Tag: Edinburgh College of Art

Make Your Own Kelpie....and bring it to life in a story. Craft event for ages 7-11. 2-3pm, Central Children's Library, George IV Bridge.Edinburgh Book Fringe 2014: Sally Heathcote, Suffragette. Costa award winners (Dotter of her Father's Eyes) Mary...

Live Music Now: Andrew Waite and Seth Tinsley. The accordion, voice and guitar duo perform a mixture of traditional and self-penned songs  and tunes in response to John Ruskin's artworks and other portrayals of...

 Titian in Ten: ten minute pop-up talks delivered by NGS staff.  Gain an exclusive insight as staff from across the galleries offer different perspectives on Titian's masterpieces. 2pm, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound.  Free and...

MONDAY 18TH AUGUST 2014Edinburgh Book Fringe 2014: John Menaghan and Andy Jackson.  Prize-winning poet and playwright John Menaghan has published four books with Salmon Poetry (Ireland); four of his short plays have been staged...

 Edinburgh Book Fringe 2014: John Menaghan and Andy Jackson.  Prize-winning poet and playwright John Menaghan has published four books with Salmon Poetry (Ireland); four of his short plays have been staged in Los Angeles and one in Omaha....

MONDAY 11TH AUGUST 2014Phill Jupitus: Sketch Comic.  The National Galleries of Scotland are letting legendary stand-up, poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in its rooms for three weeks during August.  Each morning Phill...

Kirralee Fisher, a 3rd year student from Edinburgh College of Art, stands with her artwork which was created as part of a public art display at the new Canal Point Development, West Tollcross, Edinburgh.Sky...

MONDAY 2  JUNE 2014Anthony Penrose: Backstage at the Lee Miller Archives.  A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the

MONDAY 26 MAY 2014Looking Glass Books - First Time Solo; Iain Maloney launches his debut novel, the story of four RAF men preparing for war 'in a world where moral absolutes are being discarded...

Leo du Feu's girlfriend Jennifer is a long-suffering woman; she's accompanied him up mountains, stayed with him in shower-less eco hostels and even put up with him pitching their tent on heather (which they...

This competition ends on 16 April 2014.Stylish night outYou can win two tickets to the Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show, one of the capital's leading style events.From 23 - 25 April 2014 the...

As the weather hit a colder spell this week I found myself layering two thin scarves together to stay warm. It's probably time to invest in a chunkier coverup especially when snow is forecast this...

Four Edinburgh artists are mounting an exhibition of prints and drawings in the Festival. Nothing unusual in that. Except that these four artists are all associated with the only course in Scotland where students...

The Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show will showcase the latest designs from some of the UK’s brightest students studying fashion, performance costume, and textiles - and we have a sneak preview from the...

Lydia Leith graduated in 2009 from Edinburgh College of Art with an Honours Degree in Visual Communication and Graphic Design. She has not been resting on her laurels however! You may recall that last year...

What does your typical day look like? - Everything centres around my kitchen table. I spend about half of my time making pieces. The process starts with sketching out a design in my sketchbook, then...

If you missed this year's Africa in Motion Film Festival, you really missed out. You missed several UK premieres of some startling films. You missed out on some eye-opening documentaries. You missed out on the...

If you are lucky enough to be travelling on Scotland's west coast during October then point your car, carriage or sailing boat in the direction of the Crinan Hotel. At the end of Crinan's...

FROM FRIDAY 5 AUGUST @ 3.50PM (1 HOUR) ONWARDS@ C eca, Venue 50, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, EH1 9DFThe next generation of entertainment from Japan is set to arrive in Edinburgh this August....

The Newsroom, a city-centre bar and diner located on Edinburgh’s Leith Street, recently commissioned up and coming 24-year-old artist and exhibitions curator, Steven Cox to create some contemporary, eye-catching imagery on the venue’s walls. ...

Edinburgh College of Art  launched its stunning  new student Fashion Collection at Harvey Nichols last weekCourse Leader at the ECA, Mal Burkinshaw, said that the new fashions will be showcased at the ECA Fashion...

Five new documentary filmmakers, nurtured through Scottish Documentary Institute’s annual Bridging the Gap scheme, have been selected to screen in competition at four of the world’s leading documentary film...

The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art have welcomed the news that, following approval from the Cabinet Secretary, Mr Michael Russell MSP, the Scottish Parliament has now passed the Order for the...

Set in the beautiful Mansfield Traquair, a restored church whose vibrant colour and open spaces have led to its nickname "Edinburgh's Sistine Chapel", the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show impressed from the start. It was...

Former Edinburgh College of Art graduate, Lydia Leith, has a novel take on what Royal Weddings are about. For her it is not about the dress, or the cars and coaches, or the bridesmaids...

Edinburgh College of Art is pleased to announce four valuable additions to its Board of Governors.The College welcomes to its Board:Eddie Frizzell, MA (Hons), Visiting Professor of Public Service Management at Queen...

A proposed merger between the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) has been approved by The Scottish Government and will be backed by £13.8 million of new investment from the Scottish...

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop has been named the winner of the £3M Arts Funding Prize for Edinburgh.The £3M prize will fund the creation of ESW's Creative Laboratories, a world class research and production...

The Education Secretary has launched a consultation on a proposed merger between Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) to ensure an open and transparent decision making process.Earlier this week, plans were submitted...