We’re launching our October programme in the Community Making Space, continuing the summer season with the next Clay Social and our Kids Holiday Clubs, including the very popular Stone Club for teenagers, with local carver Lewis Morrison. Finishing up with the Lumsden Halloween Party taking place at the Lumsden Village Hall! How to take part Check out the full programme with the menu on the right and sign up for your free sessions online by emailing communities@ssw.org.uk with the following […]
Building the Clay Commons, photo by Felicity CrawshawMore tickets for terms 2 and 3 will be released on Wednesday 31st October. Check out the booking details below. We are excited to launch Building The Clay Commons Night Class (online) – a new co-learning, online space set up for people interested in exploring ways to develop different, more emancipatory systems of working within and with the clay studio. The night classes are facilitated by artist and researcher Eva Masterman and features artists, organisers and academics Joon-Lynn Goh, the […]
From 2020-2024 SSW commissioned and worked with MyVillages through their Rural School of Economics (RSoE) programme to develop our Community Making Space programme alongside the wider SSW team and local community. Below is a blog post by Kathrin Böhm of Myvillages sharing her experiences, insights and process on developing this important new area of SSW. Words by Kathrin Böhm.Photos by Felicity Crawshaw and Myvillages. The Community Making Space in the making – via lumbung.A Rural School of Economics and Scottish Sculpture […]
Holiday Art Club, photo by Sam TrotmanThe deadline for applications has now passed, we aim to notify all applications by Friday 20 September to let them know if they will be asked to attend an interview. Job Title: Community Arts OrganiserHours: 0.6 (3 days per week – 22.5 hrs per week) this may include working weekends and evenings as required to meet the needs of the programme.Salary: £28,000 (pro rata) + 5% employers pension contributionContract: Fixed Term – October 2024 – March 2025 (with the possibility […]
This July our Summer Holiday Art Club was led by artist Dunya Kalantery, who over 5 days worked with young people to explore clay making processes and themes of destruction, creation and transformation. They did this through: The sessions also explored personal transformation through finding their spirit animals, eating communal lunches, playing games and inventing performance rituals. Take a look at some of the images of our week below. Thanks to Dunya Kalantery for devising and facilitating this transformational week and to all the young artists who took part, to our amazing […]
SSW welcomes visitors and residents with families and child dependents and can move furniture around to suit your sleeping arrangements. The Community Making Space on site at SSW, when not in use for workshops and community events, can be used as a family hang-out room/playroom and we can provide some soft mats and toys. You can choose which accommodation would suit your family best, between on-site accommodation and the off-site two bedroom flat accommodation. There is a park with a […]
Image credit: SSWThis access information has been written by Anna, SSW Programme Producer, May 2026. Intro There is off-site accommodation (Rowantree Court) in a flat down the road from the main SSW site in Lumsden. It is around a 3 minute journey from the main site walking at a leisurely pace or around 1 minute in a car. There is parking for 1 car around the back of the flat, as well as on street parking on the main street. The flat […]
Image credit: Felicity CrawshawIntro The metal workshop is in a large white building in the courtyard, across from the main building. It is accessed via two large double doors. There are also two side doors. One is accessed via the courtyard, directly across from the main building and it has one step and a lip at the threshold. The other is on the other side of the building down an overgrown narrow path and up one shallow step. The workshop offers multiple processes […]
Sauna, image credit: Felicity CrawshawThe Sauna is the small wooden hut in the courtyard next to the Bothy. The entrance to the sauna is around the back on the narrow paved path through a door with a pull hole-handle. There is a low seat next to the door and higher benches. The sauna needs to be prepared by a member of staff and safety information will be provided. There is natural lighting in the sauna through the small window. The space can get very […]
Image credit: Felicity CrawshawThere are four independent SSW buildings in the courtyard, separate from the main building. In addition to the independent buildings, there is:
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