The third stained glass course at MERZ run by Keira McLean provided a month long learning and practical experience in all facets of stained glass making and repair. In addition to their own projects Amanda Farquhar-Scott, Lara Caligor and Charlotte Mahdoodi worked together on the celebratory POETRY of THE NITH window. The window is to... Read More

Charlotte attended the Spring stained glass and residency at MERZ run by Keira McLean

Lara attended the Spring stained glass and residency at MERZ run by Keira McLean

Amanda attended the Spring stained glass and residency at MERZ run by Keira McLean

Anna Seisian and Jane Frere last met in 2022. In a recent visit to Jane’s Highland studio in the artists explore the development of Jane’s Ark from boat-form to chrysalis and the evolving fragile charcoal drawing ‘Falls of Caledon’, with its creatures past and threatened by climate change.

Christine Marie Nobre was in residence at MERZ during March and April. Like the Romantic Poets of the River Nith, that flows through Sanquhar, Christine was inspired to celebrate nature. Here in sculpture and installation, Christine sets out her work around the town and the nearby woodland walkways for filming and photography. Christine helped recover... Read More

Keely arrived at MERZ from Seattle at the beginning of March. Keely has been staying in the Bothy on the MERZ gallery site. This short clip explores Keely‘s detailed scratchboard work and process.

As part of the 2025 MERZ mail art EXHIBITION Postmaster Barry Ford relates the story of the postal service from before the post offices were established up till the arrival of the Penny Post. The Penny Post provided the opportunity for working people to use the service, not least to benefit from the introduction of... Read More

One of several films by Summerhall TV filmed at MERZ in which Charles Jencks outlines plans for the Multiverse, under construction at nearby Crawick. Brought out of the vaults for discussion on the engagement of poets and storytellers at the Multiverse in the Spring, being planned by Sanquhar Academy.

Adrian McNaught introduces the Building the Future exhibition at MERZ. The exhibition involves work by artists and architects David Rushton, Derrie Pearson, Adrian McNaught and Craig Dawe with the engagement of twenty students from Sanquhar Academy contributing their model huts. This is the latest exhibition arising from the MERZ Brickfields Project in which David and... Read More

As part of the ongoing Brickfields Project students from Sanquhar Academy have been designing huts. Amilia Wark and Conlan Baillie introduce the work of the students in S1. ‘Hutting’ is a policy from the Scottish Government to permit simple light-touch off grid buildings for recreational and educational purposes. ‘Huts’ don’t need to resemble huts and... Read More

Summerhall TV‘s Interview with Carolee Shneemann. The film of Carolee’s talk at Summerhall features in the MERZ exhibition Art as Multimedia – with print, film and presentations by Carolee Shneemann, Aly Gear and Elena Bott. On over the weekend of 30th November and 1st December 2024 (12:00-4:00). Featuring poetry and philosophy celebrating the work of... Read More

The 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down was not commemorated much in Britain last weekend. It is no Poppy Day. The unravelling of the iron curtain doesn’t compete with Remembrance Sunday for cultural resonance. But it is more relevant to the world we live in today. More poignant, too, now that Americans have... Read More

  This is a FINAL CALL-OUT to older artists for jpgs of their interventions in art supporting peace and anti-nuclear protests during the 1980s. We’re preparing a small exhibition at MERZ in South West Scotland to open on 9th November 2024, the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, marking the pause rather... Read More

Jo Truscott explains how the stained glass course and residency at MERZ with Keira Mclean has contributed to her journey in glass making following her recent graduation from university in South Africa