Sophie Crichton Stuart is Chair of the Mount Stuart Trust, the charitable trust which administers Mount Stuart house, gardens, and rural affairs on the Isle of Bute.  She is additionally the founding Director of the Contemporary Visual Arts Programme at Mount Stuart which aims to promote and facilitate interest in the contemporary visual arts and bring exhibitions of an international standard to Bute and Argyll. Sophie was Director of the Edinburgh Tapestry Company from 1993-2001 and has served on the board for several contemporary arts organisations including The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Location One and Public Art Fund, New York. Sophie is currently pursuing a master’s degree in modern literature and culture at Birkbeck University.