CAPetc is very excited to launch the first OPEN CALL for the brand-new publication CAPture! Featuring lots of art shenanigans from new and established contemporary artists and art writers from @edinburghcollege and beyond. For our very first issue we are delighted to invite artists, who identify as disabled, to submit 2D visual artwork in any medium and of any theme.
Submissions should be made to: CAPture.artetc@gmail.com by 12 noon on Wednesday 24th Sept.
Applications are invited for the 2025-26 academic session.
Closing Date: 5pm Monday 16th June 2025 (Successful Applicants will be notified week beginning the 23rd June)
The Artist in Residence programme (AIRetc…) at Edinburgh College is an innovative scheme which provides recently graduated / professional artists who has previously studied at Edinburgh College with the opportunity to develop their creative practice in a dedicated studio space and gain knowledge, skills and experience in Art education.
Now in our 15th successful year AIRetc… are currently looking for 2 artists to participate in the 2025-26 academic session.
Please download the information and application form below.
What’s at Stake represents the culmination of two years’ work by emerging artists graduating from the HND Contemporary Art Practice Course at Edinburgh College. The exhibition showcases a dynamic range of contemporary practices reflecting the artists’ rigorous investigation of material and conceptual concerns.
Working across painting, sculpture, performance and digital media, the artists have developed distinctive voices through independent practice and collaborative exchange. The resulting body of work reveals a shared commitment to expanding the boundaries of contemporary art practice while maintaining thoughtful engagement with its traditions.
These graduates demonstrate significant artistic development with most progressing to advanced study at prestigious undergraduate and post graduate programmes across the UK, while others will develop their practice independently. Their trajectory speaks to both their individual talents and the programme’s success in cultivating critically engaged practitioners.
What’s at Stake is an exhibition that offers audiences an opportunity to encounter a new generation of artistic voices at a pivotal moment in their professional development. The works on view represent both an achievement and a promise—of continuing innovation and meaningful contribution to the cultural landscape.
Accessibility Information:
Venue Access:
Single step access at the front of the venue will have a temporary ramp at the opening event and upon request during general opening times
Internally the rear of the venue is accessible via 2 steps which will have a temporary ramp for wheelchair users during the opening event and upon request during general opening times.
Toilet Facilities:
There are no public toilet facilities in the venue.
Parking: A mix of paid and free on street parking are availble in the surrounding area:
Public Transport:
7, 14, 21 busses stop on Ferry Road withing 20m of the venue
10 bus stops on Great Junction Street approx 200m from Venue
11 bus stop on Newhaven Road approx 200m from the venue
Applications are invited for the 2024-25 academic session.
Closing Date: 9am Wednesday 25th June 2024 (Successful Applicants will be notified week beginning the 12th August)
The Artist in Residence programme (AIRetc…) at Edinburgh College is an innovative scheme which provides recently graduated / professional artists who has previously studied at Edinburgh College with the opportunity to develop their creative practice in a dedicated studio space and gain knowledge, skills and experience in Art education.
Now in our 14th successful year AIRetc… are currently looking for 2 artists to participate in the 2024-25 academic programme.
Please download the information and application form below.
The Art Newspaper reported yesterday:
The Belgian artist Luc Tuymans was found guilty of copyright infringement in a legal dispute over a portrait he created in 2011. A civil court in Antwerp ruled on 15 January that Tuymans’s painting A Belgian Politician—a dramatically cropped image of the MP Jean-Marie Dedecker—borrowed too heavily from a photograph taken one year earlier by Katrijn Van Giel, a photojournalist for the Flemish newspaper De Standaard……
Read the full article here: http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tuymans-found-guilty-in-copyright-case-involving-political-portrait/36825
Commentary from todays Guardian by Adrian Searle: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/21/luc-tuysmans-katrijn-van-giel-dedecker-legal-case
Hungarian Artist Converts Folk Embroidery Patterns into Paper Scores for Music Boxes
More here: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/01/soundweaving/
Is this the end of the British art school?
Last week BBC Radio 4 aired the programme Art School, Smart School which featured contributions from Brian Eno, Tracy Emin and Grayson Perry as they lament the creative freedom afforded by the British post war art school experience and share fears about the increasing commodification and the increasing need to legitimate study y demonstrating market relevance. You can listen to the programme by clicking the link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pr1w2
Art School, Smart School, was produced by Isabel Sutton, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 22nd November at 8pm
As well as producing the programme Isobel Sutton has also written the following article for the New Statesman first published on the 20th Nov 2014.
When the Great Exhibition opened its doors in 1851, Britain’s reputation as the workshop of the world was on the wane. Few visitors would have known it at the time, but the exhibition signified the high watermark of British manufacturing. French design and Prussian engineering were already edging ahead. In 2012, London hosted another event designed to present Britain to the world – one which referenced the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution by featuring towering smoke stacks and beating drums.
Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony represented British history as a creative blossoming that started in the nineteenth century but seemed to reach its zenith in the twentieth century when fashion, film and pop music boomed. And yet it seems to me that Boyle’s Olympic opener – just like the Great Exhibition – was telling a story about Britain that had already ceased to be true. The circumstances which made it possible for artists to thrive in Britain during the twentieth century are rapidly disappearing. And perhaps one of the most essential changes is in our art schools.
Name any one of the UK’s most famous designers or musicians, never mind artists, and they are likely to have set foot in an art school at one time or other: David Bowie, Pete Townsend, Brian Eno, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano. I could go on and on. Economist Hasan Bakhshi of innovation charity Nesta says that he is frequently asked about how we run our art schools by educationalists abroad. Art schools are perceived by many as the key to our creative success.
Yet art schools have changed dramatically over the last 20–30 years, causing many to question whether they will, in the future, cultivate the innovators we so badly need. Art schools used to be havens for students who, for whatever reason, had not found their niche in the traditional academic system. Now prospective art students very often have to prove their academic credentials to compete for a place at the most prestigious colleges. Once on the course, art students have to submit an increasing volume of written work, arguably a distraction from practical skills and craft.
Tuition fees have made higher education in Britain more expensive than anywhere else in Europe, and art schools are no exception. This means that the social and economic mix is disappearing (students from poorer backgrounds being less inclined to take out a loan for a non-vocational subject such as fine art). What’s more, art schools are going out of their way to attract foreign students for the extra income they bring. Unsurprisingly, there is deep concern among many artists and teachers that the age of the art school is – to quote Sir Christopher Frayling – “over”.
Frayling was, until 2009, dean of one of Britain’s most venerable art schools, the Royal College (RCA). But as I walked its corridors with him recently, he admitted that even this renowned institution has suffered from the same damaging developments as art schools around the country: workshops for ceramics, printing, and metalwork have been replaced by computer rooms, digital expertise is prioritised before craft; student numbers are rocketing and teaching hours are sinking.
Read the full article on the New Statement website:
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/11/end-british-art-school
The AIRetc…. Contemporary Art Team are delighted to welcome our new Artist In Residence, Julie Duffy. Julie, who graduated from the HND at at the former Telford College in 2008 went on to gain a 1st class BA Hons Degree in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), is our eighth resident in the AIR studio.
Since graduating from DJCAD in 2011 Julie has developed new work and has exhibited regularly throughout Edinburgh including solo exhibitions at Summerhall and group shows at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. As well as developing her solo practice in sculpture Julie has more recently been developing collaborative practices with Hayley Mathers who as well as being a former AIRetc…. is also a graduate from DJCAD.
Julie is also an active member and former studio holder at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop where she has developed a curatorial role as a member of the 2 person TANK committee which is responsible for the programming of the TANK project and exhibition space at ESW.
Julie has already made a fantastic contribution to the HND CAP course by getting involved with studio / project crits and we are all really looking forward to the working closely with her over the next few months.
Julie will be blogging throughout her time as AIR and as always you can follow her progress on the AIRetc website. In the meantime you can find pout more about Julie and her practice by visiting her website:
http://julieduffy.wordpress.com/
http://airetc.wordpress.com/
The Art Team at Edinburgh College Granton are delighted to announce our call for applications for our 2014-15 Artist in Residence (AIRetc) programme.
We are looking for 2 visual artists to contribute to one of the countries most successful and dynamic Art Department.
Now in its 4th year the Artist in Residence programme (AIRetc…) is an innovative scheme which provides recently graduated / professional artist who have previously studied one of our Art courses at Edinburgh College Granton (formerly Edinburgh’s Telford College) with the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills and experience in Art education while developing their creative practice in a dedicated studio space.
If you would like to be considered for the residencies please download the information below and the application form.
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PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE LOOKING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING PERIODS:
SEPT 2014 – JANUARY 2015 AND FEBRUARY 2015 – JUNE 2015 INCLUSIVE
PLEASE NOTE: THE APPLICATION DEADLINE OF 26TH JUNE 2014 IS FOR BOTH RESIDENCY PERIODS
It has been a busy few days with CAP2 assessment in the studio and out! Here are some snippets of the work. Look out for announcement of the diploma show at ESW where you can see many of these works in full.
Art gives voice to the voiceless:
A wonderfully simple and articulate case for Art education in schools & colleges by Bob & Roberta Smith.
Annuale 2014 / 20 June – 6 July
Annuale 2014 / 20 June – 6 July
open call submit by 4 May to participate in annuale 2014.
Annuale is an annual festival of independent and grassroots activity co-ordinated by Embassy in Edinburgh.
Embassy provides a promotional platform for events that take place as part of annuale. We also offer what help we can to make it possible for your project to take place, although we cannot provide financial support for projects.
Past annuale events have included exhibitions, one night events, screenings, workshops and trips out of the city,
Please get in touch at annuale@embassygallery.org if you have any queries or would like more information.
Annuale welcome proposals from artists based out of town as well as local groups
Taking inspiration from the work of Henri Matisse the exhibition over 3 days at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop marked the culmination of the highly successful residency at Edinburgh College Granton for ex student Hayley Mathers.
During the residency, Hayley has researched a range of artists from some of the most influential periods in art history. By repeating their actions and replicating their work, she has gained an understanding of their vision and shared their working methods with the creative industry students. The Edinburgh-based artist, who studied HND Public Art at Edinburgh College, also explored how classical artists continue to inspire illustrators, designers and artists today.
“During my residency at Edinburgh College, I have become really interested in the methods and techniques of learning as an artist. I chose Matisse because I love his use of colour and pattern, particularly in his cut-outs. He cut out shapes from coloured paper and pinned them onto paper until he was happy with his composition. I wanted to step into his shoes to an extent and attempt to understand what it would have been like to approach image-making like this.”
Hayley added:
“The artists in residence programme at Edinburgh College has allowed me to immerse myself in my practice and has been an excellent opportunity to work with both the students and the tutors. I feel privileged to be involved in the students’ creative process and I’m really looking forward to seeing what they do in the future.”
The images below are from the exhibition opening:
Catch up with our Artist In Residence Hayley Mather on the AIRetc… Blog
Local is an exhibition by HND Contemporary Art Practice (CAP) students from the Granton Campus of the Edinburgh College. The artworks that can be seen in the exhibition at North Edinburgh Arts until February the 23rd are the culmination of a project which was instigated in September 2012 by ourselves, Alan Holligan & Jennie Temple, course lecturers on HND CAP, with priceless support from Lynn McCabe and the North Edinburgh Social History Group.
The Contemporary Art Practice course has been running very successfully since 2007. The course provides a range of excellent opportunities for students to develop a broad understanding of artistic practice. Alan and I had for some time been discussing how to develop a strong working connection between the CAP Course, the local community and surrounding areas of North Edinburgh. Beyond the college location, and the students who came to us who lived locally, we recognised that although we were part of a Community College (then Edinburgh’s Telford College: a stalwart of North Edinburgh for many years) we felt professional connection to our immediate surroundings could be stronger. We acknowledged that we bussed in and out of work every day, passing through the community in which our workplace was rooted, and also acknowledged that this was something we did not feel entirely comfortable about. As a result we started to discuss the possibility of a project for our HND 2nd year students that we hoped would, at the very least, begin a dialogue with some our neighbours.
We initially approached a couple of local groups to see if they would be interested in meeting with us, and subsequently our students. We couldn’t have anticipated the warmth with which we were greeted and quite quickly we were able to establish links and visits with (the amazing) North Edinburgh Social History Group and North Edinburgh Arts (with whom we already had some links). These visits were incredibly informative and allowed us to immediately understand the local area more fully, and in a way that we had never before: An area steeped in history; an area that had once been rich farmland; an area that had been home to a post-war camp; an area that the Duke of Buccleuch had happily called home, and much, much more. The students were instantly engaged and brought a range of rich contributions to the discussions: amongst the group of 11 students the majority was similar to us; they did not know the area very well. However, there is one current student (and we have had several prior) who grew up in the area and who has been able to give a very subjective insight into his relationship with North Edinburgh, alongside a few other students with friends and relatives in the area.
After these initial meetings and an amazing guided mini-bus tour of the area, generously facilitated by members of the Social History Group, we set the students the project. They were to spend two weeks responding to the local area and draw on the information that they had received from the experts. We would then present the resulting artworks to the Social History Group at the College.
At this point, we were all very excited, but could not have anticipated just how successful and stimulating the project would be. The students worked exceptionally hard from the moment the project started and responded in meaningful, thoughtful and sensitive ways. In retrospect, we realised that the students’ sense of responsibility to the Social History Group and the residents of North Edinburgh meant that they approached the project with a strong sense of integrity and a determination to make artworks that did not patronise or misrepresent the (sometimes sensitive and personal) issues that had been discussed within the meetings. The provision of a very unambiguous context for the artwork allowed the students to work in a way that was fundamentally different to normal project work: they had an audience that they did not know very well, and they were making work which they would themselves present to their audience.
As the initial stage of the project drew to a conclusion, we arranged a date for some members of the Social History Group to come and lunch with us and to view the works. The students were understandably nervous and worried: What if they didn’t like what we had done? Quickly it became clear that there was no need for nerves and all of the artworks were exceptionally well received and prompted lively, important and some emotional discussion amongst everyone present. The success and positive reception of the artworks went far, far beyond our expectations and we all knew immediately that we had to take the project to its next logical step: to exhibit the works, beyond the walls of the college and within the local community. And that is where we are now. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity for the staff and students to continue to engage with our local area and we are privileged to be taking part in what we hope to be the first stage of a long and prosperous collaboration between the students and staff of the HND Contemporary Art Practice course and the local residents and communities of North Edinburgh.
Jennie Temple.
The exhibition will run until the 23rd of February at North Edinburgh Arts, Tuesday-Friday 10am-8pm Sat 10am – 1pm, with a day of discussion and art-workshops to take place on Wednesday the 20th February from 10am until 3pm. Places are free but limited and booking is essential. Please book a place by emailing admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk or call 0131 315 2515
Recruitment is currently taking place for HND Contemporary Art Practice Course at the Edinburgh College, Granton Campus. If you are interested please visit the College website for further information and online application.
The ContemporarayARTetc.com team are delighted to welcome the new AIRetc… Gregor Morrison who moved into the studio today. Gregor will be in residence until the end of January 2013. You can follow what he gets up to at www.AIRetc.wordpress.com and at his own site by clicking HERE
There is a tinge of sadness however as today was also our last chance to wish outgoing AIRetc… Natalie Wilson all the best of wishes as her wonderful show at the Bill Scott Sculpture Centre at ESW came to an end.
Hopefully Natalie will post up some images of the show before she signs off for the last time! Make sure you visit her website to keep up with what she’s up to!
Edinburgh’s Telford College is looking for 2 individuals to contribute to one of the most successful and dynamic Creative Industries Depts in UK Further Education Sector.
The Art & Design Team are delighted to announce a call for applications for our 2012-13 Artist in Residence (AIRetc) programme.
Now in its 2nd year the highly successful Artist in Residence programme at Edinburgh’s Telford College (AIRetc…) is an innovative scheme which provides recently graduated / professional artist and designers who have previously studied at Edinburgh’s Telford College with the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills and experience in Art & Design education while developing their creative practice in a dedicated studio space.
For more details and an application form please click on the links below:
For more details and an application form please visit: www.airetc.wordpress.com
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING PERIODS:
SEPT 2012 – JANUARY 2013 AND FEBRUARY 2013 – JUNE 2013 INCLUSIVE
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE OF 26TH JUNE 2012 IS APPLICABLE FOR BOTH RESIDENCY PERIODS
Five years ago this month localhost:10076/ was launched! The initial intention of our blog was to draw attention to the new Contemporary Art Practice course which would be launched in the autumn of 2007.
During that time we have made 217 posts and had over 20o,000 hits. Regular readers will have enjoyed a number of innovative developments over the years including Art e-Facts, Art e-Maps, Student Gallery, Staff and Alumni pages to name just a few.
To mark this milestone in our digital journey together localhost:10076/ is being 'occupied' by course participants both past and present.
The first of our occupiers are Claire Briegel and Kirsty Leonard currently in their 1st year of the course. Claire and Kirsty recently interviewed former HND student and current guest lecturer Benjamin Fallon after his lecture/presentation of Artists moving image work. The interview will be published very soon and followed by content exclusively written, developed or commissioned by Claire and Kirsty.
In the meantime, thank you to all our readers and contributors of the last 5 years!
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