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The Pier Arts Centre is an Art Gallery and Museum in Stromness, Orkney. Home to a permanent collection and year round exhibitions and events… Find out more >

red line drawings of different fish motifs assembling to represent a face, with a teal wood effect background

Soulisquoy Printmakers Commissioned Prints
As part of their 40 years activity, a series of limited-edition prints have been specially commissioned and printed by Soulisquoy Printmakers. Available to purchase at the gallery or online. Click here for details

Image: Colin Kirkpatrick Brodgar Reel 2023 © the artist

Erlend Brown 1947-2022 obituary by Bryce Wilson
Featured
Permanent Collection
Aug 20
Permanent Collection
Through Their Eyes - The Pier Arts Centre Collection and the unfolding Asprey gift
May 2
Through Their Eyes - The Pier Arts Centre Collection and the unfolding Asprey gift
Tracing the Natural World
May 16
Tracing the Natural World
COMING NEXT: When you’re tired of the mountains and the rivers and the trees... Drawings by Marian Ashburn
Jun 19
COMING NEXT: When you’re tired of the mountains and the rivers and the trees... Drawings by Marian Ashburn
COMING NEXT: Erin McQuarrie - The Scale of Things
Jun 19
COMING NEXT: Erin McQuarrie - The Scale of Things
COMING NEXT: Soulisquoy Printmakers - New Prints
Jun 19
COMING NEXT: Soulisquoy Printmakers - New Prints

Programme

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Roots - A dialogue between Ukrainian and Scottish mythology.
Jun 12
Roots - A dialogue between Ukrainian and Scottish mythology.
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Blogs >

Read Orkney Artist Samantha Clark’s recent blogs about her residency in Japan here

We were delighted to welcome a group of primary 6 pupils from Papdale Primary School earlier this week. The group were involved in our current exhibition Tracing the Natural World, developed through a collaboration between Orkney artist Louise Barrington and Vietnamese artist Do Ha Thu. Tracing the Natural World is supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture programme and is on display until Saturday 13 June. @britisharts #ConnectionsThroughCulture
This month we have been delighted to host Glasgow based artist @_oli.turner at Linkshouse as she spent time exploring and engaging with Orkney. Her work is shaped by journeys into remote and rural environments. Oli has been participating in the @visualartsscotland residency in partnership with Pier Arts Centre and @barnsgraham Trust #Orkney #PierArtsCentre #VAS #barnsgraham