For those who missed out on the exhibition during 2024’s poetry festival (the most successful to date), the tour will provide another wonderful opportunity to view it!
Northeast poets will celebrate by performing the work of acclaimed writers living and dead at the launch of our literary Heritage Exhibition at:
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Tuesday 26 November 2024, from 6 - 8pm.
BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE: https://www.aberdeenartscentre.com/whats-on/wee-gaitherin-heritage-exhibition-launch
The event will mark the opening of the exhibition that charts the many varied and brilliant works of poetry and fiction by Aberdeen and Northeast writers over the last 700 years. The Exhibition runs until February 2025 before moving onto its next destination...
Contemporary poets, including Jo Gilbert, Alistair Lawrie, Lesley Benzie, Neil Young, Judy Taylor, Jess Barrie and Andrew Urquhart, will read their own work as well as extracts from some renowned writers of the past from 1320 through to the 21st century. Accomplished local musicians, including Len Helsing of ‘The Thanes’ no less, will also entertain with their music and song. Free wine/beer and nibbles will be
available.
This free event showcases a touring exhibition that was drawn together as part of Stonehaven’s annual Wee Gaitherin poetry festival 2024.
Exhibition Info
The Exhibition grew out of our charitable community engagement program and owes its existence to the enormous amount of work generously volunteered by Gloria Potter who curated and organised all the other local writers/artists and local history enthusiasts involved. More details about volunteers involved here: https://www.weegaitherin.com/post/the-wee-gaitherin-heritage-exhibition-2024
In addition to celebrating the long and rich written cultural heritage of the Northeast, this significant legacy exhibition offers a wide array of poetry from the output of workshops with school pupils and all-age workshops held within Stonehaven library, who were hugely supportive partners. Acclaimed local/national present-day writers, including Wee Gaitherin Festival trustees have also contributed their poetry.
Aberdeen Arts Centre contact details:
33 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5AA
TWG is eternally grateful for the generosity of all those involved and to our funders and business sponsors: National Lottery-Awards for All, Aberdeenshire Council, William Syson and Hugh Fraser Foundations, Whittaker Engineering, Macphie Ltd, FirstDrive Cars.