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Fruitmarket Celebrates the Women Exhibited by the Gallery in its 50 Year History

Cardiff-based artist Holly Davey is known for work that gives voice to the ‘silent’ part of archives, finding the creative potential in gaps and omissions. In 2022, Fruitmarket invited Davey to undertake a number of ‘controlled rummages’ in the archive with a view to making a new work as part of Fruitmarket’s 50th birthday celebrations.  InContinue reading “Fruitmarket Celebrates the Women Exhibited by the Gallery in its 50 Year History”

Scotland’s National Centre for Dance Announces Jeanie Scott as New Chief Executive

Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, announces that its new Chief Executive will be Jeanie Scott who will join the organisation in early November, taking over from current Chief Executive Jim Hollington on 15th November. The Board has also confirmed that Artistic Director Tony Mills has been invited to renew his initial term asContinue reading “Scotland’s National Centre for Dance Announces Jeanie Scott as New Chief Executive”

New audio-visual exhibitions, Tape Letters Scotland, Set to Tour Central Scotland

Tape Letters Scotland is set to launch a series of new audio-visual exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, showcasing the use of audio cassette as a mode of long-distance communication by the Pakistani diaspora in Scotland between 1960–1980. Drawing directly from both first-hand interviews carried out by the project team and the informal, intimate conversationsContinue reading “New audio-visual exhibitions, Tape Letters Scotland, Set to Tour Central Scotland”

Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Current Analogue Photobooth 

Edinburgh’s Stills Centre for Photography has announced that from 19th October 2024 the first and only analogue photobooth for public use will be opening at the gallery. Loved back in their heyday by everyone, including big names such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono to John and Jackie Kennedy, and flourishing again in the 21stContinue reading “Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Current Analogue Photobooth “

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 18 – 31 October 2024 Today (Wed 11 Sep) with support from the Scottish Government’s Festivals EXPO Fund and Creative Scotland, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival launched its 35th festival programme.  The Scottish International Storytelling Festival (18 to 31 October 2024) is organised by TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) and is the world’sContinue reading “SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024”

Ship Ahoy! New Production of Treasure Island Set to Voyage Round Scotland

This Autumn sees a uniquely Scottish adaptation retelling by Ross MacKay, formerly of the wonderful Tortoise in a Nutshell,  of  Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.  The family adventure show, that’s suitable for ages 5+ will tour Scotland to enchant wee ones and their companions. This version, that introduces young audiences to a world full ofContinue reading “Ship Ahoy! New Production of Treasure Island Set to Voyage Round Scotland”

Dublin Record Label Releases a Piece of Jazz Guitar History

Dublin-based Livia Records has announced the September release of a previously unissued recording by two of the world’s leading jazz guitarists, Jim Hall and Louis Stewart. The recording took place in Dublin at Christmas 1982 after Hall contacted Stewart to say he was in Ireland on holiday and asked if they could play a gig.Continue reading “Dublin Record Label Releases a Piece of Jazz Guitar History”

A Giant on the Bridge Assembly Roxy

Those of us who can remember the days when the Fringe was a hotbed of ideas where the talents of a wide variety of playwrights, actors, dancers and musicians were not outnumbered by the seething mass of performers who have turned it into a comedy festival, may long for those times. These various talents are,Continue reading “A Giant on the Bridge Assembly Roxy”

Glasgow’s Tramway to Host of Sixth Edition of Art Car Boot Sale This Autumn

Scotland’s biggest contemporary art market, Art Car Boot Sale, returns this October, with over one hundred of Scotland-based contemporary artists featured as a curated showcase by the Patricia Fleming Gallery. The Gallery, based in Glasgow’s East End, advocates for the representation of emerging artists, and is delighted to include Leah Moodie, a recent Edinburgh College ofContinue reading “Glasgow’s Tramway to Host of Sixth Edition of Art Car Boot Sale This Autumn”