SCAN E-News, 26th May 2022

 

Set sail down the Union Canal for this summer’s Edinburgh Art Festival, which celebrates the 200th anniversary of the canal, whose waves inspired the development of fibre-optic technology. SCAN Members are hosting exciting shows and events across the summer, all responding to the theme of “wave of translation”. 

Ashanti Harris will explore West Indian carnival culture at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, while at Edinburgh Printmakers Tessa Lynch will present works of "expanded print.” The first major British survey of work by Celine Condorelli, at the cusp of art and architecture, will be hosted by Talbot Rice Gallery, and Collective Edinburgh will show archival and animation-based work by Ruth Ewan, casting a new and critical eye on the life of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 

At Sierra Metro, Studio Lenca will confront the complex cultural history of El Salvador, while Stills will show the first solo exhibition in Scotland of works by Ishiuchi Miyako. Botanics host Cooking Sections and Sakiya, who look at the history of land struggles in Scotland and Palestine, with surveys of work by Daniel Silver at Fruitmarket and Lorna Robertson at Ingleby. While the festival launches on July 28, many shows are open earlier in the season. The summer of art kicks off this Saturday, 28^th May, with the opening of Jupiter Artland’s Tracey Emin show! 

Associate artist and SCAN Curatorial Studio alumna Emmie McLuskey will lead a programme of artists responding to the Union Canal's site, including Hannan Jones, Janice Parker, Amanda Thomson and Maeve Redmond. 

SCAN Member Picks
 
Here’s some highlights from the SCAN member community:
 
From 2-5 June, 96 artists, designers and makers across the Dumfries and Galloway region will be opening their studio doors for Spring Fling 2022. No win it’s 20^th year, organisers Upland present a packed programme of events, exhibitions and tours to accompany the open studios.
 
Save the date! Patricia Fleming Gallery announce that the Art Car Boot Sale is back on the 25 – 26 June at SWG3 Glasgow. This weekend will be a great opportunity to discover and purchase works from a host of contemporary artists. Tickets on sale here.
 
Looking for a new challenge? Fife Contemporary are advertising two posts within their team. The Programme Manager post will deliver their unique programme of exhibitions, artist residencies, and off-site projects, as well as education and outreach opportunities with new audiences. The Digital Design Officer role will deal with social media, website, print and connecting the Fife Contemporary programme to new audiences. Deadlines 6 and 14 June. Find out more here.
 
Its degree show time, and you can enjoy exciting new works by graduates from the following schools on these dates: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, 21 – 29 May, Glasgow School of Art, 1-12 June, Edinburgh College of Art, 4-12 June and Gray’s School of Art, 11-18 June.
 
Requiem is a new exhibition by artist Katie Paterson at Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh that tells the story of the birth and life of our planet in a single object – an object that uses dust gathered from material dating from pre-solar times to those of the present. The dust has been obtained through collaboration with institutions and collections worldwide, and collectively, the vials map the story of the earth from before its existence to the present day, offering a lament for the planet, a warning, a requiem on the theme of extinction. Open until 11 June.