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A creative project responding to the River Tweed, its habitats, ecologies, communities and culture

Anne Waggot Knott

From the Ground Up

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The footbridge over the River Tweed between Melrose and Gattonside. Photo: Andrew Wang

Running along rivers

By Andrew Wang

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23 August 2025

Wild Heart Sessions: Esther Swift

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Photo credit: Rachel Sutherland

4 September 2025

Rachel Sutherland, Flowing Light

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6 September 2025

Bedtime at the River II

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7 September 2025

Kat Gollock, Zoe Hamill: Terra Incognita V - culmination

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Georgie Fay, layered landscape multiplate etching

Situating a watery commons

By Emma Balkind

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Tweed: an interview with poet Craig Aitchison

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Terra Incognita

By Kat Gollock, Zoe Hamill

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Meet our 2025 artists in residence

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Watery Commons

Watery Commons

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Collecting candle black for ink production. Still from Touch Type, 2024. © Saul Pankhurst

Working against Type

By Michael Pattison

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Charles Fletcher artist

Studio visit: Charles Fletcher

By Tom Jeffreys

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Down by the River I...

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Drawing of a person with a microphone held to a plant
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Drawing of a person holding a tablet device studying a frog
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