21 August 2012
Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Artist-designed Textiles and Pioneering Modern Art
12.45—1.30pm
Alastair Morton (1910-63) was a pioneering Constructivist artist closely associated with Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth. As the director of Edinburgh Weavers, he championed their designs and a host of other artists before and after the Second World War, including William Scott, Keith Vaughan and Cecil Collins. Lesley Jackson, writer, curator and design historian, will tell the hitherto little-known story of Alastair Morton's career as an artist, designer and artistic patron.
Free to attend, no booking required.
Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
21 August 2012
In Conversation: Andrew Miller and Tim Hetherington
2–3pm
Artist Andrew Miller and Tim Hetherington, Director of Applied Engineering Design Ltd, discuss the challenges in creating a large, public artwork that also serves as a publicly accessible structure.
Applied Engineering Design are the design engineers working with Andrew Miller to realise his ideas for The Waiting Place, a major commission for this year's Edinburgh Art Festival which acts as the pavilion for festival.
Free to attend, booking required.
Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion
St. Andrew Square Gardens, EH2 2AD
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21 August 2012
Poetry Reading: Ian Hamilton Finlay
4.00-4.30pm
To celebrate the Ian Hamilton Finlay exhibition Twilight Remembers at Ingleby Gallery, Alec Finlay will read some of Ian Hamilton Finlay's poems, selected from the newly published Selections (University of California Press, edited and with an introduction by Alec Finlay).
The reading will take place at the Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, in the north west corner of St Andrew Square Gardens.
Free to attend, booking required.
Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion
St. Andrew Square Gardens, EH2 2AD
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21 August 2012
Festival Detours: Molly Naylor at The Fruitmarket Gallery
6pm—6.30pm
In this one-off performance, acclaimed poet Molly Naylor responds to the exhibition Dieter Roth: Diaries at The Fruitmarket Gallery.
Free to attend, but booking is essential.
Festival Detours is produced by Trigger and commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival.
45 Market Street, EH1 1DF
0131 225 2383
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