Fiona Hyslop, the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs came to visit us on Thursday the 16th of May as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. Fiona had a tour around Delta with Director Craig McKechnie before heading into the teaching studio to meet some of our artists. Fiona was then whisked upstairs to the exhibition space to see Delta's latest exhibition, 'come dine with us' from our young artists before seeing a little presentation we had made about the history and development of Delta.

Fiona agreed that art is very important in local communities and great for everyone's health and well being. Check out the video Fiona made while she was here.

A big thank you to Gregg McNeill of Dark Box Images who was our official photographer for the visit. He managed to capture some fantastic shots and we look forward to seeing more of his work when he moves into Studio 2 next month.

We have two exhibitions opening on Saturday the 16th of June from 11am-4pm. One of the exhibitions is called 'Salvador Dali is not my dad' and will showcase work from 3 artists - Tony Porter, Mervyn Hutton and Graeme Hetherington. The second exhibition is from our Studio 5 artists who attend adult classes throughout the week. 

We will be hanging both exhibitions over the next few weeks and can already tell that the gallery is going to look cracking once everything is up.

Please join us on Saturday the 16th of June and enjoy a glass of wine and a wander through Delta.

The exhibition will run from the 18th of June to the 6th of July, Monday - Sunday 10am-3pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

We will be running an Easter Art Week this year for children aged 7-13 years. This is always a great week filled with creativity, laughter and fun! At the end of the week, we present all of the artwork in a mini exhibition for parents to see!

The summer holidays began at Delta with our Summer Art Week where 25 children had the chance to give the gallery walls a makeover. The children brainstormed and came up with ideas for a magical world where life, colour and creativity played the biggest part. Each child had their own section of the wall to make something unique...and they created the most beautiful artwork. Vibrant trees, tents and structures grew out of nowhere to fill the walls before handmade flowers, animals and birds were added to bring it to life!

During the week we also took a trip down to the river to draw inspiration from the natural world around us and thankfully the rain let up for an afternoon so we could head down there and have some fun while it stayed dry! 

We also celebrated two birthdays during the week, Megan who turned 12 and Noah who turned 11!!! Megan told us that it was, 'THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!' as she got to paint, play her new ukulele and eat cake...what more can you ask for! ​

Parents had been banished from the exhibition space all week so they were desperate to get in and see what the children had been getting up to! After the parents had gathered, each child came in to the gallery to an applause and then showed off their work to family and friends.

We are now coming to the end of the holidays and our young artists classes will resume on a Tuesday/Wednesday evening for teenagers and Saturday/Sunday for primary age children. We are looking forward to getting back and only have 4 short weeks to prepare for the annual children's exhibition which will open on September the 29th. This exhibition is always our most colourful show, please come along and join us for either the opening or a quiet look in October.

Delta Studios are happy to announce the details of our Summer Art Week!! ​

We have developed 5 days of activities for children aged 7 - 13 years including drawing, painting, working with textiles, sculpture and printmaking. If the weather is good we hope to spend some of the time outdoors. On the last day we will prepare the work for a mini exhibition!!

Children should bring a pack lunch with them each day for supervised lunch sessions, a morning and afternoon snack will be provided.

The summer art week will be the 3rd – 7th of July from 10am - 3pm. The cost is £140 and includes all materials. 

Here are some pictures from last year...

Our annual Studio 5 exhibition is coming soon, this is always one of Delta's favourite exhibitions as there is such a diverse range of work on display. Over 70 artists will be taking part, they have been creating work over the last year and will now get to show it off! Over the past few weeks, artwork has been arriving in the gallery area and already we can see what a fantastic exhibition we have in our hands! Please join us at the opening on Saturday the 26th of November from 12-3pm and see all the talented artists from Studio 5.

​After the opening the exhibition will run from Monday the 28th of November until Friday the 23rd of December. Open Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm and Saturday 11am - 3pm. Please come along to see the exhibition. Here are a few of our artists, hard at work!!

We decided to run a kids art school this summer for the first time in years. We had been thinking about it for a while and decided to go for it...and we're so glad as it was absolutely brilliant!! The children had fun, we had fun and the work that was produced was fantastic. We will definitely be running another summer school next year...maybe even two...we will keep you up to date on this!!! Here are some of the things we got upto!!

We even took a trip along to Callendar Park and after some lunch and a quick play in the park we headed into Callendar House where we drew from their exhibition.

And to finish it all off, we showcased all the work in an exhibition for parents and friends to see what everyone had been up to this week. The children came out one by one from the golden curtain to be applauded by their audience!!

Our Monday evening adult class now includes Portfolio Preparation and Presentation. If you are over 16 and serious about building a portfolio for art school then this class is for you! Our skilled and experienced tutors will give you guidance and advice on how to create an exciting and unique portfolio.

We are happy to announce that this year we will be running a week of summer classes in August for children aged 7 - 13 years!! 

We have developed 5 days of activities including drawing, painting, working with textiles, sculpture and printmaking. If the weather is good we will spend one of the days in the park creating artwork from nature. On the last day we will prepare the work for a mini exhibition!!

Children should bring a pack lunch with them each day for supervised lunch sessions, a morning and afternoon snack will be provided.

The summer school will run from the 8th -12th of August from 9am - 3.30pm which costs £140 and includes all materials.

​Please contact us for more info or click the button below to book your place.

Young artists at Delta have been working hard to get ready for their annual exhibition which opens on Friday the 20th of May at 7pm! The exhibition will showcase the creativity of over 50 young people aged 11 - 18 years who attend classes here on a Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Our students have been working on a variety of different projects, our favourite is their bird masks which were inspired by the title of the exhibition!

Of course we are biased but you should definitely come along and see this wonderful exhibition which is bursting with creativity!! Our students continually surprise and impress us with their creative way of looking at the world! 

After the opening on Friday the 20th, the exhibition will run from the 21st of May - 3rd of June, Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. We hope to see you there!!