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

Closed Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February 2026 to complete essential annual maintenance
For access or to collect work from the Annual Open Exhibition please call 01856 850209

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 >

Listen to Artist Andrew Cranston and Curator Richard Ingleby in conversation about Dreams of the everyday: paintings by Winifred Nicholson & Andrew Cranston. Curated by Jonathan Anderson and Richard Ingleby

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

a person showing artworks to a group in a room with wooden cupboards

Read about our trip to the British Museum earlier this year with a group of young people from Orkney.

Erlend Brown 1947-2022 obituary by Bryce Wilson
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Permanent Collection
Aug 20
Permanent Collection
COMING NEXT: Senior Orkney Schools Exhibition
Mar 7
COMING NEXT: Senior Orkney Schools Exhibition
COMING NEXT: Recent Orkney Art Graduates
Mar 7
COMING NEXT: Recent Orkney Art Graduates

Programme

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Open Call: Visual Arts Scotland Residency -Linkshouse, Birsay
Feb 17
Open Call: Visual Arts Scotland Residency -Linkshouse, Birsay
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Blogs >

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

Join Josie Long as she journeys through the Pier Arts Centre in this Art Fund film.

We are delighted to be working with @visualartsscotland and @barnsgraham on their artists residency opportunity in Orkney. The residency will offer a VAS member the chance to spend a month at Linkshouse in Birsay, in May 2026 to develop their ideas and practice. The residency includes accommodation, artists fee and travel costs, with the opportunity of artist support on site and future exhibitions with VAS. Link in bio for further information on how to apply. Deadline: Sunday 15th March 17:00 2026 @visualartsscotland @pierartscentre @barnsgraham
Get @reshare_app • @visualartsscotland Visual Arts Scotland Linkshouse Residency We are delighted to announce our fifth month-long funded residency partnership with the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, the third with Linkshouse, Part of the Pier Arts Centre Orkney. The residency will offer a VAS member the opportunity to spend a month at Linkshouse Residency space in Birsay, Orkney, KW17 2LX in May 2026 to develop their ideas and practice. The residency will take place from 1 – 31st May 2026 and includes accommodation, artists fee and travel costs, with the opportunity of artist support on site and future exhibitions with VAS. For further information on how to apply please visit our website! Deadline: Sunday 15th March 17:00 2026 @visualartsscotland @pierartscentre @barnsgraham
Today we celebrate the birth of William Scott (1913-89) with Untitled c. 1960 from our Collection © estate of William Scott #PierArtsCentre