Visual Arts This Summer the RSA is exhibiting the work of artists at the start of their careers and featuring one artist from each of the six RSA New Contemporaries exhibitions. Open Dialogues is one of the GENERATION exhibitions celebrating the last … RSA : Open Dialogues – Part One
Visual Arts We talk to Rhona Ramsay, Research Curator, University of Stirling Art Collection about Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and the St Ives artists collection which is part of the University’s permanent collection. Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004) was one of the foremost painters working in … Rhona Ramsay : Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Visual Arts DCA‘s Graham Domke talks to us about their current exhibition Continue Without Losing Consciousness which features artists Rob Churm, Raydale Dower and Tony Swain. The exhibition is part of GENERATION, a major, nationwide programme showcasing some of the best and … Graham Domke : Continue Without Losing Consciousness
Visual Arts Street Level Photoworks gallery in Glasgow is currently hosting the work of Wendy McMurdo, a photographer and filmmaker based in Edinburgh. Digital Play is a major solo exhibition of collected works from 1995 to 2012 which displays photographic work prepared … Wendy McMurdo : Digital Play
Visual Arts Studio coordinator Iain Gildea introduces Make Studio, a digital fabrication studio in Aberdeen, which gives members of the public access to tools and equipment they might not usually have access to. Partnering up with Peacock Visual Arts, the studio has … Iain Gildea : Make – Aberdeen
Visual Arts Allan C. Lloyds introduces us to Insight Arcade, a digital studio focused on bringing companies closer to training needs. His job is to collect, analyse and promote the best face-to-face training in the online market place. Allan, founder and managing … Allan C. Lloyds : Insight Arcade
Visual Arts North by Clare Duffy: a light installation at Summerhall exploring the effects of extreme light conditions beyond the 60 degree parallel. Clare’s next project Play Dough is part of the Made In Scotland showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: a … Clare Duffy : North
Visual Arts Sarah Bromage, Learning and Audience Development Curator for the University of Stirling Art Collection introduces the university’s Sculpture Garden. The space features a selection of sculptural works, many of them by artists Kate Thomson and Hironori Katagiri. Sculpture is also … Sarah Bromage : University of Stirling Sculpture Garden
Visual Arts Chris Anderson introduces his frame making business, based in Perth. The company, The Picture Frame Maker, undertakes a number of jobs including the creation and restoration of frames. With more than twenty years experience, Chris works with a wide variety of … Chris Anderson : The Picture Frame Maker
Visual Arts Lilian Lee, founder of Fourth World Art, tells us about this social enterprise based in Techcube at Summerhall. Her mission is to support communities through artisanal craft. The story behind this innovative idea came about when Lilian went to Haiti after the devastating … Lilian Lee : Fourth World Art
Visual Arts Scott Hudson introduces Dundee Contemporary Arts Print studio facilities, which provides equipment and resources for beginners and those more accomplished in printmaking techniques. Celebrating 15 years in its current location, the studio has facilities for etching, screen printing, lithography and … Scott Hudson : DCA Print Studio
Visual Arts Jane Cameron, Curator of the University of Stirling Art Collection, introduces the university’s permanent collection, and the role of the curator within the university. As the main location for Scottish contemporary art in central Scotland, the role of the department … Jane Cameron : University of Stirling Art Collection
Visual Arts Fife-based painter Belinda Bullen talks about her work exploring light and landscapes. Bullen tends to work on large scale projects, but creates prints every so often, finding that the two practices can sometimes lend themselves to each other. Belinda Bullen
Visual Arts James Clegg, Curator of Talbot Rice Gallery, talks about the work of Norman McLaren, Scottish- born Canadian animator and film director. Hand-made cinema explores his early experiments in film and animation. It includes techniques such as scratching on to celluloid, … Norman McLaren : Hand-made Cinema
Events Technologist and political activist Smári McCarthy talks about the constitutional process Iceland went through after its financial crisis in 2008. Speaking at an event at Summerhall with Bella Caledonia, an online magazine, which explores ideas of independence, autonomy and self … Smári McCarthy : Crowdsourcing the Constitution
Visual Arts Painter Jamie King explores the world of mental health through the cult of celebrity. It isn’t confirmed whether all his subjects had experienced mental health issues at any point in their life, but the majority of the celebrities have. King … Jamie King : Mind Matters
Visual Arts Since moving to Edinburgh 6 months ago, artist Rosemary Taylor has been fascinated by the vestiges of the industrial landscape in and around Edinburgh. Taylor’s paintings aren’t depicting a real place, but more an imagined landscape drawn from a selection … Rosemary Taylor : Nothing is Ever Black and White
Visual Arts Tapestry and textile artist Fiona Hutchison introduces her exhibition at Linlithgow Burgh Halls, Uncharted Waters. A selection of pieces made over the past 10 years are on show, from wall pieces to more sculptural works, all exploring Hutchison’s interest with … Fiona Hutchison : Unchartered Waters
Summerhall Residents Earlier in the year course leader Simon Abbott, and students Christopher Cubitt and Almu Cachaza talked about their experience of Fife College’s Physical Theatre Diploma. Based within Summerhall, this one course allows students to gain practical experience in an area … Simon Abbott : Physical Theatre Scotland
Visual Arts Milk and Honey – Beyond the American Utopia is a collection of images collected over 20 years whilst photographer Sheila Masson was working in America. The images show a different side to American society, and haven’t been featured in publications … Sheila Masson : Milk and Honey – Beyond the American Utopia
Visual Arts Helen Glassford introduces ‘Life Cycles’, the new exhibition at the Tatha Gallery, which features the work of three Royal Scottish Academicians John Grant Clifford, Alistair Ross and Ronald Forbes. The theme of the works is life cycles, and each artist … Tatha Gallery : Life Cycles
Visual Arts Matt McKenna introduces the Streetland Festival, which is a series of events and performances that take place in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. Streetland is a voluntary arts organisation that aims to engage and include members of the local community … Matt McKenna : Streetland Festival
Visual Arts Photographers Hugh Hood and Donald John MacLean introduce their exhibitions, which are currently on at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie. ‘The Truth – Even if it Didn’t Happen’ is part of a larger work of MacLean’s and is a series … Hugh Hood and Donald John MacLean : The Lillie Art Gallery
Visual Arts Katie Carlisle and Brogan Ramm, recipients of the Royal Glasgow Institute New Graduate Prize, introduce their work on show. Primarily working in paint, Carlisle’s work explores ideas of homosexuality and prejudice, touching upon situations which are happening elsewhere in the … Katie Carlisle and Brogan Ramm : RGI New Graduate Prize
Visual Arts Graeme Smith introduces the spoken word and experimental night, CAESURA, which takes place at Summerhall, among other venues in the city. CAESURA has been running for two years and showcases work from poets and experimental writers who produce work that … Graeme Smith : CAESURA
Performance The Dissection Room Residency at Summerhall is a year long programme, which provides support and space to artists. Set up with Puppet Animation Scotland and Articulation, this programme is made up of a series of flexible residencies taking place in … Anu Selva-Thomson : Dissection Room Residency
Visual Arts Adam Robertson introduces the work of Kalopsia Collective, a contemporary textiles collective that supports artists and makers who work with textiles. Situated at Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh, the collective puts on exhibitions showing work from artists who practice contemporary textile craft. … Adam Robertson : Textile Migration
Visual Arts The Dovecot Studios presents a collection of work by artist Barnaby Barford. Working in ceramics, Barford takes existing objects and figurines, which are often of a sweet and sentimental nature, and alters them to create narratives, often hinting at the … Barnaby Barford
Visual Arts Painter Georgia Rose Murray introduces her third solo exhibition, which is in Summerhall’s Upper Hope Park Church Gallery. Murray’s work is autobiographical in nature, mainly informed by personal experiences. The exhibition features a range of works, some large scale standalone … Georgia Rose Murray : Snake-Wise+
Visual Arts Founders of Glasgow’s 1 Royal Terrace gallery, Ruth Switalski and Petter Yxell, introduces Skin and Bones, the last exhibition in the gallery’s current exhibition programme. Featuring a mixture of sculpture and installation pieces, both artists present work which explores their … Ruth Switalski and Petter Yxell : Skin and Bones
