Wee Gaitherin Heritage Exhibition
Aberdeen Arts Centre
33 King Street
Aberdeen
AB24 5AA
The Wee Gaitherin Heritage Exhibition goes on tour!
Northeast poets will celebrate the work of acclaimed writers living and dead at the launch of a literary Heritage Exhibition.The event will mark the opening of a display that charts the many varied and brilliant works of poetry and fiction by Aberdeen and Northeast writers over the last 700 years.
Contemporary Poets, including Jo Gilbert, Alistair Lawrie, Lesley Benzie, Neil Young, Judy Taylor, Jess Barrie and Andrew Urquhart, will read their own as well as extracts from some renowned writers of the past from 1320 through to the 21st century. Accomplished local musicians 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.
The Exhibition grew out of its charitable community engagement program and owes its existence to the enormous amount of work generously volunteered by local writers/artists and local history enthusiasts.
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.
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