Spring Fling Pop Up @ Gracefield

Spring Fling 2013 will be launched with a special pop-up taster exhibition to be opened by VisitScotland chief executive Malcolm Roughead OBE.

The exhibition, at Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries, from March 29 to 31, will give visitors a sneak preview of work by the 93 visual artists and craft makers taking part in this year’s open studios event.

Mr Roughead will officially launch Spring Fling at a special drinks and reception at Gracefield at 6.30pm on Thursday, 28 March.

The taster exhibition will include work by painters such as Hazel Campbell, Lisa Hooper, Andrew McKean, Angela Lawrence, Helen Ryman, Colin Blanchard and many more – whose work often features wildlife or Scottish landscapes. Similarly there will be photography from Allan Wright, Leeming & Paterson and Phil McMenemy whose work often focuses on landscapes and the environment.

Thanks to a new format it is hoped that this year’s taster exhibition will attract a new and wider audience to Spring Fling. It is being held in three, rather than the usual, two, venues. After Dumfries it will move to Stranraer Museum during April and May. It will then go to Annan – giving easy access for visitors from the north of England.