The Stove committee has been pushing forward on all fronts over the past year, and we would like to invite you to a catch-up meeting on Wednesday, the 5th of September at 7 pm at The Stove building.

At this meeting, we will report back on progress with the building and projects and discuss the future structure of The Stove as an arts organisation. The Stove began as an open invitation and opportunity for D+G practitioners; we’d like to discuss ideas we have for sustaining this ethos into the future and are eager to involve as many of you as possible in these discussions.

Some of you may also be aware that we have been commissioning artworks to accompany a two-week-long programme of public arts activity in and around Dumfries at the start of November. Artist Mike Inglis was awarded one of The Stove’s Inbetween commissions; Mike is one of Scotland’s leading street artists and will present a short illustrated talk on the 5th of September about his practice and what he has planned for the November events.

We will also be introducing a two-day symposium we are presenting in November, where invited speakers will address issues surrounding the identity of contemporary market towns in the UK: ‘Place, Sustainability, and Future Culture’ in Dumfries on 8th and 9th November.

We hope you can join us. If so, please RSVP via [email protected] with the text ‘Stove Meeting Wed 5 Sep’ in the subject line.