A Model of Order: the Concrete Poetry exhibition continues in Edinburgh

A Model of Order: Concrete Poetry, the Scottish Poetry Library’s pioneering collaboration with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and other collections throughout Edinburgh, has coordinated a city-wide celebration of concrete poetry from October 2009. This continues until 3 January 2010 at the Dean Gallery and the Edinburgh College of Art library.

SNGMA re-hang exhibition: What You See Is Where You're At

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh is celebrating the re-hang of its collection until 28 February 2010. Their website describes the "exhibition" in this way:

"What you see is where you're at launches a year of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The Collection will be divided into thematic displays, bringing together iconic works, forgotten pieces and new acquisitions.

Features include a room focusing on still life; space dedicated to collage, two successive rooms contrasting the use of colour around 1910 with the use of colour in Pop and Op art from the 1960s, and a further room is devoted to an exploration of white.

Elsewhere, single artists or works are made the focal point, such as Martin Boyce's large-scale installation Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations, a two-room display curated by the artist Callum Innes, rooms dedicated to American artist David Schutter and German artist Kitty Kraus, and works by Douglas Gordon. THERE WILL BE NO MIRACLES HERE, a major work by Nathan Coley, will be installed in the grounds of the Dean Gallery.

This dynamic programme showcases new displays from the collection, as well as new commissions from leading Scottish and international artists. Displays will change on a rotating basis, so there will be something new to see each time you visit."

ECA Open Day: Friday 30 October

The Edinburgh College of Art Open Day is an annual event, open to all who want to find out more about study at ECA. Aimed primarily at prospective students considering undergraduate study, the Open Day also caters for all those interested in postgraduate courses, part-time study, evening classes or classes organised as part of the celebrated Summer School.

Further information can be found on the ECA website.

Japanese Prints from the Henry Dyer Collections

Edinburgh Central Library is currently exhibiting Japanese prints from the Henry Dyer Collection.
The Fine Art Library holds a special collection of Japanese prints and watercolours from the collection of Dr Henry Dyer, presented to the library by his daughter in 1944, with some further items presented in the 1950s. The bequest is shared between Edinburgh and Glasgow City Libraries, and consists of around 80 painted photographs of Japanese characters and scenes by Baron von Stillfied-Rathenitz (an Austrian painter and photographer whose studio in Yokohama was immensely successful during the last quarter of the nineteenth century - producing thousands of images of the working classes, actors in the theatre, geishas and craftsmen primarily for tourists visiting the city).
Also gifted were Japanese prints, consisting of 8 albums, 9 kakaemonos or hanging pictures, 3 makimonos or rolling pictures, and many original watercolour sketches and woodcuts. Artists represented are Kunisada (1786-1865), a pupil of Toyokuni and a member of the Utagawa school; Hiroshige (1798-1858), one of the foremost landscape artists; Sadahide(c.1840), a pupil of Kunisada; and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), a member of the Toyokuni school. relating to their current exhibition collection of Japanese print material
More information is available at http://tinyurl.com/nks4uq
Events for children relating to this exhibition are listed here http://tinyurl.com/nkx9lq

By Leaves We Live

By Leaves We Live : A celebration of artists’ books and small presses

Scottish Poetry Library
Saturday 26 September 2009 11am-6pm Free, no booking required

Join us for our lively and inspiring annual one-day book fair at the Scottish Poetry Library.

Lots of stalls, displays and talks running throughout the day. Plus a leafy exhibition.

Drop in to browse or buy, meet publishers, artists and poets from Scotland and beyond, and listen to talks on making books, the artists’ book creative process, and other aspects of poetry and art publishing.
For readers, writers, artists, designers, publishers, and anyone interested in books, printing and paper – all welcome. Free admission.

Exhibitors and stallholders will include:
20x20magazine; Artist Book Group; Artists Books Online; The Caseroom Press; Essence Press; David Faithfull; The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookshop; Rag-and-Bone Shop Books; The Ingleby Gallery; Hamish MacDonald; Magma Poetry Magazine; Mariscat Press; Metal Rabbit Editions; The Owl & Lion Gallery; Read This Press; Red Squirrel Press; Roncadora Press; Salt + Shaw; Scottish Pamphlet Poetry; Stichill Marigold Press; Mary Thomson; Unbordered Artist' Books (Susie Goodwin & Anna Davis); Wild Hawthorn Press: the Archive of Ian Hamilton Finlay; Writers' Bloc.

Talks running throughout the day:

12 noon The Elements of a Book

Bookbinder Isabelle Ting from the Owl & Lion Gallery talks about the process of making a book and answers your questions about bookbinding. A special opportunity to see samples and tools close up and hear an expert talk about her art.

1.30pm JURA eastward/westward

David Faithfull talks about an artist book created on the Isle of Jura in collaboration with the poet John Burnside, and produced for the Scottish Book Trust and the Isle of Jura Distillery.

2.30pm 9 Things To Do On Holiday

SALT + SHAW talk about how location influences the production of their artists’ books. An exploration of words, artefacts, images and stories specific to place.

3.30pm Indie Publishing: a DIY Guide to Making Books

Novelist and indie publisher Hamish MacDonald will guide you through making a simple chapbook, present other types of DIY binding you can do with common materials, and explain how you can print the inside pages of a book.

4.30pm Pamphlet Collaborators

Hugh Bryden of Roncadora, winner of the Callum Macdonald Memorial pamphlet publishing award, talks about the process of trying to find a balance between the poetic and visual elements in a pamphlet. Poet Hugh McMillan will join him to read from their recent collaborations.

All talks approximately 30 minutes unless otherwise noted, free, no need to book.

Exhibition : 25 leaves for 25 years

The Scottish Poetry Library strapline since 2004, taken from the words of philanthropist, teacher and town planner Sir Patrick Geddes, is: "by leaves we live". In response to these words, a group of artists and writers have joined with us to celebrate our anniversary by donating 25 beautiful images of leaves. These will be displayed in the library during the fair. Featuring Brigid Collins, Anne Bevan, Norman McBeath, Claire Melinsky, Nicola Murray, Gerry Cambridge, Helen Douglas, Ann Ross, Laurie Clark, Julie Lacombe, Sylvia Von Hartman, Iain McIntosh, Jane Alexander, Morven Gregor, Liz Lochhead, Alexander McCall Smith, Mary Hutchison, Stephen Raw, Jean Johnstone, Rachel Hazel, Holly Hayward and Gail Turpin.

More details at http://www.spl.org.uk/events/by_leaves.html

How to find the venue http://www.spl.org.uk/about/find.html