Visual Arts

Art & Nature: Mandala Making

Eden Court, Inverness
FREE

Join us for a relaxing mandala making session using natural and mixed media materials. Through our conversation and art making together, we will explore our connections with art & nature reflecting on how and why they can benefit our wellbeing.

Storytelling

Canalside Stories: Seeding Stories of Change

Bainfield Napier University Student Common Room, Edinburgh
FREE
18+

What we might learn from plants and their seeds? What alternative stories do they inspire? What lessons do they share? Hannah from the Edinburgh Seed Network will lead this two-hour activity, starting with gathering seeds and stories at Fountainbridge Green.

Storytelling

Canalside Stories: Water Tales

Leamington Liftbridge, Edinburgh
FREE
18+

Create a fictional tale exploring the theme of ‘revolution’, while taking a canal boat cruise on the Lochrin Belle.

Storytelling

Canalside Stories: Wellbeing ‘Water Tales’ Walk

Fountainbridge Square, Edinburgh
FREE
18+

Create a fictional tale using the canal surroundings, the element of water, and personal life experiences as inspiration. Participants are welcome to contribute ideas or simply listen and observe the creative process come to life.

Storytelling

Stone Soup Revolution

Lochend Secret Garden, Edinburgh
FREE

Join Storyteller Jane Mather for a celebration of community, harvest and tales of Halloween with warming soup to follow. All are welcome at this free family event.

Film

Catherine Grosvenor: Wilderness

Wilderness is a short film by Catherine Grosvenor exploring her shifting ideas about the countryside and the positive and negative effects it has had on her mental health.