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Albion Open Studios
Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th November 2025Albion Road Studios, 78 Albion Road Edinburgh EH7 5QZ10am-5pm DailyFree Entry Discover the ‘Beating Heart of Edinburgh Art’ as Albion Road Studios throws open its doors… Many of its artists and makers will be throwing open their...
Felt Sense
Drawings, Paintings and Artist’s Books made in response to being in Dr. Neil’s Garden Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th September 2025At Thomson’s Tower in Dr. Neil’s Garden11am-4.30pm DailyFree Entry In a world in which sustained attention feels to be constantly under...
Meet the Authors Free Event and Book Launch
Such Fragile Futures An Artist and a Poet Reflect in a Garden Brigid Collins and Christine De Luca Dr. Neil’s Garden in Edinburgh is an urban haven, a place that has something to tell us about all places. With delicacy and tender attention, artist Brigid Collins and...
The Art of Looking
With Artist, Brigid Collins Dr. Neil's Garden Saturday 13th September 2 - 4pm / £40 Book Tickets on Eventbrite » Most of us are constantly bombarded with undifferentiated noise and visual stimulii which looking - truly seeing - by drawing and reflecting, acts as a...
‘Sparkle Returns’: An Exhibition at Thomson’s Tower in Dr. Neil’s Garden, Edinburgh
'Sparkle Returns': An Exhibition at Thomson's Tower in Dr. Neil's Garden, EdinburghSaturday 29th June - Friday, 5th July (10am-4pm) I'll be showing a not previously exhibited small series of soft pastel drawings - with original artworks, cards and limited edition...
Wintering Out…Meaning-Making in Nature
Days of Drawing, Reading and Reflection at Dr. Neil’s Garden Saturdays 20th January, 17th February and 16th March from 10am to 3pm Fee: £250 for all of the days(Includes a donation to the garden) “O Wind, If winter comes, can spring be far behind” So ends the poem Ode...
Such Fragile Futures (Film)
This short film acts as an introduction to a collaboration I had with poet Christine De Luca, during my time as Artist in Residence at Dr Neil’s Garden in Duddingston and is an attempt to create a distillation of our experience into something easily accessible by...
Of Mutual Things… Exhibition in Thomson’s Tower at Dr. Neil’s Garden
As my time as Artist in Residence at Dr. Neil’s Garden in Edinburgh unfolded and against a backdrop of a rapidly changing world, richly deep conversations - between plants and plants, between plants and us artists, between time and space - began to emerge and, in...
Artist in Residence at Dr. Neil’s Garden
I’m thrilled to be the Artist in Residence at the ‘hidden’ gem that is Dr. Neil’s Garden, by the shores of Duddingston Loch, near Edinburgh (from June 2021-June 2022) where I’ll be found, ‘dropping down’ amongst the plants and general ambience of this special spot. The poet, John Clare (1793-1864) described his need for “dropping down”, in order that he be better able to see nature as it might appear to other beings – he ‘dropped down’ in order that he might better attune to his immediate environment. I too am trying to allow myself to do this – slowing down, dropping down, seeing as heeding…
Latest News : Video Collaboration
I have collaborated with the wonderful Tomáš Liška and Invisible World on a music video inspired by a track called "Another Thing to Think About" from the band's new album "Hope" and you can view it here* https://brigidcollinsart.com/films/
Poems & Plants: Creating Pages for A Personal Book of Hours Through Drawing, Making & Reflecting
A Summer School with Artist, Brigid Collins A Book of Hours forms a bridge between the things of the spirit and the things of the world. – The Sunday Times (2008) This course will be delivered online: Monday 5th – Friday 9th July 2021 Course Fee: £280* Includes...
“And the day came…”
Inspired by a quote from the Journals of Anais Nin: "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they...
