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Spring Art Walk & Gallery Visit
Friday 27 March, 1.15pm
FREE, For all ages

Walk from North Edinburgh Arts (NEA) to the Gallery of Modern Art

Leaving from NEA at 1.15pm

Please arrive 10 minutes before
If you’re coming from the High School, we’ll meet you on Pennywell Road at 1.20pm
Primary school age participants are welcome to come to NEA direct from school and wait in a supervised lunch / activity space (with art materials!)
If you would like to be collected from school, please phone to arrange

On the Walk:
The walk will take about an hour and a half. Valla, our garden coordinator at NEA will be with us to show us edible plants and tell us about the environment of the cycle path and walk way.

Artist Mark Kirkham (http://edinburghsketcher.com/) will help us sketch all kinds of things along the way.

Art materials, cameras, waterproofs provided.

We will also be leaving the walkway cleaner than we find it; with special litter grabbers provided! Scooters are a good idea for young ones who may find the walk a bit long. Please NO bikes!

At the Gallery of Modern Art:

We’ll wash hands and have snacks and something hot to drink
Draw, photograph and play in the grounds of the gallery
Split into small groups for a look around the exhibitions (with activities).

Afterwards

Head across the road to GMA 2, and through the amazing Dean Cemetery – perfect spot for a bit more sketching and photography – and catch the 37bus home (from Queensferry Road).

Back at North Edinburgh Arts by around 5.30pm (We will notify parents of any change by text).

This activity is for ALL AGES; individuals AND families.

Coming without a parent or responsible adult?
We need permission from a parent/carer to take you with us, as well as contact phone numbers.

Pick up a permission slip from North Edinburgh Arts, Muirhouse Library or your school’s reception / admin office (Pirniehall, St David’s, Forth View, Ferryhill & Craigroyston Primaries).

Or, request the form from admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk

Lallie Wilson exhibition at North Edinburgh Arts

Lallie Wilson: Exhibition Opening Invite
Friday 20th March
North Edinburgh Arts
6 – 7.30pm

North Edinburgh Arts is pleased to present the first major painting exhibition by the artist Lallie Wilson. Based in Musselburgh, Lallie has a body of mixed media artworks and colourful paintings. The exhibition portrays Lallie’s life story; from a young girl in wartime Britain, to a woman still painting many years later.

Daily opening times of exhibition:

Monday 10am – 5pm
Tuesday – Thursday 10am – 7pm (except Thursdays 1-5pm)

The exhibition will run until 27 April.

North Edinburgh Arts are always on the look out for groups and artists who would like to exhibit their work. Find out more on our exhibition page here.

Granton Castle Walled Garden exhibition

Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden are staging an exhibition at North Edinburgh Arts to publicise their efforts to retain the historic green space from development.

Friends group member Kirsty Sutherland said: “North Edinburgh Arts centre staff really pulled out all the stops and helped us put up an exhibition on the walled garden’s story. Thank you Caroline for all your patience and perseverance, it looks fab! Thank you to Friends Group members for pitching in.

“We used some of the old and new images of the garden, maps, photos, a few flowers, some captions and a timeline: go see!

“We are hoping this will help raise awareness locally and let more folk join the group, add their ideas and strength to the campaign to safeguard the garden first, and then to help restore it for community use.

“Membership forms have been put out too – and there are lovely new flower power boxes to deposit filled out forms. We decided to make membership of the group free for the first year so no cash please!”

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Teen Scream
Your local youth magazine

Graffiti & Art Workshops, Creative Writing, Digital Layout Workshop, Photography, Trips, Interviewing Skills

Every Thursday from 26 February, 3.15pm – 4.45pm at Muirhouse Library

10-18 years

FREE with snack

For more information call: 0131 529 5528

Muirhouse Library: 15a Pennywell Road, EH4 4TZ

Get directions here.

House Full! Community theatre production is a sellout!

All three performances of North Edinburgh Theatre project’s ‘1d tenement opera‘ production have sold out.

Yes, tickets were free so technically the tickets haven’t exactly ‘sold out’ but you know what I mean – there are no tickets left!

If you do have a ticket for any of the performances, lucky you – I believe you’re in for a real treat. If you don’t have a ticket it’s worth checking with the Box Office just in case there are any returns – good luck! And finally, if you do have tickets but find yourself unable to attend – hand your tickets back in as someone will snap them up!

The show premieres tonight in North Edinburgh Arts and runs until Saturday. Best wishes to the cast and crew – break a leg, as they say in this wonderful business called show!

If you are interested in joining North Edinburgh Theatre project, they will resume during February. Contact admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk for more details.

Get your tickets for the 1d Tenement Opera

Don’t miss out – FREE tickets available NOW!!!

The 1d Tenement Opera is a story based on the lives of people who have lived in a tenement in Edinburgh over two centuries. The tenement eventually became part of Edinburgh Corporation’s Slum Clearance Programme, some of the tenements were sold for just 1d (an old penny), and in 1959 one of the last tenements collapsed and a little boy was killed. Local people told stories of being in the bath and the end of the room falling away, others spoke of desperately trying to save their babies and children as the floor boards started to slope away from under them. This was known as the Penny Tenement collapse.

The 1d Tenement Opera is devised with the local people of North Edinburgh, some of whose families had been living in the city centre before the Slum Clearance Programme.

North Edinburgh Theatre project is delighted to be working with the following artists for this project: designer Ali Maclaurin, musical director Lynda Peachey, dancer and choreographer Monica de Ioanni, and dramaturg Lynne Clark. Stephanie Knight is the project director.

Dates/Times: 15th /16th /17th January at 7pm
Tickets: Free (donations very welcome)
Contact Box Office to reserve tickets: Call 0131 315 2151 or email admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk

Roll up, roll up for the penny tenement opera

And it’s not even a penny, it’s free!

What is the 1d Tenement Opera?

Local people told stories of being in the bath and the end of the room falling away, others spoke of desperately trying to save their babies and children as the floor boards started to slope away from under them. This was known as the Penny Tenement collapse.

The 1d Tenement Opera is devised with the local people of North Edinburgh, some of whose families had been living in the city centre before the Slum Clearance Programme.

The North Edinburgh Theatre project was developed in 2011 after research into the requirements of local people. The main finding of this research was that local people wanted to make theatre again, after a history of using theatre and other art forms to create work which highlights their community and its needs and aspirations. In November 2011 North Edinburgh Theatre project developed Yes We CanCan – a Cabaret of Resistance which was the cementing of the project.

Since then, North Edinburgh Theatre project has participated in a number of performances including Theatre Uncut in 2012 & 2013 and the project regularly offers Sharing-of-Work and Work-in-Progress events. The opportunity to develop 1d Tenement Opera through the support of the People’s Health Trust is an exciting and important development for North Edinburgh. It supports the participants’ aspirations and hard work for well-being and full creative lives, making strong contributions to their own communities as well as participating in the North Edinburgh Theatre project.

Performance Information:

15 16 17 January at 7pm

Tickets: FREE (donations very welcome)

Contact Box Office to reserve tickets:

0131 315 2151 admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk

M ore information here.

Eco-Kidz 'pop-up' at Christmas!

Eco Kidz Workshop

Learn a few skills of your own during the first Pop-Up stall where you’ll make your very own Christmas cards and gift tags from recycled materials. The workshop is for kids aged 8-12 years and it’s free to join in.

Find the team at Muirhouse Community Shop between 2 – 4pm tomorrow (Friday 28 November).

Eco Kidz Pop-Up Christmas Stalls

After a busy few months of designing and creating an inspired range of upcylced products, the Eco Kidz team are ready to take to the marketplace! Fill your Christmas stockings at one of three Pop-Up stalls this festive season. Impress your secret santa with a perfectly hand made, upcyled product! (Muirhouse Community Shop tomorrow (as above), more details to follow).

Winter Wellness Event in Muirhouse

Tenants and Residents In Muirhouse (TRIM) is absolutely delighted to once again work in partnership with Energy Scotland

Many residents will recall Dagmara from Energy Scotland in the community shop a few months back, giving out free advice and arranging home visits etc. For the past few months we have been in talks about bringing the advice sessions back and we want them BIGGER!

So why not pop in to North Edinburgh Arts for free advice on all things home related: how to keep your home warm the cheapest way, what are the best deals out there, can you get support for your fuel, is out of date food really that bad for you? And it is hoped that Fire Scotland will also be in attendance!

Wednesday 10 December
10am – 2pm
FREE Refreshments provided

TRIM Poster

Robert Pearson, TRIM

Make a child’s Christmas with Licketyspit

Share some seasonal spirit – here’s an idea for a Christmas gift with a difference …

Dear Friends,

Licketyspit was founded in 2004, so we have survived and thrived, often against the odds, for ten years!

We have been kept going by the thousands of Scottish children, families and teachers who help us to create our work and support it with such enthusiasm and by the fantastic artists and colleagues who have consistently gone the extra mile for us in the interests of children and families.

We hope everyone we know and who knows us will want to celebrate with us by donating a £6 ticket for a child/family who wouldn’t otherwise be able to come to our Christmas show, Hare & Tortoise at North Edinburgh Arts (1st – 20th December).

If you go to the Licketyspit website http://www.licketyspit.com there’s a PayPal Donate button on the front page and we will email a Gift Aid form to you afterwards. These tickets will be distributed through The Haven Project and Circle, both organisations working in Muirhouse with disadvantaged families.

This is our fourth production of Hare & Tortoise following amazing outdoor performances on Glasgow Green for the Commonwealth Games Festival 2014 in July. It features Actor/Licketyspit Associate Artist, Johnny Austin (Quangle Wangle, Magic Spaghetti) and the wonderful Buchan Lennon.

We are having a Birthday performance (limited ticket availability) on Friday 12th December at 5pm followed by a Bun Brothers Tea hosted by Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Tam Baillie at 6.15pm. We would be delighted if you could join us for either or both events. We have attached an invitation below, please feel free to circulate to any colleagues or contacts that you think may be interested. Please RSVP to info@licketyspit.com

Hope to see you there!

With thanks and very best wishes,

Virginia, Beth and all at Licketyspit