The Pier Arts Centre is open all year

Summer 2026 Opening Times
Monday-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 >

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: Megumi Barrington Uenoyama Wave Lobster/Nami Lobster © 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
When you’re tired of the mountains and the rivers and the trees... Drawings by Marian Ashburn
Jun 19
When you’re tired of the mountains and the rivers and the trees... Drawings by Marian Ashburn
Erin McQuarrie - The Scale of Things
Jun 19
Erin McQuarrie - The Scale of Things
Soulisquoy Printmakers - New Prints
Jun 19
Soulisquoy Printmakers - New Prints

Programme

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Orkney Sequence - Victoria Crowe and Gemma McGregor
Jul 10
Orkney Sequence - Victoria Crowe and Gemma McGregor
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Read Orkney Artist Samantha Clark’s recent blogs about her residency in Japan here

Currently on display at the Pier Arts Centre: @soulisquoy Printmakers - New Prints, includes a wide and diverse collection of limited-edition prints. The exhibition also sees the launch of a new limited edition print by Megumi Barrington Uenoyama, forming part of an on-going series of commissions, initiated in 2022/23 as part of Soulisquoy’s forty years celebrations. The print is available to purchase from our gallery shop or online (link in bio) Image: Megumi Barrington Uenoyama Wave Lobster/Nami Lobster © the artist #PierArtsCentre #printmaking #Soulisquoy #Orkney
On Friday 10 July join artist Victoria Crowe RSA and musician and composer Gemma McGregor for an evening celebrating Orkney’s summer and winter solstices, and the launch of a new publication, The Orkney Works - Victoria Crowe. Stromness Town Hall, 7pm Illustrated talk by Victoria Crowe llustrated talk by Gemma McGregor including excerpts performed live by three musicians, followed by a film screening and Q&A Followed by a book signing at the Pier Arts Centre, 8:30pm with a dram provided by @highlandparkofficial Event + signed copy of book £25.00 Event only £15.00 Link in bio for tor tickets #PierArtsCentre #summer2026 #VictoriaCrowe #GemmaMcGregor #solstice