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New Work Exhibited at RSA Galleries

03/02/12

I have two new paintings exhibited at the RSA Galleries, from 4th February to 1st March 2012. ...more

Scottish Illustrators: New Website Launched

03/02/12

A revamped website for Scottish Illustrators has just been launched. ...more

How the workshop went...

03/02/12

My weekend workshop, "Making A Poem-House" proved to be hugely enjoyable and I will definitely be running more of these! ...more

Making a 'Poem-House' Workshops 2012

18/12/11

New Workshop opportunities! Come and join in further adventures in art and poetry with Artist & Illustrator, Brigid Collins ...more

RSA Open 2011

10/11/11

I'm delighted to once again have had my work selected for the 2011 RSA Open Exhibition, which opens on 12th November and runs until 18th December 2011, at the RSA Lower Galleries, Princes St. Edinburgh. ...more

Poetry Beyond Text Talk at the Scottish Poetry Library

05/06/11

Conversations on creative collaboration with Poet, Jim Carruth reflecting on some of his recent collaborative projects, including our own current collaboration "without understanding we have beauty", a sequence of poems to which I am making visual responses. ...more

cabin:codex exhibition

05/05/11

"From feral to urban, from codex to artists' book": Relaunch project and Exhibition of selected works from the collection at The Centre for Artists' Books at The Visual Research Centre DJCAD, Dundee Contemporary Arts (30th April - 29th May 2011) ...more

Royal Scottish Academy Exhbition

26/10/10

My work is to be exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in the RSA Open Exhibition ...more

"an attitude of mind" exhibition

16/10/10

An exhibition of new work, made in collaboration with poet, Kathleen Jamie, has opened in the Pathfoot Foyer Gallery at the University of Stirling. ...more

"Small" Exhibition at The Scottish Poetry Library

16/10/10

Check out my work in "Small", an exhibition of tiny Artist's Books and poetry books, at The Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, until 27th November, 2010. ...more

"Another Land" Website Launched

24/08/10

I have created an image for use on the website for an exciting new project, "Another Land", launched recently:
http://another-land.co.uk/ ...more

Making a 'Poem-House' Workshop

12/07/10

Eight creative souls joined Brigid for a weekend workshop, on 3rd and 4th July, in the beautiful and tranquil setting of The Stables, on the edge of the village of Cromarty, on The Black Isle, near Inverness. ...more

"hush" short film

23/04/10

Now available to view on you tube and vimeo! ...more

"Threshold Markings" Exhibition

17/03/10

Exhibition of new and retrospective work at The StAnza Poetry Festival (17-21 March) 2010.

Brigid will be exhibiting new and retrospective "Poem-Houses" and other forms at an exhibition, "Threshold Markings", as part of The StAnza Poetry Festival (17-21 March) 2010. A new short film, "hush", made in collaboration with artists Graeme Gerard Halliday and Pete Nixon will be launched. Inspired by "Casting and Gathering" a poem by Seamus Heaney, in "Seeing Things" (Faber & Faber, 1991), it is a quiet reflection on the creative process. ...more