11 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
11 August 2013
Art Cycle Tour: Emerging artists & Modern masters
11am–1.30pm
Free to join, booking essential. Book tickets.
A guided bicycle tour of some of the festival exhibitions on the outskirts of the city centre.
Leaving from the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk on George Street, this tour will introduce you to some emerging artists spaces in the New Town and in Leith, before moving onto Inverleith House and then onto The National Gallery of Modern Art.
The pace on this tour will be leisurely and we'll avoid main roads but you should be experienced and confident at riding in the city. The tour is suitable for ages 16+.
All riders will be responsible for their own safety. All riders must bring their own bikes and are asked to bring a spare innertube in case of puncture. All bikes must be in a well maintained state. We would prefer riders to wear helmets but this is left to your discretion. Riders are asked to wear flat shoes not cleats for the sake of the galleries' floors!
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
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.
Collectively embodying the famous opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, our group will depart from Holyrood Palace, which was formerly designated a debtors' sanctuary, one in which De Quincey took refuge from the bailiffs on several occasions. Leaving the sanctuary on a Sunday (the day when historically no arrests were permitted in the city) the walk will follow the length of the Royal Mile before ending at De Quincey's grave in St Cuthbert's Kirkyard at the west end of Princes Street. The walk, one regularly taken by both Catherine and Tom, will take in many of Edinburgh's most famous sites but we can expect attention to be drawn to some of the more obscure reference points which will serve as departure points for an associative narrative reflecting some of Edinburgh's public histories as well as references more particular to our Tourists' private histories and with frequent reference to De Quincey, the protagonist of our walk.
This tour will meet outside the Scottish Parliament.
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.
2 – 18 August 2013
Staycation! (Ages 4-12)
2–4:30pm
Free admission
Take off on a magical journey of the imagination this summer. Inspired by the beautiful landscapes featured in our summer exhibitions (Peter Doig and Frederic Edwin Church), create and explore your own fantasy holiday destination, all without stepping foot on a plane!
This event will take place in the Clore Education Centre at the gallery.
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).