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CALL FOR ARTISTS! We are looking for new members to join #ArtmapArgyll and take part in our 2021 #OpenStudios in August. If you are based in Argyll and interested in applying find out more here.

Artmap Argyll 2020 is open for visitors for six days over two weekends this year – from Friday 21 to Monday 24 August, and Saturday and Sunday 29 & 30 August (10am – 5pm). Studios 1 and 30 will be on-line only. In this Year of Coasts and Waters, thirty artists and Read more…

The 2020 Artmap Open Studios event is taking place from 21st to 24th August with studios open again on the 29th and 30th. We have 30 studios and venues this year. The way we’re promoting the event this year will look very different – a response to the changed times we live in Read more…

Seeing the creative response many have had to our current situation has helped keep many people in good spirits in recent weeks. With this in mind, we’ve started an Artmap Argyll Instagram takeover. Each week a different Artmap Argyll artist has control of the Artmap Argyll Instagram account to provide a Read more…

The network of artists that are the core of Artmap Argyll and the organisation itself are all affected by the challenges of the coronavirus. The artists are normally self-employed and will be managing the impact on their own studios in line with guidance from the Scottish and UK Governments. There Read more…

Many local business use the annual Artmap Argyll Open Studios event as an excellent opportunity to advertise themselves to people visiting or travelling around Argyll to view the artists’ studios. Visitors making these tours often spend several days out and about and are often looking for places to take a Read more…

Under the auspices of Year of Coast & Waters 2020 we’d like to share a project proposal that may interest you. Textile artist Jessica Giannotti is based at SAMS, (Scottish Association for Marine Science) Dunbeg, near Oban. She is currently researching the possibility of managing a mural project installed around the Read more…

Each year the Open Studio red dot trail includes venues who offer more opportunities for people to see more work from Artmap artists. They are usually museums, galleries, hotels and restaurants who work with Artmap Argyll to help promote their business and local artists. We also produce a brochure for Read more…

We are looking for new artists to join Artmap Argyll in 2020! If you are interested in joining please get in touch via the link below: artmapargyll.co.uk/join-artmap/

This year’s Artmap Argyll AGM will take place at the Rockfield Centre in Oban on Sunday 2nd February from 1.30 until 4pm. We would like to invite all members and would-be members to join us.  It will be an opportunity to meet other and catch up with other artists in Argyll and to Read more…