Looking Down At The Stars book launch
Sunday 14th December 1-2pm
Join us in the Learning Centre at Kilmartin Museum for Christina Riley's Argyll book launch for Looking Down At The Stars and a conversation with artist Tamsin Cunningham. This also marks the last day that the special exhibition HOLDFAST is on display at the Musuem.
Discover the wonder of marine life seen up close in these joyous and sparkling essays.
In 2022, Christina Riley became an ‘underwater artist in residence’ at the Argyll Coast Hope Spot – a place of incredible natural beauty in Scotland crucial for the health of the world’s oceans. She spent days submerged alongside marine life, before resurfacing to reflect, recreate and recount what she had seen – and the feelings of love, hope and responsibility her experience had evoked in her.
The resulting essays, collected in this stunning volume, swim through the kaleidoscope of marine life she found there, from starfish to seagrass to the water itself. What shines through all of them is a sense of wonder that is also a call to action. Looking Down At The Stars asks: how can we harness our feelings of awe at the natural world in order to take better care of it?
Christina Riley’s lyrical prose is the perfect guide to this unfamiliar underwater world, brimming with surprises, sunlight and sea stars.
The event is free and booking is recommended.
