Recoat Workshops- Graffiti/ Street art/ Spray paint murals and workshops

22/05/2024

Bank holiday weekend.

This coming weekend we are running paddle sport taster sessions to coincide with the 2024 Spring Fling

Pop down and check out our new Mural on the boat house, have a chat to the artists Recoat Workshops- Graffiti/ Street art/ Spray paint murals and workshops and find out more about their work, speak to our rowing club Stranraer Coastal Rowing Club who will be on hand to talk all things rowing and we have Watersport taster sessions running; 10 TIL 12 and 1:30 and 3:30.

Booking is essential for the watersports, head to our website to find out more and to book.
https://www.stranraerwatersports.com/

22/05/2024

Spring Fling is this weekend! Go see our mural and visit the local studios. The mural is on Stranraer Water Sports Association building and they’re running taster sessions all weekend too. Have fun and enjoy!

03/05/2024

02/05/2022

We're delighted to be giving a talk about our 2014 and 2016 Spring Fling Rural Mural projects as part of the 20th anniversary Spring Fling celebrations for Upland.
Come join us this Thursday at 7pm on zoom at this free talk where we'll remember all those beautiful artworks, clever artists, special collaborations and fun times in Dumfries and Galloway.
Emma Dove gorgeous film of our 2016 project is also at this link if you want to remind yourself a bit before.

Spring Fling Rural Mural (2014-16) was a hugely successful project, led by urban art specialists, Recoat, creating large-scale murals across the region.

14/05/2021

Our Amy Whiten Illustration is talking and mentoring at this online event for under-30s creatives. Sounds ace, it is today and it is free. Hope to see you there...

A space to discuss our journeys as emerging creative practitioners, with speed-mentoring sessions from established creative professionals

15/04/2019

This weekend we are really honoured to be running a mural painting workshop as part of the Glasgow Zine Library Festival 2019. There are loads of events and workshops to check out aswell as lots of amazing zines of course! Get yourself along to the CCA to check it all out.

For Glasgow Zine Fest events, we use a sliding scale ticketing system for all programming unless otherwise stated. You can choose to pay £2 to £4, £4 to £6, or £8 to £10 for all events, workshops and talks that require tickets. Please be honest with yourself and your financial situation. If yo...

28/08/2018

This is tonight in Dumfries! Come along and have some paste up fun.

26/05/2018

Spending most of our days working on amazing Dennis Barnes’ concrete sculptures in Livingston. We’re inspired by the town and we’re using shapes that suggests the movement of children playing on the stones, shapes from the infamous town planning maps with endless interchanges and roundabouts, sections of murals from old photos of the world famous skatepark just round the corner and suggesting the centre of the piece to show the piece as the important meeting place it has become. The numbers are crucial dates or town stats that only the climbers will see!

15/05/2018

Amy is on the panel for Edinburgh International Book Festival in Glenrothes this weekend discussing New Towns and public art amongst many things! Come, it’s free!

Debate: Glenrothes – A New Day? Sat 19 May 4:00pm (90 minutes)Rothes HallsFree event but ticket requiredBook tickets Glenrothes has always been ‘unusual’, has always had to strive for identity. Alone among Scotland’s New Towns, it was not designed as an overspill site for Glasgow but as a de...

10/04/2018

Introducing Young and Powerful

A national poster competition, celebratory exhibition and series of workshops giving young people aged 8-26 the opportunity to engage with design, taking place between 12th March–1st October 2018, across Scotland 💥

Why Take Part?

The winner of each age category will win £300! (8-12, 13-16, 17-21, 22-26)
Posters will be shared with over 100,000 people online and across our social media channels.
Be a part of a national campaign
Showcase your work in a public exhibition
Express yourself and share your views
Learn new skills
Challenge yourself and feel empowered
It’s free to enter, you have nothing to lose!

Find out more: http://www.gdfs.uk/yandp
Submit your poster: [email protected]
Deadline: 9th of July 2018