# Stranraer and Galloway Visual Arts Society

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC045903
- **Known as:** Sea Pyot Arts
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Aug. 14, 2015
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC045903


## Contact

- **Address:** St Colmans, The Grove, Stranraer
- **Postcode:** DG9 0JA



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;,&#x27;the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Stranraer and Galloway Visual Arts Society, was set up with the main aim of making ‘art’ accessible to all, regardless of age, ability or experience, or any other such distinctions. It also hoped to facilitate opportunities for amateur and professional artists to exhibit work in the area with little ‘gate-keeping’.  D&amp;G Council have responsibility for the Wigtown Educational Trust Art Collection (WET) and have previously suggested selling off parts of it. This did not happen due to strong public protest, so the group felt it should become involved in curating the collection and using it for its original purpose rather than it be held in storage.. To meet the above aims, the group curate 2/3 annual exhibitions, enhancing opportunities for work to be seen by the public, hold workshops and demonstrations and have donated contemporary work to the WET collection. Membership is free and to date all activities have been free of charge thus removing the barrier of financial hardship.

**Objectives:** 4.1 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science.  The aim of the society will be to use the visual arts to promote the benefits and social welfare of the inhabitants within Stranraer and that part of Dumfries and Galloway known as Galloway and Ballantrae, being the post code areas DG8, DG9, and KA26, without distinction with regard to age, disability, sex, sexuality, political, religious, or other opinions by foreseeing positive links with the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and local people.  4.1.1 To encourage, support and promote the Visual Arts and Creative Industries including painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, woodworking, weaving and textile design, film making and other areas of original visual artistic endeavour with a view to the active involvement of local communities within the geographic area designated above.  4.1.2 To seek to support and encourage community initiative within Stranraer and Galloway area by way of active involvement in visual arts.  4.1.3 To organise exhibitions, provide courses and lectures, and facilitate all appropriate activities relevant to the Society&#x27;s aims at the discretion of the Management Committee.  4.2 The advancement of Education.  We will do this in a participatory, collaborative, inclusive way.  4.3 The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Dumfries And Galloway
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






