Bill Ross : Crooks and Sticks
Former miner Bill Ross made exquisite shepherd’s crooks and walking sticks in his shed in Sanquhar.
Charles Jencks and Alex Rigg : Landscape of Waves
MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar, had an exhibition of the artwork of Charles Jencks and Alex Rigg, in conjunction with the Summer Solstice Festival at the The Crawick Multiverse, on the weekend of June 24-26th. Exhibition opened 24 June – 3 September 2016 The exhibition featured the idea that wave-forms permeate all of nature and the cosmos. Not... Read More
David Rushton : Reconstruction and Fabrication
Raj Chakraborti’s interview with David Rushton at the Reconstruction and Fabrication exhibition at the Model Art Gallery in Edinburgh in 2004.
Jeffrey Hoffman and Charles Jencks : Astrophysicist & Astronaut, Artist & Architect
A’ the Airts, the Crawick Multiverse and MERZ Gallery in Sanquhar recently hosted a conversation between Jeffrey Hoffman and Charles Jencks as part of the MERZ exhibition ‘Landscape of the Waves’, featuring the work of Alex Rigg and Charles Jencks and developments at the Crawick Multiverse. Jeffrey Hoffman made five flights as a space shuttle... Read More
Ian Hunter : Kurt Schwitters MERZ Barn
Ian Hunter of the Littoral Arts Trust outlines Kurt Schwitter’s migration story. Fleeing the Nazis to Norway before the outbreak of war Schwitters left on the last boat out to Scotland, landing in Leith. Schwitters was initially interned in Edinburgh Castle then on the Isle of Man before being released to eventually settle in Ambleside.... Read More
Ian Hunter and Celia Larner : The Elterwater MERZ Barn
Ian Hunter and Celia Larner of the Littoral Trust, an artist-led research and development agency, bought Kurt Schwitters MERZ Barn. Here they discuss priorities for opening the small farm around the MERZ Barn for artists and students to explore changes in the rural economy and develop links with refugee artists and cultures.
The Merz Barn Project
Participants of the Merz Barn Project discuss the future developments and plans for the Cylinders Estate, which includes developing the Merz Barn buildings and woodland in the garden-ground, first developed by Harry Pierce, in the 1940s. The Elterwater Merz Barn is the last of four of Kurt Schwitters’ ‘Merzbau’ projects that he had been working... Read More
Sanquhar Pattern Knitting
Anne Foley and May McCormick introduce developments in Sanquhar to secure the future of the town’s celebrated knitting pattern.