The time is soon upon us to head off to the magical Kelburn Estate to set up for the Neverending Glen – the multimedia art trail co-curated by Sophia Lindsay Burns from art hub Edinburgh Palette and The Too Much Fun Club. Our artists have been busy in production over the last few months and Sophia has arrived on site at Kelburn today to start the process of getting all the artworks installed in their homes on the glen.
News Month: June 2016
July 2016 Programme from The Wee Theatre on the ground floor!
The Wee Theatre, St Margaret House’s new space dedicated to Children and Young People is all go from July!
True to its ethos, we have put together a programme of classes and events designed to nurture creativity in a fun and relaxing way.
Open Call | Curiosity Awards
Following the Light Bytes event series, there is an open call for Curiosity Awards proposals of £1,000. Creative Edinburgh are looking to support six collaborative prototype projects which explore creative technologies by cultural organisations and technologists.
Edinburgh Palette at Royal Botanic Gardens
Lorna, Karl and Tania represented Edinburgh Palette at a special Father’s Day event organised by the awesome Dad’s Rock. Lorna and Karl helped wee ones create little felt insects, and Tania created little cards for all of the “Super Papas” out there.
Event | Poor Art
For LeithLate16 place+platform join forces with Poor Art to host an event in LeithWalk’s renowned bric-a-brac shop, Settlement Projects. Eponymously titled, “Poor Art” will present art amidst the oddities; expect an eclectic mix of sculptures, performance and posters questioning “What is the value of art?”….
Thurs 23rd June 6pm – 10pm
at Settlement Projects, Leith Walk
UPMO’s Big 10 Starts this Week!
The BIG celebrations start this week, a reminder of the events that we all been putting so much effort into getting ready is below, lots of interest so far please so do let us know if you’re coming!
For under 12s | Learn and improve your French through Theatre this Summer!
WHAT/On fait QUOI?
We mix traditional language learning methods to classical acting techniques to get the best of both worlds and learn while having fun.
Discover a language and a culture outside the classroom without the pressure of exams.
Fast results guaranteed!
Collaboration Opportunity | Creative Mirror
THE ART:The ‘Creative Mirror team’ is providing an array of randomly generated objects, split in half on two separate canvases.
Chosen artist’s will need to have an immediate family member happy to complete one of the halves.
But there is an exciting catch…
ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS
A fundraising exhibition in support of Art in Healthcare,
25-28 June, 10am–5pm, Gayfield Creative Spaces EH1 3NT,
supported by leading Scottish law firm BTO Solicitors LLP.
UPMO’s tenth birthday
Since it took over St Margaret’s in 2008, Edinburgh Palette has been giving space for the Upward Mobility Project to grow and expand its range of services, projects and workshops. June of 2016 is a year for looking back at the first 10 years of UPMO (including its initial growth before joining us here) and what their students have achieved in that time.