The exhibition at Cass Art in Glasgow came and went, nothing sold off the wall, but a lot of cards went – not a huge footfall compared to the Dundas Street exhibition – which had more footfall and sales. It was a nice space, but not one that we will use again we think.

Everyone seems to be charged up for the exhibitions in Peebles, from Saturday 7th June to Saturday 30th August

TEXT- TEXTURE – TEXTILES 
John Buchan and 25 year of EDGE Textile Art
These books on textiles look interesting – information passed on by one of our members – do have a look – if you sign up to the site I think you get 10 percent off.
Check out the Dovecot website for workshops and Doug Cocker: Threads
And also check out https://artmag.co.uk.  for events over Scotland – sign up for their Tuesday edition where you can get details of openings.
Jupiter Artland   https://www.jupiterartland.org.  reopened on 11th April – if you have not been it is a glorious day out.   Coming soon –
Jonathan Baldock’s new commission WYRD, opening in the Ballroom from 10th May and also Warm Inside a series of woven sculptures in the Lower Steadings –  and works by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Andy Goldsworthy.
 Have a look at Craft Scotland – you never know what you might find there ( I have found someone with the name Le May)
Scottish Gallery has sent out its May programme https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/
Upright Gallery. Clay & Fibre. –  Jo Walker & Jillian Lee Adamson. 12 April – 2 May.  OPEN Wednesday-Friday 11am-5pm.  Saturday 12am-4pm     3 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4HP https://www.uprightgallery.com/
SCAN circular is more Scotland wide – check out its website for things happening in your areas. sca-net.org

https://www.offtherailsarthouse.com/    www.openstudiosfife.co.uk. coming soon

Saturday 3rd May at 10:00am – Monday 5th May at 5:00pm

National Galleries of Scotland – to see their programme  – https://www.nationalgalleries.org
And just to remind me of my trip to Dubai
Fractured Oblivion No. 4 (2025), oil on canvas, 75 x 75 cm
CURRENT SHOW
The Promise by Bashir Makhoul 
13 April – 30 June 2025
Bashir Makhoul’s first Dubai exhibition ‘The Promise’ encapsulates a poetic and ambiguous statement of intent, an assertion that is both an event and a transformation. A promise is made and, inevitably, can be broken. This duality speaks to the essence of Makhoul’s work: the interplay between creation and fragmentation, completion and rupture. His artistic practice engages deeply with the concept of home, a word that, for many, signifies comfort, safety, and identity, yet for displaced communities like the Palestinians, evokes loss, fragmentation, dispossession, and longing.
Drift (2014), wool and silk woven tapestry, 100 x 200 cm

 

And if you are travelling by road to the South I would recommend a stop over at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

info@nullysp.org.uk

 

Edinburgh Printmakers (EP) is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with new exhibitions just announced. It will mark the significant year with the third major retrospective printmaking exhibition in recent years with the work of leading British artists. https//:edinburghprintmakers.co.uk

 

Two edge artists – Kim McCormack and Rachel J MacDonald,  are exhibiting Lore of the Land at The Ceilidh Place,Ullapool from April 27th to June 19th 2025 @theceilidhplace.com.

 

Another edge artist – Adrian Smith – is participating in two exhibitions , both at “the Ship of Fools”Gallery in Kirkwall – the first is their Summer exhibition opening on 9th May until the beginning of September.  In October he has a solos show of “A Selective Memory” series of textile art and pantings.  exact dates to be confirmed, but probably 13th-26th September running alongside Orkney Storytelling Festival as several of the works are based around local Norse folklore.

I think that’s it for now folks!

 

 

Lots happening – and I have been so tardy