Michael Wight | XLA
Private view Friday 22 January 2016 XLA is an art project that has spanned the past three years. However it has been 23 years in the making. The term XLA originates from the medical term for X-linked Agammaglobulinemia, a rare immune condition that I was born with. The work is themed around life living with a medical condition that has both hindered and helped my growth as a person.
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Jenny Campbell | Broken Lines
Private view Friday 22 January 2016 In this exhibition I will show paintings and drawings and some monoprints. Making different kinds of marks is partly an expression of how I am feeling and partly it’s a response to what I am seeing. Sometimes I'm more concerned with the making of marks and abstracting from the figure than I am with the figure itself. In fact representation has become the least of my worries.
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Cordula Marks Venters | The Third Kingdom
Private view Friday 22 January 2016 This exhibition is a collection of mixed media representations of the characters and landscapes of a parallel world: the mythical Shendag Bertec. The drawings are illustrations and companion pieces to the story of Isa Raichenhall and her journey from a mid-20th century Europe torn apart by war to this strange land of strange people, in search of her missing friend.
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place + platform | BYOB Event
place + platform, and Edinburgh Palette, present a one-night event showcasing artist film, moving image and performance, featuring brand new work by supported artists ANNELI HOLMSTROM/ MICHAEL KAY / SAM WOOD with live music by EYES OF OTHERS and KING WINE, and yummy home brew sponsored by Brew Store.
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The TMFC Mini Gallery Residency
Featuring Sketch The Rhyme and Character Jam Edinburgh Mural and Illustration collective The Too Much Fun Club are doing a brief session in Gallery 1, between the 4th and the 17th January, they will be creating a large mural in the space and as a finale they will performing their festival show Sketch The Rhyme to a small audience on the 15th.
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UPMO | End of Year Exhibition
Find out what goes on at UPMO with a two-day exhibition of some of the highlights of our creative and educational workshops and a series of performances. A lot has happened this year; a new Cafe, 2 ministerial visits, new songs composed, new places explored, new creativity unleashed in the iMuse, new stories told, new challenges overcome, old friendships strengthened, new acquaintances made.
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Collidoscope
Private view Saturday 12, from 12:00pm Collidoscope showcases five artists form five disciplines, colliding together to show their latest works in St Margaret's House. The exhibition crosses traditional art and craft bounderies and features artists from Scotland, Poland and Taiwan showing painting, sculpture, textile, print and pottery. Artists and crafts makers who would never otherwise collide are coming together to create something magical.
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Makers' Christmas Market 2015
Saturday 12 December 2pm - 8pm Sunday 13 December 12pm - 6pm Back by popular demand, local artists and makers will be selling unique Christmas gifts in this special, two-day event. Expect to see cards, prints and handmade crafts, in this festive celebration for the whole family.
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Art Auction with a Difference | Leah Merete Robb
Bidding starts 4:00 pm Leah Robb has a very diverse approach to art-making ranging from figure drawings to psychological portraiture, from filmmaking to political street art. The auction revisits her journey there, with works up for purchase going as far back as 1992.
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Edinburgh Palette & UPMO Postcard Art Auction
Upward Mobility and Edinburgh Palette are hosting the first Postcard Art Auction. Artists on every floor of the Edinburgh Palette building, including UPMO, are invited to collect a free postcard sized piece of MDF and to cover it in art of their choosing.
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Rose Street Project
Several visual artists holding studios in St Margaret's House have created installations and displays in shopfronts along Rose Street for Christmas. The project was curated by Karl Finn Graham, and has been made possible through partnership funding from Essential Edinburgh.
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Re:See It 3
Private view Friday 23 October Artists respond to the concepts of environmental sustainability in this special group exhibition, which encourages a Scotland-wide artistic response to global climate change. This third Re:See It exhibition at St Margaret's House extends its reach this year, calling on the creative communities engaged with Creative Carbon Scotland Edinburgh and the Green Tease Network in addition to tenants of St Margaret's House.
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Medley 3 | MIX & Invited artists
Private view Friday 23 October Third incarnation of the interdisciplinary and varied group show, featuring media by invited artists, makers and designers.
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A Bird Does Not Sing Because It Has an Answer, It Sings Because It Has a Song
Private view Friday 9 October, 6:00 pm This beautiful exhibition is the culmination of a series of craft workshops by the Link Up Women’s Support Centre community, in collaboration with artist and jeweller Fiona Hermse. The work explores themes of support, connection, nature, transience and expression.
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Link Up Women’s Support Centre | AGM
This is Link Up Women’s Support Centre's first AGM taking place in their new home, St Margaret's House. The event is free to attend and everyone is welcome. Please RSVP via email.
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