Press Play
19 October - 8 November. Entry free. Upright Gallery, 3 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh, EH10 4HP.
Edinburgh-based artists Susie Wilson and Gen Harrison have a longstanding connection with printmaking and a shared love of analogue working. This exhibition takes a light-hearted look at the cassette player, with a nostalgic nod to everything that comes with it, like taping off the radio, favourite tracks to share, pencils and tangled tapes.
Stitched: Scotland’s Embroidered Art
25 October-18 January. Entry from £12. Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT.
In an exciting collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, Dovecot Studios’ latest exhibition unveils Scotland’s hidden textile treasures. There’s more than 80 pieces from the National Trust’s collections from around the country, many of which have never been on public display before.
dovecotstudios.com/whats-on/stitched
Glasgow Society of Women Artists and the Bet Low Centenary Exhibition
19 October-7 November. Entry free. Lillie Art Gallery, 71 Station Road, Milngavie, G62 8BZ.
Don’t miss this double bill of works created by inspirational women and a family of artists at the Lillie Art Gallery in Milngavie. Gallery 1 will showcase the Glasgow Society of Women Artists while Galleries 2 and 3 is showing the Bet Low Centenary Exhibition. There’s works from the gallery’s permanent collection, the Bet Low trust and other private collections on show.
eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/female-and-family-exhibitions-spotlight-lillie-art-gallery
If Only We Had the Space
19-26 October. Entry free. Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow, G34 9JW.
Taking inspiration from Glasgow’s housing redevelopments and movements that span the 60s to the 90s, this exhibition responds to modern and contemporary politics of housing, property rights and access to ‘space’. There’s a new commission from Jeni Allison as well as works in textiles, ceramics and glass by Deirdre Nelson, Fionn Duffy and Jack Brindley whose collective practices overlap art, design and craft.
platform-online.co.uk/whats-on/event/1080
Nurses and Doctors 1660-1820: An Uneasy Alliance
23 October. Entry from £3. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ.
Learn more about the experiences of women employed as nurses in the years between the final outbreak of plague and the birth of Florence Nightingale as well as their interactions with male practitioners. This lecture at the Royal College of Physicians explores the unstable working relationship between nurses and doctors in the time before nursing reform.
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24-26 October. Entry free. New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8TL.
An exhibition of new works in book form, print and sculpture explores how colour is recorded and expressed. The works on display are a radical re-interpretation of landscape photography with some of the reinterpreted images taken in Glasgow during the summer.
Chasing Tractors
19 October-2 November. Entry free. Make, 30 Newmarket Street, Ayr, KA7 1LP.
For 40 years, Rob Davis has been a keen amateur photographer but during the late summer of 2021 he decided to embark on an outdoor photography project that combined his hobby and rural influences of his youth with the immediate local area. Head along to the exhibition to get a view of South Ayrshire from the inside of the ever-changing agricultural landscape.
Cradle
19-28 October. Entry free. Hunted Projects, 8/4 Murieston Lane, Edinburgh, EH11 2LX.
This striking new exhibition from Jon Burgerman brings together a poignant series of aerosol works on canvas. This series of paintings delves deep into themes of vulnerability, human connection and the primal need for comfort and protection in times of uncertainty.
https://www.huntedprojects.com/
Kelvin Artists Exhibition
19-31 October. Entry free. Auld Kirk Museum, Kirkintilloch, G66 1HN.
A Thursday club of a different kind has led to the latest show at Auld Kirk Museum. There’s works by Katie Blackie, Ian Hutchinson, Margie Kanaiah, Betty Layden, Carol McCandlish and Val Pearson on display all inspired by East Dunbartonshire’s places and people.
https://www.edlc.co.uk/venues/auld-kirk-museum/
Alloyed: Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition
25-26 October. Entry free. The Briggait, Glasgow, G1 5HZ.
A collective of jewellers living and working in Glasgow are showcasing their diverse, handmade jewellery. Discover the contemporary jewellery created by a number of artists and discover their differing styles and skills.
https://www.facebook.com/events/8354554687960506/
Charlotte Cohen
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