Emergence
An exhibition of work form the Sculpture Courses participants, providing an opportunity to see work made on the sculpture courses run by Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and meet some of ESW’s staff and tutors. All sculpture courses participants are invited to show their work in Emergence which is held twice a year in December and July.
Friday 11 December 6 – 8pm
Saturday 12 December 10am – 4pm
ESW’s autumn programme of sculpture courses launches
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop offers a wide range of evening and weekend courses in contemporary sculpture designed for all levels of experience including beginners. Courses are led by experienced and supportive tutors and by limiting class size we ensure that you will receive individual attention. We are delighted to offer all course participants one free day session to enable you to come back and work at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop or to experiment further with techniques learned.
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ESW’s ‘Creative Laboratories’ shortlisted for
£3 million Arts Funding Prize for Edinburgh
In order to provide the ideal facilities for our day-to-day activities ESW is poised to begin building new world class premises on our present site however our vision of becoming an international centre of excellence for contemporary sculpture does not stop there! ESW is delighted that our proposal to build an ambitious 2nd development, the ‘Creative Laboratories’, is one of 3 projects shortlisted for the Arts Funding Prize for Edinburgh; a £3million prize administered by the Scottish Community Foundation on behalf of an anonymous donor.
| Credit: Initial designs for the Creative Laboratories by Sutherland Hussey Architects |
The prize offers a unique opportunity to develop additional land alongside our new building and ESW is delighted that our capabilities, creativity and drive have been recognised by the judging panel. Significantly enhancing the planned facilities, the ‘Creative Laboratories’ would support ambitious research, sculpture production and cross-disciplinary activity. Public walkways and viewing areas would add a major new dimension to ESW’s public programme and the building would also provide the city with a unique venue for events, performances and exhibitions.
In total 13 organizations submitted proposals for the high profile award including the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh Napier University, the Leith Theatre and the Demarco Archive Trust. Along with the two other shortlisted applications - the Scottish Book Trust and Edinburgh College of Art - ESW will now enter a more detailed 10-month development period with final designs and project details presented to the judging panel in April 2010. A single winner will be announced in late June 2010.
The ‘Creative Laboratories’ development is dependent upon ESW winning the Arts Funding Prize for Edinburgh. The Arts Prize does not affect the timescales and funding situation for our planned new building which we hope to begin building later this year.
Micro Residencies
The micro residencies enable artists to spend a short period of time developing ideas in ESW’s garden Pavilion. Previous micro residencies include Glasgow-based artist group Satellite, Ziggy Campbell and Simon Kirby of FOUND and most recently Melbourne artist, Danica Chappell. Artists can apply at any time so please email or call for further information and an application pack.
Forthcoming micro residencies – Paul Furneaux (September 2009), Paulina Sandberg (January 2010).
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Doors Open Day
| Once again Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop will be opening the workshop during the city-wide Doors Open Day on Saturday 26th September with an opportunity to visit artist studios and see round the workshops and chat to staff about what services are on offer. |
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Edinburgh Contemporary
edinburghcontemporary.org is a new online resource providing information on current exhibitions, opportunities and professional practice in Edinburgh and enabling visual arts organizations based in Edinburgh to communicate and collaborate with the key aim of mutually developing their audiences and activities.
Edinburgh Contemporary comprises The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, The Embassy and Stills Gallery. |
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