Raku firing at SSW photo by Sam TrotmanFriday 1 December 6pm – 8pm Join us at SSW for an evening of food and fire celebrating the end of our Building the Clay Commons week. The evening will kick off in the SSW yard with the lighting paper kilns packed with mugs made earlier in the week. The evening will be a chance to see what has been happening throughout the week, meet artists and enjoy food and fire together. Paper kilns will be lit at 6pm accompanied […]
Image by Sam TrotmanSunday 26 November2pm – 4pm Join artist Eva Masterman for an afternoon of clay mug making in the ceramics studio. Working with Eva you’ll be introduced to a wide range of clay skills, such as slab, coil and pinch building. You will get to design and make your own ceremonial mug (or 2!), and decorate it ready for firing in paper kilns, later in the week. As well as building your mug you will be able to choose a range […]
Free events from Sunday 26 November We are excited to share our Winter Community Programme developed in collaboration with our Community Advisory Group. Working together it was clear that setting up ways of coming together and celebrating the light during these dark months was important. So this programme focuses on making Lumsden luminous and offers workshops and celebrations that focus on bringing light, warmth, and creativity to the long nights ahead. From mug making and paper kiln firing to lantern […]
Image credit: 33 Seeds, Mina Heydari-Waite Our inaugural Residencies in Clay programme is taking place throughout November and we look forward to supporting Mina Heydari-Waite, Josie KO and Nic Green through this residency programme. During their time at SSW Josie, Nic and Mina will be taking time to grow their practices and material knowledge by testing processes, sharing skills and pushing the possibilities of clay. Nic Green says, I am really delighted to be headed to SSW. For a while […]
Image credit: Keng Keng TangFollowing our call out over the summer SSW and Counterflows Festival are delighted to be supporting Keng Keng Tang and Bobbi Cameron to undertake this year’s caregivers residency. Keng Keng will use the residency time to develop her own personal experimental sound-quilt which will focus on themes of remembering times of comfort, belonging, and rest. Keng Keng says, I am really delighted to have been selected for the SSW X Counterflows Caregivers Residency. This is such a precious and rare […]
Thursday 26 October6pm – 8.30pm, Lumsden Village Hall Get Spooky at the resurrected Lumsden Halloween Party! Join us for a night of games, and DJing in the Lumsden Village Hall. We’re rolling out a potluck buffet filled with culinary delights from our community, and don’t miss the showcase of artworks, costumes, and sounds created during the Holiday Club. But here’s the twist – bring your own dish to share with the entire community, adding your flavour to our potluck buffet. […]
The Kids Club is now fully booked. However, please join us along to the Halloween Party on 26 October.Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 October10am- 1.30pm (30-minute lunch break, lunch provided), Community Making Space Join the Halloween Kids Holiday Club with Community Arts Organiser Mara Marxt Lewis and sound artist Tyler Lewis. Embark on a three-day adventure crafting imaginative Halloween costumes from up-cycled clothing and fabrics, making spooky decorations for the Village Hall’s Halloween party, and exploring the art of creating […]
Sonic Valley (funded by YMI Aberdeenshire and Live Life Aberdeenshire)Wednesday 18 – Friday 20 October10 am – 5 pm (1-hour lunch break, lunch provided), Community Making SpaceOpen to anyone aged 15-18, regardless of experience. Playwright Neil Cargill and sound artist Tyler Lewis will deliver this three-day workshop for 15-18 year olds, as part of the Youth Music Initiative programme for Aberdeenshire. Together, they’ll create an online radio programme by fusing original music, words, sounds and imagination. This collaborative project will […]
It is autumn in Lumsden and we are happy to announce our October Programme for 2023, taking place in the Community Making Space at SSW. We’ve got some exciting things happening throughout the month, and we’d love to have you join us! More events to be announced for the rest of the year, details coming soon. First up we have a radio recording project Sonic Valley for young people ages 15+. In this three-day workshop we’ll get together, learn new […]
Image of a busy Ceramics Workshop at the end of the SSW x Counterflows Caregivers residency 2023. Photo by Sam TrotmanThe deadline for applications has now passed. Building the Clay Commons w/c 27 November 2023Schedule to be announced in October SSW and Eva Masterman are calling out to people interested in or working with clay to join our weeklong immersive workshop set up to collectively build the Clay Commons. This weeklong workshop is open to people either from or based within the North East of Scotland or those who have strong connections to this area. Together, through practical workshops and […]
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