The Dick Institute

Art Gallery, Museum & @EALibraries 🖼️🏺📚 Part of @EALeisure. View our digitised collections at open!

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Rab’s Summer School: Killie Print Shop

Book Here:
https://t.co/FSDmHjvfIq

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Discover the creative fusion of collage, printmaking, and moving image at "Between the Plate, Block and the Pixel" by Euan Tait! Dive into the intersection of analogue and digital art only on display for a few more weeks.

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🎨 Caricature in Context 🎨

🕕 6–7pm
✏️ 40‑minute talk + 20‑minute Q&A
📍 Dick Institute – Event Space

🎟️ All are welcome, but spaces are limited and arrive early to avoid missing out!

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🚫 Not an April Fool!

We’re closing a little earlier today at 3:30pm, but don’t worry, we’ll be back to our normal hours tomorrow. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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⚠️ Early Closure Tomorrow⚠️

Planning a visit to The Dick Institute tomorrow? Please note we’ll be closing early at 3:30pm on Wednesday 1st April. We’ll be back open as usual from Thursday 2nd April. Thank you for your understanding and continued support!

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Hop down the rabbit hole with us this Easter! 🐇

📅 Date: 14 April 2026
⏰ Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm

Don’t miss out on this very important date—fun for all ages! (Children must be accompanied by an adult.)

#EasterFun #FamilyLearning #WonderlandAdventure #EastAyrshireLeisure

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🎨 A Sneak Peek at Malky McCormick: A Life In Colour!

The exhibition runs only until 16 May, so make sure you don’t miss it!

We’re open today from 10am – 4pm.
For full details and all available dates and times, visit:
https://t.co/VP5p8I6C7j

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⚠️ Important Update: Early Closure ⚠️

Please note, The Dick Institute will be closing early at 3:30pm on Wednesday 1st April. We’ll reopen as normal on Thursday 2nd. If you’re planning a visit, be sure to adjust your plans accordingly. Thank you for your understanding!

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Carrie in Darvel Library has been having a bit of fun with her display this week. Drop us a like if you get the joke.

https://t.co/vEXjXtbrCI

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Our mobile library service will be operating on a 4-weekly timetable from January 2025, to cover both north and south mobile routes. Visit our website for the full timetable and to see when the mobile will be in your area - https://t.co/KAPyoph9o0

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

“Autumn draws near, like cat wi moose”

Autumn IX
by Sheena Blackhall

Yestreen I heard a birdie sing
Inbye a bonnie beech tree hedge
As if it didnae ken nor care
Autumn wis hidin in the sedge

The daith o leaves is roon the neuk
It peints them yalla, reid an broon
An doon they’ll drap like faain rain
In waesome Autumn’s dowie croon

Sic cheenges cam tae great an sma
First ae grey hair, a nippin knee
The stert o auld age: clawin cleuks
That herald yer mortality

Autumn draws near, like cat wi moose
It winna stop, nor else devaul
A jeelin in a body’s banes
A cheenge, the turn frae warm tae caul

Noo blawin in the win, dry leaves
Like Simmer’s ghaists, ethereal
This is the Sizzen o the scythe
The nichts draw in, a mournin pall

[Travelling Gallery @travgallery]

Thanks very much to James Hamilton Primary school and Sgoil na Coille Nuaidh for hosting Travelling Gallery today, it was great to meet you all!
We'll be at The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock tomorrow Thurs 3rd Oct from 1 - 6pm.

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DEAN CASTLE TOUR Fri 4 Oct 12 noon.
Exclusive behind-the-scenes tour accessing areas normally closed to the public. Walk in the footsteps of the powerful families that called Dean Castle home. By booking you confirm you understand & accept conditions - https://t.co/gKlHcw9on2

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Visit Remembering Together: Tales from the Tipi, an immersive exhibition in the Young People’s Gallery...a joyful celebration of life and community.
https://t.co/b3x3Fit5nz
@EacCreative @EacEducation @EA_Remembering @greenspacescot

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In true Ayrshire spirit, there was a desire for a Living Memorial, not a sombre monument, but a joyful celebration of life, a “Time Machine” for a year lost. Remembering Together @Dick_Institute @EA_Remembering @Eac_Creative @greenspacescot @EastAyrshire https://t.co/Yeiw1JDSQs

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The Visual Artist & Craft Maker Awards VACMA is open for applications. Delivering grants to artists & craft makers based or resident in Ayrshire.
Bursaries of £500 & £1000 support visual artists & craft makers in their creative & professional development. https://t.co/e11Y8SZjmg

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Looking forward to Travelling Gallery visiting this week! Watch out for the mobile art gallery coming near you! @EALeisure @travgallery @EacEducation https://t.co/cPmVDgcjOa

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We're heading to East Ayrshire this week, with visits to James Hamilton Primary School, @Dick_Institute and The Baird Institute in Cumnock, in partnership with @EALeisure. Full venue details on our website.

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Opens today at Cumnock's Baird Institute. @TheCumnockTryst: 10th Anniversary Exhibition. Through composition, film making, photography & musical sculptures the exhibition demonstrates the vital relationship between community & creativity #FREE Thur - Sat https://t.co/7LbvlW1GwL

[Visualising War and Peace @VisualisingWar]

Excited that Diana Forster's wonderful art installation 'Somewhere to Stay' - which has been part of our @univofstandrews research project on Visualising Forced Migration - will open soon at the @Dick_Institute in Kilmarnock! https://t.co/1MAH7QnoZj

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We are always looking for feedback from our customers to see if there is anything you think could be improved on. We’ve created a short survey about the Dick Institute and would love to hear your views. https://t.co/oZ4D4Bxues… Thank you

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Opens this Sat 14 Sept!
Somewhere To Stay, an exhibition of work by Diana Forster explores a story of forced migration - installation, sculpture & print.
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝟭𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟱-𝟲.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 https://t.co/ZfWff1GJ0J