Sustainability in Artistic Practice with Ferweh
This week we caught up with Laura from Ferweh UK to talk about sustainability in her practice as part of our Sustainability Week here at...
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IWD / Inequality In The Art World.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th each year and has been for the last 100 years. It is an important day in the global...
Love Letters: To the Palette Knife.
As I'm sure you will have seen from previous posts in this project - throughout February, we invited various creatives to write a letter...
Love Letters: Shae Myles
We're continuing our February Love Letters project with this lovely contribution from Artist, Shae Myles. Shae is a contemporary artist...
Love Letters: Kirsty Cameron
We're continuing our Love Letters project with a contribution from Director of Second Home Studio + Cafe, Kirsty Cameron. This is her...
Love Letters: Moira Milne
Through February, we’ve been asking local creatives to send us love letters. They can be about anything or anyone. So far, I’ve loved the...
Not Completely Off Topic: with Caitlin Robb
2020 was a difficult year for graduates. After working for 4 years towards their degree show, it was snatched away in a moment, following...
Gray's Virtual Degree Show: A review.
There’s nothing quite like spending a day wandering around the Gray’s School of Art degree show. Sure, there are museums, and galleries,...
LGBTQ+ : resources.
Gooooooood morning friends! It is pride month and I am proud of you. By now, we should be widely accepting civilization that welcomes...
BLACK LIVES MATTER: resources
Hey everyone! We first posted this little blog in June 2020, when the Black Lives Matter movement became very mainstream following the...
A ~ Safe and Socially Distanced ~ Interview with Claire Kidd
We’re delighted to bring you this nice wee interview with artist, Claire Kidd. In this interview we chat about her work, creativity...
The Regeneration of Aberdeen Market Is Just Thinly Veiled Gentrification - An Opinion Piece.
I’ll admit it: Aberdeen Market is not a beautiful building. It’s rotund brutalist structure divides opinion and inside, it doesn’t get...
An Honest Quarantine
Before we start - CW/TW: Anxiety, Depression. If, like me, you’ve been through therapy, you might be familiar with critical, evidence...
A Creative Quarantine
Boris Johnson is prime minister and doesn’t mind if some of us die. The supermarkets are out of loo roll for reasons that no-one seems to...
W.H.Y C.I.C
If you haven’t already seen our exciting news, Second Home Cafe + Studio officially became a CIC in the past few weeks! I’m so excited...
#KirstyIsShitAtThings : Sewing
Hello! Welcome to the first official blog post of #KirstyIsShitAtThings where I, Kirsty, will be recording myself being shit at various...
#KirstyIsShitAtThings : An Introduction
Hey everyone! As promised, here is a rough introduction to #KirstyIsShitAtThings If for whatever reason, you can’t listen to this video,...
The why, how, + who of Second Home.
Hey! I’m Kirsty, the director of Second Home Studio + Cafe. Second Home will be an open art studio + cafe in Aberdeen city centre which...