Events A montage of interviews and clips showcasing some of the festival highlights from Summerhall, in August 2014. Home Summerhall Festival 2014 Showcase
Visual Arts Artist and curator Matthew Walmsley has pulled together a selection of contemporary art pieces to show in the grand space of the Haining. Including a new installation by himself, the work ponders on the theme of outside in, allowing artists … Matthew Walmsley : Outside In
Visual Arts ARTIST ROOMS presents a series of photographic works by influential photographer, Diane Arbus. Known for documenting subjects who were considered marginalised by society, Arbus sought to capture images that showed the subjects as they were, challenging concepts of beauty, identity … ARTIST ROOMS : Diane Arbus
Events A montage of interviews and clips showcasing some of the festival highlights from Summerhall, in August 2013. www.summerhall.co.uk Summerhall Festival 2013 Showcase
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 Artist Jesse Jones has been spending time in the Black Church Print Studio creating a large scale print as part of the Prosperity Project, which is a collaboration between a large group of artists. The commission will feature in The … Jesse Jones : Prosperity Project
Visual Arts We(e) Object! is a collection of diverse and small-scale mixed media works created by UK-based contemporary artists and jewellers. Currently exhibiting at St. Margaret’s House, the exhibition features a variety of works made from all kinds of materials, such as … Eleanor Symms : We(e) Object!
Visual Arts A native of Cork, Leanne McDonagh is a 24 year old graduate of Crawford College of Art & Design, a contemporary mixed media Artist and a member of Visual Artists Ireland. Leanne is also a proud member of the Travelling … Leanne McDonagh : Reminiscence
Visual Arts From protest banners to embroidered passports, abstract fabric designs to narrative tapestries, Stitch in Time demonstrates how artists employ textiles and its associations of a popular, vernacular culture to shape and comment on contemporary life. Beginning with the groundbreaking work … Lewis Glucksman Gallery : Stitch in Time
Visual Arts Artist Alan Chapman discusses his current exhibition Anomalies, which presents a series of paintings exploring the use of paint and disparate forms coming together and apart. Chapman hasn’t used the classic artist’s materials of canvas or paper but opted for … Alan Chapman : Anomalies
Visual Arts Alex Allan has taken a number of his past works and combined them to create a new site specific monument at Lust and the Apple. Cement blocks sandwiched together, monolithic sculptures and a long, octagonal shaped tube provide a snapshot … Alex Allan : Pound
Visual Arts Artist Mary Morrison introduces WASPS St Mary’s Mill Spring exhibition, a collection of work by 10 of the 13 artists who currently work out of the Selkirk based studios. With a mix of media on show, the spring show is … Mary Morrison : Selkirk WASPS Studios Spring Exhibition
Visual Arts Graphic Studio Gallery, opened in 1988 in Cope Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 and has become an essential cultural feature of the city and is Dublin’s oldest exclusive fine art print gallery. Mary Toal : Graphic Studio Gallery
Visual Arts Something a little bit special for Summerhall TV, artist and friend of Summerhall Jane Frere, talks to London-based Bahrain opposition TV station LuaLua about her art action “Protest Cat”. After the first five minutes in Arabic, the interview continues in … The Other Opinion : Relationship Between Art and Politics
Visual Arts ASCUS Art & Science’s Parallel Perspectives comprises three group shows, created from direct collaboration between artists and scientists. The exhibition explores a diverse range of scientific themes relating to neuroscience and disease, from Huntington’s disease to malaria and dementia. Parallel … Parallel Perspectives
Visual Arts Precious Debris is the result of a collaboration between jeweller and sculptress Joy Bonfield Colombara, and printmaker Hugh Lyndon Barrell, at 1 Royal Terrace. The artists worked closely to create a series of linen prints, paper prints combining mono printed … Joy Bonfield Colombara : Precious Debris
Visual Arts ASCUS Art & Science’s Parallel Perspectives comprises three group shows, created from direct collaboration between artists and scientists. The exhibition explores a diverse range of scientific themes relating to neuroscience and disease, from Huntington’s disease to malaria and dementia. Parallel … Parallel Perspectives
Visual Arts Artist Julie-Ann Simpson draws inspiration from the wintry landscape of the north to create works in her latest exhibition Illuminate, in the Small Gallery of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. These large scale paintings draw on many connotations of the sky and … Julie-Ann Simpson : Illuminate
Visual Arts Alan Robinson draws inspiration from euclidian geometry, fractal progression, natural pattern and archeological relics for his new exhibition Number, Sign and Pattern, at Gallery 17. Fused, cast and painted glass, layered surface textures and sculptures, are the techniques used to … Alan Robinson : Number, Sign and Pattern
Visual Arts Melanie Davies explores the industrial heritage of Scotland, specifically looking at ruins, and examining the contrast between these sites and the surrounding natural environment. When studying the ruins, Davies considers the echoes of human activity left behind, what remnants still … Melanie Davies : Glasgow Print Studio Featured Artist
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 Urbane Gallery manager Ariadna Battich, presents a collection of artists who have incorporated science and technology into their work. English artists Björn Amanda and Sjöling present Nobody Does It Better, a life size bronze and stainless steel sculpture based on … Ariadna Battich : Art of the Matter
Music Broken Records perform their new track ‘I Won’t Leave You In The Dark’ at Summerhall’s new gig night, Nothing Ever Happens Here. They’ll be part of a special edition of the series with TeenCanteen and friends, performing covers of girl … Broken Records : I Won’t Leave You In The Dark
Visual Arts Low Risk Occupiers is the first inter-disciplinary exhibition from the Edinburgh College of Art’s third year students, shown across Edinburgh Palette’s three gallery spaces. Curated by students themselves, the exhibition shows a mix of sculpture, painting, intermedia and photography. Low … Daniel Leyland : Low Risk Occupiers
Visual Arts David McDiarmid presents a new body of work Projection, a culmination of the last three years of research, at Interview Room 11. The exhibition features a new, ambitious site specific installation involving the large-scale projection of miniature scale models. Megalomania … David McDiarmid : Projection
Visual Arts The Talbot Rice Gallery is filled with sound and colour as artists Ross Birrell and David Harding present their exhibition, where language ends, which explores stories of exile and conflict. Music is a key component of this exhibition, connecting many … Ross Birrell and David Harding : where language ends
Visual Arts Artist Hardeep Pandhal presents his newest exhibition at Comar Arts, A Neck Or Nothing Man! Featuring drawings, video work and knitwear, Pandhal explores the themes of identity, national myth-making, and the power of graphic satire from John Bull to Charlie … Hardeep Pandhal : A Neck Or Nothing Man!
Events After two SELL OUT PARTIES Dive is back! This time with a little help from London’s finest purveyors of decadent performance parties – ABATTOIR. Expect the usual weirdo cabaret, live acts, art installations and DIRTY DISCO with a little extra … Dive presents Abattoir
Visual Arts Miranda Blennerhassett explores the role of ornamentation and the formation of pattern within architectural space in her new exhibition, Evident Care, at The Suttie Arts Space. Blennerhassett was commissioned by Grampian Hospitals Art Trust to create new artwork, and has … Fraser MacDonald : Evident Care
Events This Friday, Summerhall will play host to an evening of entertainment featuring music, comedy, aerial acrobatics, performance, magic and more, to raise money for two children’s charities – Hope and Play for the Children of Gaza and Orkidstudio. A live … Alice Nelson : The Variety of Life
