WHEN THE GRASS DANCES

September 5, 2025 → 6:30 pm ─ 7:30 pm
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness
, / Tickets:£4 – £6/ Tickets:

Join poet Valerie Gillies and artist Rebecca Marr, with their current exhibition at the Pier, where they will weave a story of grass through poems and images and natural history readings.

“Grasses are one of the most prolific and adaptable plants,” they say. “They have been instrumental in shaping the lives of humans and animals – yet we have overlooked them.”

They will focus on individual species, and their beauty and utility.

“Grass has regenerative powers because it grows from the root not the tip. Grasses are a powerful symbol, withstanding constant grazing and trampling. We found that the grasses restored us. Our attention to nature brought its own reward.”

You can find out more from a past online exhibition with information about the artists themselves. A book will be published in time for the exhibition.

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