Spring Fling Open Studios
23 May 2026 to 25 May 2026
Spring Fling Open Studios: 23 - 25 May 2026
Spring Fling Open Studios will be taking place from 23 - 25 May 2026!
Spring Fling Open Studios returns for its biggest year to date, bringing together 111 artist studios across Dumfries & Galloway. This year features more studios than ever before, with a vibrant mix of returning favourites and artists taking part for the first time.
Artists and makers work across contemporary visual art and craft practices including painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, photography, jewellery, glass, wood, metal and mixed media.
The 2026 programme also reflects a growing presence of installation, experimental and digitally led work, alongside highly skilled, material-based practice.
Spring Fling Bus Tours
Explore Spring Fling studios across the region with our organised bus tours.
Delivered by local transport providers, Spring Fling bus tours make it easier to visit studios across the region while helping to reduce traffic and environmental impact. Further information is available on our booking website and listed below.
Saturday 23 May
- Pink & Purple Routes
Pick-up: 10am Market St Car Park, Castle Douglas
- Green Route
Pick-up: 10 am Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
Sunday 24 May
- Pink & Purple Routes
Pick-up: 10am Market St Car Park, Castle Douglas10 am
- Green Route
Pick-up: 10am Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
- Blue Route
Pick-up: 10am Stranraer Train Station, Stranraer
- Orange & Red Routes
Pick-up: 10am Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
Monday 25 May
- Pink & Purple Routes
Pick-up: 10am Harbour Square, Kirkcudbright
Bus Tour Tickets & Booking
£16 per person
£14 SF Friends/Concessions
Service charge applied at checkout.
Book your trip now!
Visit spring-fling-bus-tours-2026.eventbrite.co.uk or scan the QR code in the brochure.
Pick-up locations and timings vary by route and day. Full details are provided at the point of booking. Bus tours are subject to availability and dependent on sufficient bookings. Tickets must be booked online in advance. A small service fee is applied at checkout.
We want your feedback
We’d love to hear about your visit and if you fill in the form you can win art vouchers to spend with your favourite artists.
PRIZES
1st Prize: £100 VOUCHER 2 TICKETS TO ARTS FESTIVAL 2027
2nd Prize: £75 VOUCHER
3rd Prize: £50 VOUCHER
Complete the survey online here.
Vist the dedicated Spring Fling event website here.
Spring Fling
Scotland’s premier visual art and craft open studio event.
Spring Fling Open Studios
23 May 2026
Spring Fling Website Support
We are looking for a freelance individual or agency to support the Upland team to rebuild the event website for Spring Fling– www.spring-fling.co.uk.
Upland is looking for support to develop the Spring Fling website
We are looking for a freelance individual or agency to support the Upland team to rebuild the event website for Spring Fling– www.spring-fling.co.uk
111 Artists and Makers to Take Part in Record Breaking Spring Fling
● 2026 is a ‘major step forward’ in annual event’s ‘ambition, scale and creative scope’
● Open studios weekend features woodland installation, street performance and a chance to be part of the art
● Visitors can Flock to a display of 1,000 ceramic birds
Press Release: Enter the Alternative Universe of Alex Rigg in Spring Fling 2025
Celebrated designer opens up collection of 200 costumes
Chance to try on designs from fabulous productions
New Stranraer Rural Mural Will Be At The Heart of Spring Fling
- Scotland’s premier open studios weekend unveils 2024 programme
- See the Virtual Studios - then pay a visit in person
Record Number of Studios will Open Their Doors for Spring Fling
A record-breaking 104 studios will be welcoming in the public for Dumfries and Galloway’s 22nd annual Spring Fling Open Studios Weekend.
Spring Fling artist highlights wonderful wildlife and Scotland’s vanishing species
Lisa Hooper’s original prints raise awareness of all we are losing and celebrate what remains.
Curlews, lapwings and skylarks – some of the beautiful species disappearing from Scotland’s skies
21st Spring Fling - 100 Studios will open their doors to the public
One hundred studios across Dumfries and Galloway will be throwing open their doors for the 21st Spring Fling.
Scotland’s leading open studios weekend- this year, from 27 to 29 May - is a superb opportunity to meet wonderfully creative people who live and work in one of Scotland’s most beautiful rural regions.
Press Release: Art originals – first Spring Flingers launch programme for 20th year
Artists and makers from the first Spring Fling got together to launch the programme for the 20th annual open studios weekend.
Artists’ Delight as Spring Fling Marks 20th Year with 4-Day Jubilee Open Studios Event
Ninety six artists and makers set to welcome back the public for Dumfries and Galloway’s big celebration of creativity
Press Release: It’s Good To Be Back – Spring Fling Enjoys Successful First Weekend
More opportunities to enjoy excellent art, craft and events
Press Release: Spring Fling Promises Sound, Vision and an Abundance of Intriguing Art
From light projections on Moon Jars to a sound installation developed from the one of Burns’ favourite Scots songs – Spring Fling 2021 will feature an abundance of intriguing artworks.
Press Release: Spring Fling 2021 Looks Forward to Showcasing 10 New Artists and Makers
Spring Fling is welcoming a host of fresh talent with 10 new artists and makers taking part in this year’s event.
Press Release: Spring Fling - Artists to Share Their Love of ‘Amazing’ Dumfries and Galloway
Spring Fling has unveiled the full list of over 60 artists and makers taking part in this year’s celebration of creativity from Dumfries and Galloway.
Spring Fling 2021 Plans Announced & Applications Open
Spring Fling 2021 Finds New Ways To Celebrate Artists and Makers
Press Release: Spring Fling Artists Offer Fresh Perspectives on Scottish Flora
Many Spring Fling artists and makers take inspiration from nature – but for Sue Thomas and Jennie Ashmore the plants, flowers and seeds they gathered in the Scottish countryside have become the art.
Press Release: Looking In - Spring Fling Presents 14 Displays across Dumfries & Galloway
The open studios event may have had to shift online – but there is still a chance to see work by Spring Fling artists and makers in 14 window displays across Dumfries and Galloway.
Press Release: Spring Fling Digital Doors Opened As Artists and Makers Go Online
Over 80 artists and makers across Dumfries & Galloway have thrown open their digital doors for an online, autumn edition of Spring Fling Open Studios.
Press Release: Arts organisations welcome council’s support for cultural rebuilding in 2021
Dumfries and Galloway Council partnership is essential to help arts sector recover
Arts Festival and Spring Fling look to future collaboration
New Together Again arts season planned
Spring Fling Update / COVID-19
Spring Fling Open Studios 2020 update (25th September)