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This exhibition presents a body of work spanning many years of photography, focused on observing and understanding the behaviour of remarkable wildlife in their natural environments, both at home and abroad.
There will also be two museum talks to accompany this exhibition:
Jean Manson - “A Fragile Wilderness” - Saturday 18th October, 4pm
Jean Manson - “The Realm of Tiger” - Monday 20th October, 7pm
Tickets £10 available from Biggar Little Festival or at the Biggar Museum.
Biggar Museum
156 High Street
Biggar
ML12 6DH
Thu 17th Oct - Sun 26th Oct
Tues – Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 1pm – 5pm
Biggar Botanical Artists invite you to join them in the studio where they will be displaying their sketchbooks and finished works. They will have demonstrations throughout the day using Graphite, Coloured Pencil and Watercolour techniques. Join them, have fun, and try your hand to see if you are actually artistically talented. Most people are - with instruction.
Masonic Hall
127 High Street
Biggar
ML12 6DL
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
This year Jennifer is delighted to be sharing her space with Sylvie Stainton so their paintings and sculpures will fill both the front studio looking onto the High Street and the big kitchen area behind.
New paintings featuring Scottish landscapes, trees, birds, wind, and weather.
All are welcome to drop in for a browse and a chat about art, techniques, or just what’s going on during Art Trail weekend.
Sylvie is a sculptor who is inspired by her connection to nature and her interest in mythology. Her experience of working three dimensionally has transformed her way of seeing and feeling. As a sculptor Sylvie starts by looking at the piece of stone or wood to let the Being within it to be seen and revealed. Through the patient
process of observing and carving it is manifested. Sylvie is often surprised by the Beings that emerge.
125 High Street
Biggar
ML12 6DL
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Anj Jamieson is a contemporary animal artist, combining her love of the local countryside and its animals with her passion for creating colourful acrylic and mixed media paintings which bring joy into the heart and home. This exhibition of original artwork is available to view for the duration of the festival, with the artist having a small display of cards, prints and gifts for sale on Sunday 19th October for Biggar Day Out and Saturday 25th October on the Art Trail weekend.
Gillespie Centre (Café Area)
74 High Street
Biggar
ML12 6BJ
Fri 17th Oct - Sat 25th Oct
Mon – Sat 10am - 3pm
Sun 19th Oct 12 – 3pm
Exhibition of work from fine art to fractured and everything in between by members of the Medwyn Art Group.
British Legion Hall
South Back Road
Biggar
ML12 6EW
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Colourful, botanically accurate floral and landscape paintings in watercolour and other media. Now settled in Biggar, Catherine is a past Vice President and Honorary Life Member of the Society of Botanical Artists. Her work has been exhibited widely around the world.
Lynn uses silver metal clay to create her unique handmade jewellery. This versatile material allows her to texture each piece using real leaves, natural materials, fabrics and other objects, before firing in a kiln transforms it into pure fine silver.
6 Bencroft Avenue
Biggar
ML12 6EU
Sat 25th Oct Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
10am - 4pm
Ladygill Arts and Crafts has moved to Biggar. Moira Pedreschi invites you to join her in her new home studio at 3 South Back Road, where she will be joined by Liz Steele of Drakelaw Pottery. Moira’s latest pieces of one-off sterling silver jewellery, along with her fine pen drawings and collages inspired by her recent travels at home and abroad, will be on view and available topurchase.
Liz has a passion for making pots for people to use. From her workshop near Crawfordjohn, Liz’s functional and decorative range of stoneware pieces are all oven, air fryer and microwave proof.
Join Moira and Liz for a chat, a cuppa, and a piece of Liz’s yummy lemon or chocolate cake.
Sunnyside
3 South Back Road
Biggar
ML12 6AL
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 5pm
Heather paints with wool using needle felting and enhances her pictures with embroidery and beads. This year, Heather has also painted on wood using bold oil-based paint pens to create colourful pictures of seascapes, abstracts, flowers, and more. There are also needle-felted animal ornaments on display.
Foyer of 60 Loaningdale Avenue
Biggar
ML12 6GT
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Viv’s studio and light, welcoming kitchen gallery will be open. Explore the creative studio where she makes her pottery and teaches. Browse the serene kitchen gallery showcasing her handmade ceramics and framed botanical casts. She can explain her practice, her inspirations, and the techniques used to create colourful, unique ceramics.
Also featured is Debbie Marshall’s landscape art, capturing nature’s beauty – dawn’s stillness, winter’s glow, and dramatic skies. Inspired by the land and coast of Scotland, and beyond, her paintings celebrate island seascapes and ethereal light in breath-taking, picturesque locations.
Pop in, browse, have a cuppa and some home baking.
Earthware Pottery Studio & Kitchen Gallery
4 Baird Way
Biggar
ML12 6BZ
Fri 24th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 5pm
Husband and wife – but two artists with very different styles!
Inspired by the figure paintings of Modigliani, Ken Russell has created his own style of imagined characters. In complete contrast, he has also become fascinated by drinks cans flattened by vehicles and turned them into unique pieces of art.
Moira Russell has been exploring her surroundings in new, exciting ways – using her sense of hearing as well as sight and touch to produce one-off handmade books, notebooks, textiles, paintings, and 3D pieces using unorthodox materials.
(Vegan chocolate fudge on offer as usual!)
Janefield
2 Lindsaylands Road
Biggar
ML12 6EQ
Sun 19th Oct 10am - 4pm
Wed 22nd Oct 10am - 4pm
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Elly is all about free motion embroidery. She uses a combination of fabric appliqué and machine embroidery in different coloured threads to create items that are both beautiful and practical. She will be delighted to welcome you to her sewing room, where you can watch her at work and even have a go on the sewing machine yourself.
Tea, coffee, and cake will also be available.
South Lindsaylands
Lindsaylands Road
Biggar
ML12 6NR
Fri 24th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 5pm
This venue showcases two vibrant, bold and striking artists. Come and have a chat about their wildly different styles over a cuppa!
Becky Knowles is a new artist who embraces a ‘learning by doing’ approach and enjoys creating something tangible from a spark of inspiration. Her appetite for experimenting with sustainable art and mixed media knows no bounds.
Illustrator and painter Nyisha Rodney explores all things contrast, colour and kitsch – whether she’s producing humorous illustrations, creating whimsical characters, or remixing Renaissance classics. At this venue, memorable and eye-catching pieces of artwork are ready for you to discover.
88B Main Street
Symington
Biggar
ML12 6LJ
Fri 17th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sat 18th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sun 19th Oct 10am - 5pm
Fri 24th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 5pm
The Broadfield Art Open Studio with Painting, Felting and Ceramics
Mari Dungey
Mari is a potter, sculptor and artist, turning her hand to many different mediums – from ceramics, woodcraft and silk painting to her eye-catching, bright acrylic portraits of backyard poultry and seabirds.
Iona Yampo
Iona is a vet who has turned her love of animals into crafting bespoke felt figurines for owners of their beloved pets.
She also enjoys capturing the natural beauty of the surrounding South Lanarkshire hills in her landscape acrylic and watercolour paintings.
Natalie Lo
Nat is a designer based in Edinburgh who enjoys illustrating her ceramics with childhood memories, creating fun and functional wares.
Broadfield Farm House
Symington
Biggar
ML12 6JZ
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Jenny Mowat
Jenny Mowat is a recently graduated artist who won the Glasgow Print Studio Award
at her Degree Show in May this year.
Jenny is influenced by all things weird, wonderful, and interesting around her, and is currently focused on Scottish social history.
What to expect: A selection of original work, framed and mounted, available in a wide range of sizes and formats. Jenny enjoys working with acrylic and watercolour, and also uses printing techniques to create designs for tote bags and other items. Prices range from £10 to £400.
Emma Milligan
A Medal for Excellence nominee and highly commended artist, Emma has recently graduated with an Honours degree in Contemporary Art Practice.
Influenced by both craft and culture, she creates works that exude intimacy and timelessness.
What to expect: A range of tangible artworks inviting the viewer to step into a world of nature and handmade mediums.
Prices range from £20 to £350.
Loretta Ward
Focusing on local scenes from Edinburgh to Biggar, Loretta’s art is inspired by the beauty of architecture.
She is fascinated by the shapes and atmosphere buildings create, which in turn inspire her work. Each building expresses a different personality, leading her to work in varied ways.
What to expect: Original paintings in a variety of sizes, including framed and mounted pieces. Loretta uses a wide range of materials including watercolour, mixed media, acrylics, and inks.
Prices range from £40 to £300.
Clyde Valley Picture Framing
Boat Road
Thankerton
ML12 6NU
Thu 23rd 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Fri 24th Oct 1pm - 5pm
Sat 25th Oct 10.30am - 5pm
Sun 26th Oct 10.30am - 5pm
After several successful years of collaboration, Richard Price and Juliet Morris will once again be available to chat with, work alongside, and participate in workshops in both painting and pottery during the festival, with some entertaining demonstrations throughout the weekend of the ‘open studio’.
Both artists will have a display of their recent work for sale in the small studios gallery, and events will be held in the new Studio 2 building at the Pottery.
Always a warm welcome and a great place to pop in.
Thankerton Pottery and Gallery
Station Road
Thankerton
ML12 6NZ
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sue’s work is inspired by the dynamic world that surrounds and impacts upon us , both natural and manmade, evoking many emotions, giving us chance to consider time and space consequences.
With a studio in the Clyde valley, many works are inspired by local surroundings as well as her extensive travels: having lived and studied in France, with pieces in collections worldwide she embraces how different cultures interact with art.
Tollbooth Gallery
4 High Street
Lanark
ML11 7EX
Fri 17th Oct - Sat 8th Nov
Mon – Sat 10am - 4pm
Sun 1pm – 4pm
Clydesdale Collective is a group of artists and makers from around Clydesdale who do not have individual open studio facilities. Now in their second year, they have come together to support each other with this wonderful exhibition at the lovely venue of Langloch Farm, on the outskirts of Lanark.
Langloch Farm at CCI
Hyndford Road
Lanark
ML11 9TA
Fri 24th Oct 10am - 4.30pm
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4.30pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4.00pm
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED
We welcome you to join us at Loanhead Farm, where our beautiful and vibrant community space offers opportunities for all.
When you visit Loanhead Farm, enjoy a leisurely walk around our grounds, explore exhibition spaces full of talented painters and furniture makers, visit our barn packed with beautiful crafts for sale, and make sure you refresh yourself in our tearoom, filled with delicious cake and coffee!
Loanhead Farm
West Calder
EH55 8LN
CANCELLED
Ellen McCann welcomes you to her studio in Elsrickle, just outside Biggar, and invites you to view her sculptures in a garden setting.
Growth and decay are her core inspirations, and her work captures the graceful movements of plants as they emerge and grow.
The stoneware sculptures can be placed outside, and recently Ellen has been exploring the possibilities of Raku-fired sculptures for display indoors.
Ministers Walk
Elsrickle
Biggar
ML12 6QZ
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 5pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 5pm
The Dolphinton Art and Crafts Group meets weekly – we draw, we paint, we craft, we chat. Come and see an exhibition of members’ work. A wide variety of art will be on display, including paintings, ceramics, wood carving and jewellery.
A proportion of sales from this exhibition will be donated to the community campaign to reopen Dolphinton Hall, where the group hopes to meet and thrive in the future.
9 Hillside Gardens
Dolphinton
EH46 7AE
Sat 18th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 19th Oct 10am - 4pm
Wed 22nd Oct 10am - 4pm
Sat 25th Oct 10am - 4pm
Sun 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
The Knot is a community-owned and volunteer run shop in West Linton.
The Gallery displays the work and creativity of thirty local artists and makers, covering a wide range of products, from photography to ceramics, jewellery to soap, fine art to felting. Alongside the Gallery, the Emporium is a treasure trove of quality, pre-loved clothing and bric-a-brac. Profits are returned to the community as cash grants to local organisations and groups.
Sheila Cottage
Main Street
West Linton
EH46 7EA
Fri 17th Oct - Sun 26th Oct
Tue – Fri 12pm - 4pm
Sat - Sun 10am – 4pm
Join us for an evening gathering with wine and nibbles and enjoy the opportunity to browse the exhibition before it opens to the public.
View the collection of original art while enjoying live classical music from Savourna Stevenson on the harp, Jenny Mowat and Georgina Storey on the piano and vocals from classical singer Hazel Mowatt.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
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Clyde Valley Picture Framing
Boat Rd
Biggar
ML12 6NU
Thursday 23rd October
6.30pm (8.30pm)
