The Stove Network

Ten artists working with communities to learn from informal COVID responses in our region, how can we nurture and maintain learning in our new future?

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Midsteeple Quarter

A community-led development project for Dumfries Town Centre

Creative Futures: Lincluden and Lochside

People using creativity to make their own future

The Stove Cafe

Coffee. Community. Creativity.

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The Stove Network is a membership, artist-led organisation based in Dumfries. We are a means for the creative community to play a significant role in the future of our region.
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We see the arts not as something solely for an ‘arts audience’, but rather as a vital contribution to society on all fronts.
The Stove Network

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