Collage : Satire, Defamation & Fakery
Exhibition at MERZ throughout September 2023 that explores links between Collage : Satire, Defamation & Fakery.
Adam Wynn : Exhibition Contributor
Adam Wynn is one of a dozen contributors to the exhibition Collage : Satire, Defamation and Fakery on at MERZ throughout September. The exhibition is... Read More
Yoni Newman – Artist in Residence
Yoni Newman was in residence at MERZ for August. Yoni decided to work small on intimate landscape drawings inspired by the surrounding area where he... Read More
Collage : Satire, Defamation & Fakery
Collage: Satire, Defamation & Fakery explores collage’s social engagement in speaking truth(s) to power. Boundaries help distinguish our personal and professional responsibilities from those... Read More
The Body Mends : Connie Michele Morey
Connie Michele Morey was artist in residence at MERZ in July and August. Connie writes, “I am exploring my role in holding space for and... Read More
More photos of Artist Residency accommodation at MERZ
At MERZ we’ve completed building work (for a while!). MERZ now offers three bedroom accommodation at no 5 (or configured as two bedrooms upstairs... Read More
Alan Robinson : New MERZ Window
Stained Glass artist Alan Robinson recently completed his second window for MERZ. This window is located in Snug, the micro-flat within the MERZ staff-flat in... Read More
Bettina Homann – Die Struckerei (A Poem of Labour)
The thread of this knitted work by Bettina Homann was spun from local words: it consists of the lines of the poem ‘Poem of Labour’... Read More
Art Particles : Museum of Model Art
David Rushton‘s Art Particles 1/24th scale models opened on 27th May 2023 at the Museum of Model Art having been shown at the first Sanquhar... Read More
MERZ : Impressions of Sanquhar
David Rushton’s ‘impression pot’ and Kristin Powers’ sculpture as ‘work in progress’ Impressions of Sanquhar at MERZ showcased the work of Kristin Powers and David... Read More
Impressions of MERZ : Florian Kaplick
As the finale to a wonderful evening interpreting Kurt Schwitters’ and Dada poetry – and with the help of A’ the Airts Youth Theatre –... Read More
COLLAGE & SOCIAL PURPOSE : WORKSHOP RESIDENCIES October 2023
The October 2023 Workshop-Residencies at MERZ will explore collage as a contemporary working method informed by history and ideology. MERZ is inspired by the working... Read More
Justin Tuttle : Kolaj Artist Workshop
Justin Tuttle arrived at MERZ for a week’s collage workshop with the Kolaj Institute. Titled ‘Passing Place’ three groups of ten artists have been exploring... Read More
Heather Stearns : Kolaj Artist Workshop
Heather Stearns arrived at MERZ for a week’s collage workshop with the Kolaj Institute. Titled ‘Passing Place’ three groups of ten artists have been exploring place and community... Read More
On Request : MERZ in 2009
Fourteen years ago the MERZ site was an abandoned and derelict plumbers’ yard. There were two remaining buildings from Sanquhar’s former ‘lemonade’ factory of the... Read More
Janice Horne : Kolaj Artist Workshop
Janice Horne arrived at MERZ for a week’s collage workshop with the Kolaj Institute. Titled ‘Passing Place’ three groups of ten artists have been exploring... Read More
Three Collage Artist Residencies in Scotland : 6-28 April 2023
MERZ will be hosting the Kolaj Institute’s three week-long residencies throughout April. Following a successful collage residency programme September 2022, April we’ll see thirty... Read More
Untitled (2022) MERZ film in Festivals
In December the MERZ animation Untitled (2022) was one of fifty films screened at the European Short Film Festival in Berlin. On 25th February Untitled... Read More