(141) Days of Spring...

Young Artists Mentoring Programme

The Spring Fling is the most amazing open studio event that takes place every year, with artists and makers opening their studio doors across Dumfries and Galloway to the public. This year being a very special year for SF, with it being its 10th Birthday and is celebrating with a number of events, the first being the Young Artists Mentoring Programme...  

After finding out near the end of last year that I was chosen as one of the two young artist for the mentoring programme, I can't be more HAPPY! Not only was I gaining the funding and support I needed to carry on with my textiles work since leaving The Glasgow School of Art in June, I now have the platform to showcase my work again, which is so exciting.

Before you could even applied to the programme you had to be under 25, be a recent Art School graduate and have a connection to Dumfries and Galloway. My connection being D&G holds so many memories for me, with it being my holiday home since I was only a few weeks old. Both sides of my family own caravans across the path from each other (my lovely mum and dad met there) at Cardoness Caravan Park five minutes drive away from Gatehouse of Fleet.

Caravan Times...

Young Artists Mentoring Programme will give me free entry and a studio for the Spring Fling event taking place in early June, a bursary to produce new work and 14 days with my mentor, Morag Macpherson.

For my Info, check out the press release: 

http://www.spring-fling.co.uk/press-media 

Exciting times from now until June...

Love Coral   X