You Can’t Stop the Beat | Musical Theatre Dance Workshop 25th March 2pm - 5pm Recommended 10 - 18 years £2 per child This fun, fast paced taster workshop draws inspiration and choreography from a popular West End musical - Hairspray! The workshop will begin with a warm up and stretching to enhance blood flow […]
Creative Development Workshops Smiddy, Balmaclellan 25th March 2pm - 5pm An inclusive, supportive setting for you to make art At each artist-led session you will learn a new creative skill. This might include things like experimental printmaking, alternative photography, found object sculpture or digital foraging. You can choose to explore these in depth or use […]
Part of our Open Hoose Programme and inspired by conservation initiatives across the country, a new group wants to question and explore what exactly a Conservation Trust for the River Nith might look like. This is the ideal opportunity for those passionate about protecting one of our most extraordinary natural assets to get together and […]
Young Writers’ Café Launch: ‘Mapping a Story’ Workshop CatStrand Cafe, New Galloway, DG7 3RN Wed 29th March 2023 6:00PM We are launching our monthly Young Writers' Café sessions with an exciting storytelling workshop led by award-winning theatre company, Banbury Banter. In this workshop, Alison will go over narrative techniques for building and developing a captivating […]
Join us for our newest community arts programme, Dumfries School of Samba which runs as monthly club over the next three months. We tested this workshop out in December 2022, and we are now open up to members who wish to subscribe for the next three months of the project. It is our intention to […]
Join us on the 30th March for a day of tree climbing, machinery and simulators, tree ID, forest technology and all things trees! This workshop is free, suitable for those with no experience, open to anyone. Sign up via our website using the link.
Join us on the 30th of March for a day of conservation activities relating to our courses available at SRUC Barony Campus, including; practical habitat management tasks, wildlife ID and explore animal adaptations. This workshop is free, suitable for those with no experience, open to anyone. Sign up via our website using the link.
Welcome to Closeburn Castle – a ghost hunter’s dream location! Dating back to the 14th century, the castle is one of the oldest continuously inhabited buildings in Scotland. Join Haunted Rooms at this magnificent castle for a night of ghost hunting you’ll not soon forget! This magnificent castle, dating back to the mid-13th century – […]
Chris Fung is a Professional Vocal Coach and Musical Theatre performer from Australia and holds 4 university degrees in Singing, Drama and Performance, and specialises in teaching singing to pre-professionals and true beginners. Credits include: The King and I (Ensemble and Understudy to the King) Opera Australia and the GFO, Carousel (Heavenly Friend) QCGU, Hair […]
Quirky Owls with Tweed With Magghi Mclean of Puffinpatchworks Saturday 15th April From 1pm until 4pm Quirky Owls with Tweed £40 per person This includes tuition and all materials plus refreshments. All you have to bring is a basic sewing kit and an open mind to try something new!
This free 90 minute masterclass is designed for anyone who is currently preparing for Drama School and who is expected to prepare song for audition. Chris Fung is a Professional Vocal Coach and Musical Theatre performer from Australia and holds 4 university degrees in Singing, Drama and Performance, and specialises in teaching singing to pre-professionals […]
Chris Fung is a Professional Vocal Coach and Musical Theatre performer from Australia and holds 4 university degrees in Singing, Drama and Performance, and specialises in teaching singing to pre-professionals and true beginners. Credits include: The King and I (Ensemble and Understudy to the King) Opera Australia and the GFO, Carousel (Heavenly Friend) QCGU, Hair […]
Join us for our newest community arts programme, Dumfries School of Samba which runs as monthly club over the next three months. We tested this workshop out in December 2022, and we are now open up to members who wish to subscribe for the next three months of the project. It is our intention to […]
The Workshop – Friday 28th April, 3:45pm Let's go on a journey together! An opportunity to build an ensemble and explore teamwork while creatively making a character. Get a free ticket to come and join Ruxy Cantir and Sarah Rose Graber in some exercises used when making Two in a Barrel and their other family […]
Learn to dance the Waltz, Quickstep, Tango and Foxtrot along with Latin American dances such as Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble & Jive. These sessions are with run by Maz Burgess and her partner John Johnston from Let’s Dance Cumbria. This is a free taster session for a regular workshop will be kicking […]
Line Dancing is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each other. These sessions are with run by Maz Burgess and her partner […]
*five spaces available* July 23rd 2023: plant cyanotypes/fused glass plant inclusions July 30th 2023: fused glass plant inclusions/plant cyanotypes August 6th 2023: fused glass ‘jewels’/plant cyanotypes Here at the lush height of the growing season, honoured by the year’s first harvest festival of Lammas, I’m offering three creative workshops: plant cyanotypes, fused glass plant inclusions […]
*five spaces available* July 23rd 2023: plant cyanotypes/fused glass plant inclusions July 30th 2023: fused glass plant inclusions/plant cyanotypes August 6th 2023: fused glass ‘jewels’/plant cyanotypes Here at the lush height of the growing season, honoured by the year’s first harvest festival of Lammas, I’m offering three creative workshops: plant cyanotypes, fused glass plant inclusions […]
*five spaces available* July 23rd 2023: plant cyanotypes/fused glass plant inclusions July 30th 2023: fused glass plant inclusions/plant cyanotypes August 6th 2023: fused glass ‘jewels’/plant cyanotypes Here at the lush height of the growing season, honoured by the year’s first harvest festival of Lammas, I’m offering three creative workshops: plant cyanotypes, fused glass plant inclusions […]
A guided educational mushroom foraging tour in some of Scotlands' best fungi habitat with Jesse Beaman. We'll be focusing on the main edible summer species and how they are safely identified and responsibly foraged with notes on cooking and preserving. Any other interesting mushrooms or edible plants certainly won't be passed by. We'll cover approximately […]