6 August 2011
No Show: A Screening of Artists’ Films on Collections and Museums
11am–12pm
Free, booking advised.
To book, contact the venue directly.
Dutch artist Melvin Moti’s film No Show is a re-imagining of a tour given around the recently-emptied Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg in 1944, describing the paintings that had once hung there. Showing alongside No Show is Moti’s selection of other artists’ films that deal with collections and museums, including Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970).
Seminar Room, National Museum of Scotland
Chambers Street, EH1 1JF
0300 123 6789
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
Chambers Street, EH1 1JF
0300 123 6789
6 August 2011
The Beat of the Show – Outdoor Sculpture Tours
2pm
Free
Edinburgh based artist Ciara McDermott will lead informal tours of Thomas Houseago The Beat of the Show (Outdoor Sculpture). Tour duration approx. 45 minutes. Please meet at Inverleith House reception desk.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR
0131 248 2971
6 August 2011
Exhibition Preview: Katri Walker North West
3–6pm
Free, all welcome
With BBQ & live performance by Wounded Knee
Old Ambulance Depot, 77 Brunswick Street, EH7 5HS
07875 096 952
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
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
Exhibition Preview: Peles' Empire
7–11pm
Free, all welcome
Preview of Peles Empire's exhibition Carmen Sylva (7-9pm) followed by afterparty with live music and DJ set (9-11pm).
Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, Granton, EH5 1PN
07731 302 960
6 – 7 August 2011
Traquair Fair
11am–6pm
Adult day tickets full price £21, online £19
Child/Conc tickets full price £15, online £13
Family tickets full price £48, online £46; children under 5 are free
To book: 01896 830323 or visit www.traquair.co.uk/fair
Spreading the gospel of printmaking wherever we go we'll be giving demonstrations and leading workshops in printmaking for beginners of all ages.
Traquair House, Innerleithen, The Scottish Borders, EH44 6PW