Penicuik’s wee Arts Festival
Saturday 29th August – Sunday 6th September.
Events will take place at venues around town
Penfest OPEN EXHIBITION for the Penicuik Turner and People’s Choice prizes
Please click here for an Artist Pack and here for the Entry Form
Entry forms and Artist packs can also be picked up from the CAP notice board on the left as you enter the Storehouse.
Provisional Penfest Programme
Saturday 22 August 1:30pm – 3:30pm at the Storehouse
Hand in entries for the Penfest Open Exhibition for the Penicuik Turner and People’s Choice Prizes. Artist packs will be available soon (online and in the Storehouse).
Throughout the week at the Storehouse (Saturday 29th August – Sunday 6th September)
– Open Exhibition for Turner and People’s Choice Prizes
– Voting for People’s Choice
Monday 31 August 10:30am – 2pm at the Storehouse
– Community Drawing project with Morag Donkin
Saturday 5 September 10am – 4pm at Penicuik Cricket Club
– “Pop-up” Open Studios. This will be a chance for local artists who don’t have a studio of their own to open, or whose studio isn’t in Penicuik, to display some of their work along with other artists’ work. Please email exhibitions.communityarts.gmail.com for details of renting table and display space.
Saturday 5 September 7:30pm at Penicuik Trinity Community Church Hall
– Giulia Drummond in concert – Giulia is a locally resident singer-songwriter from Brazil. Her musical background global, from Afro-Brazilian chants to celtic music, Bhuddist and Hindu mantras, Hebrew and Sephardic music, By exploring these different music traditions, she also explores the languages, singing in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Gaelic, Latin, Hebrew, Haitian Criollo, Yoruba, Ladino…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKxgd4qgGfA3o-xbnugs-w
Sunday 6 September 2 – 3pm at the Storehouse
– Penfest Closing event and exhibition prize-giving
Sunday 6 September 3 – 4pm or by arrangement at the Storehouse
– Artist collect their work from a CAP representative near the exhibition area in the Storehouse
Venues, dates and times to be confirmed for:
– Penfest Open Studios trail – weekends and participants to be confirmed
– Penicuik Silver Band Penfest concert: venue, date and time to be confirmed