EAF for Kids

There are lots of events and activities for children and families to participate in at the Edinburgh Art Festival and best of all they are almost entirely free. You can enjoy a festival day out and still afford a slap up meal at the end of the day.  There are a range of storytelling events taking place in several galleries across the city (see below), and for the young at heart StickerCurator lets you get your hands on the Art Festival with 90 stickers of images from this year’s Festival. Try hunting down the real art works; sticking your favourites onto the StickerCurator worksheet below to curate your dream exhibition; plan your trip using the online StickerCurator map or simply have them as a memento of your trips to galleries.

Download the StickerCurator worksheet below.

Looking for the best place to start – join one of our storytelling tours or workshops listed below or visit our Reading Room at Stills gallery on Cockburn Street to talk to colleagues who will help you decide where to begin.

EAF Children's Storytelling Tours
Ewan McVicar: Russian Stories for Families
Illustrated Storytelling with James Mayhew, Author of the Katie Books
Jupiter Artland Festival Workshops

Don't worry if you can't make it along to any of these events as there are plenty of great exhibitions to engage young minds this summer. We think the following exhibitions are particularly fun for children:

Edinburgh College of Art
Corn Exchange Gallery
doggerfisher
Dovecot
Edinburgh Printmakers
Jupiter Artland
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
New Media Scotland

...but with active imaginations and enquiring minds all the exhibitions in this year's programme provide a doorway to magical day out!