DG Unlimited and Dumfries and Galloway Council have been working in collaboration with Greenspace Scotland and Commissioned Artists t s Beall and Katie Anderson to deliver Dumfries and Galloway’s contribution to Remembering Together, a national project that seeks to give each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities the chance to reflect their unique experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past two years, the artists have been working with communities across the region to collaboratively design a Dispersed Memorial Forest which is now being planted across five sites in Castle Douglas, Dumfries, Moffat, Sanquhar, and Stranraer. Work on D&G’s community Covid memorial, The Dispersed Memorial Forest has begun – with 2 planting days having already taken place in Dumfries at The Crichton Estate and the NHS’s Mountainhall Treatment Centre. Now, work continues to plant over 400 trees across the region, with future planting dates just around the corner. Artists t s Beall and Katie Anderson explain: “It’s been amazing to see the first trees planted, and to meet those who came along to share their stories at the Dumfries planting days. We’re looking forward to the next tree-planting events in Moffat, Sanquhar, Stranraer, and Castle Douglas, and we want to invite members of the public to come along – either to watch, or to get involved and plant a tree!” Details on future tree-planting dates below, All 11am start: Wed 27th March – Moffat, Community Nature Reserve Sat 6th April – Sanquhar, Bells Crescent Park Tues 9th April – Stranraer, Galloway Community Hospital Thurs 11th April – Castle Douglas – Threave Nature Reserve Members of the public are warmly invited to attend these events. For those coming to watch the tree-planting activities and learn more about the project, there is no need to book a place in advance. However, those interested in helping to plant trees are kindly asked to either email in advance rememberingtogetherdg@gmail.com or register by filling in an online form available at Linktr.ee/rememberingtogetherdg. Click the button below to view more
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One of our fantastic Emergents Award winners, Hollie, now has an exhibition running at A' The Airts this October.
Hollie is a young photographer from Sanquhar. Part of the Sanquhar Camera Club and has been mentored by Saskia Coulson and Colin Tennant of CT Productions. Visit A' the Airts this October to see it! Congratulations Hollie! 👏 The Autumn edition of our online magazine ‘Focus’ is out now! Focus digital magazine is a showcase and creative celebration of Dumfries and Galloway’s creative and cultural sector. This issue features a whole host of creatives from around the region, working in different areas, mediums, and practices. It’s been a joy to spend time speaking to these wonderful creatives, to visit their places of work, and to see the fruits of their labour. It aims to help Dumfries and Galloway’s creative practitioners and arts organisations to be more visible across the region, Scotland and beyond. It will help shine a light on our region’s creative excellence and how our creative community makes an important contribution to the economy, health and wellbeing of our region. Get in touch with us at comms.dgu@gmail.com if you have an idea for an article, images, review or highlights to share in the next edition. View here Our Fair Work Fair Pay and Fair to the Planet event took place last week in Crichton Central and was a great success. The event was attended by a range of practitioners and freelancers from the creative and cultural sector in D&G. It was an inspiring day with our wonderful guest speakers, workshop activities, and all taking the opportunity to network and creatively work with other creatives. Feedback from participants has been positive with the call for more events of this type in the future from DG Unlimited. Personal and professional development of creatives is important to so many in our sector. This was a free event thanks to funding from Creative Scotland and DG Council. The themes of the day were: Fair Work – How can we ensure freelance creatives are treated fairly and correctly? How can we help to improve working conditions for creative freelancers? Fair Pay – How do we address issues and ensure fair pay for creative commissions in D&G? Fair to the Planet – Including an immersive hands-on workshop designing and creating a prototype using circular principles and start to consider how sustainable approaches might be used in your own practice or organisation. Huge thanks to our guest speakers - Mary Michael, Ostrero - Working to grow the circular economy in Scotland. Ostrero Co-founder and Director, former Trustee of Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland and Director of The Incorporation of Goldsmiths. Heather Parry – Fiction Writer, editor and Scottish Senior Policy & Liaison Manager for the Society of Authors, and author of the Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide Tamara Rogovic – Visual Artist and Vice President/voluntary Member of Executive, Scottish Artists Union. |