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Red text reads The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich Rich Soil, over a graphic of a white line in the shape of the River Teviot.

THE TEVIOT, THE FLAG AND THE RICH, RICH SOIL

The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil is a programme of artist residencies supporting the generation of new knowledge through long-term, practice-led research and multidisciplinary partnerships exploring the borders, boundaries and lines of Hawick and the Scottish Borders. 

Launched in July 2021, the programme engages artists in collaborating with communities and partners to consider the pasts, presents and futures of Hawick while researching and investigating the town and wider region’s cultural identities in relation to land, water, industry, territory, place and environment. 

Emphasising collaboration, collectivity and sustainable growth, The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil also includes artist bursaries, community filmmaking workshops, and a traineeships programme.

PROJECTS

HAWTHORN SONGS

FRANCISCO LLINAS

MAYBELLE PETERS

THE BIG BORDER BOGLE HUNT

THE WOOL ALIENS

WHAT IS HELD (BETWEEN WATERS)

RITUAL PASSAGE

NOTES FROM A LOW ORBIT

I’VE ONLY BEEN HERE HALF MY LIFE

EARTHYBODY

MOVING IMAGES

WATERWHEEL

TRAINEESHIPS

SCOTT BLAIR

MILO CLENSHAW

NAOMI GESSESSE

KHADEA SANTI

CULTURE COLLECTIVE
Much of The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil has been funded as part of Culture Collective, Creative Scotland’s pilot programme establishing a network of creative practitioners, organisations and communities across Scotland, working together to create a positive difference locally and nationally in response to COVID-19.

Alchemy Film & Arts is a Creative Scotland Regular Funded Organisation. The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil is also funded by the William Grant Foundation. Andy Mackinnon’s Waterwheel commission is funded with support from Live Borders. Workshops as part of Jules Horne’s Big Border Bogle Hunt also received support from Women’s Fund For Scotland.

Graphics design: Marcus Jack, 2021.