Drop in and visit Gabriella Boyd's show 'Presser' + relax in our green space & enjoy a delicious coffee, fresh baking or an ice cream, as part of Spring Fling 2024's Green Route this bank holiday weekend!

Our Spring Fling opening times are:
Sat 25, Sun 26 & Mon 27 May, 10am-5pm

What's on? – Gabriella Boyd in Conversation CAMPLE LINE #Dumfries

Hear from Gabriella Boyd and Tina Fiske on the occasion of Gabriella's exhibition 'Presser' at Cample Line.

🗓️Saturday 25 May, 4pm

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Thank you to Frank Hayes from Drawing for Enjoyment for hosting a relaxed and informal drawing workshop at CAMPLE LINE last Saturday, loosely inspired by our current exhibition by #GabriellaBoyd and exploring ephemeral themes including remembered landscapes and people.

Join us Tues 28 May for a special screening of Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi's extraordinary 2011 documentary 'Five Broken Cameras' + Palestinian snacks & post-screening talk by Dumfries Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

🎟️ Tickets: £0-£5
Link in bio to book
Proceeds donated to M.A.P

Do read this beautiful response to Gabriella Boyd’s painting Telogen written by our Chair, David Clark

Our grateful thanks to #SarahJaneScouten and all who joined us in the spring sunshine on Thursday for an evening of film, music and locally foraged treats. Sarah Jane shared songs from her latest album, Turned to Gold & stories of the medicinal herbs aligning with each song 🌱

We're delighted to welcome Gabriella Boyd back to CAMPLE LINE next week for a conversation about her current exhibition Presser and her wider painting practice.

Sat 25 May, 4-5.30pm
Gabriella Boyd in conversation with Tina Fiske
🎟️ Free, link in bio to book

📸 Patrick Jameson

This Thursday at CAMPLE LINE! Join us for a film screening & spring concert with Canadian folk and Americana musician Sarah Jane Scouten + seasonal treats made with locally foraged plants and herbs.

🗓️ 16.5.24, 7-9:30pm
🎟️ £12 / £7 / £3
Book via link in bio or call 01848 331000

This Saturday at CAMPLE LINE! Join us for an inclusive and supportive workshop with a focus on simply enjoying the drawing process. No previous experience required, all materials + refreshments provided.

Drawing for Enjoyment
Sat 18 May, 2-4pm
🎟️ £5/£3/£2 - book via link in bio

Join us on Thursday 16 May for an evening of music and film with Canadian folk and Americana musician, Sarah Jane Scouten, accompanied by tasty seasonal baking made with locally foraged plants and herbs.

🗓️Thurs 16 May, 7-9:30pm
🎟️ Tickets: £12 / £7 / £3
Book via link in bio

Don't miss the chance to catch Hassan Fazili's incredible document of one family's 3,500 mile journey across Europe in search of asylum.

Midnight Traveler, Cert. 15
WATCH ONLINE until Mon 13 May
Tickets on a sliding scale, £0-£5, book via link in bio

💬 SDH captions available

'Boyd’s paintings show in their painterly language of touch and atmosphere, truly being present in the world [...] requires that we attend to our fractured and messy body-minds'

Read Yates Norton's full exhibition essay for Presser via our website.
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📸 Patrick Jameson

🗓️ Tomorrow at CAMPLE LINE!

Please join us for Midnight Traveler, a powerful & intimate portrait of a refugee family, followed by a short talk by Shirley Ferrier, Chair of MOOL.

28.4.24, 6:30-9pm⁠
Watch online 29 Apr-13 May⁠⁠
Tickets £0-£5 (link in bio)
SDH available online

You'll want your sound on for this one: Trailer 3 for Alchemy Film Festival 2024, made by Mark Lyken as part of our The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland 'Hawick in Common' project, features Hawick's very own Ken the Horse and some lovely speaker-rumbling bass-drones by Jos Smolders.

What's on? – Hassan Fazili: Midnight Traveller screening CAMPLE LINE #Dumfries

A film screening followed by a discussion with Massive Outpouring of Love (MOOL) and members of the local refugee community.

🗓️Sunday 28 April, 6.30pm

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#15Reads for Spring 24, inspired by our current exhibition and selected and described by Dr Jane McArthur, a writer and arts producer based in Dumfries and Galloway⁠.

Visit the link in our bio to read Jane's book descriptions and listen to recorded excerpts of each book.

Join us for a screening of 'Midnight Traveler' - a powerful and intimate portrait of one family's 3,500 mile long journey to Europe in search of asylum, captured entirely on just three mobile phones.

Sun 28 Apr, 6:30-9pm
Watch online: 29 Apr-13 May
🎟️ link in bio: £5/£3/£2/Free

Drawing for Enjoyment with Frank Hayes
27 Apr / 18 May, 2-4pm

We're delighted to welcome Frank Hayes to lead two inclusive and supportive drawing workshops at CAMPLE LINE this Spring 🌼

🎟️ Book via link in bio
All welcome, no previous experience required
All materials provided

We're delighted that Emily Jacir, a 2021 Alchemy Focus artist, will be in Hawick to present her multi-channel work We Ate the Wind as part of the exhibitions programme of this year's Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. alchemyfilmandarts.org.uk/festival-2024-…

Did you know we have the world's oldest working camera obscura at Dumfries Museum? Visit for a demonstration and see an amazing view of the town and surrounding area.

Camera obscura demonstrations are £4.50 for adults, or access rate is £2.00. The main museum is free to visit.