ARTISTS AND EXHIBITORS
This year, we are thrilled to welcome the exceptionally talented invited artists Ella Mackay, puppet maker and puppeteer, and Morvern Graham, storyteller, illustrator, and printmaker, to the Festival.
We are delighted to feature over 190 artists across the Festival, alongside our Henderson-Inglis Bursary Award winner, Yimou Huang.
For the second year, we also celebrate emerging talent through an inspiring exhibition of the bursary runners-up. Discover the remarkable diversity of their creativity and immerse yourself in some of the most exciting new voices in contemporary art.
Our 2026 Invited Artists
Ella Mackay
Experience the uncanny, captivating world of Ella Mackay, where puppets come alive through sculpture, performance and storytelling in an immersive Festival takeover of the Art Rooms, streets and community.
Morvern Graham
Step into Morvern Graham’s immersive world of folklore-inspired prints and storytelling, where myth, landscape, and imagination intertwine across an exhibition and programme of participatory events at the Festival.
Our 2026 Exhibiting Artists
Response to our call for Exhibiting Artists in 2025 was the largest yet - with over 190 artists in all sorts of quirky venues across the village.
Henderson Inglis Bursary Winner
We are delighted to introduce our 2026 Bursary Award Winner, Yimou Huang, whose work explores the unseen forces that shape our world - where matter shifts, energy flows, and transformation becomes visible.
Emerging Artists
For the second year running, a group exhibition of bursary runners-up will also be presented in the Old Town Hall, recognising the remarkable quality of submissions and offering visitors a fresh encounter with Scotland’s rising artistic voices.
Open Art
See a wide range of talent from our thriving community as we showcase a diverse range of creative treats!
