This month at a glance

Current exhibition
9 July - 28 August 2022

Saoirse Amira Anis

A solo exhibition by artist Saoirse Amira Anis, featuring a new film commission installed amidst a backdrop of yellows, purples and golds. Read more

Book launch and reading
20 August 2022

The Raven's Nest by Sarah Thomas

Join author Sarah Thomas for a special reading from her new published ecological memoir. Sarah will also be in conversation with Christina Riley. Read more

15 Reads
Summer 2022

Summer reading

Selected and described by Jane McArthur, one of our programme advisers – find our latest 15 Reads here

Mend and Make Do Drop-in
20 August 2022

With Denise Zygadlo

Bring an item in need of repair, and join Denise for this Mend and Make Do drop-in session, covering a number of mending techniques. Read more

Book Group
24 August 2022

Monkey Boy

Please be in touch if you’d like join us for our regular book group discussion on Wednesday 24 August 2022, 7.30-9pm. Read more

Film at Cample
25 August - 3 September 2022

Two people seen in profile sit back to back on a mossy forest floor, surrounded by the trunks of tall fir trees. A man in a denim shirt and jeans sits on the right and gazes into the woods. A woman with short red hair and wearing a yellow top sits on the left and gazes up towards the sky, resting the top of her head on the back of the man's neck.

Performing the Outside World

Performing the Outside World brings together short films by UK-based artists and performers, which explore themes of access to nature. Read more

Have a go
Activity resources

A mottled sky blue page with 8 different cloud shapes painted white, ranging from small and wispy to big and puffy. White text in the top left corner reads "JULIANA CAPES cloud painting activity sheet". In the top left, swirly hand-painted text reads "puffy cloud paint". Around each cloud, hand-painted text defines each cloud type, namely "cirrus", "cirrostratus", "stratus", "altostratus", "stratocumulus", "nimbostratus", "cumulus" and "cumulonimbus". There are also 3 hand-painted words that read "puff" dotted around the page. In the bottom right corner, white text reads "CAMPLE LINE".

Juliana Capes
Cloud painting

Mix some cloud paint with artist Juliana Capes. Get your activity sheet here

Kate Temple
Natural ink-making

Enjoy some seasonal activity and download Kate Temple’s natural ink-making cards here

Audio-described exhibition tour
19 June 2022

With Juliana Capes

Join our audio described exhibition tour hosted by Edinburgh-based artist Juliana Capes, Lead Artist of the National Gallery of Scotland’s Visual Impairment programme Read more

Book group
1 June 2022

Grey Bees

Please be in touch if you’d like join us for our regular book group discussion on Wednesday 1 June 2022, 7.30-9pm Read more

Walk & Make
18 June 2022

With Kate Temple

Join artist Kate Temple for this creative walk-workshop, which will follow Core Path 522 between Closeburn and Cample. Read more

Film at Cample
4-13 August 2022

Two people riding a motorcycle through the countryside, viewed from slightly behind and to the right of them. The person driving the motorcycle has short dark hair and wears a sleeveless dark blue vest. The passenger behind has flowing long dark wavy hair with a pink rose pin behind the right ear. They wear shorts and a colourful pink and blue patterned shirt. They have their arms wrapped around the waist and their chin resting upon the shoulder of the person in front.

Does Your House Have Lions

Directed by Vishal Jugdeo and vqueeram, don’t miss this beautiful film – screening at Cample and online this summer. Read more

Bundle-Dyeing workshop
14 August 2022

With Kate Temple

Join Kate and enjoy the wonderful bundle-dyeing process in this workshop inspired by our summer exhibition. Read more

Film at Cample
Online til 5 June 2022

A grainy, double-exposed 16mm image of two pairs of hands making the same gesture, outstretched with palms open and facing slightly upwards. Blue and pink colour tones suggest the image is shot in the evening, close to dusk.

Ste. Anne, 2021, 80mins

We are delighted to screen Rhayne Vermette’s 2021 film Ste. Anne, set and shot in Treaty 1 territory in Vermette’s native Manitoba. Read more

Lumens workshop
16 July 2022

With Brittonie Fletcher

Join artist Brittonie Fletcher for this hands-on lumens workshop, and have a go at this fascinating process  Read more

Film at Cample
Until 26 March 2022

Taming the Garden, 2021

Available on watch via Film at Cample -Salome Jashi’s 2021 feature-length film Taming the Garden, set in Georgia along the Black Sea coast. Read more

(Im)material worlds โลก(ไร้)รูป
30 January - 26 March 2022

Online film programme

Tracing creative practice, histories and environmental contexts in artists’ moving image from Southeast Asia and the UK. Read more

French Fridays
4, 11, 18, 25 March 2022

Baby and Toddler group

Join Leonie Berman for French Fridays, a group for babies and toddlers to enjoy songs and play in other languages. Read more