SCOTLAND
/// ABERDEENSHIRE
until 21 March | Various venues
In Motion Animation Festival 2015
This second edition will focus on the work of Dutch artist Hisko Hulsing alongside workshops & an open submission screening event.
/// DUNDEE
until 22 March | DCA
Florian & Michael Quistrebert
See hypnotic abstract videos and paintings by collaborative French brothers Michael and Florian.
until 31 March | Various venues
Springfest
A festival of music in Dundee.
until 10 April | Cooper Gallery
Someone a long time ago, now
First solo exhibition in Scotland by Portuguese artist Hugo Canoilas featuring newly commissioned works consisting of paintings, sculptures & comics.
until 10 May | The McManus
Classical Art: The Legacy of the Ancients
An exhibition illustrating the enduring influence of ancient Greek & Roman culture through paintings, sculpture & more from Dundee’s fine art collection.
19 March | University of Dundee
Katherine Hamnett Lunchtime Lecture
Design in Action & Zero Waste Scotland will host Katharine Hamnett, CBE at a free public lunchtime lecture in Dundee.
/// EDINBURGH
until 7 March | Edinburgh Printmakers
Debris and Phenomena: David Lemm
David Lemm’s first solo exhibition presenting a new body of work produced at Edinburgh Printmakers and whilst on an artist’s residency on the Isle of Eigg.
until 21 March | Ingleby Gallery
ABJAD
An exhibition of four artists who, in their sometimes sideways approach to abstraction, balance conceptual concerns with an intuitive touch.
until 29 March | Collective Gallery
Wendelien van Oldenborgh: Beauty and the Right to the Ugly
Beauty and the Right to the Ugly is a cinematic experiment examining the ambition –and failure– of utopian architecture.
until 31 March | Porty Light Box Bellfield Street
Exquisite…#MakeItHappen
International Women’s Day Exhibition celebrating older female relatives. A unique telephone box art-installation exhibiting old family photos at life-scale.
until 5 April | Stills
Erich Salomon & Barbara Klemm: Leap in time
An exhibition of work by two German photojournalists documenting people, places & moments of 20th century & early 21st century in Germany & elsewhere.
until April | Summerhall
I Hate The Indifferent
The first UK show from Michele Ciacciofera featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography.
until 24 May | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The Two Roberts: Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde
Explore a retrospective of the work of Scottish artists Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun.
8 March | The Forest Café
Inky Fingers SPEAKeasy Performers’ Group
Polish off your performance skills in a supportive group of peers with the SPEAKeasy Performers’ Group who meet monthly.
8 March | Porty Light Box Bellfield Street
Exquisite…#MakeItHappen: Meet the Artists
A celebration of older female relatives. A unique High Street community telephone box art-installation exhibiting old family photos at life-scale outdoors.
12 March | Grassmarket Community Project
Greyfriars Tartan Fashion Show
Cutting edge tartan designs from around the world will be judged by 3 fashion show judges, with the winners awarded over £1k in cash prizes.
14 March – 2 May | Talbot Rice Gallery
where language ends
Talbot Rice Gallery will be filled with coloured light & sound, as Glasgow-based artists Ross Birrell & David Harding bring together stories about exile & conflict.
14 March – 8 April | Royal Scottish Academy
RSA New Contemporaries 2015
Seventy-two of Scotland’s best emerging artists & architects with works from Glasgow School of Art degree show to be exhibited for first time.
20 March – 10 April | Arusha Gallery
Romina Ressia: Hide and Seek
Works by award-winning Argentinian photographer, Romina Ressia in a solo show which presents a body of work from four of her most popular series.
20 March | Hill Street Design House
The Curiosity Shop
Exhibitors will present new work, test out ideas, products & projects from fashion to photography, apps, games & projection mapping.
26 March | Balmoral Hotel
Scottish Textiles – Leading The Way
The STLA & Zero Waste Scotland will showcase some great examples of innovative & creative responses to challenges faced by businesses.
28 March – 23 May | Ingleby Gallery
Frank Walter
The exhibition will present the most comprehensive view yet of Frank Walter the artist; assembled from private collections & from the artist’s estate.
10 – 25 April | Interview Room 11
Projection
Solo Exhibition by David McDiarmid.
14 April | The Bongo Club
Glug: Risky Biz
An evening of inspiration & informal networking, Glug is based around a series of talks by practitioners & entrepreneurs from different creative disciplines.
5 – 26 May | WASPS
Imagining the Page with Christine Clark
An illustration & book making workshop where you use your imagination to create a personal visual narrative.
21 June | look and draw
Seeing Differently with Val Maclean
A one day workshop focused on creating dynamic & vibrant mixed media works.
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.
/// GLASGOW
until 8 March | Tramway
At Every Fading of the Stars
James Rigler shows a new body of work exploring ruins, architectural salvage and IKEA.
until 8 March | Reid Gallery
The Politics of Craft: After Ford 151
Grizedale Arts’ history of utopian failure illustrated through craft & design with work by Mark Titchner, Olivia Plender, Ryan Gander, Laure Prouvost & more.
until 14 March | CCA Intermedia Gallery
Rachel Levine: Soft Chaos
For Soft Chaos, her solo show at Intermedia Gallery, Rachel Levine will present an installation of new sculptural works.
until 15 March | CCA
Dancing in a circle is a reminder that we are part of a whole
An early overview on the collaborative and individual practice of artist & choreographer Romany Dear.
until 22 March | Tramway
Laura Aldridge: California wow!
A new installation for Tramway’s main gallery which reflects on Aldridge’s engagement with the relationship between art, craft & performance.
until 28 March | Compass Gallery
Anna Geerdes: As far as the eye can see
Award winning graduate from Aberdeen presents her first solo exhibition with Compass, of skilful & imaginative paintings.
until 31 March | Royal Conservatoire
The Teaching Artist 1
Advance your professional skills to develop critical thinking, research, reflection and documentation skills as a teaching artist.
until 5 April | The Lighthouse
David Ross Design & Bespoke Atelier
An exhibition of new collaborative works from the studios of Bespoke Atelier and David Ross Design.
until 12 April | Street Level
Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future
Documentary photographer Judah Passow spent 2013 photographing Scotland’s Jewish community, from the Shetlands to the Borders.
7 March | Glasgow Women’s Library
March of Women
A procession of women from Glasgow & beyond will spill out of Glasgow Women’s Library to celebrate the achievements of women past & present.
7 March & 11 April | MAKlab
Get Started with Programming – Games Arcade
Learn about code & physical programming with micro-processors.
9 March | The Old Hairdressers
Perm 2/5: Caitlin Merrett King: Bacon Scissors
An exhibition of work by Caitlin Merrett King & the second show in ‘Perm’, a series of 5 solo one-night-only exhibitions of work by recent GSA graduates.
9 – 11 March | Fleming House
Counting Consciousness
An exhibition of research, learning & outcomes from the past year alongside work from project reSOURCE exploring creativity & sustainability.
9 March | CCA
TalkSeePhotography
Discussions with Malcolm Dickson, Ben Harman, Ben Rush & Amanda Catto who will talk about their organisation’s activities in Scotland & beyond.
9 March | CCA
Scottish Screenwriters
Everyone is welcome at the monthly meetings from the novice to the professional.
10 March | MAKlab
Have a Go at 3D Printing
You will by guided through the process of making a 3D model in Sketchup, setting it up & then printing out a small example print on the 3D Printer.
11 March | The Briggait
Glasgow Short Film Festival: Vertical Cinema
Ten specially commissioned large-scale works by renowned experimental filmmakers & audiovisual artists, projected vertically on 35 mm celluloid.
12 – 15 March | CCA
Glasgow Short Film Festival
This year GSFF waves a fond farewell to their mother festival GFF & wanders into the faintly warmer, slightly longer days of mid-March.
12 March – 19 April | The Good Spirits Co
STALK
Little Book Transfers’ first solo exhibition showcasing a selection of large illustrated boards & screen prints inspired by exotic botanicals & the female form.
12 March | Old Hairdressers
White Walls Bright Lights
An exhibition of works by Caspar J. Wilson about the art scene, openings & the gallery system.
13 March – 12 April | Reid Gallery
Kellenberger-White
The exhibition will showcase the identity Kellenberger-White developed for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art in 2014.
14 March | CCA
A Wall is a Screen
As part of Glasgow Short Film Festival, A Wall is a Screen will organise unusual projections.
14 March | GoMA
Beatroot & Lace Bazaar
GoMA’s main hall will hold 75 vintage sellers (including the famous Mr Ben) & designer/makers with art & live music.
14 March | CCA
Glasgow Short Film Festival: Luminous Latitude: Artists’ Film Touring Programme
12 short films question how we inhabit & psychologise spaces & places, & how this may act as a grounding for our individual & collective creative identity.
15 March | Tramway
GALA 2015 Programme: Glasgow’s Green- Imagining a sustainable city
A day of free artist-led workshops & activities exploring how the arts can contribute to a more environmental sustainability city.
16 March | CCA
Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking Group
Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking is a collective for LGBTIQ people.
18 – 22 March | The Pearce Institute
//BUZZCUT// 2015
A free five day festival of experimental performance & live art.
19 – 28 March | CCA
GLITCH 2015 Film Festival
A stunning selection of films, video art, spoken word, filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, live music & free haircuts.
21 March | The Poetry Club
Corpo Volta 2
Expect an intimate evening of performance in all its elastic forms inspired by Dada and the Cabaret Voltaire, with over 10 acts all for your entertainment.
27 March – 28 February 2016 | GoMA
Ripples on the Pond
An exhibition designed as a conversation between works by women on paper & moving image.
28 March – 11 April | CCA Intermedia Gallery
Ross Hamilton Frew: Locus of Points
Ross Hamilton Frew presents drawings & compositions produced on a handmade paper stock developed at Northumbria University.
31 March | MAKlab
Have a Go with Arduino
With this workshop you will make your first tentative steps into the world of sketching with hardware & programming.
8 April – 17 May | The Arches
BEHAVIOUR Festival
Annual festival of essential live performance, now in its sixth year with an exciting roster of performers.
17 – 25 April | Mitchell Library
Aye Write! Book Festival
The 10th anniversary of Aye Write! features special one-off events, meet the authors & more showcasing the best in national, international & local writing.
18 – 30 April | Reid Gallery
Catherine Street: Muscle Theory
Catherine Street showcases her most ambitious AV project to date.
25 April | MAKlab
Learn to Acid Etch on Glass
Come & create your very own designs to etch into a set of glassware!
29 May | The Lighthouse
Lighthouse Late
All 5 floors of The Lighthouse transform again into a late night social space, to celebrate & combine the best of design with great live music & workshops.
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, for anyone wishing to develop their artistic abilities.
ongoing | The Hidden Lane Gallery
Margaret Watkins: The Kitchen Sink (And other classics)
A major retrospective selection of some of the classic images which established Margaret Watkins as one of the most innovative artists of the 1910s & ’20s.
/// HELMSDALE
until 7 March | Timespan
TRUE NORTH Recording the Past, Present and Future
Timespan will host a multidisciplinary conference discussing best practice and new models of how to document in a remote, northern context.
until 5 April | Timespan
Northern Exchange | Roxane Permar & Susan Timmins
An investigation into the legacy of the Cold War as it exists both physically in the landscape & in memory.
/// HUNTLY
24 – 26 April | Outdoors
Slow Marathon
Running along the former railway route from Portsoy to Huntly; the 26 mile route was created by artist Stuart McAdam through his Lines Lost project.
/// LIVINGSTON
21 – 22 March | Howden Park Centre
Critical Response Process Masterclass
Scotland’s only annual training event for professionals who use drama and theatre in their work with young people.
/// SCOTLAND
until 21 April | Various venues
DigiCult Cinema Tour for Scottish Shorts
Tour of award winning shorts from DigiCult, Scotland’s internationally renowned new talent film studio, working in partnership with Hopscotch Films.
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/// ENGLAND
until 31 May | Various Churches in England
A Light Shines in the Darkness
See a touring exhibition in which six artists’ films will travel to churches and cathedrals around the country.
/// BIRMINGHAM
19 – 29 March | Various venues
Flatpack Film Festival
Live silents, industry events, Paper Cinema, VHS seance, Roy Andersson films, freeform radio station WFMU, the joy of slime moulds & more.
/// CAMBRIDGE
until 28 March | New Hall Art Collection
Rowena Comrie: The Liberty of the Individual
Rowena Comrie has worked to bring into her art new thoughts & feelings seeking after a personal freedom in the aesthetic experience.
/// CARDIFF
24 March – 4 April | Sho Gallery
NSFW
An exhibition of new work by Spike Dennis featuring interactive hand embroidered objects & short films with Spike’s glove puppets.
17 – 23 April | Sho Gallery
I Just Stepped Through A Rainbow
Artist Barrie J Davies presents his latest pieces of fun, new, exciting, pop, gone wrong, surrealist paintings.
/// ITALY
until 7 March | Galleria Moitre
Not a position, but a proposition
For this exhibition Italian artist & activist Lavinia Raccanello sewed more than 200 black flags, each representing one of the sovereign states in the world.
/// LIVERPOOL
15 – 31 May | Various venues
LOOK/15 Festival
LOOK/15 is Liverpool’s premier Photographic Festival.
/// LONDON
until 13 March | Unit Gallery
Or Type Exhibition
Or Type will exhibit a selection of work in Unit Editions’ new gallery space.
until 21 March | dalla Rosa Gallery
Catrin Morgan: Relay
Catrin Morgan’s second solo exhibition at dalla Rosa.
until 27 March | 14 Taviton Street
Practical Documentary Filmmaking
Learn how to shoot, edit & structure your shots to to complete a 15-minute video project.
8 – 10 May | Location tba
Spin London
Discover the ultimate urban cycle show.
/// MANCHESTER
until 15 March | Cornerhouse
Playtime
A group show featuring international artists, musicians & filmmakers to celebrate the life of the Cornerhouse before its move to its new First Street location.
17 March | MadLab
Bid Writing with Laura H. Drane
Every stage of the bid-writing process from identifying funds to delivering a winning bid will be covered as well as practical dos and don’ts.
/// NOTTINGHAM
until 6 June | Reactor
Reactor Halls 2015
Live performance, film & music events curated by Reactor & featuring Dirty Electronics, Benedict Drew, Rammel Club, Jenny Moore & Graham Dunning.
/// PLYMOUTH
until 17 April | Radiant Space
Unnatural Pleasures
Liz West will show a new light installation as part of this group exhibition with artists Alana Tyson, David Sargeant, Johanna Schmeer & Yvette Hawkins.
/// RUTHIN
8 March | Ruthin Craft Centre
Craft and Concept
Roz Hawksley, Tabitha Moses & Alana Tyson consider their use of textiles; a panel discussion led by curator, artist & writer Melanie Miller.
/// WALSALL
until 19 April | The New Art Gallery Walsall
Sikander Pervez
Sikander Pervez has created brand new sculptures for his first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom.
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