Visual Arts The Travelling Gallery is a custom-built, mobile art bus, that travels the length and breadth of Scotland, exhibiting the work of today’s contemporary artists to schools and communities. As part of Generation, Scotland’s nationwide series of exhibitions, showcasing the best … Alison Chisholm : Travelling Gallery
Visual Arts Chloe Josse introduces work from artist duo Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, who are exhibiting at Tramway as part of Generation, a nationwide celebration of 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. The duo have been working together since 1995 … Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan : Generation at Tramway
Performance April 1616 Shakespeare has returned to Stratford a rich, famous, and successful man but all’s not well. Why is he so unhappy? Why can’t he sleep? Why is his wife furious with him? Who is Will waiting for and why … Shakespeare, His Wife and the Dog
Visual Arts Tine Bek Hansen and Adam Benmakhlouf introduce the work of Glasgow-based Canadian artist Corin Sworn. Hansen and Benmakhlouf accompanied Sworn, as well as Duncan Campbell and Hayley Tompkins when they exhibited in Scotland + Venice 2013, a Collateral Event of … Corin Sworn : The Common Guild
Visual Arts As part of the GENERATION programme, which celebrates 25 years of Scottish contemporary art, Perth Museum and Art Gallery held an exhibition of works by Scottish painter Alison Watt. Drawn from a selection of paintings between 1986 and 2014, Watt’s subject … Alison Watt : Paintings 1986 – 2014
Visual Arts As part of GENERATION, Scotland’s largest series of exhibitions, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art has been taken over by the works of some of Scotland’s key artists from the last 25 years. A mixture of older works and … Julie-Ann Delaney : GENERATION at Modern One
Visual Arts Artist Daniel Djamo explores various endings within his Briggait exhibition, Before the End. Utilising film and photography, Djamo explores someone’s life through their obsessive note-taking of their finances, ending with their funeral costs, the last 12 months of his nannie’s … Daniel Djamo : Before the End
Visual Arts One week left to catch Edinburgh Printmaker’s exhibition ‘No Fixed Abode’, which explores the idea of home and homelessness. Artists from the gallery have teamed up with The Big Issue to engage in a discussion with vendors and produce works in … Judith Liddle : No Fixed Abode
Visual Arts Holly Keasey introduces the work of Sam Burford, Mehreen Murtaza and Deimantas Narkevicius, in the group show ‘To Sail Beyond The Sunset’. Each artist presents their own interpretation of concepts from science fiction, such as time travel. Rather than showing … Holly Keasey : To Sail Beyond The Sunset
Visual Arts By creating sculptural works using materials and found objects such as vitamin pills, light bulbs, water or rocks, alongside art materials such as bronze, glass and resin, artist Vanessa Billy explores society’s relationship with manufactured goods, and the social and … Vanessa Billy : Sustain, Sustain
Visual Arts TalkSeePhotography held a curatorial slam at Glasgow’s CCA allowing curators, artists and anyone with an interest in creative practice to present a series of ideas exploring photographic and curatorial practice. This provided a platform for idea sharing and discussion, and … Seonaid Daly and Ben Rush : Curatorial Slam
Visual Arts Entering its final week, Cotoneaster horizontalis, by artist Anna Oppermann (1940 -1993) presents the highly celebrated 1984 ensemble Cotoneaster horizontalis (Anticommunication design) exhibited for the first time alongside drawings, prints, collages, documentary films and archival material. The exhibition explores two … Anna Oppermann : Cotoneaster horizontalis
Visual Arts CCA presents This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds, a show exploring the practices of two different artists, Glasgow-based Rebecca Wilcox, and Guatemalan artist Manuel Chavajay. Each practice is very different, but both explore the significance of working together and … This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds
Visual Arts To congratulate Dundee on its UNESCO City of Design designation, we’re showing a clip from Channel Six Dundee’s archive in 2001. Abertay University’s magnificent Dare-to-be-Digital summer competition helped to foster up-and-coming games designers in the city. Dundee City of Design : Dare to be Digital
Visual Arts Curator of Glasgow’s SWG3 Gallery, Simon Gowing, introduces the work of artist Dominic Samsworth. Salting The Mirage explores the value of objects, in this case focusing on the value of objects within the leisure industry. Samsworth has covered the floor … Simon Gowing : Salting the Mirage
Visual Arts Rae-Yen Song introduces Yaka Collective’s four venue exhibition ‘So It Is’, which takes place across the Briggait, the Arches, the Cleland Lane Churches and the Arena. The collective pulled together the work of 30 arts graduates, ranging from 2010 up … Yaka Collective : So It is
Visual Arts A profile of portrait sculptor Deirdre Nicholls explaining the background to her bronze of Nelson Mandela, commissioned by Glasgow City Council. The bust was installed in Glasgow City Chambers to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s honorary citizenship, which was granted by the … Deirdre Nicholls : Citizen Mandela
Visual Arts Leith Art Walk showcases the work of local artists by utilising local flats as exhibition spaces, offering the public a unique viewing experience, and artists the chance to engage with the community. For one day, the artists showcased sculpture, prints, … Raquel Tejero : Leith Art Walk
Visual Arts Wendy McMurdo introduces the third year of the Jill Todd Photographic Award, which is an annual award that showcases the work of emerging photographers from Photography and Arts Degree programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The award … Wendy McMurdo : Jill Todd Photographic Award 2014
Visual Arts Inspired by the work of painter Alexander Moffat, particularly his piece ‘Poets’ Pub’, painter Ruth Nicol explores the landscapes of seven Scottish poets; Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Morgan, Norman MacCaig, Sorley Maclean, George MacKay Brown, Robert Garioch and Iain Crichton Smith. In … Ruth Nicol : Three Rivers Meet
Visual Arts Sergio Madrigal introduces Summerhall’s exhibition ‘Dictatorship and Democracy in the Age of Extremism’, which features photos and texts exploring spotlights in the history of Europe, in the twentieth century. The exhibition has been organised by the Institute for Contemporary History, … Sergio Madrigal : Dictatorship and Democracy in the Age of Extremism
Visual Arts Dave Hammond joins writer Donald Murray and artist Doug Robertson, to discuss their collaboration for the book ‘The Guga Stone: Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St.Kilda.’ Visual artist Douglas Robertson was born and brought up on the east coast of … Donald Murray and Doug Robertson : Wordplay Festival
Performance Renata Jasinska and Joanna Gierdal introduce Teatr Arka’s Ship of Fools, which was on at Summerhall from the 21st – 23rd November. Ship of Fools is a ship full of crew representing different social classes, different ethical attitudes and personality … Renata Jasinska and Joanna Gierdal : Ship of Fools
Festivals Poet, writer, and Bafta award winning playwright, Ghazi Hussein, talks to Dave Hammond at this year’s Wordplay Festival in Shetland. Palestinian born Ghazi Hussein was exiled in Syria, and between the ages of 14 and 36, he was imprisoned and … Ghazi Hussein at Wordplay 2014
Visual Arts Summerhall is hosting an exhibition featuring a mixture of sculpture, prints and sketches by the late George Wyllie. Summerhall’s Technical Director, and friend of Wyllie, Pete Searle discusses the work of Wyllie, including the artist’s dedication to involving the public … Pete Searle : George Wyllie at Summerhall
Summerhall Residents From her Summerhall based office, architect Natasha Huq discusses her practice, highlighting some of the projects she is currently working on, including the Armadale Shed Project. Huq’s work focuses on historic buildings, renovating them so that they can continue to … Summerhall Resident : Natasha Huq
Visual Arts Artist Fiona Wilson discusses the inspiration and the methods that go into making her prints for her bird-lady series, as part of this month’s Glasgow Print Studio Featured Artist. Working in monochrome, Wilson creates images of woman with birds or … Fiona Wilson : Glasgow Print Studio
Festivals Dave Hammond joins writer Donald Murray and artist Doug Robertson, to discuss their collaboration for the book ‘The Guga Stone: Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St.Kilda.’ Visual artist Douglas Robertson was born and brought up on the east coast of … Donald Murray and Doug Robertson : Wordplay Festival
Visual Arts An Enhanced Sense of Place, or A.E.S.O.P, is an interactive installation that consists of nine LED displays, each connected to an RSS feed and displaying real-time updates from around the globe. Acting like a compass, each message display points at … Nigel Johnson : A.E.S.O.P
Festivals Dave Hammond joins broadcaster and author, Sally Magnusson, to discuss her book ‘Where Memories Go : Why Dementia Changes Everything’, at this year’s Wordplay Festival. Exploring the effects of dementia, Magnusson talks candidly about her personal experience caring for her … Sally Magnusson : Where Memories Go
