31 July – 17 August 2014
The GENERATOR (Ages 4+)
2-4.30pm
Free, drop in.
Ross Sinclair, Real Life Rocky Mountain, 1996, installation view, CCA Glasgow. Courtesy of the artist.
Drop in to the National Gallery art lab and have fun imagining the art of the future. Using the artworks in the GENERATION exhibition as inspiration to experiment, explore and create your own masterpiece! Travel the boundaries between art and music, invent your personal sculptural technique and find out how to 'un-paint' a picture.
31 July – 31 August 2014
Edinburgh Art Festival Explorers
Edinburgh Art Festival Explorers 2014, photograph by David Anderson
Designed for children and families, Explorers is a special activity trail through the art festival. Pick up your free activity booklet and map from participating galleries and try a series of fun, creative activities.
Participating galleries:
City Art Centre: Mon–Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 12–5pm
Collective: Mon-Sun, 10am-6pm
Dovecot Studios: Mon–Sun, 10.30am–6.30pm
All participating exhibitions are free to attend.
EAF Explorers has been developed by Alchemy Arts.
City Art Centre
2 Market Street, EH1 1DE
0131 529 3993
Collective
City Observatory & Dome, 38 Calton Hill, EH7 5AA
0131 556 1264
Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
0131 550 3660
31 July – 31 August 2014
Art Space
Come and explore the City Art Centre ArtSpace in the Collection Gallery. Have fun experimenting with our inspiring art materials and create landscapes, still lives and portraits. This space is open during normal gallery opening times.
31 July – 31 August 2014
100 Billion Suns
Various dates between 31 July - 31 August
1pm
Contact Ingleby Gallery on 0131 556 4441 or at [email protected] for more details.
Ingleby Gallery will stage 10 performances of Katie Paterson’s 100 Billion Suns, timed to mark key events during the Edinburgh Art Festival programme. A hand-held cannon will fire 3,216 pieces of confetti, matching the colour and quantity of all the gamma ray bursts known to have occurred in the universe.
Please contact Ingleby Gallery for further details.