Artists are the lifeblood of any community and we are committed to supporting artists to create new work that engages with the people and places that make up ours.
Eve Mosher
Artist Eve Mosher has worked with communities on the water’s edge for over 15 years, utilising creativity to inspire and uncover our connections to waterways and their ecosystems. Building on this and her research undertaken as part of her recent River Animateur residency with the Findhorn Watershed Initiative, she will be further exploring our connections to the watershed and inviting others into a process of making related to celebrating nature and the natural world, local waterways, the watersheds ecosystem and its inhabitants.
Community Sharing Event
Sunday 29 September 11am – 2pm
James Milne Institute, Findhorn
Eve’s residency will conclude with a final sharing of work created and co-created with members of the local community. Join in the celebration with food and activities and connect with the human and non-human species of the River Findhorn.
Pay What You Can. All Ages welcome.
Kate MacKay
Artist, Kate MacKay’s work is playing with pencils and paints, people and places, challenges and obstacles, stories and dreams.
For her residency, Kate has been collaborating with artists, young people and their families to reimagine our everyday spaces to enhance wellbeing for everyone, whilst removing barriers for the most vulnerable.
Working creatively with light, colour, texture, plants and sound we have transformed a public space into a Space for Wellbeing, a Sanctuary in the Overwhelm, a Port in a Storm.
Space for Wellbeing
Friday 20 – Sunday 29 September (ex. Sun 22 and Mon 23 Sep) 11am to 4pm
Forres House Community Centre, Forres
Join Kate and her creative collaborators to experience a familiar space transformed into an indoor oasis and contribute to the development of the Space during the Festival. Be part of the conversation about reimagining our public spaces for enhanced well-being, inclusivity, beauty and solace.
Free entry. No Booking Required. Drop in anytime throughout the day and explore at your leisure.
Hooligan Art Community
Hooligan Art Community is an independent theatre company established in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2019. The company creates work that advocates for freedom of expression and equality and devises brave, unconventional theatre performances using music, movement and text.
During the weeks residency the company have been collaborating with local young artists from the area exploring themes that young people seek out from belonging in groups. What is the attraction of the group? And how do you keep a sense of individuality and responsibility within it? What are young adults’ experiences and ideas around identity, freedom, violence and gender today?
The Hooligan Project: ‘In the Round’ Public Sharing
Sunday 29 September 6pm
Kinloss Church Hall
You are invited to a public sharing to find out more about Hooligan Art Community’s work and see the culmination of what they have been working on with local young artists, performing what they have created throughout the week.
Pay What You Can. Age recommendation 16+. Contains strong language and adult themes.