5 August 2011
Forest Pitch: Curator's Breakfast
10–11.30am
Free, booking required.
To book, [email protected] or 0131 555 1910
Craig Coulthard, Forest Pitch, 2010, screenprint
Artist Craig Coulthard in conversation with Sorcha Carey (Director, Edinburgh Art Festival) and Juliet Dean (Director, PACE), discusses his project Forest Pitch.
One of 12 Artists taking the lead commissions, Forest Pitch is part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. Craig Coulthard is currently creating a full-size football pitch hidden within a commercial spruce forest in the Scottish Borders. The pitch will host two amateur football matches in July 2012 reflecting the original spirit of the modern Olympics, with teams comprising players resident in Scotland who have taken British Citizenship since 2000. After the matches the pitch will be replanted, becoming a publicly accessible living sculpture.
This public discussion will chart progress to date and explore the issues raised in Coulthard’s ambitious artwork.
Forest Pitch is funded by Creative Scotland in partnership with Arts Council England with money from the National Lottery.
Breakfast will be provided.
Thistle Lounge, Meadowbank Stadium, 139 London Road, EH7 6AE
5 August 2011
Artist Talk: Steven Sutcliffe in conversation with Lisa le Feuvre
10am
Free
Stephen Sutcliffe and Lisa Le Feuvre discuss self-doubt and notions of cultural confidence in relation to Sutcliffe's exhibition, Runaway, Success at Stills.
Stills, Scotland's Centre for Photography
23 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BP
0131 622 6200
5 August 2011
Mud Glorious Mud!
10:30am–12:30pm and 1–3pm
£5, booking recommended
To book, contact the venue directly.
A drop-in holiday workshop for 5 to 15 year olds. Join a mud inspired workshop for a couple of hours.
Jupiter Artland
Bonnington House Steadings, Nr Wilkieston, EH27 8BB
01506 889 900
5 August 2011
The indirect exchange of uncertain value: The Performance of Public Art
10.30am–6.30pm
£35 (concessions £25)
Booking essential
Booking is now open for Collective's festival symposium at Fettes College. This symposium offers a full day programme with speakers including Vito Acconci, Fiona Jardine, Elizabeth Price and Owen Hatherley; tours of Fettes and the new offsite project; a performance by Chris Evans; a poetry reading by Tom Leonard with all food provided.
5 August 2011
The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein – Curators Talk
1pm – 1.45pm
Free
For more information and to book: Nicola Jones on 0131 557 2500
Lucy Whitaker, Senior Curator of Paintings, Royal Collection and co-curator of The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein introduces the latest exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, in a special off-site talk at the Edinburgh Art Festival Solar Pavilion.
5 August 2011
Artist Talk: Ingrid Calame in conversation with Fiona Bradley
3pm
Free, booking advised
To book, contact 0131 226 8182 or [email protected]
Artist Ingrid Calame in conversation with Fiona Bradley, Director of The Fruitmarket Gallery.
5 August 2011
Talk: Opening Interieur No.493 / Richard Cork and Pat Fisher
5pm
Free, booking advised
To book, [email protected] or 0131 650 2210
Award-winning art critic, historian, broadcaster and exhibition curator, Richard Cork will join Principal Curator Pat Fisher to discuss Anton Henning’s installation at Talbot Rice Gallery. The spectacle of the ‘total work of art’, Henning’s role as artist curator and the knowingness of his practice will all be in the frame.
Talbot Rice Gallery,
University of Edinburgh,
Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210
5 August 2011
Exhibition Preview: Boris Bittker
6–9pm
Free
Boris Bittker’s (1916 – 2005) photographs are an exquisite personal slice of history. Taken between 1948 and 1994 in countries as diverse as Italy, Morocco, Mexico and England.
Atticsalt
50 Thistle Street North East Lane, EH2 1DA
0131 225 2093/ 07966 248 484
5 August 2011
Exhibition Preview: Alexander Voitsekhovsky
6–8pm
Free
Exhibition of the work of outstanding graphic artist, Alexander Voitshekhovsky.
Scotland-Russia Institute
9 South College Street, EH8 9AA
0131 668 3635
5 August 2011
Exhibition Preview: Collective Offsite
6.30- 8.30pm
Free
Opening Preview of Collective's offsite commission, The Indirect Exchange of Uncertain Value with Joanne Tatham, Tom Sullivan, Elizabeth Price and Chris Evans.
1 – 5 August 2011
Public Art Summer School
10am–5pm
£165 (concessions £140)
Booking essential
Collective is delighted to announce a new opportunity offering 14 places for people to get involved in an intensive and productive week-long experience of thinking, talking and making public art.
This summer school offers an in-depth experience which is related to The indirect exchange of uncertain value at Fettes College, Edinburgh; a Collective offsite project developed with Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan. The project presents a major new work by Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan alongside commissions by Chris Evans and Elizabeth Price.