The Pier Arts Centre is open all year
Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-5pm Admission Free


About Us

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 >

Current vacancies & Opportunities
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

Featured
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

This week is the last chance to see Tracing the Natural World - on display until Saturday 13 June The display brings together Orkney and Vietnam through film, sound, and sensory perception, exploring how place is experienced through everyday life. Developed through a collaboration between Orkney artist Louise Barrington and Vietnamese artist Do Ha Thu, the project creates a dialogue between participants from both regions through filmmaking, postcard exchange, and shared reflections on environment, memory, and daily experience. Tracing the Natural World is supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture programme @britisharts #connectionsthroughculture #PierArtsCentre
The Pier Arts Centre requires a part time cleaner to join a small, supported team of cleaners to carry out a range of duties throughout the gallery and housekeeping at Linkshouse - Orkney Arts Residency, Birsay as required. 10 hours per week / £14.40 per hr Tuesday-Saturday 7:30-9:30am (additional hours may be required seasonally) Full details at https://www.pierartscentre.com/current-opportunities Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 19 June 2026 #PierArtsCentre #JoinOurTeam