More ways to get involved with Visual Arts Scotland. In addition to our exhibition program, VAS offers residencies and other opportunities through the year.
28th March 2026 - 30th May 2026
Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayrshire
Visual Arts Scotland invites artists and makers to apply for inclusion in 2026 Annual Members Exhibition, an exhibition exploring how folklore evolves through craft, imagination, and community.
Ayrshire and the wider Scottish landscape is rich with traditions, from selkie myths and fairy stories to Robert Burns’ Tam o’ Shanter. These tales connect us to land and sea, memory and imagination. Folklore is never fixed; it changes with each retelling.
This exhibition invites you to reinterpret folklore from the past, uncover hidden or overlooked stories, or invent the folklore of the future. We are interested in the ways artists and makers use process itself, the act of making, as a conduit for storytelling, where experimentation, material transformation, and the traces of practice can become part of the narrative.
10–21 February 2026
Open call for maker and artist makers to take part in ‘Holding Conversations’, our ongoing exhibition project exploring the vessel as both object and metaphor.
29th April 2026 - 7th June 2026
Visual Arts Scotland are delighted to return to the Scottish Ornithologist Club, Aberlady from April to June 2026 for our ‘Natural Collection’ exhibition.
1st March 2025 - 4th January 2026
Visual Arts Scotland memberships are now processed through Stripe. If you have been paying by bank transfer or PayPal we request that you switch your subscription to our new system to ensure continuity of membership.
Your card will not be charged until the renewal date of your membership.