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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 >

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

JOIN OUR TEAM The Pier Arts Centre is eager to appoint a capable and flexible individual to help deliver exceptional customer care during the busy summer season 18 hours per week / £13.45 per hr 6 July-15 August 2026 Working patterns to be agreed / will include weekends 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) CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026 fLink in bio for full details and application forms #PierArtsCentre #Joinourteam #Summer2026 #cleaner
To celebrate the start of the FIFA World Cup this week's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is all about football Here's San Siro 2002 by Orcadian artist Steven MacIver (b.1979) from Art & Heritage Collections, @robertgordonuni