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Harbour Arts Centre

Exhibitions

Our exhibition programme includes traditional and modern art from local and national artists.

Current Exhibitions

An art piece created by Margaret Carslaw as part of the Formation exhibition

Margaret Carslaw: Formation

9 July 2026 to 22 August 2026
Main Galleries, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, KA12 8PZ
Free

An immersive journey into Margaret Carslaw's creative process: where ideas begin, how they evolve and why a finished painting never ends.

More info about Margaret Carslaw: Formation

Past Exhibitions

A landscape painting by Gillian Park showing a road, flowers and a distant mountain on an island across a body of water

Gillian Park: Live Life in Colour - An Exhibition of Work

14 May 2026 to 27 June 2026
Main Galleries, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, KA12 8PZ
Free

This exhibition marks ten years since Gillian Park took the leap to become a full-time artist - self-taught and beginning at the tender age of forty.

More info about Gillian Park: Live Life in Colour - An Exhibition of Work
A wall of art created by pupils from St Matthews Academy

St. Matthew's Academy Pupil Art Exhibition

8 May 2026 to 6 June 2026
Studio Gallery, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, KA12 8PZ
Free

Our annual S1–S3 Art Exhibition is returning this May to celebrate the creativity and talent of our junior pupils.

More info about St. Matthew's Academy Pupil Art Exhibition
Landscape showing rocky cliff over a bay with buildings at the summit.

Pat Kramek: Colours

26 March 2026 to 9 May 2026
Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, KA12 8PZ
Free

My exhibition is all about colour, texture and light. I studied printed textiles and weaving at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.

More info about Pat Kramek: Colours

What's happening across North Ayrshire

We know the arts we share are just the beginning. The experience you have before, during and after, the stories you tell and the memories you make are everything!

Bound by the Sea: Three Towns and the Merchant Navy promotion

Bound by the Sea: Three Town and the Merchant Navy

1 June 2026 to 31 August 2026
Heritage Centre, Kirkgate, Saltcoats, KA21 5HB
Free

This touring exhibition celebrates the rich maritime heritage of North Ayrshire’s Three Towns and their deep connections to the Merchant Navy.

More info about Bound by the Sea: Three Town and the Merchant Navy
A painting of the titanic during it's voyage

Titanic Honour and Glory

1 June 2026 to 31 August 2026
Museum of the Cumbraes, Glasgow Street, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, KA28 0DJ
Free

The history of the Titanic, Olympic and Britannic, sister ships that sailed under the swallow tailed flag of the White Star Line.

More info about Titanic Honour and Glory
Historic military uniform with sword.

Arran Heritage Museum

5 March 2026 to 30 October 2026
Isle of Arran Heritage Museum, Rosaburn, Brodick, Isle of Arran, KA27 8DP
Various cost

The exhibits reflects the social history, archaeology and geology of the island.

More info about Arran Heritage Museum