Midsteeple Quarter are delighted to report that the Holywood Trust has made a commitment of £350,000 towards the costs of the re-development of The Oven.

Midsteeple Quarter in Dumfries is the community-led town centre regeneration plan that you will have heard about if you have an interest or involvement in regeneration, community empowerment, re-thinking high streets, community-led housing or urban land reform in Scotland. This high-profile project has now moved to an exciting new stage with our Phase One development ready to start on site, our masterplan adopted by the Local Authority and resources secured for a project team, for three years. This team will deliver Midsteeple Quarter  and we are seeking  the person to manage that team and deliver our vision.

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.

The community is invited to an exhibition and information event for the next phase of the Midsteeple Quarter project for the town centre. Midsteeple Quarter are a community led regeneration initiative by people of Dumfries to create a new high street, with a mixture of retail, enterprise, social, leisure and housing.

It was standing room only at our second AGM for the Midsteeple Quarter Project earlier this month on Thursday 5th September at The Oven on Dumfries High Street. The AGM gave members of the community the opportunity to find out more about the progress of the project over the last year, view the development plans of The Oven and discuss ideas for the future uses of the Midsteeple Quarter.

Please join us at our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 5th September, to be held at The Oven, 135-139 High Street, Dumfries.

We would like to invite proposals from artists, filmmakers, photographers and groups for short weekend exhibitions within the Oven on Dumfries High Street. There is a fee of £250 to cover any costs, installation and invigilation.

We have an exciting opportunity to run a flea market/open top table sale in the Oven on Saturday 20th July and are asking anyone who may be interested to get in touch. The idea is for creatives/non-creatives to sell drawings, sketches and prints as well as clothes, bric-a-brax, records, books, vintage items and collectables.