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New exhibition space opening soon in the West End of Glasgow. We will also be hosting events, workshops and serving coffee throughout the week.

13/06/2026

ALCHEMY CREATIVE STUDIO ✨
166 Buchanan St.

A new tuition space & creative unit in the city centre by The Alchemy Experiment!

Open call to anyone interested in viewing the space, we will have open doors on Monday 15th - Friday 19th of June (10:00 - 16:00).

Resident artist Fiona Longley ( ) will be there to answer any questions about her upcoming Intro to Oil Painting course in August & September.

We are also inviting potential art tutors who are interested in running courses to come along and view the space.

Very excited for this new project and hope to see some of you there!

More info about the course on our website & you can register your interest by contacting [email protected]

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166 Buchanan St. (5th Floor)

Intro to Oil Painting Course:
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10/06/2026

‘PONDS ETC.’ - a new solo exhibition from Angus Fernie opening Thursday, 11th June!

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All welcome from 7-9pm, free welcome drinks

Original artwork available to purchase ✨

More info on our website

08/06/2026

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

‘PONDS ETC.’
Angus Fernie

Thursday, 11th June
7-9pm
Free welcome drink

12-25th June 2026

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Not all places to ponder are ponds, but all ponds are places to ponder.

Ponds etc. is a collection of new and older paintings taking reference from Glasgow’s Queens park and the surrounding tenement life.

Painted from sketches and memory, these works sit somewhere between the real and the imagined, exploring the quiet moments of wonder within the everyday.

More info on our website ✨

02/06/2026

✦ opening next week ✦

Ponds etc.

12.06.26 - 25.06.26

Opening Friday 12th June
7-9pm
Free entry, all welcome

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Ponds etc. is a collection of new and older paintings taking reference from Glasgow’s Queens park and the surrounding tenement life. Painted from sketches and memory, these works sit somewhere between the real and the imagined, exploring the quiet moments of wonder within the everyday. Not all places to ponder are ponds, but all ponds are places to ponder.

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visit alchemyexperiment.com to find out more

09/03/2026

✦ opening on Friday ✦

The Wrappings
Tess Snaden

13.03.26 - 26.03.26

Opening on Friday 13th March, 7-9PM
Free entry, all welcome

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Through sculptures, drawings and installations Canadian interdisciplinary artist, Tess Snaden, explores themes of home and body to reconstruct internalised value systems and centre play. After completing a BFA from Emily Carr University, in Vancouver, Canada, she has spent the last three years travelling around Europe and creating a home on the west coast of Scotland. Her passion and practice is an exploration into how we explain the inexplicable. Through abstract form and domestic handicraft, she explores the dualities of play and control.

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Visit alchemyexperiment.com to find out more

04/03/2026

✦ OPENING ON FRIDAY ✦

Colourful Women
Debbie Green

06.03.26 - 12.03.26

Opening Friday 6th Mar, 7-9pm
Free entry, all welcome

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" It was in the winter of 2024 that I spotted the front cover of a Sunday magazine. It featured a stunning photograph of Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singer. I loved it and decided to have a go at painting it myself. The first painting was in black and white like the photo. However then I decided it might look better in blue to represent the singer’s mood in the picture.

Over the course of six months I painted 20 women, all in different colours. Usually I tried to use the colours to represent the women in some way. I called these paintings Colourful Women for obvious reasons.

I would like to raise money for Glasgow Womens Aid through this exhibition - through the sale of art work and donation links at the exhibition. "

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visit alchemyexperiment.com & www.colourfulwomen.uk to find out more

27/02/2026

‘The Wedding Project’
Denis Houlihan

Thanks to everyone that came along to te opening of ‘The Wedding Project’ last weekend!

The last full day to catch the exhibition is Wednesday 4th of March. Original artwork & prints available (see last slide).

Artist info:

Denis Houlihan was born in Ireland and studied pharmacy at Strathclyde University.
He started painting in 2005, taking classes with many amazing and inspirational teachers before studying at the Glasgow Academy of Fine Art.

He continues to study and paint, drawing inspiration from life and nature.

He established The Alchemy Experiment with Pierce Houlihan in 2019, designed by Bethany Houlihan, hoping to create a community for artists to showcase their work to the public in a warm friendly environment .

More info on our website ✨

18/02/2026

✦ COMING UP ✦

Colourful Women
Debbie Green

06.03.26 - 12.03.26

Opening Friday 6th Mar, 7-9pm
Free entry, all welcome

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“I am a retired primary school teacher and amateur artist. Until recently I taught children and adult art classes but hadn’t developed my own art work. However last winter I started this project of Colourful Women.

It was in the winter of 2024 that I spotted the front cover of a Sunday magazine. It featured a stunning photograph of Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singer. I loved it and decided to have a go at painting it myself. The first painting was in black and white like the photo. However then I decided it might look better in blue to represent the singer’s mood in the picture.

Over the course of six months I painted 20 women, all in different colours. Usually I tried to use the colours to represent the women in some way. I called these paintings Colourful Women for obvious reasons.

I would like to raise money for Glasgow Womens Aid through this exhibition - through the sale of art work and donation links at the exhibition. “

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visit alchemyexperiment.com & www.colourfulwomen.uk to find out more

16/02/2026

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

The Wedding Project
Denis Houlihan

Saturday, 21st February
7-10pm

Welcome drinks

Exhibitions ends 5th February

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Denis Houlihan was born in Ireland and studied pharmacy at Strathclyde University.

He started painting in 2005, taking classes with many amazing and inspirational teachers before studying at the Glasgow Academy of Fine Art.

He established The Alchemy Experiment with Pierce Houlihan in 2019, designed by Bethany Houlihan, hoping to create a community for artists to showcase their work to the public in a warm friendly environment.

Exhibition info:

‘This exhibition of paintings is based on a series of life drawings.

The drawings were done in charcoal on newsprint, some were very rapid sketches, many overprinted one on top of each other whilst trying to achieve a feeling of gesture and movement and energy. I tried to preserve those feelings in the paintings. The exhibition also includes these original drawings .

The impetus behind the work was to produce a piece which would hopefully be selected as a backdrop at my daughters wedding.’

Full description on our website ✨

09/02/2026

✦ opening this week ✦

The Quiet Gaze
A group exhibition curated by

12.02.26 - 18.03.26

Opening Thursday 12th Feb, 7-9pm
with performance by and Max Beavitt starting at 7:30pm
Free entry, all welcome

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Exhibiting artists:

Molly Andrews, Caire Ann Flynn, Ruby Atkins, Saul Auty, Ruth Babington, Holly Baldwin, Nadia Belber, Mimi Bhogal, Rosie Boyce, Belle Breslin, Fenn Buchanan, Choin, Peter Clark, Anna Davis, Anna De Souza, Meredith Donnachie, Michael Dudgeon, Tiziana Fonti, Gabrielle Gledhill, Isgard Hague, Yulia Hap, Bradley Hudson, Noru Innes, Kathleen King, Ben King-Beck, Iris May, Malak Naseem, Bianca Patania, Hannah Peddie Miller, Allegra Riley, Amy Sandler, Esther Stone,Holly Tafe, Tally Tunnell, Jacob Venit, Lily Waite

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Poster Design and Identity: .saporito

visit alchemyexperiment.com to find out more

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157 Byres Road
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Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
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Sunday	10am - 5pm

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