Videos

This film was co-created by artists Emma Ainsley and John Phillips and participants from Papdale Halls of Residence, Kirkwall, around the theme of Our Island Then and Now. The project was supported by the Pier Arts Centre with a funding award from the Orkney Local Action Group: Community Led Local Development Fund 23-24

Some of the voices from the photography Appreciation at the Blide (PhAB) group describing their experience of researching and exploring the Gunnie Moberg Archive

The British Museum touring exhibition Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now illustrates how artists experiment with the power of paper to express their ideas pushing the medium in new directions. This film gives a brief look at the exhibition at the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness

Pier Arts Centre Curator Andrew Parkinson give an illustrated talk on Orkney and the Artist

Art Fund Art Pass Recommends film - Stories from the Pier Arts Centre

The Toy Box is a collection of paintings, collage and sculptural work created by the Orcadian artist Stuart Sim that evokes memories and imagery of childhood.

This recording is of an event celebrating the launch of the publication of Ilana Halperin: The Rock Cycle (Yamaguchi) project.

Art UK Arts Unlocked talk by Pier Arts Centre Curator Andrew Parkinson

Follow Japanese contemporary artist Keijiro Suzuki’s short recording of a Kazaguruma (hand-held windmill) making workshop.

In this informal conversation between Martin Parr and Pier Arts Centre Curator Andrew Parkinson, Parr talks about his favourite places in Scotland to visit, and the special place that Orkney has in his mind.

Celebrating 40 years of the Pier Arts Centre 13/07/2019 Speeches by Tamsin Bailey, Chair of Board, Bill Spence, Patron and Lord-Leiutenant, and Neil Firth, Director of the Pier Arts Centre.

Display of prints produced during community printmaking project with Soulisquoy Printmakers & the Pier Arts Centre as part of Stromness's Per Mare 200 celebrations - July 2017 led by Diana Leslie, supported by Samantha Gray

Taking inspiration from the work of Katy Dove, young artists created simple films using the Stop Motion App during animation workshops at the gallery.

To mark the gift by Outset Scotland to the Pier Arts Centre Collection of Sara Barker's sculpture washable colour, the artist was joined by Dr Kirstie Skinner, Director of Outset Scotland, for a discussion at the Pier Arts Centre.

Experiments in black and white performance by artist Neville Gabie at the Pier Arts Centre as part of the exhibition toandFRO September 2016 

Time lapse film of 2016 Pavement Artist competition
 

Artists Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich give a description of their work Game for Change .

Gallery Trainee Lauren Henning gives a virtual tour of 'A Total Experience' the exhibition she curated during her traineeship

Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich, Friendly Frontiers, 2004
 

The changeover between the Colletion exhibition and Living Colour in the double height gallery.
 

The Pier Arts Centre presented a series of 'drop-in' workshops exploring the world of zines and self-publishing.