This year Fife Contemporary are collaborating once again with StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival to present key exhibitions as part of their festival programme.

2026 will see the premiere of a new collaboration between Alan Grieve and Eddie Summerton. Alan and Eddie exhibit individually, nationally and internationally and also operate together as the art group A+E. They present a new work A Cairngorm Love Affair, a humorous and irreverent exploration of memories and mythologies of landscape. Produced by Fife Contemporary for their 20th anniversary year, this new work will premiere as part of the StAnza International Poetry Festival and evolve again as part of Dear Earth at Kirkcaldy Galleries in September.

We will also be showcasing the work of emerging artist, Natalia Bocian at this years festival. Natalia’s paintings explore the global climate crisis through local trauma and catastrophe. The paintings in Powódź/Flood are based on a real flood that happened in her home city in Poland in 1997.

To find out more about the individual artists, and the exhibitions and events we are presenting at StAnza this year, see the listings below.

A Cairngorm Love Affair

Alan Grieve & Eddie Summerton
Byre Theatre: Level 4 Foyer
13 March – 31 March 2026
Open Daily 10am to 10pm

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Powódź/Flood

Natalia Bocian
Laidlaw Music Centre
13 March – 31 March 2026
Open Monday – Thursday: 9am to 10pm
Friday: 9am to 8pm
Saturday: 9am to 4pm
Sunday: 10am to 5pm

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The StAnza Poetry Festival is based at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews and other venues across the town. The principal festival weekend this year runs from 13 – 15 March 2026. The full programme of events can be found on their website stanzapoetry.org.

This year our featured artists are Eddie Summerton, Alan Grieve, Natalia Bocian.

A pink wall with several graphic flyers pasted over, with additional hand-drawn details by artists Eddie Summerton and Alan Grieve
A pink wall with pasted graphic flyers and black spraypainted words "Sun God, Fraud Squad, Atlas" created by artists Eddie Summerton and Alan Grieve
Sun God Fraud Squad (2025) Eddie Summerton and Alan Grieve, Blackie House Museum and Library and Garage Space
Visit StAnza Poetry Festival 2026

Getting there by Bus: St Andrews Town Centre is a 5 minute walk from St Andrews Bus Station. Stagecoach Buses run frequently between St Andrews and destinations around Scotland – plan your journey here.

Header image: Natalia Bocian, Odra, 2025. Photo courtesy of the artist

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A painted image by Natalia Bocian showing a man and woman wading through a flooded town towing a dog on a floating barge

Powódź/Flood

A selection from Natalia Bocian’s evocative painting series presented for StAnza 2026.

An image of cut-outs showing a landscape with Nan Shepherd and Sydney Scroggie busts pasted overtop, both speaking into a joint speechbubble saying "You are not alone"

A Cairngorm Love Affair

Eddie Summerton and Alan Grieve present a new work exploring landscape, memories and mythology.

Artist Talk

Meet the artist behind the Powódź/Flood exhibition, joined by StAnza’s poet in residence.

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