CABN Scottish Borders

10/10/2026

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SAVE THE DATE...

Very excited to share this year's dates for our incredible 2 day Art and Design Fair .

This is a " must not miss " fair with up to 60 stalls from our hugely talented local makers and creators.

It is run,organised,set up and manned by all 13 of us in The Crafter's cooperative group and we work throughout the year to bring you the best of the best in art and craft in the Borders.

We will have our wonderful cafe area run by the amazing initiative Cafe ReCharge CIC
More about the wonderful work they do in a later post.

Please feel free to share this post and let friends and family know,it's such a wonderful fair and a fantastic opportunity to buy directly from the maker,support small businesses in your local area and do some Christmas shopping all under one roof.

We so look forward to welcoming you on the 21st and 22nd of November.

We will be open 10-5 both days.

08/10/2026

We are taking sometime to recharge and will be back on Tuesday 20 October

07/10/2026

Don't forget to get your application in.
Details on our website www.cabn.info

07/10/2026

Check out what our friends Connecting Threads: Tweed River Culture are up to...

📢 Our full programme for Tweed River Festival 2026 is now LIVE! 🤩

🧶 Welcome to the second edition of the Tweed River Festival, an annual creative celebration of the River Tweed! From 30-31 October 2026, join us in Melrose in the Scottish Borders for two days of river-focused creative activities: from collective net-making to riverside listening; costume-making to screen-printing; circus performances to photography workshops; films, food, wild swimming, a parade, and more!

🎨 We are delighted that Connecting Threads’ 2026 artists in residence, Rebecca Beinart and Savinder Bual, will be sharing their work and research from their residencies at the festival.

💧 Other creative practitioners guiding us through an array of river-centred activities will include: Zoe Atherfold, Emily Beaney, Ingrid Campbell, Dyffryn Dyfodol, Lara Greene, Kate Liston, Louise McLachlan, Eve Mosher, Sita Pieraccini, Rowan Environmental Arts, Keira Tucker (ASCUS), Jamie Wardrop, and Webb-Ellis.

🪢 FRIDAY PROGRAMME: ENTANGLEMENT 🌱

We gather for a SPRINGBOARD local assembly in special partnership with Culture for Climate Scotland. The theme of the day is entanglement. Guided through collective net-making, photography, creative microscopy, and discussion, we begin the festival by practising collaboration.

🎊 SATURDAY PROGRAMME: A SEASONAL CELEBRATION ✨

On day two, we listen to, taste, and feel the river. We ask: what if paying attention to ourselves, our communities and our rivers – under, over, round and through – is a gift that we can offer?

➡️ Full programme announcement is now live on our website!
https://www.tweedriverculture.org/journal/trf-2026-full-programme-live

🖌️ Many thanks to Rachael Hood prints for our Tweed River Festival 2026 visual identity!

The Southern Uplands Partnership Destination Tweed UK CCScotland Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Dyffryn Dyfodol Lara Greene Artist Rea -Rowan Environmental Arts ASCUS Art & Science

07/10/2026

We are about to take a break but meanwhile here are some great events to look out for the rest of the month..

01/10/2026

Something for the weekend?

‘Paperwork’
Opening on Saturday October 3rd at Ruda Studio, Main Street, St Boswells, 11am - 4pm. An exhibition of 10 Scottish artists working with paper, print and book art.

‘Paperwork’ includes work by:

Vivian Bannerman
Felicity Bristow Felicity Bristow
Helen Douglas .weproductions
Jane Hyslop
Julie Johnstone
Susie Leiper Susie Leiper
Holly Nicholls
Christine Sloman Christine Sloman
Emma Whigham Emma Whigham
Susie Wilson

Image: Detail of WIP Waning Gibbous 30.09.26
Draw-ing(s) series
Red Sandstone pieces, Red sandstone earth, Natural Rose Hip dye, bamboo hoop, linen thread and 300gm Acid Free Blotting Paper
Size: 43cm dia. x 11cm size varies

Please see for opening times

01/10/2026

Last Thursday CABN met at Old Gala House in Galashiels for a workshop with photographer Kat Gollock. Kat talked participants through photography basics, and the group explored the beautiful Old Gala House taking photographs of objects at multiple different angles. Kat then spent some one to one time addressing individual photography questions. Thank you to Kat and everyone who came along!

If you have an idea or suggestion for a workshop that would help you in your practice, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at [email protected]

29/09/2026

Just a reminder that there are still two information sessions, hosted by Live Borders, for those who have any questions about applying for VACMA coming in the next 2 weeks.

Friday 2 October, 3-5 pm at Gala Library
Friday 16 October, 3-6 pm online.

The deadline for autumn applications is at 5 pm on 20 October. The deadline for winter applications is 5 pm on 2 February.

28/09/2026

Artist residencies.

A few residencies that may be of interest to the network have come to our notice. Read on for more details:

*Community Land Scotland Residencies.
Deadline: 1 pm on 9 October 2026.
Community Land Scotland seeks four artists for paid residencies with community-owned places across Scotland, exploring land, power and place. Four practitioners will each be paired with a community-owned place and co-create a response shaped by that community's own priorities: Go Girvan! in South Ayrshire; Kinlochleven Community Trust in Lochaber; Uig Community Trust on the Isle of Skye; and Muckle Roe Community Enterprise in Shetland.

*After the Single Use, Artist Residencies.
Deadline: 11 pm on 22 October 2026.
Eight locations. Eight research teams. One global conversation about plastic, healthcare, and what comes next. As part of After the Single Use (ATSU), eight artists will be selected (one per research location) to join the local research team for a residency period between March-May 2027. This is a research-embedded residency, not a production residency: the focus is on curiosity, exchange, and process. Led by the University of Edinuburgh.

*Eastgate Theatre Artist in Residence
Deadline: 8 am on Monday 26 October 2026.
For their 2026/7 residency, Easgate invite proposals responding to the theme Belonging.The artist might explore place, identity, heritage, family, language, culture, community or the natural environment. There is a fee of £5000 payable to the selected artist. Community engagement is an essential part of the residency.

25/09/2026

The CABN Guide
[Image: Tracy Owens, who will be taking part in the Innerleithen Open Studios in venue 5.]

What's on in the Borders:

*Friday 25 September
-heArt Nights, Heart of Hawick, 7.30 - 9.30 pm, a new monthly social art session on the last Friday of each month.
-Kelso Folk and Live Music Club, Cross Keys Oak Room, 7.45 pm.

*Saturday 26 September
-Innerleithen, Walkerburn and Traquair Open Studios, 40 artists showing work in their studios and local businesses. Events include a drawing workshop with Hannah Davies, 10-11; and Introduction to Dry-Point print making with Ann Louise Kieran, 10.30-1.
-Bootstock in the Borders, Live Music from 7 pm at Traquair Village Hall to help fund educational opportunities for disadvantaged children in the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal.

*Sunday 27 September
-Day 2 of Innerleithen Open Studios. Events include: Stone Painting for children with Bridget 10-12.

*Wednesday 30 September
-The Green Get-Together, find out about climate action and green groups in the Borders, Café Recharge, 10-2.
-Creative Scotland VACMA info session 10.30-12.

Please get in touch if there is an event that you would like us to share: [email protected].