The ‘Arran Legacy Inspired Visual Exhibition’ (ALiVE), is a new family friendly art exhibition trail organised by Arran Art Trail, and was launched on Good Friday.

But it’s not just for Easter – this exhibition will run until late September.

For the last six years, visitors and locals have enjoyed visiting Arran’s artists and craftspeople who open their studios to the public.

The last two years have made this more difficult, so to welcome people back to Arran in 2022, 20 of Arran’s Arran Art Trail artists have accepted the challenge to produce a specially created work of art inspired by one of the 20 sandstone place markers that were installed around the island in 2021 creating the ‘Arran Arts Heritage Trail’.

Each of these sandstone plinths marks a site that inspired an iconic artist of the past and celebrates their work. New colourful Arran Art Trail logos mark the participating studios which can be found around the whole island.

ALiVE is supported by Creative Scotland and sees each artist adopting one of the Arran Arts Heritage Trail plinths and creating an artwork interpreting the site or the work of a dedicated artist.

The works are in a variety of mediums including ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, wood and paintings. Many of the artists have tried new techniques or challenged themselves to create something different from their normal style.

This is an exhibition that has never been attempted before on Arran and all the artists are excited to tell their visitors more about the part they’ve played in the ALiVE project and how they created their piece.

In September, all of the work will come together to form an exhibition in Whiting Bay Hall. Visit : www.arranarttrail.com for more