What’s On Past Exhibitions

An informative and interactive exhibition and series of Innovation Stations centered around People Know How to celebrate their 5 year anniversary. Come and learn about their methods, research and projects, and see how you can take part. See below for more details of individual events. Innovation Stations bring together stakeholders connected to our projects. We will share our learning and…

Live: An Exhibition of (Un)Natural Selection is a collection of works exploring our society’s severed connections from the natural world. Collating various works from sculpture, projection installation, vertical hydroponics to biomimetic design, Live showcases the life-enhancing potential of reintegrating nature into our everyday spaces.

Art Residency Participation Dear precious woman, after the successful completion of the first Yoniverse and overwhelming positive feedback from participating women and exhibition visitors I like to invite you to become visible and discover your own power in this process. If you identify as female I would like to invite you to participate in this unique and powerful piece of…

Opening Event:  Friday, 13th July from 7-9 pm An exhibition of selected work by recent graduate of Gray's School of Art, Wouda Thompson. The work explores visual perception as a conscious experience and our expression of this experience. Through observational painting and drawings of carefully constructed still lives of abstract sculptures the show aims to question the line drawn between perception and interpretation

Preview: Friday 13 July 7pm - 9pm The current show gently references Eastern thought systems and life experiences. These experiences and thought systems create a fine, almost invisible, but essential thread throughout the show. About the artist “What are you studying?” She says leaning forward towards the glass box peering through the wee hole. “Painting” I say crouching down to the…

(visitors welcome when Gallery 2 doors are open) Artist collective Create to Move will use Gallery 2 for a research and development residency. The root of our research stems from three fundamental topics: AI and Technology Essence of Human Nature The Natural Environment. We’re interested in where these topics intersect. Physicality of touch, making and movement vs AI & technology.…

Art Residency Participation Dear precious woman, If you identify as female I would like to invite you to participate in this unique and powerful piece of work in the time between 23rd June - 3th July 2018. In this time I will provide slots of individual sessions lasting 2-3 hours with the participating woman to paint their yoni/vulva in the…

Preview: Friday, June 22 at 7 PM - 9 PM Music and performance evening: Friday, July 6 at 6:30 PM - 9 PM Given half a chance showcases the work of a mix of artists, brought together by their ability to react and respond to the unpredictability and precarity of artistic opportunities.  Their works reflect and respond to this fleeting sense of presence and encounter through varying mediums.  On the one hand their fragmented works create haunting…

 Private View: Friday 22 June, 7 - 9 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…

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…

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.…

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…

‘Third Year Exhibition’ showcases a variety of works by painting, inter-media, sculpture and photography students currently studying at Edinburgh College of Art. This inter-disciplinary exhibition collates a wide variety of artistic styles to produce a bold, energetic collection of work, which highlights the talents of the up-and-coming artists and creates an exciting visual experience for the audience.

 A Life Journey through Creativity By Sylvie Stainton My inspiration as a painter and sculptor comes  from what I observe and feel as it echoes from the world we live in. My work is guided by a deep connection to Nature and its Soul: the outer and inner landscapes, the visible and invisible. Increasingly what happens in the world emerges through forms,…

Hidden is a collection of photographic work created by individuals who have caring responsibilities. The work demonstrates the uniqueness of photography, its ubiquitous nature offering the time-starved an opportunity to create and be included. Treasured family photographs evoke memories and instigate discussion around those we care for. Everyday objects are placed under studio lights, elevating it’s status to more accurately demonstrate…

An exploration of the infinite possibilities presented by the ultimate building material, clay. 16 ceramic designer makers from the Bridge Pottery Collective celebrate their different approaches and the tactile nature of ceramics through the exhibition Architexture. Exploring contrast through form, function and surface texture including mark making, patination and glaze chemistry.

DEEZIGN EVENTS PRESENTS: In the Eye of the Beholder! We welcome you to join us at St. Margaret’s house in the Drawing Room on March 19th for our charity art exhibition, with featured art from QMU students as well as local artists with many pieces available for purchase in a silent auction throughout the night. Displays range from paintings to…

Closing event: Friday 30th March A 3 week, Visual Audio Hub within the 3 galleries at St Margaret’s House - a residency between 3 AV artists to explore experiment and dive into the realms of lights visuals and sounds to develop immersive experience art forms. The start of a collaboration to give space and time to three AV artists who…

Ray interactive creates interactive installations. At St Margaret's House, they will be working towards building a multi sensory interactive space for you to come and play in. You will be experimenting with interactive synthesised sound, light and visuals, triggered by objects, midi interfaces and motion detection.

Private view: Saturday 24th February 6pm – 9pm This exhibition brings the 4th year painters at Gray’s School of Art out of their studios and into a gallery space together for the first time. The students are all painting undergraduates, but this is a diverse group with a range of media on show including video, sculpture, drawing and painting. They…