Jill Brown Media

27/06/2024

Calling all furries and furry parents! We're going along to this on Saturday - do come and support this great charity.

ARMED FORCES DAY DOG SHOW !

26/06/2024

This is a great opportunity with a great company.

SENIOR INTERIOR DESIGNER/ARCHITECT WANTED – GLASGOW-BASED

If you are a qualified commercial interior designer or architect with at least eight years of experience, we’d love to hear from you.

Based in Glasgow, c2: Concepts specialises in creating inspiring, innovative contemporary workplace interiors and building refurbishment projects.

You must have strong design and technical skills and be able to demonstrate experience of leading and managing a team, overseeing all aspects of project delivery.

This includes producing technical drawings and specifications, attending project meetings and managing projects on site.

Qualifications must also include:
- proven track record in CAD skills, Sketchup and other 3D modelling/Adobe Creative Suite skills
- extensive knowledge of current building regulations for commercial fit-out
- multi-disciplinarian, excellent client-facing communicator and team player

Only people who are resident in the UK and who are available for immediate interview should apply.

Please send your CV and portfolio to [email protected]

03/06/2024

Great to see Gaelic culture being celebrated in the Balearic heartland of Palma, Mallorca as part of Book Week Palma. Good luck for tomorrow night’s event at Can Alcover Cafè literari, Martin and fellow poets.

Aquest dimarts, 4 de juny, es presenta A’ Ruith Eadar Dà Dhràgon (Corrent entre dos dracs)...

01/05/2024

Some incredible work for sale. Prices not too high - and all in a good cause.

They were already accomplished and revered artists, but an Edinburgh workshop offered a chance to spread their wings and explore a different way of…

08/01/2024

Some really helpful advice from Ross Brown at Holmes Mackillop when it comes to being aware of the legal process and rights of family members following the death of a loved one. Well worth a read of this piece in HeraldScotland.

Dealing with the death of a loved one, particularly at this time of year, is never easy. Although we’re all aware of the inevitability of the end,…

06/01/2024

BBC Breakfast featured a report about the work of my record label, Conviction Records, the other day. It's Scotland's first record label for ex-offenders and I set it up with Eric McLellan. Thanks to the support of Creative Scotland, which distributed money from The National Lottery, we were able to deliver a hip hop course led by Becci Wallace who brought in the talented producer, Jordan Carey. I'm extremely grateful too for all the assistance given by the Scottish Prison Service.

Do have a look and get in touch if you want to know more. Feel free to share this post too!

28/11/2023

Great to read about the success of Wrights of Campsie - Estate Agents in this piece in the HeraldScotland. It's quite a coup to secure the sale of the first new homes built in Fintry for 20 years - impressive properties in a stunning location.

Wrights of Campsie sells homes in Stirlingshire village

04/09/2023

For over a hundred years, Dunoon Burgh Hall was the beating heart of life in this coastal town on Scotland's west coast.
Gradually, in the second half of the 20th century, it fell into disrepair. 'Starchitect', John McAslan, who was born and raised in Dunoon, bought it for a pound in 2008 and returned it to the community.
In 2017, following a major refurbishment, the Hall reopened, and has since hosted a range of cultural activities, including theatre, gigs and major exhibitions featuring artworks by the likes Warhol, Degas and Joan Eardley.
The Hall's 150th anniversary celebrations kicked off last week with news of a fundraiser which will help it thrive and survive for the next 150 years.

Now the arts and cultural venue, Dunoon Burgh Hall, is appealing for people across the globe to mark its milestone anniversary by pledging financial…

04/09/2023

29/06/2023

Claire D’All, who was born with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, says the app called Compass, would have been a “great help” when she was leaving school

23/06/2023

News:

'New app launched to help school leavers with additional support needs transition into adulthood'

Arc Scotland's new app will help young people with additional support needs navigate the transition into adulthood



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19/06/2023

30/05/2023

Well worth a visit to Dunoon Burgh Hall and a trip doon the watter. Last chance to see an amazing exhibition which finishes on Sunday 11th June.

Morning Music by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. One of several Rossettis on loan from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (UK), currently lighting up the walls of Dunoon Burgh Hall. Link to online piece in Scottish Field.

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/whats-on-a-look-at-upcoming-events/

30/05/2023

I love working to raise awareness of BRAVEHOUND - a great charity providing a life-changing service. Do watch this super film below on BBC Scotland News.

Cocoa is now Archie Douglas’ assistance dog after receiving training from the charity Bravehound.

12/05/2023

I am really looking forward to going to the opening of Reveal next Friday evening (19th). A super opportunity to see, and buy, work from hundreds of artists at Glasgow's Scottish Event Campus. Do buy a ticket if you don't have one already via this link:
http://www.revealglasgow.co.uk/preview-evening-tickets-times/
Great piece in HeraldScotland.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23516425.glasgow-contemporary-art-fair-return-new-name-reveal/

11/05/2023

It's been a pleasure promoting the work of talented artist, Lex McFadyen on behalf of Greengallery. The former Scottish fashion designer lives in France but still has a house in Scotland. His new exhibition at the Greengallery in Buchlyvie in Stirlingshire opens Saturday 20th May.

A Scottish artist who couldn’t remember how to mix colours after suffering a near-fatal brain haemorrhage is to cap off his amazing recovery by…

19/04/2023

Great piece in HeraldScotland about a superb concert - Mozart's Requiem performed by Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland - McOpera being held on Sunday 30th April at Glasgow Cathedral, 6pm. The event is to support the life-saving work of war surgeon, David Nott, who is training doctors in Ukraine to deal with the terrible injuries of both the civilian and military community. Recommended donation of £15 and donations welcome if you are not able to join. Follow this link for tickets. https://lnkd.in/ezzBQe7P
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23466339.mozart-requiem-raise-funds-charitys-amazing-work-ukraine/

A former opera singer has organised a Mozart requiem to raise funds for a charity which provides medical professionals with the skills to work in…

09/12/2022

Joan Eardley painting sells for record price at auction with Lyon & Turnbull last night.

One of the last finished paintings of Glasgow’s street children by celebrated Anglo-Scottish artist, Joan Eardley, has sold for £200,200 - an…

20/10/2022

For today’s poem I gift to you this one about nouns conversioning to verbs.

19/10/2022

When it's Spring again I'll fish again, plastics from Amsterdam...
What a brilliant idea. I want furniture like this.

21/09/2022

Fascinating. A newly-discovered album of photographic salt prints attributed to Edinburgh architect Charles George Hood Kinnear (1830-1894) featuring Edinburgh people and places is up for sale next Wednesday with Lyon & Turnbull as part of its Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs auction.
Kinnear, a prominent Edinburgh architect of the day, was part of a circle of early photography enthusiasts active in Scotland during the mid-nineteenth century.
In his role with Edinburgh architectural firm John Dick Peddie, Kinnear was responsible for designing the city's Cockburn Street.

21/09/2022

Not only does Dunoon Burgh Hall have a rolling programme of high-quality critically praised exhibitions, much of the original artwork it displays is for sale. In both the gallery and the shop.
As Jan Patience says, buy what you love...

Art exists for many reasons. It helps us understand the world around us. It makes us think and look at the world differently. It transports us to different places and times. It adorns our private spaces and gives our public spaces heart. It entertains us. It confounds us. Occasionally, it…

29/08/2022

Maybe one day I will buy an art gallery. Until then, this is a great opportunity for someone to take on the mantle of running the well-loved Frames Gallery in Perth. Great piece by Deborah Anderson in Saturday's HeraldScotland.

THEY have been at the forefront of promoting Scottish artists such as Elizabeth Blackadder and James Morrison while helping to shape the futures of…

21/08/2022

Wee mini-break to Dunoon with Jan Patience. Read all about it.

Before we ventured south for our summer charters we had a couple of lovely ladies out with us who were writing a piece for the

and Jill Brown took time to visit the amazing Benmore Botanic Garden Whistlefield Inn and and had enough time to squeeze in a trip "Doon The Watter"with us where we saw the Waverley departing Dunoon and saw the seals and porpoise along the coast. 🦭🐬🚢

Lovely write up and great to meet you both 😊

Read the full article here ⬇️🗞️
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20655514.travel-take-trip-doon-watter/

Waverley Excursions

09/08/2022

Great to see the amazing arts venue that is Dunoon Burgh Hall
in The National Newspaper. I might investigate the possibility of doing a gig there myself! It's run by a hard-working and inspirational team of people, both staff and volunteers.

04/08/2022

Had a lovely time tonight at Glasgow Print Studio where I spoke to the Director of the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Rob Airey.

He's done a super job bringing together a stunning collection of the late Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's paintings and prints. Do go and see - the exhibition is on until 1st October.

21/06/2022

Am enjoying working with Jan to produce a book about my Auntie Margaret's work. Such a talented artist.

I’m writing about the work of Scottish contemporary colourist, Margaret Ballantyne, with Jill Brown today. I found this lovely wee watercolour sketch of three pears in one of her old sketchpads. Love rifling through artists’ sketchpads...

15/06/2022

I shall be listening to at 7.45pm tonight. Can't wait to hear Patience Art & Communications review John Byrne's retrospective. An important exhibition.

08/06/2022

This is exciting...

The "Scotland On Tour" initiative aims to deliver new concerts across Scotland in 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this, we're delighted to welcome Callum Beattie to the Burgh Hall! Callum has been hard at music for almost half his life, making his own chances, taking…

06/06/2022

This is a fascinating article. So sick of impressive women being written out of history.

With its collaged line-up of The Beatles in the midst of a marching band of famous and not-so famous faces, the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover is one the most recognisable images of the 20th Century.