P6 & Tyler Black : Queensberry Square Playpark Design
Tyler Black’s final animation of Sanquhar Primary P6’s designs for the replacement play structure in Queensberry Square. Working with MERZ and the Kids Council P6... Read More
Ally Wallace : Factory Lines
Ally Wallace was our second Funded Artist in Residence at MERZ, staying from September to November in 2019. In this film Ally outlines the influence... Read More
Andy McDowall : 40 years behind the lens
An exhibition to return to, again and again. Andy McDowall‘s, 40 years behind the lens opened at MERZ on Friday 20th. Andy will be in the... Read More
Amy Marletta and Denise Zygadlo : As the moon sees it
Denise Zygadlo and Amy Marletta‘s exhibition of collages and their work on the Hannah Höch art-house opened on 21st December at the Museum of Model... Read More
Wah Leather : Skill-Swop
Our first skill-swop residency at MERZ offered snowboarder, artist and dry stone-waller Wah Leather an opportunity to work on her snowboard themed designs before going... Read More
David Rushton : Collapse the Box
When over to film the Sanquhar Arts Festival Belfast production company and broadcaster NvTv interviewed Dougie Sharpe and David Rushton. Unbeknown to either artist, NvTv... Read More
Ally Wallace : Factory Lines
Ally’s short animation of the tank that sits on top of the former Glove Factory at Station Yard in Sanquhar. Up to the end of... Read More
Catriona Robertson : This Way That Way
Catriona Robertson was our first funded artist in residence at MERZ in Sanquhar. Cat had been visiting Kurt Schwitters’ MERZ Barn in Elterwater over the... Read More
Jane Frere : Exit – 100 Days of Khaos
A longstanding friend of MERZ Jane Frere introduces her ‘Brexit’ exhibition at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Exit – 100 Days of Khaos is on till the 27th... Read More
Catriona Robertson : Mobile Sculpture on Parade
Artist in Residence Catriona Robertson enters her wooden horse in the Parade as part of Sanquhar’s Riding of the Marches. With Erin, Lilly and Autumn,... Read More
Catriona Robertson : THIS WAY THAT WAY
THIS WAY THAT WAY is an exhibition by Catriona Robertson, artist in residence at the MERZ Gallery. In response to Kurt Schwitters and his Merz... Read More
Marta Sienkiewicz : Past Participle : Seen through Glass
Alan Robinson and Marta Sienkiewicz-Sutherland with ‘Past Participle : Seen through Glass’ running Saturday 20th April through 31st May at MERZ. Here Marta introduces her... Read More
Simon Beeson : Sway’s SPUD Works
Simon Beeson of the Arts University of Bournemouth introduces the evolving arts centre in Sway, New Forest. Beginning as a studio thirty years ago the... Read More
Paul Howard : MERZ Residency
Paul Howard, artist and curator from Sydney, has been exploring drawing, walking and sound at MERZ during January and February 2019.
Paul Brightwell : MERZSPIEL Trailer (2019)
Actor and playwright Paul Brightwell introduces his play about Kurt Schwitters: MERZSPIEL. This is a new trailer replacing an earlier one first shown on merz.gallery... Read More
Martin Green : Kurt Schwitters has left the building
Martin Green and David Rushton have been working at the MERZ Gallery and Workshop in Sanquhar preparing for an exhibition at Summerhall exploring the legacy... Read More
David Rushton : Kurt Schwitters has left the building
KURT SCHWITTERS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING : STORY AND DISPERSAL, LEGACY AND (RE)POSSESSION On the 70th anniversary of Kurt Schwitters death The Times announced that... Read More
Russell Mills : Kurt Schwitters and Cylinders Estate
Artist and author Russell Mills outlines his view of how the Cylinders Estate in Elterwater, formerly owned by garden designer Harry Pierce and home to... Read More