SCOTLAND
/// ABERDEENSHIRE
until 10 May | Peacock Visual Arts
Marc Wilson: The Last Stand
Terry O’Neill Award winner Marc Wilson will show photographs which document histories, stories & memories of military conflict in Northern Europe.
/// DALRY
27 April | Wasps Studios
Life Drawing
Look and Draw present a series of untutored Life Drawing classes. Easels & boards provided. First half hour, short poses.
5 May – 30 June | Wasps Studios
Discovering Drawing , Painting & Printing
An 8 week studio-based course exploring drawing & the creative process.
17 & 18 May | Dalry Wasps Studios
Explore & Draw Sketchbook Workshop
With a choice of urban or natural landscape, you will fill your sketchbooks with responses to what Edinburgh’s Calton Hill offers.
/// DALKEITH
Esbank, Newtongrange, Mayfield
10 May | Waverley Line Open Studios
Open Studio Day
Five designers and makers open their studios to the public to show where & how they make.
/// DUMFRIES
until 3 May | Gracefield Arts Centre
D&G | IN: Spring Fling @ Home
The annual exhibition returns for its 12th year of quality Dumfries and Galloway art, craft and design featuring over 93 artists.
/// DUNBAR
until 3 May | Dunbar Town House and Museum Gallery
Emma Herman-Smith: In a Natural State
Artist Emma Herman-Smith explores the dynamic actions of nature during growth & decay through print & sculpture.
/// DUNDEE
until 4 May | Mid Wynd Industrial Estate
GENERATOR projects
A group exhibition inspired by the analogue MONIAC computer which explores capitalist exchange.
16 & 17 May | DJCAD
Rough Cut
Rough Cut is the debut feature from Jamie Shovlin. The meta-documentary focuses on the making of a 1970s teen horror film that never existed.
17 May | The McManus
Victoriana Dundee: Bazaar at the Museum
An evening event of music, art, costumes & games celebrating all things Victorian.
17 – 25 May | Dundee University
DJCAD Degree Show
Over 250 emerging artists & designers will show work as part of the DJCAD Degree Show.
Throughout 2014 | The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum
A Silvered Light: Scottish Art Photography
This exhibition includes work from Calum Colvin, Oscar Marzaroli, Maud Sulter, Emma Hamilton, Patricia MacDonald and David Williams.
/// EDINBURGH
until 27 April | St Andrew’s Square
Bruce Munro: Field of Light
9,500 lighted glass spheres will rise from the ground in a contemporary light-based art installation within Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square.
until 27 April | Collective Gallery
David Obaldeston
David Obaldeston will produce a new installation for the City Dome. His work draws out the unconventional in established forms of communication & re-imagines the familiar.
until 4 May | RSA Building
188th Annual Exhibition: Focus on Film
The RSA Annual Exhibition returns offering contemporary paintings, sculpture, film, printmaking, photography, installation & architecture.
until 4 May | Royal Scottish Academy
188th RSA Annual Exhibition: Gallery Events
RSA Gallery Assistants & Artists show their personal highlights of the Annual Exhibition in fifteen minute tours.
until 6 May | Stills
Video Compositing with After Effects
On this course you will learn a range of visual effects & animation techniques, working between Photoshop & After Effects with tutor Rachel Maclean.
until 18 May | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Louise Bourgeois: A Woman Without Secrets
A collection of work produced in the final years of Bourgeois’ life, disclosing feelings that stem back to her childhood & throughout her life.
until 20 May | VoxBox
Born To Be Honey
Jannica Honey & Born to Be Wide celebrate 10 years with a music photography exhibition.
until 24 May | Summerhall
Possibility of Life
Silas Parry repurposes objects by giving them movement & sound in this exhibit focusing on robotic taxidermy.
In outer space there is no painting or sculpture
An exhibition of works by David Burrows.
Hidden Energies
Hidden Energies exlpores energy through the sculpture & moving image work of Jessica Lloyd-Jones.
The Bone Library
The Bone Library explores cloning & reproduction through the creation of 3D printed models of animal bones.
The Weather War
Bigert & Bergström explore climate change through film footage of hostile weather patterns from the Midwest of the US.
until August | Edinburgh College
Creative Courses
Creative courses with January starts, including digital media, broadcast & more.
30 April – 2 July | Duncan Place Resource Centre
Life Into The Figure
Learn how to draw the human figure in a variety of ways in this tutored life drawing class.
2 May | The Hub
Nesta Spotlight on Crowdfunding
Nesta will host a discussion about crowdfunding in Scotland with creative entrepreneurs who have made it work.
2 May | Interview Room 11
Verges/ The Wild Project
An exhibit from the The Wild Project collective illuminating and exploring the ideas of wild in our urban lives.
3 May – 21 June | Ingleby Gallery
Richard Foster: Modern
Modern is a survey show of Richard Foster’s drawing work over the last seven years.
5 May | Venue tbc
Imaginate Festival international masterclass with Lenine Bourke
Artist & creative producer, Lenine Bourke will host a one day masterclass.
9 May & 13 June | Summerhall
CAESURA #23 & #24
A monthly night of experimental and engaging poetry and spoken word in stripped-back, often anarchic, performances.
17 May | St.Cecilia’s Hall
One Last Dance at the Excelsior Ballroom
As part of the Festival of Museums, St. Cecilia’s Hall will be transformed into the Excelsior Ballroom for one last time. Live jazz band & dance lesson.
17 – 18 May, 31 May – 1 June | Screen Academy Scotland
Introduction to Screenwriting – EXPRESS
Develop a 5-10 min screenplay over 2 weekends on Screen Academy Scotland’s Introduction to Screenwriting – EXPRESS!
30 May | Ladies Baths
Creating Contacts Workshop
A workshop from the Cultural Enterprise Office based around networking & creating contacts.
18 – 29 June | Various Venues
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The internationally renowned festival returns for its 68th year with screenings, talks & exceptional Scottish & international talent.
throughout the year | Various
Screen Academy Scotland Courses
Professional short course training (screenwriting, cinematography, film, TV & cross-platform production & image & sound editing).
throughout the year | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
Writing Courses
Courses in Novel Writing, Poetry, Short Story Writing, and Screenwriting.
/// FALKIRK
3 May | Coffee On Wooer
Woo’er With Words III
Woo’er With Words is a free afternoon of poetry reading, short storytelling and spoken word in Falkirk.
/// GLASGOW
until 25 April | Virginia Gallery
MAMA
Thomas Abercromby & collective Little Book Transfers present a collaborative exhibition.
until 27 April | Glasgow Print Studio
Featured Artist: Dominic Snyder
Exploring movement & dance, Dominic Snyder has transformed drawings into fine art prints.
until 27 April | The Telfer Gallery
CO.LO.CO
Yuri Pattison presents a body of work focussing on colocation & time displacement.
until 2 May | The Briggait
Reclaimed: The Second Life of Sculpture
The exhibition features work held in long-term storage, including historical, modern & contemporary pieces.
until 11 May | The Arches
BEHAVIOUR
BEHAVIOUR, the Arches’ life performance festival returns featuring a new partnership with the National Theatre of Scotland.
until 18 May | Glasgow Print Studio
Reproduction – Alex Frost
In Reproduction Alex Frost’s examines the interplay between image & human reproduction.
until 18 May | CCA
Khaled Hourani
A retrospective of Palestinian artist Khaled Hourani including paintings, installations & conceptual work.
until 18 May | Street Level
Arnis Balcus: Victory Park
Latvian artist, Balcus presents a new body of work being premiered at Street Level for Glasgow International.
until 18 May | Street Level
Johan Nieuwenhuize: IMG_
Nieuwenhuize presents his new project, IMG_, a growing collection of abstract and semi-abstract photographic observations of “the city”.
until 27 May | Gallery of Modern Art
The Silver River
As part of Glasgow International, Modern Edinburgh Film School presents texts from films by T.J. Wilcox & Candice Breitz.
until 31 May | Cyril Gerber Fine Art
19th-21st Century Modern British Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Includes work by Scottish Colourists, Glasgow Boys & Girls, Colquhoun & MacBryde, Cowie, Eardley, St Ives artists and Scottish Modern Masters.
until 7 June | The Common Guild
Gabriel Kuri: All probability resolves into form
An exhibition in which internationally acclaimed Mexican artist Gabriel Kuri explores the relationship between hard & soft sources through sculpture.
until 8 June | The Lighthouse
Starter for 6: Maker or Manufacturer?
Four Starter for 6 businesses talk about the parallels between making & manufacturing.
until 18 June | Eastwood Park Gallery
Hugh Hood: Glasgow 1974-78
A body of work by photographer Hugh Hood documenting Glasgow between 1974-1978 during a highly transitory period for the city.
28 April | CCA
Glasgow Creative Networking Night
A networking night for those interested in film and television production and sharing work.
28 April | The Corinthian Club
Micro-Film Masterclass
Intense Productions are offering a one day film seminar focusing on how to make a micro-budget film & sell it with Actor and Producer Carlos Gallardo.
2 May | The Arches
Dark Behaviour
An immersive triptych of masked ambiguity, despair & distortion presented by 85A. Disguises & masks encouraged.
2 – 31 May | Virginia Gallery
Aye Candy
This group show features work by Karen Bones, The Notorious Gasoline Company & Jody Kelly on Sex, Intrigue, Iconography, Horror & Candy.
2 – 31 May | Church on the Hill
Art on the Hill
Featuring over 100 artists, Art on the Hill is a month long exhibition running as part of the Southside Fringe Festival.
2 May – 1 June | Glasgow Print Studio
Featured Artist: John Taylor
John Taylor imagines the wealth of Glasgow in images of forgotten warehouses.
10 May | Kinning Park Complex
Workshop: Drawing In Motion
A day workshop with Dominic Snyder exploring his unique approaches to drawing the moving body.
12 – 14 May | The Lighthouse
Art for Care
A free exhibition in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care with over 200 works of original art from over 80 prominent and up and coming Scottish artists.
15 May – 6 June | Compass Gallery
Lesley Banks
Breathing Spaces is a new exhibition of work by Lesley Banks.
24 May – 21 June | Glasgow Print Studio
Engramme/Glasgow Print Studio Exchange
Denise Blackburn, Armelle Francois and Lisette Thibeault.
3 June | Club Room, City Halls
Planning Your Time & Project Workshop
The Cultural Enterprise Office presents a four hour workshop which focuses on time management & project planning.
5 June | CCA
Cryptic Nights: Echoes-Reprise
Composer & filmmaker Mikolaj Szatko uses visual & sonic art to examine ideas of character & narration in this Cryptic Nights event.
6 – 21 June | Glasgow Print Studio
Featured Artist: Damian Henry
An exhibition of Damian Henry’s print works.
25 – 29 June | Various Venues
Glasgow Jazz Festival
The 28th Annual Jazz Festival returns. First headliners announced include House of Legends, Martin Taylor, Neil Cowley Trio & more.
27 June – 15 August | Glasgow Print Studio
Below Another Sky
Below Another Sky is an international residency programme created to support work from Scottish & Commonwealth Print Artists.
28 June – 17 August | Glasgow Print Studio
Michael Fullerton – Meaning. Inc
Meaning. Inc explores media, technology & justice through portraiture.
30 June – 2 August | Cooper Gallery
Studio Jamming: Artists’ Collaborations in Scotland
Exhibitions, an event series, a residency, & a 12 hour Jamming Symposium make up this event examining the development of Scottish contemporary art.
5 & 6 July | CCA
Glasgow Comic Con
Glasgow Comic Con returns for its 4th year with guests Gail Simone, Peter Milligan, Roger Langridge & more.
Tuesdays | 8pm | The Flying Duck
All The Young Nudes – Life Drawing Club
All The Young Nudes is happy to welcome you every Tuesday evening for a relaxed couple of hours sketching.
First Saturday of the month | The Lighthouse
Repair Cafe
On the first Saturday of every month our team of fixers will be on hand to help you fix your broken items, in MAKLab, Gallery One.
ongoing | The Botanics
Art Classes in the Botanics
Weekly tutored classes in Glasgow Botanic Gardens, the ideal setting for anyone wishing to develop their artistic abilities.
/// INVERNESS
until 10 May | Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Megalomania
First solo exhibition by David McDiarmid featuring new works based on the architecture & grandeur of Venice where he lived & worked for 5 weeks.
until 8 June | Highland Print Studio
Highland Print Studio Classes
A number of weekend & evening classes available from screenprinting to wood engraving, monoprinting, etching, relief printing & more.
/// KIRCALDY
8 May | Kirkcaldy Galleries, War Memorial Gardens
The Power of Collaboration
A networking and development event for Fife writers and artists with poet Ken Cockburn & artist Brigid Collins.
/// LINLITHGOW
until 3 May | The Line Gallery
Britain – North by South West
Leo du Feu & Christine Pearson present a series of rail-related artworks which examine the view from the train window.
/// MAYBOLE
until 31 October | Culzean Castle
The Grand Art Tour
Featuring works of art by Kristina Macaulay, The Grand Art Tour is currently running at prestigious National Trust for Scotland location Culzean Castle.
/// MORAY
11 May | Bogenclough
Slow Day
Slow Celebration with filmmaker Ben Rivers, who will be showing & discussing his film, Two Years at Sea, at Bogenclough.
/// STIRLING
3 May – 1 June| Stirling Castle
‘Warscape’
A series of work by artist Iona Leishman commemorating the 700 year anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.
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ELSEWHERE
/// BRISTOL
3 – 5 May | Benjamin Perry Boathouse
Surfacing – U7 Res Outcome
An exhibition featuring new works from Emma Ewan, Will Kendrick & Rebecca Ounstead including sculpture, installation, print & live performance.
/// LONDON
until 27 April | Hayward Gallery
Martin Creed: What’s the Point of it?
A survey of Martin Creed’s playful, thought-provoking art.
24 – 27 April | Royal Academy of Arts
Ingleby Gallery at the London Original Print Fair 2014
Ingelby Gallery will be at the London Original Print Fair featuring new work by Harland Miller & Jamie Shovlin alongside prints by Richard Forster & more.
24-26 April | James Harvey British Art
D&G|OUT: James Harvey British Art
James Harvey British Art is an exhibition of contemporary visual art and sculpture from Dumfries and Galloway.
25 April | Royal Academy of Arts
Harland Miller: An Artist’s View of Printmaking
Artist Harland Miller speaks about his creative process in a lecture as part of the London Original Print Fair.
25 – 26 April | Various venues
London Gallery Day
London Gallery Day is a programme of events in London galleries in EC1 & WC1.
26 April – 24 May | dalla Rosa Gallery
SOLID MARK: Richard Ducker & Kasper Pincis
Solid Mark examines mark-making through the sculpture & typewritten work of Richard Ducker & Kasper Pincis.
14 May – 22 June | Jerwood Space
Jerwood Encounters: TTTT
Curated by Sarah WIlliams, TTTT explores sculpture and screen based practice in new forms.
23 June – 16 August | no.w.here
No.w.here Summer School 2014: The Right to Play Oneself
An 8 week course which examines the role of collectivity, collaboration and performance through filmmaking.
3 July – 14 September | Barbican
Digital Revolution
Digital Revolution explores the influence of digital technology on the arts from the 1970s onwards through immersive interactive art works & more.
/// LJUBLJANA
8 & 9 May | Museum of Architecture and Design
What’s going on?
The New Dynamics of Public Space
This conference will probe the impact of contemporary public space practices on urban economy, politics & quality of life.
/// MANCHESTER
until 27 April | The Lowry
0°00 Navigation
A film by Simon Faithfull showing one man’s journey along the Greenwich Meridian.
until 29 April | MediaCityUK
Vanishing Boundaries
A striking light installation by Liz West created as part of the Future City Festival.
until 10 October | MadLab
MadLab Courses
Courses in wordpress, web design, coding, projection-mapping & taxidermy.
until 31 December | IWM North
Big Picture Show
Award-winning 360-degree experience using surround sound, projected moving images & photographs, the show brings to life people’s experiences of war.
/// NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
until 1 June | Baltic
Simon Bill
Lucky Jim is an exhibitiion which presents over 30 of Bill’s works. Drawing inspiration from a variety of sources they are unified only by their oval shape.
until 22 June | Baltic
Lorna Simpson
Presenting over thirty years of Lorna Simpson’s work, this first European retrospective shows multiple photography, film, video & drawing works.
until 19 May | The Biscuit Factory
D & G | Out Exhibition
The Biscuit Factory is working with Spring Fling as part of their national showcase, exhibiting work by a selection of their studio artists & makers.
25 April – 29 June| BALTIC 39
They Used to Call it the Moon
A group exhibition of international artists exploring the moon and its various meanings.
/// SHEFFIELD
7 – 12 June | Various Venues
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Celebrating the art & business of documentary making at one of the top three documentary festivals & markets in the world.
until 10 May | MADE NORTH
Fragments and Narratives by Stephen Dixon
MADE NORTH present a solo exhibition from ceramicist Stephen Dixon.
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