Summer Solstice at Crawick
An extraordinary fusion of art and science takes place this weekend at Crawick Multiverse!
The Summer Solstice Festival runs June 24 – 26, for a spectacular midsummer celebration of art, science and music in the 55-acre space in Dumfries & Galloway.
Crawick Multiverse is a spectacular artland, visitor attraction and events venue in Dumfries & Galloway, which uses landscape art to transform a former open cast coal mine into an outdoor space inspired by the themes of space, astronomy and cosmology.
The packed weekend includes the official unveiling of a new mosaic from the globally-renowned landscape artist Charles Jencks, and the opening of an exhibition featuring work by Charles and artist, designer and performer Alex Rigg.
A series of fascinating science lectures is also planned – and one highlight is Our Universe in Pictures, Poetry and Music by RSE President, Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
On Sunday, June 26, the festival reaches its climax with a day of family-friendly activities to celebrate the summer solstice.
Visitors can witness the Riding of the Marches, and a procession led by the Sanquhar Pipe Band. The weekend’s grand finale also includes a fire display and a performance by soprano opera singer Claire Egan.
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- FREE PIC – Crawick Multiverse Solstice Events Preview, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 19/06/2016: An extraordinary fusion of art, science and entertainment takes place this weekend (Friday 24th to Sunday 26th June 2016) at a three day celebration of the Summer solstice at the Charles Jencks designed Crawick Multiverse (correct), near Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Pictured rehearsing for the event are Lewis Sherlock (front) and Florence Garcia Chafuén (left) from fantasy performance arts company Oceanallover (correct, from Moniaive, Dumfriesshire) with Murran Thin-Smith (correct, right, aged 10, from Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and pictured with parent’s permission), pictured at “The Milky Way Galaxy” section of the 55 acre landscape installation – created from the site of a former open cast coal mine. More info from: PR consultant Matthew Shelley – 07786 704 299 – MJHShelley@hotmail.co.uk ; more Crawick Multiverse info on: www.crawickmultiverse.co.uk Free FIRST USE (ONLY) picture. Photography from: Colin Hattersley Photography – colinhattersley@btinternet.com – www.colinhattersley.com – 07974 957 388
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- FREE PIC – Crawick Multiverse Solstice Events Preview, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 19/06/2016: An extraordinary fusion of art, science and entertainment takes place this weekend (Friday 24th to Sunday 26th June 2016) at a three day celebration of the Summer solstice at the Charles Jencks designed Crawick Multiverse (correct), near Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Pictured rehearsing for the event with Charlie the unicorn is Murran Thin-Smith (correct, aged 10, from Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and pictured with parent’s permission), overlooking the 55 acre landscape installation – created from the site of a former open cast coal mine. More info from: PR consultant Matthew Shelley – 07786 704 299 – MJHShelley@hotmail.co.uk ; more Crawick Multiverse info on: www.crawickmultiverse.co.uk Free FIRST USE (ONLY) picture. Photography from: Colin Hattersley Photography – colinhattersley@btinternet.com – www.colinhattersley.com – 07974 957 388
