Crafted Christmas: Screen Printed Stockings
2025-12-07 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-07 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Enjoy Christmas Together

Get into the holiday spirit with a hands-on screen printing workshop, led by Diana Hamilton, you’ll design and print your very own Christmas stocking! Perfect for beginners, families, and anyone who loves a little DIY holiday fun.

Festive food and drink available with special thanks to the Fig & Olive café.

Please note: Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Crafted Christmas: Tree Decoration Making
2025-12-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Enjoy Christmas Together

Celebrate the season with a cosy, creative session, led by Diana Hamilton you’ll design your own beautiful Christmas tree decorations using air-dry clay. No experience needed and perfect for all the family.

Festive food and drink available with special thanks to the Fig & Olive cafe.

Please note: Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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The Drawing Collective 🌊
2025-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
A SPACE TO DRAW, SHARE, AND CONNECTThe Drawing Collective is a fun, no-pressure workshop that invites you to explore your creativity through the joy of drawing. Whether you’re picking up a pencil for the first time, looking to develop your skills, or simply hoping to meet new friends, The Drawing Collective offers a nurturing space for all to explore their creativity.

During these sessions, local artist Barry Mitchell will teach you the basics, from simple scribbles and shading to more structured drawings, exploring texture and tone and how understanding these techniques can transform doodles into works of art.

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Write On! 🌊
2025-12-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
CREATING CONNECTION THROUGH THE POWER OF WORDS

Our Write On! Classes, facilitated by Diana Hamilton, will embrace the theme of Shorelines by exploring the landscape through the introduction of poetry and poetic techniques, embracing the relationships we have with our environment, our Shoreline. The classes will explore the sea and our senses, the moon’s tidal influences and the landscapes ever changing nature. Through carefully chosen materials that allow physical and visceral memories to come to the forefront, the classes will take a journey through memory, heritage, history and hope.

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Token Trail
2026-01-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-24 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-31 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-07 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-28 11:00 - 13:00
Our Token Trail, facilitated by Jane Fraser, will embrace the theme of Shorelines by exploring hands-on community workshops with each session focusing on Stranraer’s evolving waterfront, belonging, memory, local identity and pride. Through carefully planned sessions participants will work together to create special tokens that will later be shared with the wider community.

Please note: Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

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Write On! 🌊
2026-01-15 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-22 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-05 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-26 16:00 - 18:00

The Drawing Collective 🌊
2026-01-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
A SPACE TO DRAW, SHARE, AND CONNECTThe Drawing Collective is a fun, no-pressure workshop that invites you to explore your creativity through the joy of drawing and painting. Whether you’re picking up a pencil and paint brush for the first time, looking to develop your skills, or simply hoping to meet new friends, The Drawing Collective offers a nurturing space for all to explore their creativity.

During these sessions, local artist Barry Mitchell will teach you how to draw and paint a still life that will be included in our Shorelines showcase throughout March 2026.

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Singer Songwriting 🌊
2026-01-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC

Our Singer Songwriting classes, facilitated by Stacey Joy, will involve songwriting through the discovery of what lies where the sea meets the shore. Through the exploration of nature and culture of the Stranraer coastline, the trials and triumphs of its rich history, and the undiscovered treasures which lie waiting to be found, our aim is to write songs that share all of these.

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Now and Then Exhibition
2026-03-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-04 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Creative Stranraer Hub, 23 King Street, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, DG9 7JU, United Kingdom
Shoreline Coastal Exhibition

Over the last eight months, Creative Stranraer has been delivering Shorelines, a project rooted in coastal identity, pride and belonging. As the programme draws to a close, we’re celebrating local artists and makers whose work reflects these themes.

Pop into the Hub throughout March to view the amazing work on display.
