Wonder Women
27 July-26 August. Entry free. The Scottish Gallery, 16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ.
Wonder Women comprises three exhibitions of internationally acclaimed artists who are closely associated with The Scottish Gallery. Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Wendy Ramshaw and Bodil Manz are all celebrated in this exhibition that reflects on the gallery’s long association of championing and nurturing female talent that dates back to the 1880s.
scottish-gallery.co.uk
Dreamer’s Eye
28 July-27 August. Entry free. Arusha Gallery, 13A Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG.
Dreamer’s Eye brings together new work by Plum Cloutman, Zayn Qahtani and Georg Wilson. Wilson is a London-based painter and co-founder of artist-led All Mouth Gallery and her practice is directed by the cyclical change of the English seasons. Visitors to the exhibition can discover works from several artists that will be on display.
arushagallery.com
Lindsey Mendick Sh*t Faced
22 July-1 October. Tickets from £11. Jupiter Artland, Wilkieston, Edinburgh, EH27 8BB.
Lindsey Mendick’s first solo show in Scotland is presented across all of Jupiter Artland’s galleries. The artist’s works explore taboo topics and uncomfortable truths in an honest and humorous way. Mendick has turned the Jupiter’s Ballroom Gallery and Steadings Gallery into a diptych of nightlife that draws inspiration from the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
scottish-gallery.co.uk
There is Something in the Way
28 July-24 September. Entry free. Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL.
This exhibition highlights some of Scotland’s more hidden female artists, those who entered into the industry and have faced barriers to their professional practice. The artworks range from innovative photography on textiles to carbonised sculpture and hybrid installation. The artists on display are Edyta Majewska, Gail McLintock, Lar McGregor, Eleanor Buffam, Simona Ciocarlan and Lubna Kerr.
summerhall.co.uk
What A Feeling! Act I
28 July-17 September. Entry free. Edinburgh Printmakers, 1 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9FP.
Working across three different mediums from printmaking to video and video to performance, artist Christian Noelle Charles explores the rhythms, movement and body language of women and colour. The unique presentation of screenprints is the first part of an exploration project discussing topics of racial identity, inequality, care and love through the Black Feminine lens.
edinburghprintmakers.co.uk
St Andrews Art Club Summer Exhibition
22-23 July. Entry free. St Andrews Art Club, 14c Argyle Street, St Andrews, KY16 9BP.
St Andrews Art Club’s summer exhibition boasts a wide range of artwork at affordable prices, including paintings in oil acrylic, watercolour, pastels and mixed media as well as prints, charcoal and samplers in the club art rooms.
standrewsartclub.co.uk
Scottish Women Artists: 250 Years of Challenging Perception
28 July-6 January. Entry from £10.50. Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT.
Dovecot Studios has worked with The Fleming Collection to show more than 70 outstanding works by over 45 artists who have challenged and shaped the Scottish art scene. The exhibition highlights key women artists who have changed society’s view over the centuries of what women should and could do as well as the significance of work by women artists in Scotland’s cultural history.
dovecotstudios.com/exhibitions/scottish-women-artists
RSN Scotland Graduate Show
22-28 July. Entry free. Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU.
Discover a wide variety of hand embroidery techniques on display at the Glasgow Art Club from graduates of the Royal School of Needlework. Visitors will also have the opportunity to speak with current students about their work.
royal-needlework.org.uk
Decoy House 2.0
22-29 July. Entry free. Sett Studios, 127 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8NP.
This two-person exhibition showcases the work of award-winning, interdisciplinary poet James Alexander McKenzie and multidisciplinary artist Astrid Batts. Visitors can discover sculptural paintings made from discarded materials scavenged at St Margaret’s House art studios in Edinburgh. The pair of creatives are keen to share their hybrid, multimedia and entertaining work with the community.
jamesalexandermckenzie.com
Sonic Visions
22-30 July. Entry free. Glist Gallery, 113-115 High Street, Burntisland, KY3 9AA.
For this solo exhibition, David Burgess has produced a multisensory experience through ambient soundscape compositions that accompany each of his abstract oil paintings. The paintings on display are largely influenced by the natural environment, history and the Firth of Forth.
glisk.cloud
Charlotte Cohen
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