On the Move – Museums Moving Ahead Together
Several of the exhibitions included in the spring programme are coupled together by a common notion of movement and motion.
City Art Centre
2 Market Street, Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm. Sunday 12-5pm Living in Motion: Design and Architecture for Flexible Living
4 April to 10 June
Admission free
Living in Motion is the City Art Centre’s contribution to the Six Cities Design Festival. The Festival is supported by the Scottish Executive as a showcase for design talent in and from each of Scotland’s six cities – Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Stirling.
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The Edinburgh show looks at life on the move. From nomadic Mongolian yurts to laptop computers, changing living conditions and technical innovation have made the concept of domestic flexibility all the more relevant.
Living in Motion brings together 140 objects as well as film and illustration from the realms of architecture, design and domestic life.
The exhibition is organised by the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany and is being shown as part of the Six Cities Design Festival, Scotland’s first nationwide international design festival.
View From the Inside
4 April to 21 October 2007
Admission free
Explore how artists have depicted the world of the interior.
Roll out the Art Cart
Come and try the City Art Centre’s brand new Art Cart loaded with art materials and fresh ideas.
This beautifully handcrafted cart is made entirely of native hardwoods such as burr elm, elm, ash, burnt ash and walnut by the Workshop of Tim Stead. It is packed with activities and information relating to exhibitions on show at the City Art Centre, and will be rolled out for the first time during View from the Inside from 4 April.
The Art Cart provides free fun for young and old and has been supported by the Scottish Museums Council.
Travelling Gallery
Build It and They Will Come
9 April to 29 June
All aboard and take the high road as the new Travelling Gallery vehicle begins its maiden tour of Scotland. The inaugural exhibition, Build It and They Will Come, features artists whose work is inspired by architecture and the built environment.
The exhibition displays artwork in a wide range of media by Cath Campbell, Donna Conlon, Will Duke, Matthew Houlding, Toby Paterson and Susie Wright, including new work commissioned for the gallery space.
The new vehicle replaces the current Travelling Gallery bus, which has toured communities all over Scotland for nearly 25 years. The new vehicle is bigger, with improved access and sophisticated new audio visual and IT equipment.
The new Travelling Gallery has been made possible by a grant of £173,500 from the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council, as well as funding from the Council, which has operated the Travelling Gallery since 1997, The Friends of the City Art Centre and Museums, and The ADAPT Trust.
To find out more about Build It and They Will Come, and grab a sneak preview of the new bus, visit: www.travellinggallery.com
Lauriston Castle Events
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Situated in 30 acres of tranquil woodland and formal gardens, Lauriston and its grounds are ideal locations for a popular programme of indoor and outdoor activities.
The 2007 programme runs from April to December and has more than 60 events including:
The popular Family Events, including Peter Rabbit Gardens, where you can make tiny model kitchen gardens complete with rows of vegetables, beehives and little greenhouses.
The Japanese theme commemorates the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Japanese Garden at Lauriston.
To get a programme call Margaret Findlay on 0131 529 3963 or Sandra Marwick on 0131 529 3962.
The Writers’ Museum
Lady Stairs Close, Lawnmarket
Scottish Pen 1927 to 2007
10 March to 5 May
Admission free
Celebrating 80 years of the Scottish Branch of the writers’ campaigning organisation founded by Hugh MacDiarmid in 1927.
Rebus
12 May until September
Admission free
20th anniversary of Ian Rankin’s first Inspector Rebus novel, Knots and Crosses
Museum of Childhood
42 High Street
“Love is Sunshine, Love One Another”
Until 17 June
Admission free
School samplers of the 19th century. The importance of needle work within the education of girls in the 19th century.
Museum of Edinburgh
142 Canongate
All that Glisters is not Gold
From 3 March
Admission free
An opportunity to marvel at recently acquired, and previously unseen, Scottish silver from the city’s collection.