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A creative project responding to the River Tweed, its habitats, ecologies, communities and culture

Collecting candle black for ink production. Still from Touch Type, 2024. © Saul Pankhurst

Working against Type

By Michael Pattison

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2 February – 4 May 2025

Sam Laughlin: Gathering Light

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Charles Fletcher artist

Studio visit: Charles Fletcher

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Watery Commons

Watery Commons

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Down by the River I...

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Annie Lord, Sketching in Stone, 2024. Image credit: Sarah Jamieson / Pictorial Photography

Residency reflections: Annie Lord

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Coleman and Hodges, Glimpses of Utopia at Abbotsford, 2024. Photo credit: Kerry Jones

Residency reflections: Coleman and Hodges

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Residency reflections: Sam Laughlin

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Studio visit: Felicity Bristow

By Tom Jeffreys

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Aled Haywood

Creative profile: Aled Haywood

By Tom Jeffreys

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Walking the Border

By Harry Josephine Giles

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Cleaning the Tweed Estuary

By Joanna Helfer

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Anna Chapman Parker

Studio visit: Anna Chapman Parker

By Tom Jeffreys

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Wild Heart Sessions: Iona Lane

By Emily Cropton

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In photos: Kirsty Law, Meander

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Celebrating the Salmon

By Joanna Helfer

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Gala Water Unbordered

By Carl Lavery

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A woman in black lifts a red buoy above her head with the sea behind.

Studio visit: Chloë Smith

By Tom Jeffreys

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Forking and flowing, forte and fishing

By Melissa McCarthy

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Drawing of a person with a camera filming a butterfly
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