Brigid Collins

Christine De Luca

Such Fragile Futures - Meet the Authors Free Event and Book Launch

Brigid Collins, Artist & Educator

Join Artist Brigid Collins and Poet Christine De Luca  for a book launch of "Such Fragile Futures-
An Artist and a Poet Reflect in a Garden"

Duddingston Kirk Hall

Dr. Neil’s Garden in Edinburgh is an urban haven, a place that has something to tell us about all places.With delicacy and tender attention, artist Brigid Collins and poet Christine De Luca respond to the garden, looking deeply into how it feeds a vital and growing sensitivity to the fragility of our shared futures.Copies of the book will be available for purchase @ £15.00Published by Main Point Books, EdinburghThis event will be followed by an optional short walk to the adjacent Dr. Neil’s Garden and a tour of Felt Sense, an exhibition of drawings, paintings and artist’s books by Brigid Collins.Light refreshments will be available(from 12 noon) for purchase from The Garden Room Café located between the Kirk Hall and Dr. Neil’s Garden.With a shared vision, technical finesse and grace of expression, Christine De Luca and Brigid Collins evoke a sense of the unique nature of Dr. Neil’s Garden, confirming the imagination and philosophy behind its creation.Stewart Conn, Edinburgh poet and the city’s inaugural MakarIf we allow ourselves, we can slip into slow time and experience the world from a different perspective. This beautiful book transports us to a different mode of being through which we can feel part of something much bigger than ourselves.Sue Stuart-Smith, author of The Well-Gardened MindImbued with care and attention, this book conjures aparticular landscape of spirit and earth. Both artist and poetexpress a reverence for the unknowable with humility andtenderness.Dr Kitty Wheater, Mindfulness Chaplain at the University of Edinburgh

Brigid and Christine will be signing books purchased at this event.Duddingston Kirk Hall is a fully accessible venue with free parking and toliet facilities.Light refreshments will be provided at the venue. The route from the Kirk Hall to Dr. Neil's Garden is accessible but Dr. Neil's Garden itself and Brigid's Exhibition at Thomson's Tower are not fully accessible, as there are steps into the Tower and around the garden, though there are also some paths which have no steps.