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Category : Community Making Space

Halloween Kids Holiday Club

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: Sound workshop for teenagers

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 […]

October Community Making Space Programme 2023

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 […]

Knitting and Crochet circle. Led by Lumsden School

Lumbungsden Summer Programme July – September 2023

We are thrilled to share the Lumbungsden Summer Programme, taking place in the Community Making Space at SSW. Following on from our first Taster Programme, community feedback and our most recent Fly Cup event, we move into the Summer beginning to explore local materials, skills and knowledge – starting with fleece and wool. Kicking off in July, Aberdeenshire’s shearing season, this programme will explore fleece as a versatile yet deeply undervalued material cultivated throughout the local area. In a year […]

Photo by Sam Trotman

Community Making Space

The Community Making Space at SSW is a hub for our local community to learn and share skills in all forms of making. We work with local materials and the skills of people in the area, as well as with contemporary artists based locally, nationally and internationally – creating connections and change through making. Each seasonal programme is developed with our Community Advisors and is informed by the ideas and wants of local residents.  The current Autumn Programme 2025 can be […]