Further Pottery News from MERZ
Across four locations artists are seeking to find ways to make the clay from the Sanquhar clay-fields more malleable. There are several recommended additions to... Read More
Sanquhar Pottery Project : November Update
Clay from the clay-fields that served the former Sanquhar Brickworks drying in the greenhouse at MERZ. Samples of clay have been posted to Maggie Broadley... Read More
Morane Le Coz : Designing MERZ catalogues, story and book
Designer and Illustrator Morane Le Coz was artist in residence at MERZ during lockdown. Morane worked with P6 at Sanquhar Primary to illustrate the story-book... Read More
Play : Hannah Höch & Kurt Schwitters
Helen Fox of Fox and Hound Theatre Company is preparing work with local artists, performers and makers to craft a play about Hannah Höch and... Read More
Olivia Irvine : Artist in Residence
Quirky and unusual Bothy. Repurposed studios and gallery, full of history, yet contemporary features. I would definitely recommend MERZ as a residency programme: it’s unique!... Read More
Ric Kasini Kadour : Schwitters’ Army Residency
Ric Kasini Kadour was artist in residence at MERZ during January and February 2020. This interview outlines his Schwitters’ Army project involving 200 collages from... Read More
Julia Zinnbauer : Peter Womersley
During her extended residency at MERZ Julia Zinnbauer researched, filmed and edited a film on the Scottish Borders’ based architect Peter Womersley. Julia’s earlier films... Read More
Julia Zinnbauer : Peter Womersley
During her extended residency at MERZ Julia Zinnbauer researched, filmed and edited a film on the Scottish Borders’ based architect Peter Womersley. Julia’s earlier films... Read More
MERZ Pottery Project
Over the centuries Sanquhar has been the site of several Brickworks, with the last closing in the 1960s. The clay-fields lie to the north of... Read More
Life under Lockdown (at MERZ)
Tonic Arts commissioned artists in Scotland, born over seven decades to reflect on Life under Lockdown. Funded by the Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation the... Read More
Lada Wilson : Artist / Curator in residence at MERZ
Lada Wilson is the curator of 201 Telephone Box Gallery in Fife, Scotland. This contemporary art gallery in a disused telephone box is artist-led project... Read More
Calum Wallis & Rhona Jack : An Isolated Process
The exhibition by Rhona Jack and Calum Wallis has been in place in the otherwise empty MERZ since they concluded their residency in May. With... Read More
Tonic Arts : Life under Lockdown
David Rushton was lucky enough to be selected by NHS Lothian’s Tonic Arts project to submit work for an exhibition titled Life under Lockdown. Life under... Read More
Julia Zinnbauer : Artist in Residence in Quarantine at MERZ
MERZ Artist in Residence Julia Zinnbauer arrived from Germany to face two week’s quarantine ahead of her residency programme. Julia has been fascinated by Scotland... Read More
Julia Zinnbauer : Phonebox Postcards
9th May was World Collage Day. At MERZ in Sanquhar we celebrated the arrival of 200 packages from collage artists around the world: the collages... Read More
MERZ Wallpaper Collective
The first ‘edition’ of the Collective’s wallpaper catalogue is now available to download and browse. We are still inviting artists to be involved and will... Read More
Torquill Tower : P6 with Morane Le Coz
During her residency Morane Le Coz worked with the kids in P6 at Sanquhar Primary to illustrate a story set long-ago in a village near... Read More
SANQUHAR CULTURAL QUARTER
Artist in residence Morane Le Coz has produced some postcards of MERZ that form part of the MAP of the recently announced Sanquhar Cultural Quarter.