What Our Visitors Said … “What a wonderful community facility. It’s got it all and extends a warm welcome to visitors. Good Luck for the future!” P McGaw, Edinburgh
EXHIBITIONS: We have hosted a large number of wellattended and varied exhibitions by local artists, photographers and craftspeople in our upstairs theatre/gallery area. Here are a few of our most recent exhibitions. GWEN ADAIR: RECENT WORKS Gwen teaches art at Dumfries Academy, and after a break of 17 years, recently started exhibiting again. Her landscapes and portraits are deliberately painted from photographs because she is fascinated by the idea that we think we can tell who a person is from 1/250th of a second of their life. JULIE H WINTER: LAWLAND LANDSCAPES Julie, who lives in New Cumnock, staged this exhibition in April, sharing some lovely paintings with us where she tried to capture the ever-changing lowland landscape and its many moods. Julie also exhibited some of her silk painting, which was very beautiful.
We welcome approaches from any artist or art groups - amateur or professional - who would like to exhibit in our gallery.
SAME WORLD, DIFFERENT PLANET Sisters Marion Macdonald and Lorna McAnespie share a passion for photography. They were raised in Northwest Glasgow, but whereas Lorna has remained a city dweller, Marion, who is a GP at our local health centre, enjoys the rural life of Nithsdale. In this exhibition, they highlighted the disparate disciplines this brings to their photography.
Lorna captures the vibrancy, the energy and even the urban decay of city life. Marion has been inspired by our beautiful corner of Scotland to capture its ever-changing rural scene. They put on this exhibition to compare and contrast the differences between their chosen homes - same world, different planet!