4 August 2011
Artist Talk by Ian Davenport
5–6pm
Free, booking essential
To book, contact the venue directly.
Artist Ian Davenport, featured in Edinburgh Printmakers' Lineage exhibition talks about his work and artistic practice.
23 Union Street, EH1 3LR
0131 557 2479
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.
45 Market Street, EH1 1DF
0131 225 2383
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.
23 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BP
0131 622 6200
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
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.
Fettes College, main gate on Carrington Road, EH4 1QZ
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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
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
7 August 2011
Artist's Talk: Charles Jencks
6.30pm for 7pm
£15, booking essential
To book: 01506 889 900
An unmissable talk by landform artist, architect and polymath Charles Jencks. He will give an insight into the concepts behind his unique landforms and gallery show.
Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, EH27 8BB
01506 889 900
15 – 28 August 2011
The Agent Ria: Spelling the Myth
12.20pm – 1.20pm
£4 entry to screening
To book (from 1 Aug): 0131 243 3596
Join us before the screening for an introduction to The Agent Ria channel, its history and approach.
Fringe Venue 18, Sweet Grassmarket: City 2, Apex City Hotel, 61 Grassmarket, EH1 2JF
Box Office: 0131 243 3596
The Agent Ria: 07989 393 397
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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28 August 2011
Conversation with Magda Milano
5.30-7pm
Free
An opportunity to hear Magda Milano (Lecturer in Painting at the Fine Arts Department, Lecce, Italy) speak about her work. This talk will be accompanied by a special screening of her work, Christme. For full details,www.bigthingsonthebeach.org.uk
St Philip's Church, Joppa
Abercorn Terrace, Edinburgh EH15 2DH, UK
29 August 2011
Conversation with Federico Calo
7.30-9pm
Free and refreshments provided
A chance to hear controverisal photo-artist and videomaker, Federico Calo, in conversation.
For full information, www.bigthingsonthebeach.co.uk
77 Promenade, EH15 2EL