway and also a to examples of work from the Gracefield permanent and either type of paint as preferred, and a watercolour 99.9% pure silver. This can be hallmarked as fine silver, trying drawing for the first time or to improve your Ed Sheeran’s girlfriend made him a ring from visiting tutor with of Art, delivering their Widening collection. sketchbook and/or paper. 999, by an Assay Office. Silver clay is easy to work with, own practice and offers the chance to experiment silver clay! Bring your imagination and some Participation for schools programme here at Gracefield over the Participants will be encouraged to try new ways of Hazel Campbell has lived and worked in Galloway for most of non-toxic and very versatile. A full day workshop allows in a relaxed and friendly environment. Easels will be patience and you’ll make a unique piece to last two years. This four day workshop especially designed for age looking and drawing and think about the wider role her adult life, and through attendance at painting classes with participants to create their own piece of fine silver to available, but please bring along your own drawing take home. 14-18 year olds, aims to develop confidence in young artists creative drawing can play in their artwork through guided Archie Sutter Watt over a number of years. She has a loose, take away with them. and painting materials - as we will have the model in Cost £35. per person. Includes enough clay skills to pursue other educational opportunities, or just enjoy the exercises considering a range of subject areas and bold approach, working mainly in oil and gouache, using local Sybil Williamson is a retired head teacher who has close proximity no turpentine please. for a small project, tea and coffee experience that visual art practice offers. approaches. Galloway countryside as a stimulus for her landscape painting. studied the Silver Clay intensively and set up her own Cost £35/£30conc. Includes tea and coffee during during the day. Cost £35 per person, paper and basic materials supplied tea and Cost £45 (£30 student). per person, Paper and basic Still life and flowers are also subjects and, like the landscapes, studio in 2016. the day. coffee during the day. Places Up to a maximum of 10 places materials supplied tea and coffee during the are being treated in an increasingly broad manner. Cost £75 per person, includes enough silver for a Places Up to 15 places available (suitable for age available (min 6 places for workshop Places Up to a maximum of 10 places available day. Cost £75 (student £45) small project, tea and coffee during the day. 16+, minimum) to run). (min 6 places for workshop to run). Places Up to a maximum of 10 places available (min 6 Places Up to 12 places available suitable for age 16+ (min Places Up to a maximum of 8 places available (min Places 10 advance booking required for workshop Booking Please book by 1 June. Booking Please book by 10 June. places for workshop to run). 6 required to run) 5 places for workshop to run). to run. Booking Please book by 1 June. Booking Please book by 1 July Booking Please book by July 10 Booking Please book by 15 August

12 13 Kids Workshops Saturday 16 March Spring Teen Jewellery (Age 9-14 only) 10am-12.30pm Saturday 23 March Theatre in a suitcase! Gracefield Room Hire Looking for a way to educate and entertain Saturday 30 March Colour Window Decoration away from devices? Saturday 30 March Making stained glass windows BTC Saturday 6 April Pirates Then try some art and craft fun here at Gracefield. For over Wednesday 10 April April Easter Decorations 20 years, our specialist team of professional artists and makers have been coming up with lots of different art skills Saturday 13 April How to make your own Easter piggy bank - from jewellery and textile, to painting and sculpture. It’s Free for Easter Weekend Friday 19 and Saturday 20 April 10am - 2pm a different adventure every week so your kids can pick and Easter ‘drop in’ arts, egg hunt and gallery quizzes for visitors choose what they like, come to one or two, or block book a Saturday 27 April Light boxes! whole term. There’s so much going on we can’t fit it into this Saturday 4 May Shell planting programme but there is a separate leaflet and you can also Saturday 4 May Tyre Tracks Art BTC Gracefield has a range of rooms available see all the details online at www.dgculture,co.uk Saturday 11 May Beautiful birds: owls, eagles, robins and peacocks for meetings, arts and crafts, Babies and Toddlers (18mths up to 5 years) Saturday 11 May Drawing and Etching (Age 9-14 only) 10am-12.30pm talks and get-togethers. One Saturday a month from 10am - 11.30am Saturday 18 May May Pop Up Paper Zoo. Cost: £3.50 (See website for dates). Saturday 18 May Under the sea clay characters BTC Catering can be arranged through Sorry no clubs join us at the Spring Fling Open Studios Weekend 25 - 27 May Café Hubbub for your day. Kids (Age 5-12 years) 10am - 12noon Saturday 1 June Under water shadow world! Every Saturday of term time and Wednesdays of school Saturday 8 June Bugs and beasties holidays. Booking starts at £8.20 per hour Saturday 15 June Art of Nature - Crystal Mobile Cost: £5.50 for one or 2 kids for £8. with free parking. Saturday 15 June Silver Clay for Youngsters (Age 9-16 only) 10am-5pm £35 New for 2019! Tween-agers! (Age 8-14 year) Saturday 15 June Block printing BTC PRINT STUDIO Once a month from 10am - 12.30pm. Saturday 22 June Free Final Fling! Gracefield also has a small printmakers workshop, with a large relief Cost: £6.00 (See website for dates). Summer Holidays press and etching press. Ideal for non-toxic printmaking techniques and traditional relief printing. You can become a member to receive a great A slighter longer more complicated session for the older age Wednesday 3 July Summer Holiday Jewellery daily or hourly rate, or book as a non-member to use the studio on an ad group. Stretch yourself…hang out with your peers. Wednesday 10 July Contemporary Painting and Drawing hoc basis. As the studio does not have a print technician, some previous Wednesday 17 July Collages - Explore the World of the Sea experience of printmaking is required to use the etching techniques, but you Wednesday 17 July Seaside Pictures BTC can also use the studio as a space to work. The studio should be booked Please note that older kids (age 14+ years) can also join Wednesday 24 July Look at Modern Painting by telephone and we never book more than 6 at any one time so there’s some adult workshops - see the programme above and if we Wednesday 31 July Robots Call Laura on 01387 262084 usually plenty of space. You will need to clear your space at the end of the have enough interest we can book a separate class with the Free for the August Holidays - Every Day! to check availability and rates, day as we don’t have storage facilities. tutor. ‘Drop in’ art materials and gallery quizzes for visitors or email us at [email protected] If you’d like to view the space or pick up membership information please give us a call on 01387 262084. For full details of activities please visit 14 www.dgculture.co.uk Gracefield Craft Shop A selection of hand-made crafts and cards - treat someone special or yourself! SAVE THE DATE 24 May - 2 June 2019 JOIN US Gift Vouchers Availabe For Scotland’s Keep up-to-date with all events, exhibitions and activities at largest rural www.dgculture.co.uk performing Sign up for reminders at www.dumgal.gov.uk/newsletters WWW.DGARTSFESTIVAL.ORG.UK arts festival Charity No SC000236