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Visual Arts Scotland is now a leading platform for national and international contemporary fine and applied artists. Originally an organisation for women artists, the society since the 1980s has championed craft makers, designers and applied arts practitioners, as well as contemporary fine art practice.

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Lorna Fraser | Bothy Project Residency 2022

Lorna Fraser, artist-in-residence at Bothy Project, Sweeney's Bothy on the Isle of Eigg September 2022 I was delighted to be awarded an artist residency on the Isle of Eigg. My porcelain work is inspired by the shapes and structures in the botanical world...

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Joanne Matthews | Rose Cottage Residency 2022

We caught up with artist Joanne Matthews to reflect on her VAS residency in autumn last year. In September 2022, Joanne was selected from our open call and was the first artist-in-residence at Rose Cottage, Perthshire as part of a developing partnership. Have a read -...

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Clare Wardman | From One To Another 2022

From One To Another 2022 | Cornwall x Scotland Exchange Residency From One To Another is a residency delivered in partnership with the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Borlase Smart John Wells Trust (Cornwall) and Marchmont House (Scotland). A blog by...

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Siobhan McLaughlin | From One To Another 2022

Pigment grinding, Anchor Studios. Photograph by Alban Roinard.   From One To Another 2022 | Cornwall x Scotland Exchange Residency From One To Another is a residency delivered in partnership with the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Borlase Smart John...

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Graduate Showcase Shortlist 2023

The VAS team has been visiting degree shows across the country looking for the next graduates for our Graduate Showcase Award. It's not been an easy task given the quality, range and vision in the work we've seen so far, but we have now selected a shortlist of...

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VAS CENTENARY SHOW | APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED! Visual Arts Scotland are delighted to be returning to The Royal Scottish Academy for our Centenary Exhibition 2024. This will be our first exhibition at the RSA Galleries since before Covid 19 and we cannot wait to invite...

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Partnership Exhibition: Scottish Ornithologists' Club

Visual Arts Scotland is delighted to announce a new partnership exhibition with the Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) which will take place in Aberlady, summer 2024. SOC promotes the study, protection and enjoyment of wild birds in Scotland...

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Hugo Burge

We are deeply saddened to have learned of the passing of Hugo Burge. Hugo was an incredibly kind man, generous of spirit and with his time, exceedingly modest, accommodating, affable and interested. But above all what shone through most was his passion and...

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Partnership Exhibition: Scottish Ornithologists' Club

Partnership Exhibition: Scottish Ornithologists' Club

Sep 18th 2023
Visual Arts Scotland is delighted to announce a new partnership exhibition with the Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) which will take place in Aberlady, summer 2024. SOC promotes the study, protection and enjoyment of wild birds in Scotland and encourages the general...

@VisualArtsScot on January 01st 1970 12:00am


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Visual Arts Scotland is committed as a society to supporting and exhibiting a diverse range of contemporary Scottish art, in a wide variety of media.

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Visual Arts Scotland is one of the few organisations that actively promotes and exhibits the work of contemporary visual and applied artists.

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Visual Arts Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland No. SCO 006715. We are not in receipt of any public or core funding and as such are entirely reliant on the support of the artistic community

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