Evening events, Visual art, Mixed media

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Peaches: Cut Piece

Peaches present Yoko Ono's famous performance art piece.

Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Sun 16 Jun

£10 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) / 0844 875 0073

  • 18:00

Pin Drop

A weekly story reading event, brought to you by Simon Oldfield and Elizabeth Day. Each time, a new line-up of authors, artists, actors and cultural commentators read aloud from contemporary and classic literature.

Simon Oldfield Gallery, London W1K

Wed 22 May

Prices to be confirmed / 020 7404 0884

This week it's Roshi Fernando, author of Homesick and shortlister for the EFG Sunday Times Short Story Prize, 2011.

  • 18:30 – 20:00

Thu 23 May

Prices to be confirmed / 020 7404 0884

This week it's Roshi Fernando, author of Homesick and shortlister for the EFG Sunday Times Short Story Prize, 2011.

  • 18:30 – 20:00

Fri 24 May

Prices to be confirmed / 020 7404 0884

This week it's Roshi Fernando, author of Homesick and shortlister for the EFG Sunday Times Short Story Prize, 2011.

  • 18:30 – 20:00
…and 498 more dates until 5 Oct 2014

Vintage Home Crafts Course

Borrowed Space get crafty with this three-day course, which sees the creation of an applique cushion cover, a intage lampshade and hand-printed wallpaper. Led by two Glasgow School of Art graduates; all materials and equipment included. Email to book.

The Griffin, Glasgow

Tue 28 May

£60 for three days / 07786 971992

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Watercolour Painting Course with Iain Connell

Learn a variety of new watercolour techniques from artist Iain Connell, including washes, mixed media and glazing. By the end of the course, you'll have four new paintings that incorporate new knowledge of colour and composition. Materials list provided upon registration. To enroll complete the online registration form…

Couper Institute, Glasgow

Thu 23 May

£70 for six weeks / 07786 330 317

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Thu 30 May

£70 for six weeks / 07786 330 317

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Thu 6 Jun

£70 for six weeks / 07786 330 317

  • 19:00 – 21:00

Chair – A Life Backwards

Collaborative mixed media installation by Dot Young, Gregg Fisher and Pavel Legonkov, charting the history of an English-made oak chair from its production to its roots in a forest.

Free Space Gallery, London NW5

Sat 1 Jun

Free

The installation launch is open to all, with refreshments provided.

  • 18:00 – 21:00

Sat 22 Jun

Free

This is a chance to hear directly from the installation's creators and to ask any pressing questions you may have about its themes and execution.

  • 19:00 – 22:00
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The FAIR Project

Masters of Contemporary Art students from Edinburgh College of Art are the helm of this year's FAIR, which sees the gallery handed over to six groups, each charged with interpreting the concept of 'fair'. The result is a programme of music, comedy, film, performance, exhibition and installation that plays out over three…

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Thu 23 May

Free / 0131 650 2210

  • 18:00 – 20:00

The Glitch Kitschen

Deep house, jungle, garage, ambient and experimental electronic music club night, set to visuals created by artists. Presented by Chaos Theory.

The Waiting Room, London N16

Thu 23 May

£4–£5 / 020 7241 5511

With Alphabets Heaven, P-Hocto, Unsafe Girl, Rami Ali, Acra, Rukaiya Russell.

The Hidden Lane: Open Studios

Unique opportunity to explore the studios, see the work and meet some of the artists, held on the first Friday of each month.

Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow

Mon 3 Jun

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Mon 1 Jul

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Mon 5 Aug

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Mon 2 Sep

Free / 07760 669011

  • 17:00 – 20:00

Julie Brook in Conversation

The landscape artist, who works in a multitude of media, sits down to discuss her practice and solo exhibition made, unmade with a number of different cultural workers, from administrators to a filmmaker to a choreographer to a poet.

Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh

Thu 30 May

Free / 0131 550 3660

Tonight's discussion with Scottish poet, writer and musician Don Paterson centres on language, poetry and artistic practice.

  • 18:00 – 19:30

Papa's Party

Live music from Yogi, Panda Su and Colour Coded, plus art, a raffle and free popcorn – a pick'n'mix party if ever there was one …

Chamber East, Dundee

Fri 31 May

£6 in advance; £7 on the door

  • 19:45 – 23:30

Salon des Refusés

Continuing the long tradition of the Salon des Refusés (begun in 1863 when artists protested against the Salon de Paris' refusal to exhibit over 3000 paintings) this exhibition showcases works that were not selected for inclusion in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Happenstance Gallery, London N1

Tue 11 Jun

Free / 07587 229448

  • 18:30