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Tuesday-Saturday 10:30am-5pm Admission Free


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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
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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

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

This weekend, the Pier Arts Centre opens a new exhibition highlighting recently acquired contemporary works of art gifted by publisher, Arts Patron and collector Charles Asprey. The exhibition will provide an opportunity to view this important donation alongside familiar works from the Pier Arts Centre Collection. Through Their Eyes -The Pier Arts Centre Collection and the unfolding Asprey gift is on display from 2 May – 7 November 2026. Works included in the Charles Asprey Gift have been acquired through the Cultural Gifts Scheme, administered by Arts Council England @aceagrams @charlesaspreytyersstreet #PierArtsCentre #Orkney
We have another 2 Collection artist births to celebrate today, Roger Hilton (1911-75) and F.E. McWilliam (1909-92) Images: Roger Hilton Three Boats c.1958 © estate of Roger Hilton. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS; F.E. McWilliam The Orator 1955 © copyright of the FE McWilliam Estate #PierArtsCentre