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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.  […]

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 […]

Summer Holiday Art Club (7-11 years old) Monday 7 – Friday 11 July 202510 am – 1 pmFreeBooking essential Working with a contemporary artist, children will build on our work from previous holiday clubs to explore the development of public art work by creating sculptural artworks to be installed at SSW. Together they will explore textile techniques, dyeing and printing as well as ways for young people to express their ideas and voices in public through these works.  How to […]

Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 April 202510 am – 1 pmFreeBooking essential Join us for our annual Easter Holiday Art Club where we will be creating sculptures for our very own public sculpture trail. Throughout the week we’ll be exploring public art and working in teams to build our own temporary, public sculptures from found materials. We’ll end the week with a village wide sculpture trail scavenger hunt, collecting answers to riddles which will lead us to a secret lunch […]

Dates: Friday 27 February – Sunday 1 March 2026 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, consumables, firings and 2 nights accommodation). Catering: This course is fully self catered. Places: 8 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. In this course, participants will be guided through a range of processes in hand-building with clay with encouragement to go big! Together we will explore traditional techniques including coiling, […]

Dates: Friday 3 – Sunday 5 October 2025 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, PPE and accommodation). Catering: This course is fully self catered. Places: 4 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. In this course, participants will learn how to start working with, or develop their skills in metal. Through the course participants will learn: – Ways of cutting, hand forming, bending and manipulating thin […]

Dates: Friday 19 – Sunday 21 September 2025 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, PPE and 2 nights accommodation). Catering: This course is fully self catered. Places: 6 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. Join us for 3 days delving into the wonders of stone carving using hand tools. The course will be led by established stone mason, artist and freelance SSW Stone Technician Lewis […]

Dates: Mon 21 July – Fri 25 July 2025 and Mon 23 March – Fri 27 March 2026  Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Dinner is served at 7pm Cost: £800 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, consumables, firings, PPE, 4 nights accommodation and evening meals). Catering: An evening meal is provided as part of the course Monday – Thursday. Places: 6 (Intermediate+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. *We can offer accommodation on […]