FREE EVENT, Drop in, no need to book

Part of the FREE SCAR Programme

SCAR – cutting through the land exhibition and free creative programme.

Join Helen and Janice from Morgan Murray Arts to explore the Scar Exhibition at Florence Arts Centre. Take inspiration from the work on show and create your own artwork exploring how humans ‘scar’ the natural world.

Using templates, stencils, textiles, and your imagination to design an artwork to take home or leave to become part of the exhibition.

Date Saturday 13th December 2025

Time 11 to 12.30

This is a drop-in workshop. You are welcome to stay as long as you want during these times.

Suitable for all ages. Adults and families’ welcome.

No previous art experience necessary. Suitable for all skill levels.

Activity will take place in the performance space.

All materials are providing.

Our centre is wheelchair accessible with parking on site, ramped access to the studio door and level throughout. We have an Access toilet.

11 artists working in Cumbria have been commissioned to produce new work and a programme of free activities responding to the theme of ‘SCAR – cutting through the land’ to be held at Florence Arts Centre from 16 November to 22 February 2026.

Some of the artists came together to cocreate the theme, thinking of natural scars in rock or carved by rivers and the scars humans have made across or even below the land like roads, railways and mines. Artists also thought more broadly about the damage we do to the land with litter, erosion and climate control. Artist perspectives vary enormously from images from outer space to human emotion and memory, looking at scars across time from glacial remains to the future of nuclear waste.