The Learning Through Exhibitions series helps schools and community groups to explore exhibitions before, during and after a visit to The Fruitmarket Gallery. They can also be used for arts activities at any time alongside our other resources documenting the exhibition. The series suggests ways to think with and through art and be inspired to make it. Creative Challenges are open-ended and adaptable to any age group.
Friday 6 March is the date for final entries for the John Byrne national drawing competition to arrive at Education Scotland offices in either Dundee or Glasgow. We have had an excellent response from schools so far but there are still four days to go until the competition ends!
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/eslb/2015/03/02/john-byrne-drawing-competition-update/
National Portrait Gallery
Friday 27 February 1pm – 4pm
Target audience: teachers of all ages and stages welcome
Be inspired by the BP Portrait Award 2014 exhibition. Led by practising artists, Fraser Gray & BP Portrait Award winner Gareth Reid, this session includes a guided tour of the exhibition and a practical drawing session. Analyse artists’ processes, discuss the exhibition, ideas for the classroom and experiment with media and techniques, drawing from a life model. All materials provided.
Venue: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 1JD
To book please contact education@nationalgalleries.org 0131 624 6547
National Galleries of Scotland
Tuesday 24 Feb 4.30pm – 6pm OR Saturday 7 March 11am – 12.30pm
Target audience: teachers and artist educators of all subjects and stages welcome
What do we really mean by ‘creativity’? How can we encourage learners to develop their creativity skills, through different subject areas across the curriculum?
Delivered in partnership by Arts & Creative Learning, City of Edinburgh Council and the National Galleries of Scotland.
Venue: Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL
To book contact education@nationalgalleries.org 0131 624 6547
This year there are even more reasons to enter with 85 ways to win!
With fun, inspiring themes for nursery, lower and upper primary, secondary and special education schools we hope you enjoy looking at, talking about and finally making your own art. You can download each of the categories separately. All winning artworks will be framed and exhibited at the Scottish National Gallery with a selection featured in a colourful calendar posted to every school in Scotland.
Full details can be found at www.nationalgalleries.org/schoolartcompetition
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland’s capital city.
Every year thousands of performers take to a multitude of stages all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. The festival includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, music, cabaret, exhibitions and events, as well as a huge range of fun shows for children, from magic and comedy to interactive theatre and storytelling.
Our annual Schools Poster Competition is the perfect opportunity for schools to get involved with the Fringe, and for budding young artists and designers to be part of the festival. Each year, we ask school children from across Scotland to design a poster that captures their interpretation of the Fringe, and the winning design becomes the official poster for that year’s festival, as well as being featured on a range of merchandise and in an exhibition alongside other shortlisted entries.
Deadline for entries this year is 6th March 2015 at 5pm
For more information or to download an entry pack, please visit www.edfringe.com/poster.
The Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2015 was launched at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh today on 29 October, marking the start of a renewed four-year partnership between Tesco Bank and the National Galleries of Scotland. Every year thousands of children participate in the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools, taking their inspiration from works in the Galleries’ collections.
This year there are even more reasons to enter with 85 fantastic ways to win!
•53 great prizes of art materials for winners with their work displayed at the Scottish National Gallery
•£100 vouchers for art materials to 20 schools as a thank you for entering
•Free artist-led workshops with help towards transport costs included for 12 lucky schools
With fun, inspiring themes for nursery, lower and upper primary, secondary and special education schools we hope you enjoy looking at, talking about and finally making your own art. You can download each of the categories separately. All winning artworks will be framed and exhibited at the Scottish National Gallery with a selection featured in a colourful calendar posted to every school in Scotland. The Closing date is Friday 1 May 2015.
6-7 pm, 28 October 2014, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
With design at our finger tips, and more affordable than ever, it is an inescapable element of our lives. In a world of Instagram, 3-D printing and driver-less cars, design is at the core of everything we do.
Alice Rawsthorn OBE, the internationally renowned design commentator and author of the critically acclaimed book, Hello World: Where Design Meets Life, is set to visit Dundee on 28 October for an exclusive talk exploring design’s impact on our lives. This is the third in a series of joint events hosted by V&A Dundee and Design in Action – the Arts & Humanities Research Council knowledge exchange hub based at the University of Dundee. The series of free events aims to enhance the reputation, status and understanding of contemporary design in Scotland and underline its potential for economic growth.
Tickets to this event are free but booking is strongly advised online through the following link: http://bit.ly/helloworlddundee
13th – 17th October 2014
Led by artist Audrey Grant
This course is for 16+ year olds preparing folios for entry to art college. The GENERATION exhibition will be used as a starting point for exploring ideas, materials and processes.
Each day takes a different theme: Enquiry and Visual Research, Idea Development, Material and Technical Exploration, Life Drawing and Creation of a resolved piece of work, finishing with an informal group critique on Friday.
Cost: £50 per student (all materials will be provided) Lunch not provided. If cost is a barrier to participation, please contact us.
Venue: Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL (Clore Education Studio)
Times: 10am – 4pm Monday – Thursday & 10am – 12.30pm Friday
PLACES NOW AVAILABLE
To reserve your place, or for further enquiries please contact Sarah Mackinnon, Education Bookings Coordinator on 0131 624 6410 or email education@nationalgalleries.org
Stills’ is a vibrant platform for creativity that provide the best photographic darkrooms and digital production facilities in Scotland. Stills Young Photographers Club are offering young people age 15-17 and exciting opportunity to develop their own photographic projects using Still’s facilities whilst being supported by two photographer artists.
This is a ten week course running weekly from Friday 12th September – Friday 21 November from 2pm – 4pm concluding with an exhibition in Stills’ showcasing the photographs produced by the young photographers.
Click here for the PDF: StillsYoung Persons Camera Club
The course costs just £90 and includes all equipment and materials. The course is open to anyone with an interest in photography and can be booked online, over the phone or in person.
0131 622 6200
Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
If you have any questions regarding this exciting opportunity please contact Claire Cochrane at engagement@stills.org
