Thistle Quilters | Transitions Exhibition 1718 - 2018
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
A celebration of quilting by one of Scotland’s longest established quilt groups.
Edinburgh based Thistle Quilters is celebrating over 38 years as a thriving quilt group, as well as the 300th anniversary of the 1718 Silk Patchwork Coverlet, one of the earliest known dated patchworks in Britain. “It’s the past, present and future of quilting in one event”, said Brenda McDonnell, Chair, Thistle Quilters.
INCAPSULATE
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Preview: Friday 8 th June 2018: 7pm – 9pm
INCAPSULATE is an end of year show by HNC
Contemporary Art Practice students studying at West
Lothian College. The works are a culmination of 2D, 3D
and digital practices that highlight a broad ranging
exploration of personal investigations and insights.
You can also find details of the opening event on Facebook.
Play : Create : Relate
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Garvald Edinburgh presents a multi-media exhibition exploring interpretations
of PLAY.
Preview: Friday 8 June, 6pm – 8pm
Play is a source of learning, a path to creativity and a key to connectivity. Play
uncovers basic truths and reveals new possibilities. Exploring interpretations of
PLAY through a variety of artistic and creative media, this innovative show will
challenge pre-conceptions in an exciting and inspirational way.
Play and playfulness are evident in our artistic and cultural legacy from the
earliest times: from the cave paintings of prehistory to 20 th Century Dada,
Surrealism and everything in between. Playful creativity is both process and
performance, enriching life with an essential element of self-determined
pleasure and personal discovery.
The playful art displayed throughout this exhibition invites us to re-experience
the flights of imagination we remember from childhood and to think anew
about the place of play and playfulness in our adult lives.
Boundaries
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
A continuing exploration of diverse forms coming together and drifting apart.
New work by painter and printmaker, Alan Chapman; experimental works
in acrylic.
Alan Chapman is an Edinburgh-based painter and printmaker, who trained at Teesside College of Art and Sunderland College of Art, graduating with BA (Hons) Fine Art in 1980.
His current work combines painting, collage and printmaking techniques to produce sheets of pure colour.