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Edinburgh College of Art has moved its 2020 degree show online, in common with other graduate degree shows.
The visual arts agency ArtThou has launched an online art exhibition to support emerging Scottish artists and raise funds for cancer charity Maggie’s.
Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios is looking for support for its Art Happens initiative, to stage a major exhibition of the work of exceptional weaver Archie Brennan. The Studios opens its doors on 15th July, resuming its ‘Mid-Century Modern’ exhibition.
Kilmorack Gallery in Beauly, Inverness-shire, has re-opened and is showing recent work by a variety of artists and craftspeople.
Lauder’s Flat Cat Gallery is marking its re-opening with a new exhibition of oil paintings and ceramics by Linda Kinsman-Blake.
White Fox Gallery in Coldstream is reopening and its first exhibition is a one-week showcase of artworks from the last three months.
The Scottish Potters Association’s members’ exhibition is available to view online, with 21 exhibitors and over 100 individual exhibits, available to purchase.
Now launching its second edition, The Virtual Art Fair is an online space for artists to exhibit, and for collectors and casual visitors to view.
In an unusual move, Glasgow’s The Modern Institute is hosting a new extended-reality exhibition on the Vortic Collect downloadable app, by Scott Myles.
St Andrews’ Fraser Gallery has reopened for visitors to walk-in, and by appointment. The now-customary restrictions will apply but there is some wonderful art to see, from an enormous variety of top-flight artists.
Fidra Fine Art has reopened and its summer exhibition, previously only available online, is available to be viewed in situ.
Kirkcudbright’s Whitehouse Gallery is re-opening with new hours, and hosting a new summer exhibition that comprises a mix of artists’ work from the gallery walls, and new exclusive work online.
Wood & Wool offers hand-crafted interior design and artefacts from its mill studio in Aberdeenshire, inspired by the imaginative fusion of materials.
Peebles-based Moy Mackay Gallery’s latest online exhibition BLOSSOM features work by Margaret Evans, Janet McCrorie, Fiona Millar, Ludmilla Kosmina and Moy Mackay.
No longer limited to showing online, Gallery Heinzel continues its 30th birthday year with an anniversary exhibition featuring a selection of artists’ work from the past three decades.
Sproson contemporary art gallery in St. Andrews is continuing to host art online, where it can be viewed and purchased, and the gallery is now physically open.
After a lengthy closure, Angela Lawrence has re-opened Clience Studio, in Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway, with health & safety measures in place to ensure an enjoyable visit.
Aberfeldy Gallery in Perthshire has reopened and will be exhibiting a variety of contemporary art by established and emerging Scottish artists.
An exhibition marking the Centenary of The Society of Wood Engravers is the first to take place at Perth’s Frames Gallery since lockdown restrictions were eased.
Leith School of Art launches its end of year exhibition online for the first time ever, allowing viewers to see and buy work from the students of eight different year-long courses and the Graduate Residency programme.
A new festival of film screenings, GMTF – Glass Meet the Future – launches on 3rd July, spearheaded by Caithness glass enterprise North Lands Creative.
A month-long fundraising sale of photographic prints by some of Scotland’s leading photographers has been launched, with all proceeds going to Support in Mind, a Scottish organisation providing crucial support for those living with mental health issues.
Art education in universities and college has sustained the impact of Covid and lockdown recently, but graduate work is available to be viewed online.
The ambitious re-development of Paisley Museum has received an extra £200,000 in capital funding from The Wolfson Foundation; the project aims to turn the facility into a world-class cultural destination when it reopens in 2022.
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