Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) travelled to the Arctic regions of Greenland and Alaska during the 1920s and 30s. Male American artists, Frederic Edwin Church and Rockwell Kent, plus others, will be considered in their portrayal of the frozen north as imagery changes from the Romantic, sublime, and landscape as ‘spectacle’ towards modernism, spiritual and symbolist.

Join artist Katharine Aarrestad for these regular interactive sessions exploring some of the themes and people linked to our forthcoming exhibition, ‘Petticoats and Pinnacles: Scotland’s Pioneering Mountain Women’. Through books and a range of visual media we’ll travel to different time periods and mountain environments discovering women who have been inspired to travel, climb and explore. These participatory workshops offer a relaxed space for you to share your ideas, views and thoughts. Everyone welcome.

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