Fife Contemporary

On now! Join us in celebrating 20 years of Fife Contemporary with Dear Earth — a landmark exhibition exploring themes of sustainability, the climate emergency and care for our planet 🌍 Dear Earth features work by nine artists who have reflected on their own relationship to a fragile and precarious world, and through their practice have found a way to respond: Ade Adesina, Helen O'Brien, Jeni Reid, Jenny Pope, Naomi Mcintosh, Scott Hunter, Susie Johnston, Will Carey, Zoe Hamill. Dear Earth runs across a full year, from 21 March 2026 in Kirkcaldy Galleries and closing at St Andrews Museum on 6 March 2027. A satellite programme will bring together artists from across disciplines to respond to the environmental and social themes addressed in Dear Earth. Participating artists include: Alan Grieve & Eddie Summerton, Annie Lord, Katie Fowlie, Jonathan Baxter, Mella Shaw, Stefanie Ying Lin Cheong, Christina Riley. Find out more 🔗/event/dearearth/ [Link in bio] @adeadesina @hobcreates @jenireid @jennypopeartist @naomi_mcintosh @scott_hunter_artist @susie_johnston @studio___wc @hamill.zoe @workspacedunfermline @edwardsummerton @annie_lord_ @scottishbeachfinds @mellamine @stefaniecheong @christinamriley @onfife_cultural_trust @kirkcaldy_galleries @standrewsmuseum @creativescots @fifecouncil #DearEarth #FreeExhibition Images: Slide one features "Parallel" by Ade Adesina, a lino print in black and white showing a fantastical scene of planets, saxophones, seahorses, flowers and dials. Dear Earth is written in large yellow letters in the top left and at the bottom are details of the exhibition dates and locations. Slide two has a yellow background with the artists names listed in green. To the right is a crop of "Bloom" by Scott Hunter and below the Fife Contemporary 20 Years logo. Slide three has a green background and lists the artists involved in the satellite programme. To the right is a crop of "Mosslings" by Katie Fowlie and below the Fife Contemporary logo.

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Make your mark in the Climate Care Corner ✍️ As part of our 20th anniversary exhibition Dear Earth, we are asking visitors to write their positive hopes and wishes for a better planet on these linen strips, or 'Clooties' 🌍 This evolving, participatory activity will continue throughout the exhibition, and the natural fabric strips will be returned to the earth at the end as part of a regenerative cycle. Dear Earth features work by nine artists who have reflected on their own relationship to a fragile and precarious world, and through their practice have found a way to respond: Ade Adesina, Helen O'Brien, Jeni Reid, Jenny Pope, Naomi Mcintosh, Scott Hunter, Susie Johnston, Will Carey, Zoe Hamill. The exhibition runs across a full year, from 21 March 2026 in Kirkcaldy Galleries and closing at St Andrews Museum on 6 March 2027. A satellite programme will bring together artists from across disciplines to respond to the environmental and social themes addressed in Dear Earth. Participating artists include: Alan Grieve & Eddie Summerton, Annie Lord, Katie Fowlie, Jonathan Baxter, Mella Shaw, Stefanie Ying Lin Cheong, Christina Riley. Find out more 🔗/event/dearearth/ [Link in bio] @adeadesina @hobcreates @jenireid @jennypopeartist @naomi_mcintosh @scott_hunter_artist @susie_johnston @studio___wc @hamill.zoe @workspacedunfermline @edwardsummerton @annie_lord_ @scottishbeachfinds @mellamine @stefaniecheong @christinamriley @onfife_cultural_trust @kirkcaldy_galleries @standrewsmuseum @creativescots @fifecouncil #DearEarth #FreeExhibition Images: Slide one shows a close up of someone holding rolled up linen strips, slide two shows a close up of some Clooties tied to the tree in Kirkcaldy Galleries, and slide three shows the whole tree, covered with tied linen Clooties.

A massive thank you to @steveninglass for a wonderful weekend learning glass painting with stains and enamels! We covered so much- different types of paint, firing temperatures, colour theory, mark making techniques, brushes and even how to improvise your own tools. Steven was ridiculously generous with his time, extensive knowledge and skills and it was an incredible amount of fun. It was also great spending time @glasgowglassstudio and meeting some of the studio members- what a great community you have there! A big thanks also to @fifecontemp and @creativescots for the VACMA early career bursary that made this possible- there aren’t many places left in Scotland where you can study stained glass painting and the craft and the skills need to be kept alive! #stainedglass #glasspainting #heritageskills #artglass #glasgowglass

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Fife Contemporary What's On May 2026

Dear Earth on Earth Day. This is Scarcity of Song. 70 songs of birds silently suspended. The thoughtful exhibition now open 21 March 2026 - 6 March 2027 Dear Earth explores how artists are responding to the increased fragility of the world around us. Kirkcaldy Galleries @kirkcaldy_galleries St Andrews Museum @standrewsmuseum Exhibiting Artists: Ade Adesina | Helen O’Brien | Jeni Reid | Jenny Pope | Naomi Mcintosh | Scott Hunter | Susie Johnston | Will Carey | Zoe Hamill Satellite Programme: Alan Grieve | Annie Lord | Christina Riley | Eddie Summerton | Jonathon Baxter | Katie Fowlie | Mella Shaw | Stefanie Cheong | 📷 Lydia Smith @misslydiaphoto , courtesy of Fife Contemporary @fifecontemp #dearearth #earthday #naomimcintosh

Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 2025 - A series of ceramic interventions imagining how dis-used mid-century ceramics can be re-interpreted as apparatus for growing plants, as inspired by the persistence of weeds growing in Govanhill. Currently on show as a part of @fifecontemp Dear Earth exhibition at @kirkcaldy_galleries . - Dear Earth is a landmark exhibition exploring themes of sustainability, the climate emergency and care for our planet, featuring work by nine artists who have reflected on their own relationship to a fragile and precarious world alongside a satellite programme of workshops and events. #DearEarth - 📸: Lydia Smith, courtesy of Fife Contemporary

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Too many decisions and don’t know where to start? Make a Mossling with artist Katie Fowlie at our Wild Worries workshop on Saturday 25th April 2026! Get involved in this evolving, participatory installation and create a biodegradable mini guardian. The session runs from 2 - 3:30pm at @kirkcaldy_galleries and is suitable for ages 12+ Find out more and book here 🔗 Link in bio @scottishbeachfinds @onfife_cultural_trust @creativescots @fifecouncil #DearEarth #WhatsOn #Workshop

Session 1 sold out! Book your tickets for session 2 of Wild Worries, a participatory workshop with Katie Fowlie, the artist behind Dear Earth's Mossling exhibit. You are invited to be a part of this evolving installation by creating biodegradable tiny guardians from ethically foraged materials. Join us to craft, share, and compost worries into new growth! 🌿 📍 @kirkcaldy_galleries 📆 25 April 2026 ⏰ 2 - 3:30pm 💰 Pay What You Can: £3 / £5 / £7 🔗 /event/wild-worries-craft-confide-compost/ [Link in bio] Part of the Dear Earth Satellite Programme - Dear Earth runs across a full year, opening on 21 March 2026 in Kirkcaldy Galleries and closing at St Andrews Museum on 6 March 2027. @scottishbeachfinds @onfife_cultural_trust @creativescots @fifecouncil #DearEarth #Kirkcaldy #Workshop Image: Photograph of the Mosslings installation currently at Kirkcaldy Galleries as part of the Dear Earth exhibition. A visitor to the exhibition can be seen getting materials to make a Mossling from the drawers in a sideboard underneath the Mossling wall.

A read on how artists are responding to climate right now. Dear Earth at Kirkcaldy Galleries. Photography, printmaking, ceramics, installation and found objects come together around a single condition: the pressure human activity is placing on the planet. This isn’t a themed show in the usual sense. It’s a set of direct responses. Personal, material, and grounded in lived relationships to a fragile environment. Featuring: Ade Adesina, Helen O’Brien, Jeni Reid, Jenny Pope, Naomi McIntosh, Scott Hunter, Susie Johnston, Will Carey, Zoe Hamill. Curated by Fife Contemporary to mark 20 years creating high quality visual art & craft projects, exhibitions & events for Fife & beyond. On view until 13 September. Save as a reference point for how artists are approaching climate right now. — Some images may be crops. See full works on artists’ profiles and exhibition pages. @kirkcaldy_galleries @fifecontemp 🎥 @artvoxldn