What We Do Now

What We Do Now

Creative Director

What We Do Now (WWDN) is a ground-breaking, collaborative project working with artists, communities and organisations across Dumfries & Galloway.

What We Do Now (WWDN) is a pilot for a Creative Placemaking Network for Dumfries and Galloway. It is led by The Stove Network, an award-winning arts and community organisation based in the heart of Dumfries town centre.

WWDN is one of 26 regional projects within a nationwide programme called Culture Collective, funded by Scottish Government and coordinated by Creative Scotland.

The Stove is supporting a community anchor group (place hub) in each of five towns in Dumfries and Galloway to host creative practitioners for an extended period to work with sections of the community in that place to co-create new future visions and practical projects. WWDN supports artists to explore bold new ideas with communities to give voices to those under-represented in local decision making.

Each of the five ‘Place Hubs’ are in or working with communities experiencing disadvantage. Each took part in The Stove’s research project ‘Embers: Creative Placemaking in South Scotland’. All have identified sections of their own community where COVID has accentuated existing disadvantage and exclusion and have some experience of working culturally.

Artist Andy Brroke, Rosie Giblin and Alice Franic are working with ‘LIFT’ in NW Dumfries. Credit: Kirstin McEwan

Artists Colin Tennant and Saskia Coulson in residence with A’ The Airts in Sanquhar. Photo Credit: Kirstin McEwan.

 
 
Martin O'Neill