Nature Poetry and Storytelling through Visual Arts
Celebrating the launch of Blair H. Smith’s new book of poetry & prose Stranger Within with artwork by Emma Rankin, we offer a workshop focusing on the relationship between poetry and visual arts.
Image: Excerpt from Stranger Within, available from Lumpnanan Press from April 2024.
Expressive Creative Flow for Managing Pain
In this workshop we will begin with a mindfulness exercise, followed by intuitive creative expression using our hands as the tools to create; much like we did as children - using colour and texture to give a visual image to our experiences with pain.
Image: Artwork created at a previous PAINSTORM event.
Intuitive Drawing through Meditative Practices in Nature
Along with Duncan of Jordanstone’s Art, Science & Visual Thinking MFA course, join us for an afternoon of drawing through meditation in the serene surroundings of the Botanic Gardens.
Image: Intuitively drawn botanicals.
Storytelling with Dundee & Tayside’s Older Generation
Join us in the Paterson Building on the grounds of the Botanic Garden for a morning of nostalgia and stories of Dundee life from years gone by.
Image: Photography of Dundee then and now.
Children’s Botanical Sculpting Workshop
In collaboration with Shadow Wish Designs, come along and create some botanical clay artworks in the beautiful Glasshouse at the Botanic Gardens.
Image: Belonging to Shadow Wish Designs
I Hear You, Mr Gardiner
Discover the intersection of art & nature in an exhibition celebrating William Gardiner as a working-class poet and amateur Botanist, featuring original artworks by Emma Rankin inspired by his legacy.