The Oven Art’s Programme is about to launch a new project that’s been a long time brewing: Press Play. Press play is an electronic music makers + bedroom producers space to share music ideas, works in progress, resources, music finds, tips, tricks and advice.

The Oven Art’s Programme is taking our gallery online and handing the reins over to artist’s themselves. Our instagram takeover lets local artists and some national artists post their work, share processes, ideas, works in progress, and let us all in on their creative world.

The Oven are inviting artists to deliver artworks to be considered for their Christmas Pop-Up Salon Show — a traditional style show with works hung floor to ceiling with almost every inch of space covered by artworks: paintings, drawings, photos, prints, textiles, films, small sculptures and more.

Midsteeple Quarter and Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust are delighted to announce a newly commissioned public artwork for Dumfries’s town centre by nationally renowned artists Michelle de Bruin and Jo Crossland. This commission, part of the Dumfries Stonecarving Project, is on display at the Oven, 135-139 High Street from Monday 4th November through to Sunday 10th November.

On Thursday 10th October and Saturday 12th October open public consultations session were held at ‘The Oven’ (135-137 High Street, Dumfries). The local community were invited to come along to view plans and research material from the Feasibility Study into the potential development of 113-115 High Street and 117-119 High Street as part of the Midsteeple Quarter project for Dumfries town centre.