Current Projects
Upland aims to inspire and educate audiences and communities and bring opportunities to its visual artists and makers. We create projects and also work along side organisations to deliver projects.
Making Connections
Exploring and highlighting Langholm’s rich history and heritage in textile manufacture.
Modern Makers 2020
Modern Makers 2020 – working with glass artist Amanda Simmons
Early Engagement
Workshops & talks in schools throughout Dumfries and Galloway
Professional & Creative Development
We aim to provide support and opportunities to enable the creative talent of Dumfries & Galloway to flourish.
Emerge
A 9 month programme of mentoring and a bursary for emerging artist and makers who have a connection to Dumfries and Galloway.
Past Projects
The WaterOrgan
A public art commission for Spring Fling 2019
SF Pop-UP
SF Pop-UP in the heart of Dumfries
Modern Makers 2019
Modern Makers 2019 - A focus on the craft of printmaking
Energise Members Exhibition
A focused group exhibition exploring our evolving relationship with the natural world and our impact upon it.
Energise
A project giving artists the opportunity to research and creatively explore the subject of climate change in relation to the unique landscape of Dumfries & Galloway.
Life Stories
A project with the Elmbank Centre and Upland Member artist Hope London.
Coast to Coast
An exhibition of work by printmakers from Iceland and Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Modern Makers 2018
Modern Makers 2018
Artful Migration: Artist Residency
An artist residency at WWT Caerlaverock
Life Long Learning
A resource to enable individuals and organisations to find artists & makers who deliver workshops and classes
Surge
A curated exhibition of work by Upland Members
Patriothall Gallery
2-10 September 2017
EDGE
A public art commission for Spring Fling 2017
Collected Exhibition
To celebrate 15 years, we invited collectors to showcase artworks purchased at previous Spring Fling weekends.
Outpost | Spring Fling
This year Spring Fling's flagship exhibition took place in New Brewery Arts in Cirencester.
Modern Makers 2017
Students of the Modern Makers 2017 programme worked with slipware potters Doug Fitch & Hannah McAndrew
Confluence
A flowing together. In a literal sense, it's about rivers. But it's more often used to talk about the coming together of factors or ideas, or of cultures.
Spring Fling x Wigtown Book Festival Residency
Artist in Residence 2016/17
Spring Fling Rural Mural (#SFRM) 2016
Upland has again joined forces with urban art specialists Recoat to grow and evolve Spring Fling Rural Mural (#SFRM) 2016
We Are Upland Symposium
Upland held it's offical launch on Friday 5th February 2016. 'We Are Upland' was a one-day symposium which brought together artists and makers from across the region along with a variety of speakers from all across Scotland.
Modern Makers 2016
Between February - July 2016 six young people from D&G worked with Sam Booth (Echo Living) to design and build a bespoke structure for an RSPB reserve near Wigtown