Exhibitions for 2010

The Main Exhibition Floor

29 March - 31 October

The Gatehouse Story

The town of Gatehouse of Fleet was built from scratch in the mid eighteenth century as a planned industrial town. It grew out of great changes in society at the time and the industrial revolution. This exhibition tells its story.

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29 March - 31 October

Follow the Fleet

The Fleet Valley is a designated National Scenic Area. It is full of variety of landscape and wildlife. This exhibition follows the river as it flows from the high hills and wild moorland at the head of the valley through small fields and woodlands to the open estaury landscape where the river flows into the bay.

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The Faed Gallery

29 March - 9 May:  

'Going Places'
Selected from the Gracefield Permanent Collection and featuring paintings and drawings which have been inspired by holidays and foreign travel. 

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The Bookshop Gallery

29 March - 25 April:

Over the hedge

Paintings by Silvy Weatherall
Farm and hedgescapes from Dumfries and Galloway.  

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The Bookshop Gallery

1 May - 31 May:

Staring Back

Portrait photography by Kim Ayres.
Ordinary people are frustrated by glossy magazines portraying images of the ‘perfect’ face, and many people say that they hate photographs of themselves. Photographer Kim Ayres set out to challenge our contemporary views of the portrait in his exhibition Staring Back. Read more.

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The Faed Gallery

15 May - 4 July: 

New Visions of the Past

Aaron Watson, an artist and archaeologist who has researched and published extensively on British prehistory, including award-winning investigations into the multisensory experience of Neolithic monuments. He has developed new approaches to the visual communication of archaeological sites and landscapes. Read More.

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The Bookshop Gallery

5 June - 11 July:

Recent Work

Pamela Grace, painter, from Kirkpatrick Durham.  Read More.

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The Faed Gallery

10 July - 20 July:

Fleet Valley Painting Competition

Entries in the 2nd Fleet Valley Painting Competition.

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The Bookshop Gallery

17 July - 15 August:

Under Western Skies: Birds and Landscape of Galloway

Lisa Hooper, printer, based in Portpatrick.

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The Faed Gallery

24 July - 5 September:

A Lost Heritage

Textiles from Afghanistan. An exhibition of rare textiles from Afghanistan and central Asia showcases workmanship and traditions now largely lost after decades of conflict in this region. 

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The Bookshop Gallery

21 August - 19 September:

Landscape and its Mythologies

Paintings by Jeremy Carlisle from Gatehouse.

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The Faed Gallery

11 September - 31 October:

The Stones of Galloway

An interpretive exhibition of prehistoric sites in Galloway complemented by contemporary artwork by regional artists who are inspired by or use the sites as subject matter in their work.

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The Bookshop Gallery

25 September - 31 October:

Slow Making Fast

Kate Anderson, Mosaics.