Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2016 | Page 41

The Gallery represents over 80 contemporary artists and holds a new show of around 100 new paintings every four to five weeks.

QUARR ABBEY
HOUSES ART
COLLECTION
Quarr Abbey Art Gallery opened in 2010
and is located under the archway in the old
stable block at Quarr Abbey. It provides a
venue for all Island artists and crafts people.

The annual season of exhibitions begins
with March and ends with Christmas. Each
exhibition is usually a week in duration with
Wednesday being the changeover day. The
opening hours are usually 10:30 - 4:30 and
entry is always free.
The work on view and for sale is very
varied. Painting, sculpture, photography,
printmaking and ceramics predominate,
but increasingly represented are workers in

fabric, wood and glass, and last year Quarr
welcomed our first sound artist.
Br. Duncan Smith, a member of the Quarr
community is in charge of the gallery and
is himself a painter. His work is regularly on
show in the gallery and can be viewed on
the Abbey website.
Forthcoming exhibitions are listed on the
Abbey website under art at the abbey.

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