Residencies

The MERZ Self-Funded Residencies are currently suspended but we are taking ‘tentative’ enquiries. Our residency and studio accommodation meet both quarantining and social distancing criteria. Contact us by email at hello@merz.gallery  

MERZ – Living Accommodation and Workspaces

In the last year MERZ has grown and now includes Museum of Model Art, Sanquhar, ZIPStudio for local and visiting artists, the art-houses dedicated to Kurt Schwitters and Hannah Höch for short stays (with kitchen, shower and toilet), a second small studio with accommodation (Tadpole), a pop up cinema/further exhibition or studio space (кино) an unheated studio (FURTH) and sculpture green in addition to the work-shed and yard around the MERZ gallery and Bothy. 

The MERZ and Museum of Model Art sites are 100 metres apart and span Sanquhar Cultural Quarter, with its community arts centre, Tolbooth Museum, bakers, greengrocers, hotel, art-shop and newsagents.

MERZ provides a selection of living accommodation and workspace to suit various needs.

Our Self-funded Residencies are priced on a four-weekly basis. Appropriate studio space is available at no extra cost, and is allocated by availability and suitability. Shorter residencies may be arranged on an individual basis.

Living Accommodation includes:

• The Bothy – A self-contained living space for up to four people. A raised double bed and storage accessible by ladder, a fold down double bed on ground level, wet-room plus toilet, living space, kitchen and utilities, TV, WiFi, wheelchair accessible. Studio by arrangement. Available from September 2020.

£1000 per four weeks (equivalent to £36/night)

• The Snug – A cosy room in the flat adjacent to the MERZ office with an elevated double bed reached by ladder, an en-suite toilet with shower, desk, sitting space, TV, WiFi and access to a shared kitchen. Maximum of two people but more suited to an individual. Would be ideal for a writer/architect/graphic designer/illustrator if no studio (or only a shared studio space) required. Available from Spring 2020.

£800 per four weeks (equivalent to £29/night)

• The Tadpole – Studio accommodation with a raised bed, studio space underneath, kitchen/utility area, en-suite shower, TV, WiFi, wood-burning stove. Suitable for maximum two people. Additional studio space available on request. Available from Spring/Summer 2020.

£1000 per four weeks (equivalent to £36/night)

Studios/Workspaces include:

• MERZ Gallery/Workshop – the stand alone former lemonade factory. Indoor space suitable for printing/drawing/writing/research and for exhibition. Includes a shower room with toilet and sink and small kitchen area. Electricity provided by solar panels, heating by a wood burning stove.
• Work-shed – There is an outdoor shed with electricity, power tools and equipment available to use, suitable for woodworking/sculpting with a lean-to and yard for outdoor working.
• FURTH – An unheated ‘indoor outdoor’ space. A former garage with a tall ceiling, concrete floor, electricity. Would suit sculpture, pottery or other ‘messy’ creative activities.
• ZIPStudio – a shared studio space, gas central heating – suitable for small scale work.
• кино – open plan downstairs area in a former engineers’ workshop. This space is for pop-up cinema/screenings (nine seats), short-run exhibitions or as a day-to-day studio. With two small bedrooms, kitchen, shower room and toilet the living accommodation is for occasional use for visitors to MERZ. Available Spring 2020.

Exhibition/Display

• (as above) MERZ Gallery/Workshop suitable for on-going public displays
• Museum of Model Art, Sanquhar – a small museum with an emphasis (as suggested!) on ‘models’, architectural and design or for ‘unrealised and imagined proposals conceived in miniature’
• Sculpture Green – for display of large outdoor work (murals, sculpture and the art-houses) in a publicly accessible part of Sanquhar’s conservation area and Cultural Quarter
• (as above) кино is suitable for short term pop-up displays/screenings/exhibitions offering basic over-night accommodation (by arrangement) 

The art-houses

• Two Polish n-126 caravans converted into art-houses (Kurt Schwitters and Hannah Höch). Sitting on the sculpture green the art-houses are suitable for an immersive overnight/short term visit with access to kitchen, toilet and shower facilities. Suitable (comfortably) for two, each art-house was reconfigured by contemporary artists Amy Marletta, Denise Zygadlo, Dougie Sharpe and David Rushton to extrapolate the legacy into contemporary times the work of these two important artists who reflected critically on the crisis in Europe 100 years ago.  

£40.00 per night 

For further enquiries contact Jess at hello@merz.gallery