Orkney’s Art Graduates 2011-2012
9 February - 16 March 2013

New work by Orkney artists who have recently gained qualifications at art schools across the UK including fine art, design and fashion.

The exhibition is sponsored by A J B Scholes Chartered Accountants

A Parliament of Lines

aspects of contemporary drawing
curated by Euan Gray

30 March - 8 June2013

A Parliament of Lines, a touring exhibition curated by Euan Gray for the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, brings together the work of 14 artists, most working at an international level, who have all passed through the Scottish art school system.

Drawing has been an integral part of art education in Scotland since Edinburgh College of Art was founded over 250 years ago as the first school of drawing in Britain.

A Parliament of Lines explores how drawing is used in contemporary art practise, questions what drawing is and explores its boundary with painting, animation and photography.

Charles Shearer
drawings - prints - paintings
30 March - 8 June2013

An exhibition of work by Orcadian artist Charles Shearer including new and recent graphic work as well as sketch books, printing plates, illustrations, books and objects that have inspired the artist including stones and pieces of bone.

The work on show will include a selection of illustrations from the long running poetry and prose magazine Ambit, alongside drawings for stories by George Mackay Brown, including Northern Lights and the cover design for Beside the Ocean of Time.