Gigs in the Hall
GIGS IN THE HALL The Universal Hall’s ability to hold large sell out concerts developed in the mid-90s as a result of Mike Scott living in the community and the Hall team promoting
Playback Theatre
PLAYBACK THEATRE The Findhorn Playback Company came into being to serve the Forgiveness Conference in 1999 and from then began to perform at a variety of conferences and community events. These have included
Artist in Community
ARTIST IN COMMUNITY In 2002 I came to live here in one of the new ecohouses to start work as a full-time artist. I had spent 20 years occasionally painting in watercolours but
The Wheel of the Solar Year
RITUALS IN COMMUNITY The Wheel of the Solar Year Before chronological time, mythic time was counted in cycles that reflected the movements of the cosmos. So the Celtic wheel of the year is the story
Photography as a Vehicle for Spiritual Growth
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A VEHICLE FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH When I arrived at Findhorn I had already been doing photography for several years, having received a BFA in Photography and studied extensively with a teacher whose approach
A Work Department
A WORK DEPARTMENT Gay Smith and Marijke Wilhelmus with the kiln at Findhorn Pottery The Findhorn Pottery as a department was heavenly hard work. In the autumn of 1976 with Craig Gibsone focalising,
The Findhorn Pottery
The Findhorn Pottery In 1969 Eileen Caddy received guidance to build four arts and crafts studios in The Park. In 1970 Findhorn Studios Limited was formed to run them. The first studio, the Findhorn Pottery,
Performance and the Arts in Findhorn
Performance and the Arts in Findhorn I first arrived as a 19-year-old aspiring theatre artist in 1984 when three of the old Lollipop gang, Ike and Maggie Isaksen (now India Brown) and Michael Worth,
The Sunrise Panel
THE SUNRISE PANEL The story of the Sunrise Panel is the best documented if somewhat romanticised aspect of Weaving Studio history. Its prismatic colours allude to the light in a sunrise sky from violet to
Let’s Dance, Sing and Perform Together
LET’S DANCE, SING AND PERFORM TOGETHER Artists Coming to Findhorn Music in the teabreaks In January 1969 I began my first teaching job in Sunderland and was invited by the head of the
