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

In this short clip photographer Stacie Amelia introduces A Celebration of Women in Photography at MERZ, Queens Road, Sanquhar. 10th to 16th August from 10:00-4:00. Exhibition on tour courtesy Shambellie House. Photo credit: Alison Cresswell, Self Portrait

Local film and model maker Edward Ryan considers the valuable experience that could be gained and shared if young people engage in the creative design of off-grid buildings among the clay quarries of the Brickfields Site in Sanquhar.  

Exhibition at MERZ of paintings by Albuquerque artist in residence Cindy Dominguez explore the landscape, colour and sensations of Scotland in contrast to those of Cindy’s home state of New Mexico.    

This year’s Sanquhar Arts Festival recalled the fifteen years of MERZ artist’s engagement, particularly on the theme of reconstruction & fabrication. Borrowing from Kurt Schwitters‘ use of found and discarded materials in making his work MERZ has continued to evolve over fifteen years with ‘work’ that repurposes and reclaims materials (and buildings) with a view... Read More

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The exhibition over the Easter weekend celebrates the continuity of the World’s Oldest Post Office by inviting artists from around the world to post their mail art to nearby MERZ for exhibition. The cards form a ‘call’ for ‘response’ from those receiving. Each card will be answered and both returned to the artist suitably stamped... Read More