29 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 running once daily is available 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 shuttlebus 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.
29 August 2013
The Travelling Gallery: This Land
Free admission
This Land presents a beautifully alternative view of the Scottish landscape through works by artists with a diverse range of practices, including Henry Coombes, Andy Holden, Hannah Imlach, Michael Reisch and Iain Sarjeant.
Initially located for the festival beside the City Art Centre, The Travelling Gallery - Scotland's unique mobile gallery of contemporary art - will then visit various venues within the city before touring the exhibition around Scotland.
23-24 August: 11am - 6pm at City Art Centre
27 August: 11am - 5pm at Hawes Promenade in South Queensferry
28 August: 11am - 5pm at Festival Square on Lothian Road
29 August: 2 - 5pm at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
30 August: 11am - 5pm on the High Street in Portobello (outside Bank of Scotland)
29 August 2013
A Tour for the Hearing Impaired
2pm
Free with the price of an exhibition ticket (Adult £5, concessions £3.50)
This is a special tour focussing on key works in Dressed to Kill and Coming into Fashion using portable loops.
29 August 2013
Fashion Show & Pop up Shop: Jaggy Nettle DIY: A Global Collective
6.45pm
Free with the price of an exhibition ticket (Adult £5, concessions £3.50)
DIY is a global collective of the world’s hottest new design talent working exclusively with Scottish fabrics. Launching at the City Art Centre with Jaggy Nettle in collaboration with three of China’s most hyped young design stars via the mediums of catwalk, designers and pop up shop.
29 August 2013
magic_hour_005: Click Here To Start, with Catriona James and Lucy Pawlak (performance)
7–8.30pm
Free, booking not required.
Lovely Sky will culminate in a series of enactments of the space with physical performer, Catriona James.
James and Pawlak will work with the written materials, maps and architectural structures produced over the course of the month to devise a series of potential encounters.
Catriona is an actor and physical performer based in Cardiff, with a particular interest in devised work and cabaret. Recent work includes outdoor site-specific dance projects with Constanza Macras DorkyPark in Berlin, and National Theatre Wales in North Wales.
Please see www.catrionajames.com for full credits and up-to-date news.
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).