D&G Showcases Growing Leadership in Creative Health at Healing Arts Scotland 2026!
Author: DG Creative Wellbeing
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Our latest Public Art Project is now well underway, with our graduates working alongside artists Alice Griffin and Katie Anderson to create a series of collaborative artworks for the Women & Children Department at Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary. Over the past few weeks, the group has been exploring a range of creative techniques including mark-making, collage, texture and…
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OutPost Arts have been working closely with Art in Healthcare (Scotland) – a charity working across Scotland to improve health and wellbeing for individuals and communities through opportunities to experience and engage with high-quality visual art, artists and creativity, particularly within community, health and social care settings. Art in Healthcare manages a large collection of…
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More than 100 delegates from across Scotland gathered in Dumfries & Galloway this week as OutPost Arts hosted a sold-out conference for Healing Arts Scotland 2026, welcoming internationally renowned speakers, artists and public health leaders for a day celebrating the transformative role of arts, culture and creativity in health and wellbeing. The event highlighted Dumfries & Galloway’s growing role within Scotland’s…
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As part of the Healing Arts Scotland 2026 Dumfries & Galloway Day, in partnership with The Crichton Trust and NHS D&G, OutPost Arts has commissioned artist Jim Buchanan to develop two land art installations across Mountainhall and The Crichton Estate Greenspaces. This evolving project explores how greenspaces can be activated through creative practice, encouraging people…
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Art Journal Project participants have now moved into the Graduate Programme, but before we share more about this, we are looking back on their year of creative exploration with Liz McQueen. Now in its third year, the project has continued to grow in both scale and reach – this year, we welcome our largest and…
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We are delighted to share an exciting new exhibition now on display at DGRI by Dumfries & Galloway-based photographer Callum Malone. Bringing together a striking collection of street photography captured across the Dumfries area, Looking Out presents a series of images that observe everyday life as it unfolds, documenting people, passing moments and quiet corners that shape…
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As our Creative Toolbox Participants move into the Graduate Programme, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the wonderful and uplifting year they have had. We welcomed 20 new young people in May 2025, our largest cohort yet, and the project has since grown and evolved into a space full of curiosity, connection and creativity.…
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In February, we hosted a Creative Health & Wellbeing Symposium in Dumfries – it was the first of its kind in our region and a significant marker for the progress that has been made to increase connections between the arts, culture, health and care sectors following on from the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of the…
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**ART JOURNAL PROJECT IS NOW CLOSED FOR REFERRALS** We are excited to share that our Art Journal Project is now open for referrals to take part in our 2025/26 programme! Part of the DG Creative Wellbeing project, the Art Journal Project is a community-based program supporting adults (18+) facing barriers. A key initiative of OutPost…
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Our Art in Healthcare Project has been busy over the past few months, delivering a series of inspiring workshops. We are delighted to have collaborated with NHS staff to develop creative wellbeing sessions aimed at fostering positive mental health, a sense of community and stronger interpersonal connections. Wellbeing Workshops for NHS Staff In recent months,…