ZIPStudio
Ahead of showing his work during Spring Fling and the Sanquhar Arts Festival Dougie Sharpe begins the first of four portraits of Kurt Schwitters on one of the MERZ art-houses sited on the green at ZIPStudio. A collage to celebrate the work of photo-montage artist Hannah Hoch will feature on a second Freedom n126. These... Read More
Sanquhar Cultural Quarter
A spin-off from the Arts Festival and work by the Upper Nithsdale Toursim Partnership the Sanquhar Cultural Quarter will provide signs to help visitors to locate local events and sites of interest that are open throughout the year.
Sanquhar Arts Festival
24 - 27 May 2019Together with A’ the Airts MERZ launches the first Sanquhar Arts Festival to celebrate local artists and performers during the first weekend of the D&G Arts Festival.
Memory Maps
Spring - Summer 2019This local project will provide illustrated maps on large boards of two walks. One heading north and the other south out of Sanquhar.
Art-Houses
From 24 May 2019Small painted caravans on the back green of ZIP and MoMA. Opening for the Sanquhar Arts Festival 24-27 May.
Museum of Model Art, Sanquhar
From 24 May 2019
ZIPStudio
23 - 27 May 2019
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 element of the exhibition while Alan talks about his work and practice on https://vimeo.com/147309803.
Past Participle : Seen through Glass
19 April - 31 May 2019
Snag Mill Press printworks
23 - 27 May 2019
Part-time Residency Managers
Following a meeting of the MERZ Advisory Panel Alice Landy from Kirkconnel and Jess Sharpe from Sanquhar were appointed part-time Residency Managers to assist the Director and support the artist residencies, future exhibitions and events in and around Sanquhar.
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 building developed a gallery and studios, a mobile gallery and studio and most recently five new studios with a residency option. MERZ and SPUD are exploring residency-swops, with local artists... 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 in 2018. Paul is currently touring MERZSPIEL throughout the UK. www.merzspiel.org.
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 of Kurt Schwitters and the Elterwater MERZ Barn. The exhibition runs from 2nd August till 23rd September in the Project Room at Summerhall.
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 Schwitters’ last (place of) work, the MERZ Barn in Elterwater, Cumbria might be bought by a Chinese collector and shipped abroad. Fifty years earlier the plaster wall Schwitters had built... 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 the Kurt Schwitters MERZ Barn, might be developed in a low key way to inform a broader understanding of the geography, geology and history of Langdale. In preparation for ‘Kurt... Read More
John Crawford : Leadhills Miners’ Library
John Crawford introduces the world’s oldest subscription library established by the miners of Leadhills in 1741. The Library is open to visitors at weekends and by arrangement via their website http://www.leadhillslibrary.co.uk