25 August 2013
Free return bus to Jupiter Artland
Departs from Queen Street at 10.30am, arrives at Jupiter Artland at 11am.
Departs from Jupiter Artland at 3pm, arrives at Queen Street at 3.30pm.
Free admission. Book tickets.
A free return bus to Jupiter Artland is available once daily from the city centre during the Edinburgh Art Festival, leaving from and returning to the corner of Queen Street and Frederick Street.
Tickets for the bus also allow free entry to Jupiter Artland. Booking essential.
Please note that this bus will only run Thurs-Sun. Jupiter Artland is closed to the public Mon-Wed.
Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk
Located on the corner of George Street and Frederick Street, EH2 3EY
25 August 2013
Tourists in Residence: A symposium (with free tea and coffee)
11am–6pm
Free to join,. Book tickets.
Offering visitors to Edinburgh the unique perspective of artists based in the city, Tom Nolan and Catherine Payton are this year's Tourists-in-Residence.
Acting as an opportunity for discussion around ideas raised through the previous walks, our Tourists invite you to join them on a walk to their local Ikea outlet, ending with a roundtable discussion over free tea and coffee courtesy of their Ikea Family Card. Setting off from the Festival Kiosk on George Street, the walk will breach through Edinburgh's liminal spaces, eventually passing under the ring road, before arriving at Straiton Retail Park. There will be some short readings along the way and much opportunity for discussion.
Packed lunch and good footwear are recommended as the walk (though not strenuous) is approximately 8 miles. Bus fares for the journey back into town will be provided.
Tours will depart from the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk on George Street. (departure at 11am). The walk is approximately 3 hours in length, with a discussion of 1-2 hours afterwards, returning to town by approx. 6pm.
The artists are also preparing a pamphlet containing a self-guided tour, which will be freely available from the Kiosk.
Supported by Arts Trust Scotland.
Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk
Located on the corner of George Street and Frederick Street, EH2 3EY
One of a series of 4 workshops open to children and young people exploring the amazing Wind Pipes for Edinburgh created by Sarah Kenchington. Wind Pipes is a custom-built instrument. It's unlike anything you have seen before! Rows of colour-coded pipes and giant bellows and keyboards made of 2p coins create an unusual musical playground, which we will add to with other instruments and singing.
Each workshop will use the Wind Pipes to look at different musical ideas and composing music together as a group.
There are 15 places at each workshop. They are free, but you have to sign up.
Workshops are for children and young people under 16 years of age. No prior musical experience is required. Please bring an instrument along if you have one. If not, don't worry!
Produced by Tinderbox for the Edinburgh Art Festival
25 August 2013
The Art of Afternoon Tea
2–5pm
£25, booking essential
Tickets include a guided tour of two exhibitions, afternoon tea and a cocktail.
This is an exclusive guided tour of two Edinburgh Art Festival exhibitions, followed by afternoon tea at the Forth Floor Restaurant with an art-inspired menu. This event is run in conjunction with Harvey Nichols Edinburgh.
Starting at the City Art Centre with an introduction to Coming into Fashion, A Century of Photography at Condé Nast, you can view works by iconic photographers including Cecil Beaton, Helmut Newton, Corinne Day and Mario Testino.
This is followed by a tour of Man Ray Portraits, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The first major museum retrospective of this highly influential artist’s photographic portraits, the exhibition includes his iconic images of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Elsa Schiaparelli and of his muses Lee Miller and Kiki de Montparnasse.
After feasting your eyes, The Art of Afternoon Tea at the Forth Floor Restaurant offers a delicious menu that celebrates these iconic photographs in a unique interpretation by our talented chefs.
Tickets include entry and a guided tour to two exhibitions, afternoon tea and a cocktail. To read more about the menu visit the Harvey Nichols Edinburgh website.
For more information or to make a reservation please call 0131 524 8350 or email [email protected]
City Art Centre
2 Market Street, EH1 1DE
0131 529 3993
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen Street, EH2 1JD
0131 624 6200
Harvey Nichols
30-34 St. Andrew Square, EH2 2AD
1 August – 1 September 2013
EAF Explorers
Designed for children and families, EAF Explorers is a special activity trail through the art festival. Pick up your free EAF Explorers passport and map from participating galleries and learn about some of the art on show by completing a series of fun, creative activities. Complete each activity and get your passport stamped at each gallery, then show us your stamped passport at Sarah Kenchington's Windpipes for Edinburgh at Trinity Apse to receive a special prize.
EAF Explorers participating galleries:
City Art Centre: Mon–Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 12–5pm
Dovecot Studios: Mon–Sun, 10.30am–6pm
The Fruitmarket Gallery: Mon–Sun, 10am–7pm (from 27 Aug: Mon–Sat, 11am–6pm; Sun, 12–5pm)
Windpipes for Edinburgh, Trinity Apse: Mon–Sun, 10am–6pm
The EAF Explorers passport and map and entry to the exhibitions related to the activities are free.
EAF Explorers has been developed by Alchemy Arts.
2 August – 1 September 2013
EAF Guided tours
1–1.45pm
Free to join
We'll be running a series of free guided tours throughout the festival - join us for a great way to sample a variety of different works on show and discover new artists. Tours will focus on different aspects of the exhibitions and on different parts of the city.
Tours will depart from 169 Rose Street.
This is the site of Kenny Watson's The Days & Fascia and an installation of the first UK showing of Kalleinen and Kalleinen’s The Complaints Choir, a four channel video installation documenting the nine Complaints Choirs created and led by the artists themselves.
1 August – 1 September 2013
Tourists in Residence 2013: The Self-Guided Tour
The Selected Monuments of Edinburgh map can be downloaded.
This year's Tourists in Residence, artists Tom Nolan and Catherine Payton, have created Selected Monuments of Edinburgh, an Edinburgh map, from the unique perspective of artists based in the city. This is a self-directed tour so that you can make your way around the city of Edinburgh in your own time.
This year's Tourists in Residence have also created the following guided tours: The Debtor's Day Off (11 August & 1 September), A dissociative walk and A symposium (with free tea and coffee).