Woven Identities: Tartan meets Koru by Mitchell Manuel
This Autumn, The Smith hosts an art exhibition that tells the story of shared heritage through tartan. Woven Identities by Aotearoa New Zealand artist, Mitchell Manuel explores, celebrates, and expresses whakapapa (genealogical) and cultural connections between Māori and Scottish people. Mitch draws upon the iconic visual symbolism of tartan and
Disrupting Dementia
Disrupting Dementia a tartan design project which visited 17 different Alzheimer Scotland centres all over Scotland, from Kilmarnock in the south to Shetland in the north and Stornoway in the west to Bonnyrigg in the east. People living with dementia used a range of materials including coloured acetate and ribbon