The Nomads Tent in Edinburgh is launching its first exhibition since lockdown, with local textile artist Pat Archibald presenting her students’ annual show and her own work, in the result of a year-long creative process.
Now reopened, Maisie & Mac’s shops in Cupar and Dundee are displaying and selling a wide range of craft and art.
Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios has reopened, and is staging an exhibition celebrating the heady era of 20th-century modern design revolutionaries such as Terence Conran and Mary Quant.
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.
The Scottish Potters Association’s members’ exhibition is available to view online, with 21 exhibitors and over 100 individual exhibits, available to purchase.
A new festival of film screenings, GMTF – Glass Meet the Future – launches on 3rd July, spearheaded by Caithness glass enterprise North Lands Creative.
An important week for Scottish art galleries as they begin re-opening, subject to Scottish Government guidelines. We have compiled a tentative list and are inviting people to let us know more, so we can add more galleries as they open.
Perthshire Creates is an online platform showcasing the arts and creative community in the area. A Digital Design Market is planned for early July, offering original artworks and design in one online space.
Edinburgh auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull’s next live sales event, Scottish Paintings & Sculpture, is scheduled to take place in its saleroom, with limited sale attendance places available by appointment. The catalogue is available online.
Gallery Q Dundee continues online with an exhibition of paintings and prints of streetscapes and landmarks by six differing artists.
A retrospective of ten years of North Light Arts’ environmental arts initiatives.
A new website showcases a group of talented Perthshire artisans, including painters, printmakers, illustrators, ceramists and jewellers who live and work in this inspiring part of Scotland, with all works available to purchase.
In response to the lockdown, Aberfeldy’s Artisan& art gallery has enhanced its website into a searchable online collection of hundreds of pieces of mainly locally-produced art and craft.
Established in 2004 and one of the largest open studio events in the UK, NEOS North-East Open Studios initiative has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the voluntary sector’s equivalent of Membership of the British Empire.
The Scottish Society of Artists’ Urban Departures exhibition will launch online at 7pm on 2nd June with a webinar and discussion, showcasing on artists who manipulate different materials using print, and centring around current conversations in printmaking.
Gallery Q Dundee’s second online exhibition features the work of Pete Monaghan and Elizabeth Haines, specifically curated for online display.
From its Dumfries & Galloway base, Scotland’s largest open studios event is online this year: ‘SF | At Home’ is billed as ‘a brand new suite of digital activity to bring creativity into your homes’.
Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios is closed due to the public health situation, but inviting its social media followers to support its Weave a Rainbow initiative.
Gallery Q Dundee’s first online exhibition features a wide variety of visual art specifically curated for online display, much of which can be purchased, alongside jewellery, ceramics and glasswork.
White Fox Gallery in Coldstream has introduced a gift voucher scheme that will add value after the lockdown is lifted.
Gallery Q Dundee’s online shop has some engaging birthday and anniversary gift ideas including jewellery, ceramics and glasswork.
In response to the lockdown, Aberfeldy’s Artisan& art gallery has enhanced its website into a searchable online collection of 450 pieces of mainly locally-produced art and craft.
Edinburgh sale room Lyon & Turnbull’s next online auction, ‘Contemporary & Post-War Art’, is on 16th April – one of several scheduled over the coming weeks.
Artmag’s new initiative has been met with an enthusiastic flood of responses, which we’ve been posting on social media: send us a good-quality photo of your new visual art and craft/sculpture work completed since the lockdown.
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