Visual art and "Scottish+Opera:+La+bohème"

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Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Artist-designed Textiles and Pioneering Modern Art
Date	Location
Lesley Jackson tells the story of the career of Constructivist artist Alastair Morton, highlighting his importance for British art and textiles in the 20th Century. View full details
21 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Alec Galloway & Peter Howson: The Spiritual and the Tangible
Date	Location
Work by two Scottish artists who happen to be long-time friends. Peter Howson's work is marked by his own personal quest for meaning and redemption; Alec Galloway takes existing objects and reconfigures them to make new meanings. Part of the West End Festival. View full details
19 May–16 Jun Wed–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm	Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow

Allan Ramsay: Fathers & Sons, Wives & Children
Date	Location
Art historian Dr Patricia Andrew gives a talk on the theme of 'Picturing Power', as part of a series of Portrait Gallery talks. View full details
29 Aug 12.45pm	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Annuale
Date	Location
A chance for Edinburgh artist-led projects to show off their talents, supported by The Embassy. A celebration of all things grassroots and artist in Auld Reekie. View full details
8 Jun–24 Jun Times vary	Embassy, Edinburgh

Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition & Workshop
Date	Location
The Scottish Middle Eastern Council invites you to learn more about Arabic calligraphy. Part of Refugee Week. View full details
23 Jun 1pm	Fred Paton Centre, Glasgow

Arches LIVE
Date	Location
A vibrant programme of new and experimental dance, visual art and theatre events that takes over the myriad nooks and crannies of the Arches. 2011 featured Stef Smith's Jamais Vu, Ross MacKay’s The Medium and a collaboration between Cara Berger and the Flatrate Theatre Company based around the book of Genesis. View full details
17 Sep–29 Sep Times vary	The Arches, Glasgow

Art and Conflict: Commissioning War Art
Date	Location
Talk exploring the varied difficulties of commissioning art on contemporary conflict, with particular discussion of Roderick Buchanan’s film and photographic work Legacy in the context of 20th and 21st-century war art. View full details
1 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art Cart
Date	Location
Artist-led art activities for all the family, inspired each month by something different from the gallery collections. View full details
3 Jun 2pm 1 Jul 2pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art for Not Quite Beginners: Looking 10
Date	Location
An informal discussion-based tour of the gallery led by art historian Ola Wojtkiewicz. The theme for this session is Masterpieces. Booking is essential. View full details
31 May 10.30am	Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art for Not Quite Beginners: Making 10
Date	Location
A hands-on art-making workshop led by artist Rosie Lesso, exploring the art and craft of collage. View full details
31 May 1.30pm	Clore Education Centre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Auchmithie Arts Festival
Date	Location
Held in the home of the Arbroath Smokie, the Heritage Arts Auchmithie Residents (HAAR) have put together their second annual weekend featuring pottery, paintings, photography, jewellery, and prints from local artists and craft workers. There will also be a tearoom serving up home-baked treats and tea. View full details
18 Aug–19 Aug Times vary	Auchmithie

Ayrshire Burns Brightly
Date	Location
A series of arty projects taking inspiration from the democratic ideals of the Scottish Enlightenment, and how they inspired Burns. Installation and soundscape experiences take over Ayrshire, and there's also a large cardboard tower that the public are invited to help tear down. Part of Roofless. View full details
31 May–3 Jun Times vary	Various Venues, South Ayrshire

Bags of Art
Date	Location
Collect a bag of art activities from the art station, and you and your family can explore the gallery with its help and make your own art. Ages 4–12. View full details
17 Jun 2pm	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

The Battle for Leonardo: Curating and Connoisseurship
Date	Location
Luke Syson gives a talk on the disputed authorship of some of Leonardo's most mysterious paintings, the Madonna Litta, the London Virgin of the Rocks and the Buccleuch Madonna of the Yarnwinder. He explores the scientific evidence and the hazy meaning of 'a Leonardo', both in the artist's own time and today. View full details
28 Aug 6pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Beer & Blethers: On the Brewing of Creative Ideas and Processes
Date	Location
Spring Fling presents an informal evening of discussion about the creative processes of three artists, with Scottish beer to sip as you listen. With Alice Francis, Matt Baker and Tim Taylor. Booking is essential. View full details
1 Jun 7pm	Sulwath Brewery, Castle Douglas

Between Thought and Experience: Sol LeWitt and Donald Judd
Date	Location
Dr Kirstie Skinner, independent writer and lecturer, explores the viewer's experience of works within The Sculpture Show exhibition. View full details
11 Jun 12.45pm	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Biggar Little Festival
Date	Location
The name is something of a red herring as this small Lanarkshire is really punching above its weight with a programme of around 70 varied arts events put on by different community groups and local businesses, plus a couple of big name touring artists booked by the festival committee. Covering comedy, theatre, exhibitions, walks, dance and music of all kinds, the festival offers affordable local access to the arts for all. View full details
18 Oct–28 Oct Times vary	Various Venues, Biggar

Blazing with Crimson: Tartan Portraits
Date	Location
A stroll down the Royal Mile will confirm to even the most philosophically sceptical observer that tartan and highland dress are, as they say, Emblems of Scottish National Identity. This exhibition examines what the tartan meant to six people painted between 1680 and 1780. View full details
17 Feb 2012–31 Dec 2013 Mon–Wed 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Fri–Sun 10am–5pm	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Books in Focus: Dada
Date	Location
Librarian Kerry Watson gives a talk looking at the history and artists of the Dada movement through their published books and periodicals, and particularly how they subverted expectations of publishing through anarchic artwork, poetry and typesetting. Booking is essential. View full details
2 Aug 11.30am	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Books in Focus: German Expressionism
Date	Location
Kirstie Meehan, from the Gallery's Archive and Library, discusses artists' books by German expressionists such as Kokoschka, Balach and Grosz (and Kandinsky, who wasn't German but who gave up the chance of a professorship in Law to study art in Germany). Booking is essential. View full details
7 Jun 11.30am	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Books in Focus: Surrealism
Date	Location
A chance to see rare publications dating from the very beginning of the Surrealist movement, many of them owned by Roland Penrose and Gabrielle Keiller, whose collections contain fine examples of works by artists including Max Ernst, Man Ray and Salvador Dalí. Booking is essential. View full details
6 Sep 11.30am	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh

Cerith Wyn Evans
Date	Location
Site-specific installations exploring themes of glamour, toxicity and the relationship between natural and artificial light. View full details
24 Mar–10 Jun Mar, Mon–Sun 10am–5pm, Apr, Mon–Fri, Sun 10am–5pm, Sat 10am–6pm, May & Jun, Mon–Thu, Sun 10am–5pm, Fri & Sat 10am–6pm, ends Jun 10	De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea

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