Tag: City Art Centre
Five Floors of Science at City Art Centre for Easter
Edinburgh Science Festival - powered by EDF Energy - opens this weekend for two weeks of science extravaganza taking over the capital! As part of it, one of the city’s main arts venues, City...
Robert Blomfield: Edinburgh Street Photography – An Unseen Archive
The City Art Centre will showcase an exhibition of vintage street photography by Robert Blomfield. Running from November 24th through to March 17th 2019, the exhibition reveals part of a remarkable private archive of...
Edinburgh Art Festival: The Travelling Gallery at 40
‘I believe in art calling out to the world’ (Shaun Gladwell)
In 1978 Katriana Hazell became the curator of a very unusual collection. An arts graduate with an HGV licence, Hazell became the first driver...
VIDEO At the City Art Centre – Robert Callender Plastic Beach
The work of the late Robert Callender will be on display at the City Art Centre from 12 May to 8 July 2018 in the first large-scale exhibition following his death in 2011.
It addresses environmental...
At the City Art Centre – Songs for Winter
As the winter weather descends we are all looking for somewhere inside and warm to visit. The City Art Centre has some great exhibitions at the moment including Songs for Winter.
This features work by...
Art – A Fine Line at the City Art Centre
A Fine Line, opening on 18 November, is a free group exhibition by artists Lizzie Farey, Angie Lewin, Frances Priest and Bronwen Sleigh. Spanning two and three dimensions and a diverse range of disciplines,...
At the City Art Centre – Songs for Winter
This autumn an exhibition exploring the work of Pauline Burbidge and Charles Poulsen opens at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre. The Edinburgh Reporter went to have a look just ahead of it opening, and we...
At the City Art Centre in January – Janice Parker
Artist and dance-maker Janice Parker will feature in an exhibition at the City Art Centre in January 2017.
The exhibition will feature her work since she started in 1973 and all the objects on display...
Winter Exhibitions at the City Art Centre*****
Chloe Brown's screenprint portrait of D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson is at first sight a simple line drawing of a man in profile. Look again and you will see that inside the man there are all...
At the City Art Centre – Forgotten artist
The story of a great British painter who slipped into obscurity will be remembered at a major retrospective exhibition arriving at the City Art Centre on 24 October.
Featuring around 120 works spanning his colourful...
Saturday in Edinburgh – Whats’ On Today
Happy Birthday Elvis! Elvis Presley would have been 80 this month, and Sofi's is hosting a weekend of themed events in his honour. Tonight, a toast to the king and an Elvis sing-song! 7pm, Sofi's...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
Back to 'normal' this week, with not a shred of tinsel in sight (hoorah!) and plenty of events on offer; films, books, art, and music from a very special violin....we may not have spring...
Sunday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Art Maker: January. If you are aged 4-12, join the Art Maker Club and make your own masterpieces with artists Tessa Asquith-Lamb and Louise Fraser. 2-4pm, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Belford Road. Free: no...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2014
The Case of the Curious Clock. The clock did not strike. Midnight was not marked. The New Year did not arrive. Join textile artist Sarah Reay and storyteller Allison Galbraith in...
Sunday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Filmhouse Junior: Rise of the Guardians (PG). An animation for the festive season: an evil spirit plans to take over the world using fear - Jack Frost, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2014
For Crying Out Loud: special screenings for carers and their babies under 12 months old - maximum of 2 adults per baby. Babychanging, bottle warming and buggy parking facilities available. This...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Edinburgh Steiner School Christmas Market: handmade gifts and crafts, puppet shows and fairground games, raffle, tombola, complementary therapies, live music, King Winter's Grotto, Viennese Cafe, world food market, craft workshops, star hunt and more. 11am-4pm, Edinburgh...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Firrhill Christmas Market: enjoy seasonal refreshments as you browse the fabulous stalls - crafts, gifts, cards, jewellery, cakes, decorations and much, much more....7.15-9.15pm, Firrhill High School, 9 Oxgangs Road. Entrance £2, under 12s free.
Previously....Scotland's History Festival...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2014
Pakistan Society Heritage Project presents Rural Reflections: an exhibition of rural scenery of Pakistan and Scotland. 'Here we share the stories of ten members of the 50+ group of the Pakistan...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Edinburgh Printmakers Open Day 2014: an opportunity to visit the oldest open access printmaking studio in the UK. Hands-on activities, with printmaking workshops for adults and children, printmaking demonstrations and studio tours. The brand new exhibition No Fixed Abode will be on...
The Land Agent – an evening with J David Simons
The Middle East: we see it on television news every night, we are appalled at what we see going on there - but how many of us have a clue what it's all about?...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
Plenty happening again this week - from fundraisers for Palestine, Water for Life and the Scouts, to films from Poland, Africa and Italy. Books will be launched, exhibitions will be opened, French and Russian...
Sunday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Feed the Birds Weekend: the last weekend in October is the RSPB Feed the Birds Weekend. Gorgie City Farm is giving you a head start today - pop in and find out what you can do...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Gaelic Rhymetime! Gaelic songs and rhymes for children and babies. 10.30am, Leith Library, 28-30 Ferry Road. (Next meeting 30th October at Blackhall Library, 56 Hillhouse Rd.)
Live Music Now: Morag Brown and Lewis Powell-Reid. This traditional music duo have...
Monday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
The Key Material is Time: Art and Music in Glasgow since the 1970s. Writer, curator and lecturer Dr Sarah Lowndes traces the development of Glasgow's unique and largely self-initiated arts scene in a talk that links political...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2014
The Key Material is Time: Art and Music in Glasgow since the 1970s. Writer, curator and lecturer Dr Sarah Lowndes traces the development of Glasgow's unique and largely self-initiated arts scene...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Bubble Day: North Edinburgh Arts has been appointed by Urban Union to develop an arts strategy for the regeneration project at Pennywell. Come along to this creative thinking day and have your say! 12 noon-4pm, Community Shop, Pennywell Road. Tea and...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2014
Dance and Cafe Culture: a new exhibition of work by Andrew Fitzpatrick, Norma Maclean, Peter Nardini, Chris Taylor, Nichola Martin and Maggie Vance. 11am-5pm Monday to Friday, 10am-1pm Saturdays, closed Sundays, The...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Open Grip 6: Aerial Event. A performance opportunity for all levels of artist, specifically for aerial and acrobatics. Each piece must be a first draft never performed before. An exciting evening of brand new aerial and acrobatic...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2014
LGBT Spiritual Space: Conflicts of Sexuality and Faith. Explore conflicts that exist within these two aspects of identity; Maxwell Reay, NHS Mental Health Community Chaplain, offers a supportive space for LGBT...
