Art Collection Open Day

We’re excited to announce our upcoming Open Day, taking place on Saturday 14th May between 10-4. It’s the first Open Day we’ve been able to host after the pandemic and will aptly focus on our theme of the year Health and Wellbeing: The Art of Wellbeing. We can’t wait to share our current and new exhibitions with you, alongside some great free workshops and beautiful music and poetry performance.

The events are free and open to all and below is the full programme of the day.

Programme of events


10:00am – Full Moon Yoga

We will start the day with a yoga class held by Mary Ann, an experienced yoga teacher and PT. The class is open to all levels and will be based around the full moon and the themes of the exhibition, Blue.

Book tickets for Full Moon Yoga

11:30am – Mindful Weaving

Sculpture and textile artist, Isi Williams will take us through a workshop of mindful weaving. Participants will create their own wall hanging and learn some of the basics of weaving. Complete beginners are welcome!

Book tickets for Mindful Weaving

12 noon – Tour of Art Collection

Art Collection staff will be giving an informal tour of our year of health and wellbeing exhibitions. No need to book, just meet us at the Pathfoot Reception.

1:00pm – Pathfoot Project Performance

Each year students of the Royal Conservatoire compose musical pieces inspired by the year’s art collection. They, alongside students from the Mlitt Creative Writing students at the University of Stirling will be performing a selection of their pieces inspired by the work in this year’s theme, health and wellbeing. This event is free and drop in, no need to book.

2:00pm – Tour of Art Collection

Art Collection staff will be giving an informal tour of our year of health and wellbeing exhibitions. No need to book, just meet us at the Pathfoot Reception.

3:00pm- Launch of Liminal Zone Exhibition

To finish the day, we will launch our new exhibition The Liminal Zone. Which is the output of a research project exploring the seashore as a metaphor for the interface between teaching and art. This exhibition draws together arts-based responses to this metaphor in a range of media including paint, photography, sculpture, writing and sound by staff from both the University of Stirling and other Scottish colleges and Universities. See more information about the research project. This event is free and drop in, no need to book.

You can find more information here: https://www.stir.ac.uk/events/calendar-of-events/2022/may-2022/art-collection-open-day/ or email our public engagement officer Emma.McCombie@stir.ac.uk

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