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‘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...
An 8 week introductory course with Artist, Brigid Collins
This course will be delivered online on Saturdays (1.30pm-4.30pm) New course starting in January 2021: Saturday 9th January - Saturday 6th March (with mid-term break on Saturday, 13th February). Course Fee: £280* (Fee includes continuing access to weekly video...
FLOW: Visual Arts Scotland Winter Exhibition & Emily Dickinson’s Birthday
“An Element of Blank -" is a sculptural ladder/book form, inspired by a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) the anniversary of whose birthday is celebrated today with The Emily Dickinson Museum hosting birthday celebrations in her honour: www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org...
Scottish Poetry Library blog post by Projects Coordinator Samuel Tongue
Reflections on 'Healings' poems by Kathleen Jamie and my artworks made in response in “Frissure” and how these continue to have resonance during the Coronovirus pandemic, providing comfort and inspiration during the lockdown. Read The Scottish Poetry Library’s...
A set of postcards of my porcelain vessels is exhibited at Emily Dickinson Museum on the Poet’s Birthday!
It has been an honour to have a set of postcards, featuring my own photographs of my new porcelain 'Furl' Vessel forms and made in response to the poems of Emily Dickinson exhibited at The Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst MA, USA to mark her birthday in December 2019....