Scotland’s oldest and largest artist-run organisation is coming to Ayr this month – venturing outside Edinburgh for only the third time since 1892. The Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) will hold its annual exhibition at the Maclaurin Art Gallery, in Rozelle Estate, from Sunday, November 19 through to January 14. The show, which is free to enter, will feature around 175 artworks, including painting and printmaking, installation, moving image and performance pieces.
The SSA has been hosting its flagship exhibition in the Royal Academy Building in Edinburgh since 1892 – only being held outside the capital twice before; once in Glasgow in 1948 and then in Dundee in 2009.
On show will be work by 15 recent graduates from all five Scottish art schools, who received awards from the SSA earlier this year following visits to degree shows by SSA selectors in the summer.