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 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 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
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
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 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 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
Visual Arts Artist and printmaker Susan Smith has opened up her home as part of Forth Valley Open Studios, a 9 day event in Falkirk, the Trossachs, the Ochils and the Campsies, featuring over 140 artists who show their spaces and working … Susan Smith : Forth Valley Open Studios
Visual Arts Artist and printmaker Catherine King talks to Summerhall TV from her studio in Falkirk. As part of Forth Valley Open Studios, Catherine has opened up her space for the public to have a look around at her work, find out … Catherine King : Forth Valley Open Studios
Visual Arts Siljes Elisabet Thorin and Lesley Anne Derks introduce their various works in the Line Gallery’s exhibition, Night Watch. Featured as part of Forth Valley Open Studios, Thorin works in photography, and Derks creates paintings, both exploring the idea of twilight … The Line Gallery : Night Watch
Visual Arts Gordon Douglas introduces Glasgow’s Transmission Gallery, which was set up in 1983 by graduates from Glasgow School of Art who were dissatisfied with the lack of exhibition spaces and opportunities for young artists in Glasgow. Through sponsorship and support from … Transmission Members’ Show : Vision and Values
Visual Arts Avril Nicol, Project Co-ordinator of Forth Valley Open Studios, tells us about the 9 day art event where artists and makers open up their studios to the public and let them have a look into how their work is made. … Avril Nicol : Forth Valley Open Studios
Visual Arts Alexia Holt introduces Edinburgh Printmakers newest exhibition, featuring the work of artists Carol Rhodes and Louise Hopkins, who took part in the international residency programme, Below Another Sky. This is the first time the artists have exhibited together, and the … Alexia Holt : Carol Rhodes and Louise Hopkins
Visual Arts Natascha Gentz, director of the Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh, and Yang Pei Ming, Chinese poster art curator, introduce Poster Art of Modern China 1913 – 1997. Featuring 133 original Chinese propaganda posters covering the period … Natascha Gentz : Poster Art of Modern China 1913 – 1997
Visual Arts North Uist based artist and graphic designer Lorraine Burke discusses her practice and the residency she completed in Australia. Burke’s artwork centres around walking, be it to tidal islands in North Uist, or paths over old pilgrimage routes. The exciting … Lorraine Burke
Visual Arts Painter Linda Downie and sculptor Jim McCutcheon introduce ‘Really’, and exhibition of their work, currently on at Union Gallery, Edinburgh. Husband and wife, they are exhibiting together for the first time in their home city of Edinburgh. Really is on … Linda Downie & Jim McCutcheon : Really
Visual Arts Artist Jason Dee discusses the concept behind his new exhibition ‘Pursuit of a Shadow’, which is currently showing at the Talbot Rice Gallery. Drawn from his work for his PhD, the exhibition invites the audience to look at film in … Jason Dee : Pursuit of a Shadow
Visual Arts Happy and Glorious is artist Rachel Maclean’s newest solo exhibition, taking place at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts. As part of Scotland’s GENERATION exhibition programme, Maclean presents A Whole New World, recently commissioned for the Margaret Tait Award by Glasgow … Rachel Maclean : Happy and Glorious