Here's our 104th magazine featuring “Surge” at Patriothall Gallery. 2nd to 10th September. You are also invited to the preview this Friday 1st September 6-8pm, where you'll receive a warm welcome. This week sees the launch of Surge, an exhibition bringing contemporary and experimental art by established and emerging Dumfries and Galloway artists and makers to Edinburgh. Dr Tina Fiske a retired lecturer in Contemporary Art and Curating at the University of Glasgow said: “S

Sandcasting is a rather interesting technique that engages with the natural qualities of the bronze as a material in a number of ways. Beginning by placing the pattern for the sculpture into a box and packing the surrounding area with sand, molten bronze is then poured into the mould, taking the form of the pattern and creating the sculpture. Due to the traditional nature of this method some beautiful irregularities appear on Philip Hearsey’s sculptures, pinholes in the bronz

It has been an intensive few days with some very talented artists bringing in work for us to display in The Gallery Melrose. We thought it would be good to share this work with you. Julie Morris Jim Dewar David Hay David Body Susan Bourne Mary Goulden Further information can be found on our website www.thegallerymelrose.co.uk

Hello We now only have two Hand Signed Ron Lawson Prints left in The Gallery, as the rest have completely sold out. We cannot get any more as these Limited Editions are out of print. Its a case of going, going, gone.

Here's our 100th magazine! It's a bumper issue, twice the usual size, so it'll take a little extra time to download. Our 100th and what a fabulous journey it’s been to arrive at this landmark. Each magazine has represented a huge amount of personal effort by the featured artists, their agents, exhibition curators, gallery owners and journalists and so this one is dedicated to everyone who has made it the success it is today. We’d like to thank everyone who has contri