Travelling
Gallery returns to Edinburgh with its 30th Birthday Exhibition
Scotland's mobile art gallery celebrates its 30th birthday this
year with a new exhibition that explores our relationship with the sea and coastline.
The gallery will be arriving back in Edinburgh on 1st December, at the end of a 15 week long tour throughout Scotland,
during which over 8000 people have seen the exhibition.
Visitors in Edinburgh will be able to climb
aboard the bus to see ‘On Edge', the gallery's latest exhibition, which features exhibits
by a varied group of seven contemporary artists whose
artwork explores issues relating to the sea, and includes stunning
photographs by Thomas Joshua Cooper, and a distinctive sound based work by
Dalziel and Scullion, as well as sculpture, photography and video based works
by four other artists. Visitors have said about the exhibition:
" Exquisite work" (visitor from Birnam,
Perthshire)
" More fun than any gallery I have ever
seen" (pupil, Eyemouth Primary School)
" Quite thought provoking....enjoyed
everything" (visitor, Tobermory High School)
The gallery will be open to the public on Friday
5th December for a final chance to see the exhibition, and will
spend the rest of the week visiting schools. Admission to the gallery is free.
See itinerary below (venues in bold are open to the public):
Monday 1st December - Liberton High
School
Tuesday 2nd December - Tynecastle High
School
Wednesday 3rd December - Gorgie
Mills School
Thursday 4th December AM - City Art Centre (for visits from Royal Mile Primary)
Thursday 4th December PM - Holy Rood High School
Friday 5th December AM - Currie High School
Friday 5th December PM - City Art Centre 2.30pm - 5pm
As part of the Travelling Gallery education
programme, pupils at Liberton High School will have the chance to create their own artwork inspired by the
exhibition during an artist-led workshop.
Contact:
Vicky Konieczny
Travelling Gallery Assistant
T 0131 529 3930
F 0131 529 3977
1. The artists exhibiting in ‘On Edge' are:
TS Beall, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion, Celine
Duval, Michael Mersinis and Charlotte Watters.
2. The Travelling Gallery service was
introduced in 1978 by the Scottish Arts Council. In 1997 its operation was
switched to the City of Edinburgh
Council, which continues to
operate a national service. The new gallery vehicle was introduced in April
2007.
3. The Travelling Gallery will receive
£141,400 from the Scottish Arts Council towards the cost of foundation funding
for 2008/09. This will support the unique self-contained mobile art gallery
which takes a programme of high quality engaging exhibitions to communities
throughout Scotland. The City of Edinburgh
Council support the running of
the service in kind. Other income is generated through hire fees from other
local authorities who book the Travelling Gallery to tour their areas.
4. The Travelling Gallery Education
Programme aims to expand on ideas and skills highlighted in the Travelling
Gallery exhibition and includes education packs, reference materials,
worksheets, ideas for pre-visit and follow-up work, as well as artist-led
workshops.
5. The Travelling Gallery will visit the
following areas with the ‘On Edge' exhibition:
23 August - Penicuik
Arts Festival
25 - 29 August - East Lothian
1 - 12 September - Argyll & Bute
15 - 26 September - Angus
29 September - 3 October - Scottish Borders
7 - 11 October - West Lothian
14 - 18 October - Perth & Kinross
21 - 25 October - Renfrewshire
27 - 31 October - East Ayrshire
3 - 7 November - Dumfries & Galloway
10 - 14 November - Moray
17 - 28 November - Aberdeenshire
1 - 5 December - Edinburgh
Please email [email protected] or call 0131 529 3930.
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