Touching images that document the everyday life of people living with dementia have been unveiled as part of a creative project between Edinburgh Napier University and an Edinburgh care charity. Continue reading Moving images reflect life with dementia
Edinburgh College Events Management students are holding an exhibition focusing on the paranormal history of Edinburgh . tomorrow. The free exhibition – ‘The E Files’ – will tell spooky stories about the city’s supernatural and terror-filled past. Continue reading Ghosts of Christmas Past: Spooky goings-on at Edinburgh College
Saturday 2 December 10.30am – 4.0pm
Norton Park Conference Centre
Disability History Scotland has been involved in some ground-breaking research into the “Forgotten Peoples March”, organised by the National League of the Blind. In 1920 marchers set off from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley to meet up with other demonstrators from across the U.K. for a huge rally in Trafalgar Square. The marchers were blind men from sheltered workshops and trade union councils. They wanted pensions and workers’ rights; “Justice not charity” was their motto.
Until recently, little information has been known about the Scottish contingent of marchers. Who were these people? What was their story and what was it they thought walking all the way to London would achieve? Disability History Scotland, in partnership with the University of Birmingham, has been searching for the identities of these long-lost pioneers for disability rights and the human stories of those who took part in the first long distance march. As part of Disability History Month 2017 we invite you to come and meet some of those who made history, and those who have rediscovered it from archives and records.
The day will also include workshops on research and history, refreshments and lunch, plus lots of time to network and chat with other attendees.
On display will be a large selection of art work and graphic design produced by Disability History Scotland and its partners, and to round the day off a special performance of “Unwritten” the show which received many plaudits and gold star reviews at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/edinburgh-festivals/theatre-review-bella-freak-unwritten-1-4525401.
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here:
The organisers will endeavour to meet all access and dietary requirements. It is the responsibility of those who have specific needs to let us know in advance of the event.
– Hidden Gems opens at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre on Saturday 7 October
Showcasing 50 artworks from the City Art Centre’s collection that have rarely – and in some cases never – been seen before by the public, an exhibition opening at the City Art Centre this weekend (Saturday 7 October) will shine a spotlight on Edinburgh’s lesser-known treasures. Continue reading City Art Centre reveals Hidden Gems in new exhibition
AN exhibition charting the life and legacy of influential 16th century mathematician John Napier opens at Edinburgh’s Central Library tomorrow (Monday 2 October).
Napier – eighth Laird of Merchiston, who lived from 1550 to 1617 – had deep interests in astronomy and religion but is best known as the inventor of logarithms, which decoded previously unexplored complexities within mathematics. He also invented a series of calculating devices, including ‘Napier’s Bones’, and made common the use of the decimal point.
The Beyond Logarithms & Bones free exhibition, one of a series of events marking the 400th anniversary of Napier’s passing, will include replica Bones as well as Napier memorabilia.
On display will be a rare Promptuary calculating machine, an extension of Napier’s Bones constructed according to Napier’s instructions, which was donated by New Zealand’s Auckland University, and a cap and feathers worn at the Clan Napier parade at this year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
The exhibition storyboards and glass cabinet display focus on four specific themes concerning John Napier’s life and legacy – Genesis, Transition, Creativity and Legacy.
The exhibition runs at the Central Library from October 2-16, and Edinburgh’s Eric Liddell Centre from October 19-31.
John Napier 400 was marked earlier this year by a memorial service featuring a new poem about Napier written by Edinburgh novelist Alexander McCall Smith, entitled A Cosmos of Numbers.
The anniversary of Napier’s passing was also commemorated with a public lecture at Edinburgh Napier University this month in which physicist and author Professor Jim Al-Khalili examined scientific advances which will shape the 21st century.
John Napier’s Merchiston Tower family home now lies at the heart of Edinburgh Napier’s Merchiston campus, home to the Schools of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, and Arts and Creative Industries.
Lennon-Art Gallery, Henderson Row
August 4 – 28
A new National Records of Scotland exhibition will provide an insight into the fascinating lives of four of Scotland’s most renowned historical figures over the next month. Continue reading ‘There’s been a murder’: Famous Scots from the Past exhibition
THE HOARDINGS PROJECT EXHIBITION
Wednesday 28 June 3.30 – 5.30pm
North Edinburgh Arts
Voices of Edinburgh exhibition: Edinburgh’s Equality and Rights Network showcases real voices of the city
Edinburgh’s Equality and Rights’ Network (EaRN) has launched Voices of Edinbugh, an exhibition designed to promote dialogue about equality and rights issues in the city. The exhibition opened on Friday and will run until 2 July in Gallery 3 of Edinburgh Palette. Continue reading What does equality mean to you?
Fresh from the latest exhibition of his work at North Edinburgh Arts, local artist Brian Sinclair’s paiintings are now on display at Blackhall Library and can be seen until 29 April. Continue reading Brian Sinclair’s paintings on show at Blackhall Library
