Exhibition tour reaches its final stages

The Wee Gaitherin Heritage Exhibition, which formed part of the 2024 Gaitherin, has

been on tour for the past year, taking poetry, history and song to primary schools,

libraries and other venues around the Northeast.

The Exhibition celebrates prominent Northeast writers, from 1320 to the present day,

as well as the fantastic poetry created in our community engagement workshops in

Stonehaven Library and with pupils at Mackie Academy.

It sings out the creativity of the region, its inspirational landscape, and the innate

value of creative and collaborative endeavour in building a thriving community.

The Exhibition’s creators have been joined by wonderful local poets and writers who

have shared their words and their time in a dozen (and counting) joyful tour events.

You can still catch them and experience this creel of Northeast culture for yourself –

pop in to one of the following:

• Macduff Library 16th July to 19th August 2025. Exhibition poetry and song:

Gloria Potter, David Potter readings and songs on 19th August 1.30 to 2.30pm

• Gamrie Little Schoolie 19th August to 27th August 2025. Exhibition poetry and song: David Potter, Gloria Potter, Irene Watt, Graham White, Eleanor Hepburn readings 20th August. 2.30 to 3.30pm

• Buchanhaven Heritage Centre 27th August to 13th September 2025. Exhibition, poetry and song: Andrew Urquhart, Alistair Lawrie, George Duncan, Gloria Potter, David Potter and friends, readings 13^th September 2.00 to 3.30pm

• Banchory  Library July to 23^rd September  2025. Exhibition poetry and song: Marka Rifat, Nichola Furrie, David Potter, Gloria Potter, Banchory Poets  23^rd September 2 to 3pm

• Turriff Library 15th to 30th September. Exhibition and Session

• Stonehaven Folk Club  10^th October 8pm to 11.30pm. One night only Come all Ye session with Stonehaven Folk Club, Mearns Writers and Representatives from The Wee Gaitherin.                           

Following the tour, the exhibition will be back in Stonehaven, where it will have a

permanent home in the Library.

The Heritage Exhibition owes its existence to the enormous amount of work generously volunteered by Gloria Potter, who, in addition to researching and producing the exhibition and tour, co-ordinated all of the other fantastic artists, writers and local history enthusiasts, including: Andrew Urquhart, Alistair Lawrie, Elaine Morrison, Judith Taylor, Marianne McGrellis, Bill McGrellis, Sarah Houston,

Penny Frances, John Wilkinson, R. Gay Halley, Keith Stewart, Lorraine Stewart,

David Potter, Jo Gilbert, Nicola Furrie Murphy and Kate Benzie. 

The project was made possible thanks to National Lottery players, and we are

eternally grateful for the generosity of all our other funders and business sponsors:

Aberdeenshire Council, William Syson and Hugh Fraser Foundations, Whittaker

Engineering, Macphie Ltd, FirstDrive Cars.

A huge cheer, and our grateful thanks to all involved.