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.
Broughton High School, 29 East Fettes Avenue, EH4 1EG
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Craig Coulthard, Forest Pitch, 2010, screenprint
5 August 2011
Forest Pitch: Curator's Breakfast
10–11.30am
Free, booking required.
To book, [email protected] or 0131 555 1910
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
23 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BP
0131 622 6200
6 August 2011
Raiding the Icebox: Artists working with Collections
2–4pm
Free, booking advised.
To book, contact the venue directly.
From Andy Warhol to Banksy, museum collections are a continuing source of inspiration for contemporary artists. Arts consultant Bryony Bond will lead a discussion to showcase the breadth of work in this area. An invited panel will include American artist Ilana Halperin, Honorary Research Fellow at the Glasgow School of Art, and artist Nick Evans, a participant in the Creative Scotland and Scottish National Galleries Fellowship.
Seminar Room, National Museum of Scotland
National Museum of Scotland
Chambers Street, EH1 1JF
0300 123 6789
UK Border walk + talk route, 2011, photograph by Rocca Gutteridge
6 August 2011
UK Border walk + talk
6pm
For transport arrangements to the talk or to find out how to take part in the walk call 01466 794 494 or 07944 773 066
From 5–7 August, artist Rocca Gutteridge and curator Claudia Zeiske will walk from Upsettington via Shid Law to Hungry Law along the English/Scottish border in response to the government’s Points Based System (PBS) immigration policy which is prohibiting free passage of international artists to the UK. An Artachat discussion will be held half way through the walk in the Romany town of Kirk Yetholm to discuss the effect this legislation has on our cultural industries and what can be done to change it.
For a full dossier of testimonials, petition to UK Government and media coverage visit the campaign group, Manifesto Club’s website www.manifestoclub.com/visitingartists.
Organised by Deveron Arts, Artachat, Artsadmin and Manifesto Club.
Kirk Yetholm, Kelso, The Scottish Borders, TD5
6 August 2011
Saturday Social
3pm
Free, no need to book, just turn up.
Every Saturday join Education Assistant Shawn Coulman at the Talbot Rice Gallery for a relaxed introduction to our current exhibitions. The Saturday Social runs every Saturday for the duration of the exhibitions.
Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210
7 August 2011
VAGA International Research Enquiry: VIRE - discussion event
3–4.30pm (doors open 2.30pm)
Free
Perspectives on VIRE research into approaches to international working, networks and support structures in Scotland. A discussion event for curators, academics, writers and arts professionals.
74 Lauriston Place, EH3 9DF
0131 221 6000
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13 August 2011
Saturday Social
3pm
Free, no need to book, just turn up.
Every Saturday join Education Assistant Shawn Coulman at Talbot Rice Gallery for a relaxed introduction to our current exhibitions. The Saturday Social runs every Saturday for the duration of the exhibitions.
Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210
20 August 2011
Saturday Social
3pm
Free, no need to book, just turn up.
Every Saturday join Education Assistant Shawn Coulman at Talbot Rice Gallery for a relaxed introduction to our current exhibitions. The Saturday Social runs every Saturday for the duration of the exhibitions.
Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210
24 August 2011
Talk: Diarmaid Lawlor on Being 'Public'
1-2pm
Free, booking essential
Diarmaid Lawlor, Head of Urbanism at Architecture and Design Scotland will talk about the concept of ‘being public’ reflecting on streets, society and the challenge of being ‘public’.
It is interesting to reflect on the fact that about 80% of the public space of our cities and towns are streets. The street is a place to be public. The legislation underpinning most streets in most places suggests that ‘any reasonable act’ is permissible. People can gather. Protests can happen. Exchange is permitted. Conflict can happen.
In the past, streets were the spaces where some of the necessary aspects of our public life were provided. They were sites of shopping, of meeting, of working. Being public was about doing what you had to do, in a public place. Today, being public is a much more complex issue. How we engage with each other is different. What we do is different. How we use spaces, and what we expect of them is different. And yet, when the public nature of the public space of our streets is highlighted, often through conflict, we do reflect, rightly or wrongly on the issue of ‘being public’. What is appropriate, who is appropriate, where is appropriate? What is public?
The pavilion in St.Andrew’s Square is an interesting space to talk about the idea of ‘being public’. Situated, as it is in a public space, its transparency permits visual connection between those inside and those outside. There is nowhere to hide, but to engage in the conversations in the space, and engage in the wider situation of the place.
Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion
St. Andrew Square Gardens, EH1
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24 August 2011
Discussion Event: Apps and the City
2.30-5pm
Free
Booking Essential
Edinburgh Art Festival and Trigger invite you to the launch of Watch the Water
Created by Coney
Produced by Trigger & Coney
Commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival
To celebrate the launch of Watch the Water, Trigger are hosting a panel session that explores digital projects within the festival context.
Joined by a trio of leading practitioners, we will discuss how digital technology offers us new ways of experiencing festivals. Taking three projects that are currently live here in Edinburgh as case studies, the panel will begin to unpick the creative opportunities that digital tools bring to the table.
Annette Mees of Coney will talk about Watch the Water (Edinburgh Art Festival), Alex Fleetwood of Hide&Seek will discuss Hinterland (Edinburgh Fringe) and Rohan Gunatillake of Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab will tell us about the Festival Clock (Edinburgh Festivals).
Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion
St. Andrew Square Gardens, EH1
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25 August 2011
Art Late
5.00pm onwards
Free, booking essential
A regular and extremely popular feature of the Edinburgh Art Festival, Art Late is a specially programmed night of late openings at galleries across the city. An unique opportunity to experience live music, performances and impromptu events in a selection of venues across the city. Participating venues will include Bourne Fine Art, Collective, Ingleby Gallery, Inverleith House, Jupiter Artland, Schop, Sierra Metro, Stills and Tamsyn Challenger.
Art Late will Launch at Ingleby Gallery 5-7pm with a special performance by Ali Cook, followed by Edinburgh Art Festival Tours citywide.
Full Programme of events now downloadable via the following link: ARTLATE Programme 2011
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27 August 2011
Saturday Social
3pm
Free, No need to book, just turn up.
Every Saturday join Education Assistant Shawn Coulman at Talbot Rice Gallery for a relaxed introduction to our current exhibitions. The Saturday Social runs every Saturday for the duration of the exhibitions.
Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210
3 September 2011
The Clipperton Project
11-12.30pm
(doors open 10.30am)
Free, booking essential.
Clipperton is an isolated French atoll in the Pacific ocean. This event, in association with VAGA, will explore the ideas behind a multi-disciplinary project, involving 16 artists and scientists.
Scottish Book Trust
Sandeman House, Trunk's Close,
55 High Street, EH1 1SR
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3 September 2011
Saturday Social
3pm
Free. No need to book, just turn up.
Every Saturday join Education Assistant Shawn Coulman at Talbot Rice Gallery for a relaxed introduction to our current exhibitions. The Saturday Social runs every Saturday for the duration of the exhibitions.
Talbot Rice Gallery
The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210