| | | Dear omss,
Edinburgh is a picture this December. It might be freezing, but it's so beautiful outside - the lights are up, there's snow on the ground - and there's plenty on in Edinburgh's galleries to take your mind off the cold.
So whether it's partying with Collective and Stills at their Christmas Party, or making it in for the last few weeks of Childish Things at the Fruitmarket Gallery, don't let the cold stop you from seeing Edinburgh's art this Christmas.
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| | | | | | | New Work Scotland Programme 2010  | | Credit: Nicolas Party, Still life with blue teapot |
Collective Gallery
Nicolas Party | Catherine Payton | David Beattie
Saturday 11 December - Sunday 6 February 2011
Preview: Friday 10 December, 7-9pm
Collective is delighted to present the second part of New Work Scotland Programme 2010 featuring work by Nicolas Party and Catherine Payton. Dublin based artist David Beattie will show in the Contemporaries Guest Room. After the preview Collective will host a joint Christmas after party with Stills at The White Horse, 9pm until midnight. DJ set by Craig Coulthard.
Gallery Opening Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11-5pm
www.collectivegallery.net
Collective, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NY
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Social Documents: The Ethics of the Encounter Part 2
 | | Credit: Courtesy of Stills |
Stills Gallery
The Atlas Group, François Bucher, Dani Marti and Artur Zmijewski
Stills Focus Space: Daniel Rutter
Saturday 11 December - Sunday 6 March 2011
Preview & Cockburn Street Christmas Party: Friday 10 December, 7-9pm
When artists root their work in the social enocunter, the documentary modeplays a central role in mediating events and experiences. Though the resulting material often bears a close resemblance to ethnographic mapping, investigative journalism or evencommunity work, many of today's artists operate in somewhat murkier waters. Working outside - or even deliberately corrupting - accepted conventions and frameworks, the artists participating in this two-part exhibition find alternative means to engage with social realities in situations of war, sex and political urgency.
www.stills.org
Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
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| John Goto: Mosaic Edinburgh Printmakers
Saturday 15 January to Saturday 19 March 2011
Prompted by the invasion of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Defense Force (27 December 2008 - 21 January 2009), John Goto has made a new series of apparently abstract images entitled "Mosaic".
If you require assistance with physical access or interpretation please contact us prior to your visit, on 0131 557 2479 or email gallery@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk.
Gallery Opening Times
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk
Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LR
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| Childish Things
The Fruitmarket Gallery
Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick, Robert Gober, Susan Hiller, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Paul McCarthy
Until Tuesday 23 January 2011
Curated by David Hopkins
Childish Things is The Fruitmarket Gallery's second collaboration with David Hopkins, Professor of Art History at the University of Glasgow; acknowledged authority on Marcel Duchamp, dada and surrealism; increasingly renowned writer on contemporary art; and curator of the popular 2006 Fruitmarket Gallery exhibition Dada's Boys: Identity and Play in Contemporary Art.
Like Dada's Boys before it, Childish Things has its origins in dada and surrealism, but this new exhibition includes no dada or surrealist art. Rather, it looks at a post-dada/ surrealist interest in toys as signifiers of what Hopkins terms a 'dark poetics' of childhood, bringing together the work of seven senior and historically-significant artists from Britain and the United States.
www.fruitmarket.co.uk
The Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DF
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 | | Courtesy of the artist and Cabinet, London.© RBGE 2010 |
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Inverleith House
Until Sunday 6 February 2011
Admission Free
Inverleith House is delighted to announce an exhibition of new and historical work by the acclaimed artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz. Marc Camille Chaimowicz was born in postwar Paris and is one of the pioneers of installation and performance art; his groundbreaking exhibition 'Celebration? Realife' drew upon musical influences of the time (David Bowie and Glam Rock for example) as well as French literature and art theory, and his art continues to interest and influence a younger generation of artists today.
www.inverleithhouse.org.uk
Inverleith House, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
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Now Showing at the City Arts Centre
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In Our Own Image: Representing the Human Form
 | | © care of the artist's estate / The Bridgeman Art Library |
City Arts Centre
Extended until Sunday 9 January 2011
Until 9 January, The City Arts Centre is still exhibiting In Our Own Image, works drawn from their collection of Scottish art as homage to artists'
preoccupation with the human figure, including works by John Duncan, Dorothy Johnstone, and Peter Howson.
Opening Times
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm
0131 529 3993
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE |
Uinneag Dhan Àird an Iar: Ath-lorg Ealain na Gàidhlealtach  | | Royal Scottish Academy (Diploma Collection) © The artist's estate |
Window the the West: The Rediscovery of Highland Art
Until Sunday 6 March 2011
Drawing on both historical and contemporary art, this major exhibition asks questions about art and the Highlands with particular reference to the Gaelic language.How does art relate to Gaelic language and culture? How are memory and history represented? How do artists respond to geography and cultural change?
 | | Lizzie Farey - Grasses willow 2008, Photographer - Shannon Tofts |
Spirit of Air: Inscriptions by Lizzie Farey
Until Sunday 27 February 2011
Spirit of Air presents a new body of expressive willow works by one of Scotland's highest-profile practitioners. Lizzie's skilful manipulation of willow, hazel, birch and ash is evident in these pieces that have evolved from the baskets and sculptures which she was associated with in the past.
 | | Ian Hamilton Finlay with Annet Stirling 'Two Temples: To Apollo His Music - His Missiles - His Muses' 1996 |
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Until Sunday 6 March 2011
Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was one of the major figures of 20th century Scottish art. Poet, publisher, sculptor and gardener, he is best known for Little Sparta, his stunning garden at Stonypath in Lanarkshire. On show are two recently acquired stone sculptures, displayed alongside prints by the artist already in the collection, a group of photographs of Little Sparta taken by Martyn Greenhalgh in 1988 and works from the city's collection by artists who explore similar themes to Finlay.
Opening Times
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm
0131 529 3993
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE
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| Myths and Legends: from the Ancient to the Modern
Edinburgh Printmakers
Until Thursday 23 December
Stories based on myths and legends conjure up a rich source of visual imagery and have served as an inspiration to artists throughout history. Mythologies reflect the culture they serve, offering an explanation of the world. Inspired by Scotland's own rich heritage of stories, Edinburgh Printmakers presents an exhibition of artwork by artist members that explore the world of myth and legend, the dark and the light, the good and the evil, from supernatural to super fantastical, a feast of imagination awaits you.
If you require assistance with physical access or interpretation please contact us prior to your visit, on 0131 557 2479 or email gallery@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk.
Gallery Opening Times
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk
Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LR
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| Stills and Collective Christmas Party
Friday 10 December, 9pm - late
The White Horse, Royal Mile
Admission Free
Following the opening of The Ethics of Encounter and Collective's New Work Scotland Programme, Collective and Stills will be joinh forces for a Christmas after party at The White Horse, 9pm until midnight.
www.stills.org
www.collectivegallery.net
The White Horse, 266 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8AA
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| December at Collective  | | Credit: Particle Accelerator by David Beattie |
Artist's Talk: David Beattie
Sunday 12 December, 4pm
David Beattie discusses his practice and his recent residency at The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh. Dublin based David Beattie trained at National College of Art and Design (BA), Dublin and Dun Laoghaire IADT, Dublin (MA). He has recently finished a residency at Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh.
Gallery Opening Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11-5pm
www.collectivegallery.net
Collective, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NY |
|  Emergence
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Friday 10 December 2010, 6-8pm
Saturday 11 December 12-4pm
Free admission
An exhibition of work produced on this year's Sculpture Courses programme. Join the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for the opening of Emergence, an exhibition featuring work completed during courses in Wood Carving, Stone Carving, Metal Sculpture, Clay Portrait and Kinetic Sculpture.
There will be an opportunity to meet ESW staff and tutors who will be on hand on Friday night to give further information about the course programme.
www.edinburghsculpture.org.uk
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 25 Hawthornvale, Newhaven, Edinburgh, EH6 4JT |
Opportunities for Artists
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| Participation Leader
Collective Gallery
Closing Date: Thursday 20 January 2011, 5pm.
£4,500 fee based on 30 days @ £150 per day - freelance
Fixed term contract February-September 2011
Start Date: February 2011
This role offers an opportunity to be part of a small creative team developing and delivering an
ambitious Public Art Project. Commissioned and produced by Collective and artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O'Sullivan, the project will take place over a six month period and will be based at Fettes College and Broughton High School. It will contain a series of new commissions by Tatham and O'Sullivan, Chris Evans and Elizabeth Price. The Participation Leader will play a central role in contextualising the project within a series of learning and participation opportunities for the schools and the wider local community. Collective has a successful history of delivering off site commissions and events with a focus on participation.
For full application details, please contact Collective Gallery by phone on 0131 2201260, email on mail@collectivegallery.net or visit the website.
www.collectivegallery.net
Collective, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NY
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| Call for Submissions
Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Closing date: Monday 14 March 2011
In 2000, the City of Edinburgh Council, in partnership with the Scottish Arts Council (now Creative Scotland) launched a scheme of funding to support individual artists and makers based in the city. Formerly known as the Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Award Scheme (EVAAC), the Visual Arts Awards: Edinburgh (VAA) and Craft Maker Awards: Edinburgh (CMA) schemes have supported over 200 proposals to develop new work and creative practice.
To celebrate the ongoing success of these schemes, the City of Edinburgh Council's Culture and Sport Division will present an exhibition highlighting some of the supported individuals and their work at the City Art Centre from November 2011 to February 2012.
To qualify for selection, artists and makers must have received funding between the financial years 2000/01 and 2009/10 from at least one of the following schemes - Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Award (EVAAC), Visual Arts Awards: Edinburgh (VAA) and/or Craft Maker Awards: Edinburgh (CMA). Funded projects must have concluded and a final report submitted to and approved by the scheme administrator.
To request an application package, or to discuss the opportunity further, please contact Tracy Scodellaro, Arts Officer, on 0131 529 6720 or at tracy.scodellaro@edinburgh.gov.uk.
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Best wishes,
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