AUDIENCES are being invited to help mark the 50th anniversary of a cultural hub after Covid-19 postponed celebrations.

The Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling is marking the milestone, the celebrations having been postponed at the start of September 2021.

With a programme of events running until September 2022, the venue will be welcoming audiences back for comedy, theatre, music and visual arts.

Central to the anniversary celebrations will be the exhibition A Passion for Art: Matilda Hall, Collector and Curator, which will run until May 28.

Matilda Hall has been a collector and supporter of Scottish art for more than 50 years.

As PA to the University of Stirling’s first principal Tom Cottrell, she helped to collect for the university and later was integral to the founding of charity Art in Healthcare.

This exhibition features works from collections influenced by her, focusing upon the Art in Healthcare Collection, the University of Stirling Collection and Matilda’s personal collection.

Highlights include works by Joan Eardley, Eduardo Paolozzi and Janka Malkowska.

Matilda said: “The new Macrobert Arts Centre looks extremely handsome and I find the whole of the space is now most exciting to show works of art I’ve been connected with, coming either from my home or belonging to Paintings in Hospitals, a charity which I set up in 1992 now called Art in Healthcare.”

The exhibition is free and open to all and there is much more to come at the Macrobert this spring.

Visit macrobertartscentre.org for more.