Comic Art Workshop with Kev F Sutherland: find out how easy it is to write and draw comics and manga! A free comic art masterclass for ages 9-14 with Kev F Sutherland, whose work appears in The Beano, Marvel comics, Dr Who Adventures and lots more. At the end of the masterclass you will get a comic containing a strip from everyone, and your own comic caricature drawn by Kev! 2.30pm, Muirhouse Library, Pennywell Court. Free but booking is required: please speak to a member of library staff or call the library on 0131 529 5528.
St Mary’s Cathedral Tours: free tours of Scotland’s largest cathedral, a renowned masterpiece of Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. 2.15pm today and every Friday in August, St Mary’s Cathedral (meet inside West Door), Palmerston Place. Free. Also at 10am each Tuesday in August.
La Ruleta de la Rutina (The Roulette of the Routine): a new exhibition. Launch with refreshments 8pm tonight, then usual opening hours, Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk. Ends 31st August 2015.
Record Breaking Sports: the last chance to see who can top the leader board for the library record! For ages 5+. 2.30pm, Corstorphine Library, Kirk Loan. Free.
Celtic Summer School: Landscape, Myth and Archaeology. What do Scotland’s ancient monuments mean – in their time and ours? Hear about the revolution in how we see the past and understand our ancestors, with Stuart McHardy. 11am, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £7/£5 and may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here. The Celtic Summer School ends today; you can buy tickets for individual events, or save money with a day pass – see the Centre’s website for details.
Highland Walks: a new exhibition of landscapes by Keith Salmon. Open preview tonight 6-8pm, then 11am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday, The Gallery on the Corner, 34 Northumberland Street. The Gallery on the Corner is a commercial art gallery and studio that represents and supports artwork produced by artists who have a physical or mental health condition or are from a disadvantaged background. It was the first social firm developed by Autism Ventures Scotland.
Dazzle: Jewellery. The exhibition returns for its fourth visit to the Dovecot (having been at the Fringe since 1983), with a stunning collection of over 2,000 pieces of contemporary jewellery from over 50 makers. The selection of work includes major names and exciting young talent, with an international representation. Dazzle will also showcase linocuts by Northumberland’s Janet Dickson and handmade Japanese scarves by Nuno Textiles. 10.30am-5.30pm, Dovecot Studios, Infirmary Street. Ends 31st August 2015.
Curated by…. a season of films hand-picked by invited Festival regulars. Each screening will feature an in-person introduction by the curator, revealing their passion for the film and their reasons for choosing it. Today: Gavin Mitchell presents The Fisher King (15), shown in tribute to the late Robin Williams. This screening will also be raising awareness for the Scottish Association for Mental Health. 9pm, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
Perfect Panoramas: the gallery’s collection is full of stunning landscapes and city views – artist Erik Petrie invites you to choose one you like and recreate it in your own style. Erik will introduce you to a host of new skills and art techniques! 2.30-4pm, City Art Centre, 2 Market Street. Tickets cost £4 and must be booked in advance via the Usher Hall Box Office, in person, by calling 0131 228 1155 or online here. Please note that this workshop is intended for children and adults to experience together; children must be accompanied by at least one paying adult, and no child should be booked into a workshop alone.
Celtic Summer School: Saints and Pilgrims. Scotland’s spiritual legacy lives on in landscapes and stories. Enjoy a Pilgrim Guide to one of Scotland’s long neglected but now reviving traditions, with Donald Smith. 1pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £6/£4 and may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here. The Celtic Summer School ends today; you can buy tickets for individual events, or save money with a day pass – see the Centre’s website for details.
Phill Jupitus: Sketch Comic at the Scottish National Gallery. The legendary stand-up, poet and sketchman returns for another three weeks of digital drawing, chat and mirth. Each morning Phill will select and sketch (on an iPad) a favourite of his from the gallery collection. Come and watch, chat with Phill and join in on your own iPad or sketchbook – make and share your own sketches. Phill’s work will be posted on Facebook and Twitter each day and you are encouraged to post yours too. Phill will be at a different gallery each week, starting today at the Scottish National Gallery. Wednesdays will be special Sketch Comic for Kids sessions, but grown-ups are still welcome to come along. On Thursday evenings Phill will host an in-conversation event with a different special guest each time – see listing. 10am-12 noon today and every day until 13th August, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound. Free and unticketed.
Dangerous Liaisons: a screening of Stephen Frears’ sumptuous 1988 adaptation of Francois Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. This Academy Award winning classic film (cert. 15), a tale of aristocratic sexual intrigue in pre-revolutionary France, is shown as part of the Jean-Etienne Liotard exhibition. 6-7.30pm, Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound. Free and unticketed. The Jean-Etienne Liotard exhibition continues at the gallery until 13th September 2015.
Coburg House Summer Open Studios: over 80 artists in 50 studios on 4 floors offer a glimpse of the world within! There will be a wide range of works on show, from painting and printmaking to graphic design, architecture, landscape design, weaving, ceramics and jewellery: meet the creators and pick up a perfect hand-crafted piece. Open preview tonight 6-9pm, then 11am-6pm on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August, Coburg House Studios, 15 Coburg Street.
Audrey Grant Solo Exhibition: With all its eyes the natural world looks out into the Open (mit allen Augen sieht die Kreatur das Offene – from the Eighth Elegy, Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke). New paintings, mixed media works on paper and artist books by the Edinburgh-based visual artist. Preview tonight 6-8pm (RSVP to info@uniongallery.co.uk), then 10.30am-6pm Tuesday to Friday, 10.30am-5.30pm Saturdays, 12 noon-6pm Sundays, Union Gallery, 45 Broughton Street. Ends 7th September 2015.
Celtic Summer School: Seasonal Festivals and Folk Drama. Erin Farley leads a session about the rituals, folk dramas and beliefs that have survived through the centuries, as Scots past and present live through seasonal changes and the weather that shapes the environment. 2.30pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £9/£7 and may be purchased in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here. The Celtic Summer School ends today; you can buy tickets for individual events, or save money with a day pass – see the Centre’s website for details.
Edinburgh Art Festival: GARAGE Presents Exit Strategies. Adrian Lee returns to GARAGE to explore the concepts behind health and safety motifs. Opens today at 4pm, then 12 noon-5pm Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August. GARAGE, Northumberland Street North West Lane. The artist will give a performance, The Scientologist Personality Test Pub Quiz, tonight at 7pm, local venue TBC – see GARAGE website for details. GARAGE is a DIY not-for-profit art space hosting live events throughout August.
