October 15 @ 11:00 am – November 11 @ 4:00 pm
Stranraer waterfront’s artist-in-residence Maya Rose Edwards will be sharing their work with the town at the Creative Stranraer Hub (23 King Street) from 15th October – 11th November.
Entry is free of charge and visitors are invited to view and comment on a display of exciting works that have been co-created with local people. The display relates to the potential future of the waterfront area as active leisure and events destination for tourists and locals.
Maya’s work is a part of the Stranraer Waterfront Community Engagement Project, an innovative community engagement project funded by Dumfries & Galloway Council and delivered by The Stove Network and Creative Stranraer. It aims to place the community right at the heart of Stranraer’s future vision for the Waterfront.
Between November 2023 and April 2024, the project has engaged with nearly 900 local individuals and 27 community groups to get people’s thoughts about the kind of waterfront they would like to see for the town. ‘Harbourland’ is the second phase of Maya’s work, homing in on one aspect of the Waterfront proposals – a new area of reclaimed land between the slipway and the East Pier, which will be formed using the material dredged from Loch Ryan to make the harbour area deep enough for larger boats to use the marina.
At the display in the Creative Stranraer Hub you’ll be able to see some of the initial design ideas suggested by local people for the new piece of reclaimed land through the creative activities that Maya has staged. There will also be a digital display of Loch Ryan underwater footage commissioned by SCAMP (Solway Coast And Marine Project) screening in the Hub windows and an interactive community report detailing the creative engagement process and its outcomes so far. You can find out more about Maya’s work to date at their online blogs HERE.