Visual Arts Generator Projects presents the annual members show, which offers members a chance to showcase their work to the public. The project puts out an open call for work, with no particular theme, allowing members the freedom to submit a piece … Alison Scott : Generator Projects Members Show 2015
Visual Arts Sculpture graduate Alistair Grant introduces The Number Shop, which is a studio and gallery space, located along from Edinburgh’s Pleasance venues. The building was empty for a long time until Grant saw an opportunity to open up affordable and flexible … Alistair Grant : The Number Shop
Visual Arts Curator Amy Waugh introduces artist Debbie Lawson’s exhibition ‘Magic Carpet’, featuring sculptural works of flora and fauna, a fox, bear and a flock of seagulls, covered in patterned carpet. Lawson’s inspiration for this exhibition is drawn from the literary classic, … Amy Waugh : Magic Carpet
Visual Arts Tim Hetherington was a photojournalist, filmmaker, human rights advocate and artist, best known for his coverage of conflict in areas including Liberia, Afghanistan and Libya where he was killed in a mortar attack in April 2011. ‘Diary’, made in collaboration … Ann Mulrooney : Diary
Visual Arts The group exhibition, from 03-19 August, showcases some of the most exciting works, selected from the huge volume of artistic activity taking place within the distinctive red brick walls of St Margaret’s House, London Road.The Summer Show, occupying all three … Art’s Complex Summer Show
Visual Arts ART 101 is a YouTube channel created by artist Ben Robinson, in response to the UK government’s decision to cut funding for arts education. Along with artist Morgan Cahn and editor Andrew Maclean, Robinson is currently involved in creating a … Ben Robinson : ART 101
Visual Arts Designed not to camouflage, but to distort a ship’s appearance when viewed through a telescope, ‘Dazzle’ was developed by the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson to counter the threat posed by German U-Boats. Using strongly contrasting blocks of colour, stripes … Ciara Phillips : Every Woman
Visual Arts Former London resident Clive A Brandon, presents his new exhibition Travelogue at the Briggait, Glasgow. His work consists of paintings, collages, books, and 3D works. Travelogue is the result of a 2 year trip undertaking residencies in Norway, Sweden, Scotland, … Clive A Brandon : Travelogue
Visual Arts The Romance of Iron and Cortisone is on at Glasgow Print Studios for one more week. Orkney based artist Colin Johnstone discusses his work, which features a combination of text and print works, inspired by his parents lives, in particular his … Colin Johnstone : The Romance of Iron and Cortisone
Visual Arts Artist Daniel Domig presents his first UK exhibition, The Heart is a Prideful Beast, at Warburton Gallery. Domig has responded to the gallery’s space and created a large wooden structure similar to scaffolding, in which a selection of his paintings … Daniel Domig : The Heart is a Prideful Beast
Visual Arts One more week of David Lemm’s exhibition Debris and Phenomena, at Edinburgh Printmakers. Lemm completed an artist residency on the Isle of Eigg, which explored the role of maps in society, storytelling through map making and maps being used as … David Lemm : Debris and Phenomena
Visual Arts Fife Contemporary Art and Craft present the exhibition, Portraits +, which shows a series of works made by participating artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Leah Black, Calum Colvin, Zoe Irvine, David Mach, Lindsay Perth, and Clara Ursitti. The show presents a variety … Diana Sykes : Portraits +
Visual Arts Summerhall TV talks to the artists at DOK Artist Space an exciting new visual arts studio and exhibition space in Edinburgh. DOK Artist Space is an Artist run organisation in Edinburgh that is founded by three Edinburgh College of Art … DOK Artist Space : The Tin Shed
Visual Arts Rediscovered explores the work of artist Emma Gillies, who created painted and thrown ceramics whilst at the Edinburgh College of Art. Found locked away in a cupboard in ECA, these items had been used for still life displays without anyone … Emma Gilles : Rediscovered
Visual Arts We have created a Reading Room between the season’s exhibitions, as a space to sit and read, think or respond to some of the different ways that we portray and remember war. As well as books, games and material to … Emma Lucy O’Brien : The Reading Room
Visual Arts Reflecting on events, memories and the traces of evidence left to us from times past, O’Donoghue uses his family history to connect with and understand the wars that have shaped our histories; and reflects on the personal experiences of his … Emma Lucy O’Brien : Red Earth
Visual Arts It Surrounds Me – Part 2 is a continuation of work first started on a residency in Thailand, by artist jeweller, Fiona Hermse. Her initial focus was to create work that reflected the natural elements of her surroundings on the … Fiona Hermse : It Surrounds Me – Part 2
Visual Arts Just one more week left to see the work of French brothers Michael and Florian Quistreber, as they present a series of abstract video and canvas works in their largest UK exhibition Visions of Void, at Dundee Contemporary Arts. The duo … Graham Domke : Visions of Void
Visual Arts For his latest exhibition, Gapfillers, artist Greig Burgoyne created work in response to the Briggait’s Project Spaces, using post-its and markers to create works exploring time and space. The exhibition started with a 5 day, 40 hour drawing performance, which … Greig Burgoyne : Gapfillers
Visual Arts Curator Hannah Brocklehurst introduces the National Galleries exhibition, Allan Ramsay at 300. Featuring a large collection of drawings, this exhibition, which celebrates the 300th anniversary of the artist’s birth, displays the commitment Ramsay had to the technique of drawing. This … Hannah Brocklehurst : Allan Ramsay at 300
Visual Arts Fun A Day Dundee encourages people to create something every day throughout the month of January. Originating in America, artist Morgan Cahn brought it over to Dundee in 2011 and it’s been going ever since. Creations can be in any … Hazel Saunderson : Fun A Day Dundee 2015
Visual Arts Last chance to see At Every Fading of the Stars, an exhibition of work by artist James Rigler, which is on at Tramway for one more week. Rigler explores the boundaries between important architectural objects and everyday objects. The title of … James Rigler : At Every Fading of the Stars
Visual Arts A different kind of shopping experience can be found at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s Pig Rock Bothy, this week. Artlink’s Barter Swap Shop has a series of handcrafted items made by artists with learning disabilities in collaboration … Kara Christine : Barter Swap Shop
Visual Arts Curator Sarah Cook introduces LifeSpace’s newest exhibition Material Concerns, which explores the issues surrounding the use of human tissue within research, medical experiments and training. Gina Czarnecki, David Connearn, Carolee Schneemann, Verena Friedrich and Alec Finlay, present pieces of work … Material Concerns
Visual Arts Nina Bacos, founder of Talk See Photography, introduces the organisation’s roundtable discussion, which follows up on an event held last year exploring Scotland’s current photography scene and how it’s developing. The round table panel consisted of Malcolm Dickson (Streetlevel/IPS), Ben … Nina Bacos : Talk See Photography March 2015
Visual Arts Curator and artist, Paul Robertson introduces his new venture, Lust and the Apple, which is a contemporary art gallery based in an old primary school in Temple. This rural setting has informed the decision to exhibit works inside the space … Paul Robertson : Lust and The Apple
Visual Arts Lust and the Apple’s first set of exhibitions come into their final week of display. Paul Robertson introduces The Potter’s Field, a piece by Post-Urban artists Alexander and Susan Maris, containing nine pauper’s graves, one for each of the classical … Paul Robertson : The Potter’s Field
Visual Arts Possibilities of the Object presents a survey of Brazilian art from the 1950s onwards, by both established and up-and-coming Brazilian artists. Exploring the idea of objects and how they’re used within art, the work on show features a series of … Paulo Venancio Filho : Possibilities of the Object
Visual Arts Inverleith House’s exhibition Raoul De Keyser : Paintings 1967 to 2012 is on for one more week, culminating in a talk with art historian Professor Steven Jacobs on the 11th April. The show focuses on different elements of De Keyser’s five decade career, … Raoul De Keyser : Paintings 1967 to 2012
Visual Arts Curator Robin Baillie introduces the Scottish Portrait Gallery’s exhibition ‘The Nation // Live | Work, Union, Civil War, Faith, Roots’. The exhibition features work from five community outreach projects, which looked at the meaning of Scottish history to residents of … Robin Baillie : The Nation // Live | Work, Union, Civil War, Faith, Roots