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Jo Northedge

Jo Northedge (she/her)Communities Producer Jo is SSW’s Communities Producer who works collaboratively within Lumsden and surrounding areas to manage our Community Making Space Programme. Jo is driven by the power of making and how creativity can bring people together, strengthen communities, and inspire change. She brings experience in community and youth engagement, a strong commitment to inclusive and collaborative practice, and a belief that art has the potential to connect us to one another and to the places we stay within.  […]

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Uncategorised 2:06 pm , October 31, 2025 Comments Off on Jo Northedge

Clay Socials – Spring 2025

Our monthly Clay Socials are a chance for Lumsden residents to get together and learn or improve their clay skills. These relaxed creative sessions will start with an introduction to some basic clay techniques and offer plenty of time to work on their own creations. Snacks and refreshments provided all materials, consumables and firing are free. Clay Socials are only open to people living in Lumsden, Honeybarrel, Mossat and Kildrummy. Next Clay Social dates: 25 April – Sports day themed […]

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Uncategorised 4:54 pm , October 17, 2025 Comments Off on Clay Socials – Spring 2025
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The Mid Week Make – Autumn 2025

Join us every Wednesday evening from 6-8pm for The Mid Week Make — a new series of free creative sessions where we come together to explore materials, learn new skills, and connect with one another. Each week focuses on a different process or technique, led by artists, local makers and the SSW team. No experience is needed, and all materials, tools, snacks and refreshments are provided. These sessions are open to all — children and young people are welcome but […]

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Community Making Space 4:51 pm , October 17, 2025 Comments Off on The Mid Week Make – Autumn 2025
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Thursday Club – Autumn 2025

Come to SSW every Thursday from 11am–1pm for our Thursday Club — a relaxed space to explore materials, share skills, and enjoy making together. These weekly sessions invite you to try out different processes, learn from one another, and connect with local knowledge about the land and the materials around us. Together, we’ll learn and make things inspired by the changing seasons. Between October and December  we will develop the SSW Materials Garden and work with a range of locally […]

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Community Making Space 4:42 pm , October 17, 2025 Comments Off on Thursday Club – Autumn 2025
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Lumsden Halloween Party 2025

Saturday 1 November 20256-8pm Free  Join us for a night to remember – jam packed with ghoulish games, petrifying prizes and monstrous music in the Lumsden Village Hall. Come along in your creepy costumes and show off your ghastly grooves and frightful footwork on the dance floor. Also check out the hand-made decorations and artworks made by young artists created during the SSW Kids October Holiday Club.  Prizes for: best carved pumpkin or neep, costumes and more…Tasty treats, scary snacks and […]

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Community Making Space 3:28 pm , October 9, 2025 Comments Off on Lumsden Halloween Party 2025
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October Kids Holiday Club 2025

Wednesday 22 October – Friday 24 October 202510am – 1.30pm Free Booking Essential Come and have a fang-tastic time in the Community Making Space at SSW preparing for Halloween. Join us to design and make costumes, props and creepy critters. Working together, supported by artists, we will be using a range of fun and messy materials to decorate Lumsden Village Hall for the annual Halloween Party.  Anyone who is aged between 7-14 is welcome to attend these free sessions. Snacks and lunch […]

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Community Making Space 4:44 pm , October 8, 2025 Comments Off on October Kids Holiday Club 2025

Recent SSW Courses: In Pictures

Our 2025/26 courses programme kicked off in July with our week-long Glaze Intensive, followed by the first of our Long Weekend courses Introduction to Stone Carving and brand new Woodfiring Intensive both taking place this September.  During the day, participants were able to get to grips with new materials and processes in the SSW workshops and yard, with comprehensive technical support from our experienced and knowledgeable team. Following learning and experimentation in our workshop spaces, in the evenings, there was […]

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SSW Bothy Renovation Completed: In Pictures

We are excited to finally share with you images of our newly renovated bothy and landscaped areas at SSW.We completed the bothy in March 2025 and it has since been well used by artists and our local community. The bothy is the social heart of the SSW site, a space where resident artists cook, relax and generally hang out when not in the workshops. It also hosts community workshops and events outwith residencies and provides an inviting and comfortable space […]

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News 6:02 pm , September 30, 2025 Comments Off on SSW Bothy Renovation Completed: In Pictures
Caregivers Residency artist Morven Mulgrew, image credit: SSW

Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency

The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency is 5!  2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. To celebrate this important milestone, and with the generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland, this year we are offering 5 fully funded residencies. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency offers: This residency recognises that the care of others is central to the collective survival […]

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News 5:33 pm , September 11, 2025 Comments Off on Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
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Spring Community Making Space Programme: In Pictures

What a Spring and Summer we have had in Lumsden! Blue skies, long days, short nights and much outdoor fun. We kicked off our Spring Community Making Space programme with a wide range of Thursday Making Sessions. Through these we developed our Materials Garden – building up the nitrogen in the soil (with thanks to the local horses), clearing scrub areas of the site, deciding what to grow and germinating seeds. We also learnt from artist Claire Rayner how to […]

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News 4:58 pm , August 7, 2025 Comments Off on Spring Community Making Space Programme: In Pictures