contact details

Telephone / Fax - 01700 500159

E-mail - info@thecastlegallery.com

Address - 13 High Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland

The Castle Gallery was established by Caroline Gardner in 1997, as a vehicle for local art and crafts. In the Spring of 2000, a substantial gallery extension was carried out effectively doubling the available space and allowing solo and group exhibitions to be displayed. The inaugural exhibition was by John Lowrie Morrison with his personal interpretation of the Island of Bute. The success of this exhibition set the pattern for many other shows by individuals and groups over the last eight years.

As a general rule, the Gallery runs four solo or group exhibitions per year. The Castle Gallery features well established Scottish artists, but also aims to promote new and recent graduates from various art colleges around the country, while still providing an outlet for local artists and craftspeople. Art graduates are predominantly Glasgow School of Art trained but the other Colleges such as Edinburgh and Dundee are also represented. English artists are also represented by David Shepherd, Derek Hare and Laurence Broderick.