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Exhibitions
There are facilities for hire across South Lanarkshire which can be used for temporary exhibition space.
Dedicated exhibition space is available for hire at:
Exhibitions at East Kilbride Arts Centre
The exhibition space is open from 10:00am - 4:00pm each day, and admission is free.
'Sewn Together' by Helen Foley
Friday 31 May - Sunday 30 June 2024
Helen Foley spent her life in service to others. She had creative beginnings studying at the Glasgow School of Art, but soon moved on to employment in the textile industry excelling in the skill of pattern cutting.
While raising her family, a restless creative energy continued to fuel many projects and collaborations. She was a renowned costume designer, sharing her talents by making many pieces for dramatic productions and also for museums in South Lanarkshire. She devoted decades to teaching others and sharing her passion for working in textiles, principally through the East Kilbride Arts Centre.
Following Helen’s sad passing last summer, a collection of her projects have been brought together for a commemorative exhibition at her former place of work in East Kilbride close to Helen’s home town, Blantyre.
Douglas McKechnie
Thursday 1 August - Sunday 25 August 2024
Douglas McKechnie has been producing paintings, sculpture and mixed media projects from his early teens. The artist has been on a mixed journey which has seen him gain a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Glasgow School of Art (1972) and create artwork for musicians such as blues legend John Martyn.
His artworks are now part of private collections in Scotland and abroad. Over the years, Douglas has travelled extensively studying the works of artists he has long admired from Catalonia, Italy and France. He has been creating works which have mirrored his universal influences, including artists such as Miro, Kandinsky, Hepworth and Mondrian.
His work fuses this myriad of styles to create personal statements of joy, loss, pain and the wonder of the human condition. Over the last few years Douglas has created and exhibited his Line Man abstract series, which has further extended his joy of colour and form.
