Festivals Lucilla Sim, StAnza Artist in Residence 2012, discusses her exhibition, which was shown during the 2014 festival. Sim combines found objects and text, and uses a process that utilises potassium permanganate to provide a layered affect on her work. Sim … Lucilla Sim : Found on the Road North
Festivals Director of Glasgow’s Aye Write! Festival, Karen Cunningham gives a sneak preview into what’s going on at this year’s festival. Taking place at the Mitchell Library, Aye Write! will be celebrating the legacy left behind by Scottish writer Iain Banks, … Karen Cunningham : Aye Write! Book Festival
Visual Arts Richard Demarco was awarded the Edinburgh Award on the 24th March 2014, for his great contribution to Edinburgh’s art scene over the past 60 years. After receiving The Edinburgh Award Richard Demarco thanked his friend of thirty years, Robert McDowell, … Richard Demarco : Edinburgh Award
Visual Arts Director of Glasgow International Festival Sarah McCrory, introduces some of the art festival’s programme. Featuring a range of exciting contemporary art work, the biennial festival takes place at various locations throughout Glasgow, from the 4th April until the 21st April … Sarah McCrory : Glasgow International Festival
Visual Arts Featuring a mixture of sea and landscapes, artist Ingrid Grieve’s work is about Orkney and capturing the very essence of the island. Ingrid gave up full time work to pursue her art by studying at Orkney college and receiving her … Ingrid Grieve : In the Studio
The Richard Demarco Archive Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … The Richard Demarco Archive : Part Five
Festivals Director of the School’s MLitt in Women, Writing and Gender at University of St.Andrews, Gill Plain discusses the role of women war poets at StAnza’s Past & Present sessions. These events present contemporary speakers giving a personal response to a … Gill Plain : Past and Present
Festivals Visual Arts Lucilla Sim, StAnza Artist in Residence 2012, discusses her exhibition, which was shown during the 2014 festival. Sim combines found objects and text, and uses a process that utilises potassium permanganate to provide a layered affect on her work. Sim … Lucilla Sim : Found on the Road North
The Richard Demarco Archive Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … The Richard Demarco Archive : Part Four
The Richard Demarco Archive Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … The Richard Demarco Archive : Part Three
Visual Arts Situated in the disused Market Street Vaults, Hidden Door Festival 2014 is a 9 day multi-platform arts festival, featuring music, art, theatre, cinema and literature. Artists and creatives from all over have gathered to help shape the festival and bring … Hidden Door Festival 2014
Festivals Festival Director Eleanor Livingstone introduces the annual poetry festival that takes place in St.Andrews. As well as poetry, the festival features music and art, and provides opportunities for collaboration across the creative platforms. stanzapoetry.org/index.php Eleanor Livingstone : StAnza Festival 2014
The Richard Demarco Archive Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … The Richard Demarco Archive : Part Two
Visual Arts Artistic Director Aniela Piasecka introduces Stasis Company’s new performance ‘Où est la —– cachée dans la forêt?’, a site specific piece that will take place at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Stasis is an Edinburgh based performance company, which … Aniela Piasecka : Où est la —– cachée dans la forêt?
The Richard Demarco Archive Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … The Richard Demarco Archive : Part One
Visual Arts A proud ‘Glaswelshian’, printmaker Bryan Evans introduces his exhibition at the Glasgow Print Studio. Born in Wales, but residing in Glasgow for the past 25 years, Evans has taken his inspiration from Glasgow itself to create prints using aquatint and … Bryan Evans : Glasgow Print Studio
Visual Arts Assistant Curator James Clegg, introduces the new A.R. Hopwood exhibition, False Memory Archive. Focusing on the idea of the false memory, something that we think may have happened in our past when really we just created an illusion through a … A.R. Hopwood : False Memory Archive
Visual Arts Artist David Rushton introduces his exhibition Art as Conceit, which features a mixture of political print work and small scale models. First shown in 1979, the model of a car factory canteen is encased in a grey box, with a … David Rushton : Art as Conceit
Visual Arts From the Saturday 3rd to Monday 5th May, Ancrum will host a series of exhibitions by professional artists and makers at various venues. During September of 2012 a group of Artists and Craftspeople held very successful “Crossing Borders” Art Trail … Ian Oliver : Art at Ancrum
Festivals Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival hosted a preview event at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on 11 March 2014. Those attending the event were the first to see clips from the identical twin Quay Brothers’ surreal puppet animation, Unmistaken Hands, one of … Richard Ashrowan : Alchemy Festival 2014
Performance Playwright Lee Gershuny introduces The Elements World Theatre’s new play, Messages From a Mental Institution. A woman believes her husband is sending her messages from a mental institution. She wants to help him, but she doesn’t know where he is … Lee Gershuny : Messages From a Mental Institution
Visual Arts LÙB | LOOP is an exhibition by textile artist Deirdre Nelson, which highlights wool, crofting, craft skills and the feet that walk the land. In the summer and autumn of 2013 she visited stock clubs and crofters on the Isle … Rosie Somerville: LÙB | LOOP
Visual Arts Victoria Pervizou introduces the Syn/Συν Festival, which is a multi-arts festival, showcasing a variety of exhibiting and performing arts including photography, installations, painting, illustration, film, physical theatre, dance, and music of different genres and influences ranging from rock to rembetiko. … Victoria Pervizou : Syn/Συν Edinburgh Greek Artists Festival
Visual Arts Catherine Jarvie introduces the work of the late photographer Colin Jarvie (1962-2012). The exhibition features photographs from two bodies of work, ‘My World, My Wife, My Camera’ and ‘Jaun y…(The Bus Drivers of Acapulco)’. Both of which could be described … Catherine Jarvie : In Praise of Shadows – Works by Colin Jarvie
Visual Arts Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival hosted a preview event at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on 11 March 2014. Those attending the event were the first to see clips from the identical twin Quay Brothers’ surreal puppet animation, Unmistaken Hands, one of … Richard Ashrowan : Alchemy Festival 2014
Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … Richard Demarco : Introducing the Demarco European Art Foundation
Visual Arts Artist David Rushton introduces his exhibition Art as Conceit, which features a mixture of political print work and small scale models. First shown in 1979, the model of a car factory canteen is encased in a grey box, with a … David Rushton : Art as Conceit
Visual Arts Artist Stephanie Mann introduces her Summerhall exhibition, Inherit This Mango. A playful and contemporary twist on the classic still life genre, Mann’s works are infused with bright colours and random objects. Inherit This Mango is in the Library Upper Gallery, … Stephanie Mann : Inherit This Mango
Visual Arts Artist Ian Hughes introduces his exhibition ‘Unearthed Tongues Set Free’, which is on from Saturday 8th February, at Summerhall. Hughes’ work focuses on the horrors and atrocities of the Holocaust, using shocking techniques as a metaphor for this. Much of … Ian Hughes : Unearthed Tongues Set Free
Visual Arts Painter Stuart Gibbs introduces his work from his Wasps’ Dennistoun studio, in Glasgow. Graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1989, Stuart went onto exhibit his work across the UK, Europe, and even as far as Japan. Stuart works mostly … Stuart Gibbs : In the Studio
