Public events

A Sense of Place

Explore a small exhibition of artworks in the Iris Murdoch Building, organised by the Art Collection and chosen from the University’s permanent collection.

This Fragile Earth: Pioneer Scottish Artists who anticipated the climate crisis

This exhibition focusses on a group of pioneering Scottish artists who as early as the 1970s and 1980s were responding to the threat of climate change.

The Divine Sky - Sekai Machache

Sekai Machache (she/they) is a Zimbabwean-Scottish visual artist and curator based in Glasgow. Her work is a deep interrogation of the notion of self and she is interested in the relationship between spirituality, imagination and the role of the artist in disseminating symbolic imagery to provide a space for healing.

Remembering Together: Collective Creative Responses to the Pandemic

This exhibition explores how two separate projects chose to make sense of the pandemic, reflecting on how we as a society remember and honour traumatic times.

Margaret Mitchell: Six Works

This series of six works, acquired by the University’s Art Collection in 2023, focus on Margaret Mitchell's nephew Steven, offering an insight into his life’s trajectory.

Seven Women: Ken Currie

In 2023 the University Art Collection was delighted to be gifted seven works by renowned artist Ken Currie and we are pleased to display Seven Women together in this exhibition.

Viewing Rooms: Elizabeth Blackadder and John Houston

See artwork that would normally live in our art store, at our art collection as part of our Viewing Rooms series. In January, come along and see the works of married couple Blackadder and Houston.

A warm welcome to the Art Collection

Visit our collections, see the exhibitions and learn about what's coming up on the Art Collection calendar. Everyone is welcome to join us.

Burns Evening and Ceilidh

Staff, students and friends of the University of Stirling are invited to our annual Burns Evening at the Stirling Court Hotel.

Celebrating Lunar New Year

Celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Snake at the University of Stirling!

Part of the Be Connected series.

Education, the Arts and Climate Change

This in-person event, hosted by the Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making and Stirling University’s Art Collection, will explore the challenges and affordances of education that respond to the affective dimensions of living on a Fragile Earth.

On A Wing And A Prayer: a day of workshops and performance

A day of sound and workshops to celebrate the launch of the album, On A Wing and A Prayer.

University of Stirling Day of Culture

Celebrate a day of culture at the University of Stirling.

Part of the Be Connected series.

Talks at the Smith: University Art Collection

Join the University of Stirling Art Collection Curators for a talk at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. 

ASSEMBLE!

An ad hoc live event inviting individuals and groups to take the space and share experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sashiko Stitching Workshop

Inspired by the Japanese technique of Sashiko, join teacher Sue Crawley for a relaxed evening of slow stitching.

Challenges and the Future of Minority and Indigenous Rights Protection Conference

This conference will reflect on the rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and the need to fundamentally rethink and recommit to their protection.