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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
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
"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
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