We had a brilliant day taking part in the “Poverty, precarity and community empowerment: Who decides?” exhibition showcasing the impactful work of the Binks Hub research network. Our community stall featured a collaborative banner made using digital print and applique techniques; a sound piece capturing the sounds and commentary of our studio at Silvan House;…
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Silvan House Open Day
Our Curious Routes Open Day at Silvan House saw a wide range of activities on show with people encouraged to take part. We were also treated to delicious Nepalese dumplings from Momo! For more information and to take part in one of our workshops, get in touch
Open Day at Suntrap
In August we had the opportunity to invite local community organisations Mwamba, Care4Carers and Fountainbridge Canal Trust to come to our studio space at Suntrap for a day of connection and collaboration. We shared our skills and interests through workshop activities in monoprinting, ceramics and woodcarving, displayed recent work and shared a delicious lunch provided…
First Green Court event, 16th June 2019
Green Court was initiated by Luke Padfield and has been developed with support from Artlink, UN House Scotland and Scottish Environment Link. The Green Court is an improvised, interactive, moot environmental court. We discuss fictional examples of environmental issues based on real-life situations in a mock courtroom setting. This first session of the Green Court…
Women’s Group & PROCESSIONS
Women from Artlink’s Curious Routes and Artlink’s Glasshouses arts for mental health projects came together to design and make banners in celebration of 100 years of women voting in the UK in collaboration with Processions public art project. PROCESSIONS was a once-in-a-lifetime mass participation artwork which celebrated one hundred years of votes for women. Processions was…
Broxburn United Sports Club Collab
We wanted to take our Common interests on tour!.. so here we are at Broxburn United Sports Club with their over 50s group Alive and Kickin’. We shared our passions for birdwatching and walks with Franco & Alex, mono printing with Ellie, Songwriting with Lee & Peter, Cooking with Franco & Kevin, Textiles with Dorothy,…