Welcome to the Prestoungrange Arts Festival

The Prestoungrange Arts Festival has been sponsored by the Baron Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun, a Scottish Charity, since 1997. It also receives grants from a variety of organisations including the Scottish Arts Council, National Lottery HLF, Awards for All, East Lothian Council and Scotland Unlimited. It seeks in as many ways as possible to share the history and create the future of the town through the Arts. It is based on the extensive and continuing historical research reported at Prestoungrange University Press. The buttons on the left will lead you to the range of festival activities currently in hand.

* 2006 saw the Arts Festival host The Global Murals Association's 6th Biennial Conference

at Prestoungrange and the raising of the Prestoungrange Totem pole

* 2007 saw the definitive Exhibition of Prestonpans Pottery researched and presented by Graeme Cruickshank with a comprehensive accompanying book

* 2009 saw Prestonpans Salt made once again from the sea in partnership with Preston Lodge School and Newbattle Abbey - as 'Cistercian monks' once again came to the Pans

* 2010 saw the design by Andrew Crummy and creation by more than 200 stitchers of the 105 metre Prestonpans Tapestry, telling the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's campaign in 1745 leading to his stunning Victory at Prestonpans in 1745

* 2011 saw the creation by Andrew Hillhouse of four major historical paintings depicting scenes from the Battle of Prestonpans

* 2012 saw Prestonpans designated a national Creative Place by Creative Scotland as atribute to all that has been achieved since 1997

The Arts Festival's work is led by a team of Scottish historians and distinguished artists including Andrew Dallmeyer, Annemarie Allan, Jim Forster, John Lindsay, Andrew Crummy, Tom Ewing, Adele Conn and Gillian Hart. But they are accompanied by contributors in many other fields e.g. music, song, poetry, theatre, sculpture, pottery, photography and story telling. It depends on the services of all such artists as care to join the initiative. Annual 'Burriss' Bursary and associated Grants are also provided for local artists.

The Arts Festival also works in close partnership with the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 Trust which was established in 2006 helping to attract more visitors to The Pans by conserving, interpreting and presenting the Living History of that Battle.

The Arts Festival was accepted by Scottish Ministers as a 'Community Right to Buy' enterprise in 2008 as it fought, regretably without success, to save the Auld Fowler's HQ in Prestonpans from demoilition by Lidl.

The Convenor of the Arts Festival Directorate is Dr. Andrew Crummy. General Secretary & Treasurer is Gillian Hart who is based at The Prestoungrange Gothenburg, 227 High Street, Prestonpans, East Lothian, EH32 9BE Scotland. Telephone (44) (0) 1875 819922