2.30pm - The Story of a Fairy Family: A Portable Archive

£10.00

Venue: Kirkcudbright Galleries, 3B St Mary St, Kirkcudbright DG6 4AA

DJ McDowall and Peter Hewitt explore the creative and queer world of Dorothy Johnstone, Vera (Jack) Holme, Cecile Walton and Anne Finlay in Jessie M King’s Greengate Close. The creation of a new publication weaves letters, diaries photos and artworks with the fairylore and enchanting places that shaped their lives as chosen family in Kirkcudbright.

Venue: Kirkcudbright Galleries, 3B St Mary St, Kirkcudbright DG6 4AA

DJ McDowall and Peter Hewitt explore the creative and queer world of Dorothy Johnstone, Vera (Jack) Holme, Cecile Walton and Anne Finlay in Jessie M King’s Greengate Close. The creation of a new publication weaves letters, diaries photos and artworks with the fairylore and enchanting places that shaped their lives as chosen family in Kirkcudbright.

DJ McDowall is a professional community development practitioner with nearly thirty years of experience with expertise in grassroots impactful creative, heritage and youth engagement. She was the lead curator of the recent Fairy Family exhibition at Kirkcudbright Galleries.