Date story posted - 27 March 2013
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RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES
Date story posted - 27 March 2013 |
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| ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE PRESS RELEASE |
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NEW EXHIBITION: Sculptors' Prints
Date story posted - 05 February 2013 |
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| SCULPTORS’ PRINTS an investigation into printmaking by sculptor members of the RSA 23rd February – 31st March |
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RSA SIR WILLIAM GILLIES BEQUEST LECTURE
Date story posted - 18 January 2013 |
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| Dr Tom Normand HRSA: The Royal Scottish Academy - Times of Change 7 February 2013 Hawthornden Lecture Theatre Free but booking essential |
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KATIE PROVEN APPOINTED JOINT SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR
Date story posted - 25 October 2012 |
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| The RSA & Friends of the RSA have appointed Katie Proven as Joint Sponsorship Coordinator. |
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RSA OPEN - CALL TO ARTISTS
Date story posted - 10 October 2012 |
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| Receiving days: Friday 9th and Saturday 10th November 10-4:30pm. Size limit: 80cm in any direction, including frame. Deadline for digital/electronic media submissions: 29th October Deliver works to the south (back) entrance via the plaza. The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL |
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NEW ACADEMICIANS ELECTED TO ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| Six artists and architects elected to Academy in recent assembly meeting. |
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NEW ACADEMICIAN - Mary Bourne RSA (Elect)
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| CV for newly elected RSA Academician Mary Bourne RSA (Elect). |
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NEW ACADEMICIAN - Charles Hussey RSA (Elect)
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| CV for newly elected RSA Academician Charles Hussey RSA (Elect). Please note that due to character limits on the templates used by this website, this is an abridged version that omits information predating 2005 (except education). |
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NEW ACADEMICIAN - Lorna McIntosh RSA (Elect)
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| CV for newly elected RSA Academician Lorna McIntosh RSA (Elect). |
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NEW ACADEMICIAN - Fergus Purdie RSA (Elect)
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| CV for newly elected RSA Academician Fergus Purdie RSA (Elect). |
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NEW ACADEMICIAN - Annie Cattrell RSA (Elect)
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| CV for newly elected RSA Academician Annie Cattrell RSA (Elect). Please note that due to character limits on the templates used by this website, this is an abridged version that omits exhibitions predated 2000 (except education). |
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NEW ACADEMICIAN - Dalziel + Scullion RSA (Elect)
Date story posted - 02 October 2012 |
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| CV for newly elected RSA Academicians Dalziel + Scullion RSA (Elect). |
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RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2012
Date story posted - 27 January 2012 |
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TWO NEW EXHIBTIIONS
Date story posted - 20 August 2010 |
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| Joint press release for: Scotland & Rome RSA New Works |
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2010 Award Winners Announced - Press Release
Date story posted - 24 July 2010 |
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| Winners of the four prestigious RSA awards announced: The RSA Alastair Salvesen Travel Scholarship The RSA Morton Award for Lens-Based Work The RSA Barns-Graham Travel Award The RSA William LIttlejohn Watercolour Award |
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Philip Braham - Falling Shadows in Arcadia
Date story posted - 24 July 2010 |
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| RSA PRESS RELEASE The 2010 RSA Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition is Philip Braham - Falling Shadows in Arcadia. 6 August - 3 September RSA Finlay Room |
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Geoff Uglow - Salvesen Scholar 2009
Date story posted - 15 June 2010 |
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| RSA Press Release: Geoff Uglow - Coda 02 July - 01 August 2010 |
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The 184th RSA Annual Exhibition
Date story posted - 25 May 2010 |
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| 8 May - 23 June 2010. The Expressive Artist and Social Involvement. A large exhibition convened by Ian McCulloch RSA, featuring work by invited artists and RSA members. |
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Trio of RSA Awards - Press Release
Date story posted - 25 May 2010 |
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| RSA Morton Award RSA William Littlejohn Award RSA Barns-Graham Travel Award |
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RSA Awards in Focus
Date story posted - 20 August 2009 |
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| 26 September to 18 October 2009. Research: RSA Awards in Focus. An exhibition of new work by artists who completed RSA residencies in 2008/09 |
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RSA Spring Open Exhibtion
Date story posted - 16 April 2009 |
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| 18 April - 20 May 2009. An exhibition will consist of small scale works by members and selected non-members in the RSA Lower Galleries. |
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Alastair Salvesen Painting and Travel Scholar 2009 Announced
Date story posted - 26 February 2009 |
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| The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture (RSA) is delighted to announce that Geoff Uglow has been awarded the 20th Alastair Salvesen Painting and Travel Scholarship 2009. This prestigious three to six month travelling scholarship of up to £10,000 will be complimented by a solo exhibition at the RSA in 2010. |
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Looking at ways of seeing and how our eyes are deceived! Investigating the Victorian stereoscope
Date story posted - 26 February 2009 |
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| CALUM COLVIN, one of Scotland’s most innovative contemporary artists, presents Natural Magic at the Royal Scottish Academy; a series of photographic artworks which explore themes relating to art, science, photography and optics and the use of optical devices. |
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1st RSA William Littlejohn Watercolour Award Winner Announced
Date story posted - 05 February 2009 |
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| The Royal Scottish Academy is delighted to announce that Laura Sutherland has been awarded the first RSA William Littlejohn Watercolour Award, £2,000. |
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RSA New Contemporaries - Press Release
Date story posted - 20 January 2009 |
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| 14-25 February 2009. New exhibition to showcase the finest emerging artists in Scotland |
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RSA New Contemporaries - Press Release
Date story posted - 27 November 2008 |
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| RSA announces significant changes to the annual Student Exhibition, marking their commitment to emerging artists in Scotland. |
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CALL TO ARTISTS! RSA ALASTAIR SALVESEN SCHOLARSHIP
Date story posted - 27 November 2008 |
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| Now in its 20th year, the painting & travel award of up to £10,000 includes a solo exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy. |
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New Academicians - Press Release
Date story posted - 30 September 2008 |
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| 26 September to 26 October 2008. Exhibition features paintings, prints and sculptures by recently elected members Michael Agnew, Delia Baillie, James Castle and Donald Urquhart. |
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William Littlejohn RSA - Press Release
Date story posted - 05 August 2008 |
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| 1 November – 14 December 2008. A retrospective look at the career of the late William Littlejohn, featuring oils, watercolours and prints from his studio. |
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2008 RSA John Kinross Scholarship Winners Announced - Press Release
Date story posted - 24 July 2008 |
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| The 2008 winners of the prestigious RSA John Kinross Scholarship were this week invited to the Royal Scottish Academy where they were congratulated by Bill Scott, President of the RSA. |
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RESEARCH - Press Release
Date story posted - 12 June 2008 |
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| 12 July – 21 September 2008. Developmental support of artists towards the creation of new work is a primary aim of the Royal Scottish Academy. The aim of this exhibition is to highlight the work of RSA Residency participants who have completed RSA opportunities in 2007. |
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CALL TO ARTISTS! RSA Friends Bursary - Press Release
Date story posted - 02 June 2008 |
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| The Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy was founded in 1986 with the aim of promoting and supporting contemporary Scottish art. As part of this role they created the RSA Friends Bursary, the purpose of which is to enable artists to continue and extend their creative development. Closing date for applications is the 30 June 2008. |
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The RSA and Skene Edwards celebrate association of over 100 years - Press Release
Date story posted - 02 June 2008 |
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| Skene Edwards has enjoyed an association with The Royal Scottish Academy, both as legal advisers and patrons, extending for over one hundred years, and are delighted to be a sponsor of its 182nd Annual Exhibition, which runs until the 25th June. |
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RSA 182nd ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2008 - Press Release
Date story posted - 26 May 2008 |
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| 10 May - 25 June 2008. Including curated show ‘New Scots’. The RSA Annual Exhibition is a highlight of the exhibiting year for artists, architects and members of the public. Showcasing around 350 works by the best of both established and emerging artists from across the country, it aims to present a comprehensive cross section of contemporary art in Scotland. |
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SCOTTISH COLLECTIVE - Press Release
Date story posted - 25 February 2008 |
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| 16 September - 12 November 2006. Artist's collectives in Scotland form an important and vibrant part of visual art culture. Originally formulated by groups of artists (predominantly recent graduates) to exhibit and promote their work out with the gallery system, they have become a driving force in the energy of contemporary art. Divided into three short exhibitions, each show will be curated and present a selection of works by the respective artists collective. |
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IN RESIDENCE - Press Release
Date story posted - 25 February 2008 |
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| 9 – 28 January 2007. This new exhibition presents works by three of the most recent artists to emerge from their RSA Hospitalfield Residencies - Julia Douglas, Catriona Grant and Miranda Blennerhassett. |
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YOUNG ATHENIANS - Press Release
Date story posted - 25 February 2008 |
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| 7 October – 12 November 2006. Young Athenians is a major group exhibition showcasing, in context, a peer group of artists whose work has developed in Edinburgh from grass roots over the past five years. Referring to the cliché of Edinburgh as Athens of the North, Young Athenians attempts to stress themes and styles prevalent in the work of artists currently working and living in Edinburgh. |
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LAURA FORD 'ARMOUR BOYS' - Press Release
Date story posted - 28 September 2006 |
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| 12 Aug - 10 Sept 2006. Armour Boys is a new solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed sculptor Laura Ford and will premier at the Royal Scottish Academy. The culmination of her Scottish Sculpture Workshop Residency in 2004, Armour Boys developed from her interest in the armoury displays at nearby Fyvie Castle and through preoccupations of past projects such as 'Wreckers'. |
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PARALLEL PATHS - Press Release
Date story posted - 28 July 2006 |
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| DOUG COCKER RSA & RONALD FORBES RSA Exploring the Drawing Process RSA Finlay Room 8 July – 6 August 2006 |
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EÒGHANN MacCOLL: EDGES / OIREAN - Press Release
Date story posted - 24 July 2006 |
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| 2 June - 2 July 2006. Eòghann MacColl is the 2005 winner of the prestigious Alastair Salvesen Travel Scholarship. This solo exhibition is the culmination of Eòghann’s trip around the fringe of the North Atlantic, from Shetland to the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Nova Scotia. |
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RSA AWARDED £25,000 GRANT - Press release
Date story posted - 22 May 2006 |
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| 12 May 2006. RSA awarded grant of £25,000 for new commissions in photography and film by Scottish Artists |
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RSA & LTS ARTS RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
Date story posted - 16 May 2006 |
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| 11 May 2006. A new national art & design resource made in collaboration between the RSA & LTS has been launched in schools. |
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RSA STUDENT EXHIBITION 2006 - Press Release
Date story posted - 21 April 2006 |
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| 11 March 2006 - 23 March 2006 The largest of its kind in the UK, it is an exciting opportunity for the public to sample, in one venue, the progress of all final year and post-graduate students from the four main Colleges of Art and six Schools of Architecture in Scotland. |
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180th RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Date story posted - 21 April 2006 |
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| 8 April - 21 May 2006. Celebrating 180 years of the RSA Annual Exhibition. Over the years, this exhibition has presented leading contemporary art and architecture from across Scotland. Featuring Members of the Academy with open submission and high profile invited artists, this year's exhibition convenor is George Donald RSA. |
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BODY PARTS - Press Release
Date story posted - 28 February 2006 |
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| 17 - 19 February 2006 A Festival of Performance Art at the RSA Building on the Mound. Following the success of Body Parts 2005, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Society of Scottish Artists have once again come together to produce Body Parts 2006 - a long weekend celebrating the diversity of performance art in the UK today. |
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2005 RSA ALASTAIR SALVESEN SCHOLAR ANNOUNCED
Date story posted - 15 February 2006 |
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| David Martin from Edinburgh was awarded the 2006 RSA Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship on Wednesday 1 February. The £10,000 painting & travel award is the largest independent Art Scholarship in Scotland and culminates in a solo exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy. |
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IN RESIDENCE - Press Release
Date story posted - 27 January 2006 |
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| 20 January - 12 February 2006 Anna Gray, Martine Myrup, Kate Owens, Susannah Stevens. Recent projects by four recent artists awarded the RSA Hospitalfield Residencies. This selection of works illustrates the range of media in which today's artists realise new work. Featuring paintings, sculptures, photography and installation works. |
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RSA OPEN
Date story posted - 23 January 2006 |
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| 3 - 21 December 2005. A compelling view of new paintings, prints, sculptures, new media and architecture from a cross section of leading artists and architects working in Scotland today. |
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SEA
Date story posted - 07 October 2005 |
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| 21 October - 20 November 2005 RSA Lower Galleries This newly curated exhibition from the Royal Scottish Academy explores the relationship contemporary artists in Scotland have with our coastline and is complimented by historic works from the Academy's extensive archive, including paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, photography, film-making and installation by some of Scotland's most prominent artists, past and present. |
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FESTIVAL CONNECTIONS - press release
Date story posted - 06 October 2005 |
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| 13 August – 25 September 2005 179th RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION A highlight of the exhibiting calendar in Scotland, the RSA Annual Exhibition showcases works from the length and breadth of Scotland and beyond, including a number of international exhibits. In 2005, the exhibition has moved from its traditional spring slot to coincide with the Edinburgh International Festival. This year heralds the beginnings of a new era for the RSA. A change in Supplementary Charter enables the opening up of the Academy and allows for a greater range of art and artists to be represented. The RSA intends to celebrate this historic development by hosting the most diverse exhibition to date! |
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EUAN GRAY: JOURNEY - press release
Date story posted - 05 October 2005 |
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| 27 May – 16 June 2005 Exhibition of new works by Euan Gray, winner of the 2004 Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, presented in association with the Royal Scottish Academy. |
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NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR ARTS - press release
Date story posted - 05 October 2005 |
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| 25 March – 17 April 2005 New Architecture for Arts brings together three of the Royal Scottish Academy's prominent architect members; Ric Russell RSA, Malcolm Fraser ARSA and Richard Murphy ARSA. These architects are all heavily involved in new and innovative architecture for the arts in communities across Scotland and the UK and this exhibition provides a snapshot of some of their completed and current projects |
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STOP LOOK LISTEN - Press release
Date story posted - 05 May 2005 |
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| 28 April - 21 May 2005 Ziggy Campbell, Kev Sim, and Tommy Perman are Found. Found explore and remix elements of contemporary culture and popular art forms in their DJ-sets, sound installations and visual art with a focus on graphic design formats, inventing techniques which result in spontaneous outcomes. They develop their work in relation to local environments with an emphasis on change and elements of chance. |
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BODY PARTS - press release
Date story posted - 11 April 2005 |
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| 9 – 13 February 2005 RSA Gallery 9 For the first time ever, The Society of Scottish Artists, the Royal Scottish Academy and the National Galleries of Scotland have come together for a unique collaboration to produce Body Parts, a 5 day festival of Performance Art, talks and workshops. |
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RSA ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION 2005 - press release
Date story posted - 11 April 2005 |
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| RSA Upper & Lower Galleries 5 -17 March 2005 The RSA Annual Student Exhibition provides a prime platform each year for the new wave of artists to publicly display their work prior to embarking on their careers. The largest of its kind in the UK, the exhibition is open to all final year and postgraduate students of the Scottish art and architecture schools and for the first time ever will span ALL 12 upper and lower RSA Galleries! |
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2005 RSA ALASTAIR SALVESEN SCHOLAR ANNOUNCED
Date story posted - 17 January 2005 |
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| Eoghann MacColl is the winner of the 2005 prestigious Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship. The 34 year-old painter who lives in Dunlop, Ayrshire, was one of four selected finalists whose portfolio and proposed travel plans won in a tightly contested final. |
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GUILDING THE SUMMER TOWN - Press release
Date story posted - 17 January 2005 |
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| Guilding the Summer Town: New Paintings and objects by Eddie Summerton ARSA and Derrick Guild - 26 Nov to 19 Dec 2004 RSA Gallery 9 This exhibition explores the images and ideas running concurrently through the paintings of Edward Summerton ARSA and Derrick Guild. Art historical references blend with popular and domestic images highlighting the darker side of European children's tales and traditional decoration. The artists are exhibiting for the first time together, objects made from their paintings, the documentation of which will culminate in a limited edition artist’s publication! |
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DEMARCO ARCHIVES - press release
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| Demarco Archives: Scottish Artists 3-26 September 2004 @ RSA Gallery 9 Richard Demarco has occupied a unique place in Scottish art for over forty years as an innovator, an idealist and educator. From very early in his career Demarco thoroughly, obsessively even, recorded his activities, meetings, projects and contacts. The result is the Demarco Archives, which documents those who have worked with him, many of whom are now the most significant recent Scottish artists. The history of Scottish art from the early 1960s to the present is more fully illuminated by the Demarco Archives than by any other single source, comprising of some quarter of a million photographs and still growing! This collection of images, documents, publications and artworks provide an unparalleled insight into the full range of Richard Demarco’s work in Scotland and abroad, and are recognised as being of international importance. |
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NEW ASSOCIATES - press release
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| New Associates - RSA Lower Galleries 6 November - 19 December 2004 In 2004, seven New Associates were elected to join the Royal Scottish Academy. The RSA is thrilled to welcome John Byrne, Calum Colvin, Jo Ganter, Marian Leven, Sandy Moffat, Gordon Munro and Michael Visocchi as New Associate Members! Ranging in age and diversity of media the 'magnificent seven' were asked to contribute to this exhibition, welcoming them into the Academy and introducing them to the public as Associates of the RSA. |
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BLIND SIGHT - press release
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| Blind Sight 14 – 26 October 2004 @ RSA Gallery 9. ‘Northern Octave: Of lands Scot and Fin’ For the first time the Royal Scottish Academy are now presenting an exhibition of sound art! Following in the vein of new contemporary and innovative exhibitions held by the RSA, Blind Sight is an exploration of sound and study of the relationship between visual art and sound. The exhibition is curated by Eddie Summerton and Norman Shaw from Scotland and Annika Dahlsten from Finland. Comprising of 25 artists from Scotland and 25 from Finland Blind sight was originally exhibited at the VRC in Dundee and Artspace Titanik in Turku, Finland. Alongside creating a sound piece in the format of the CD, each artist also submitted a CD cover for display. The sound works will cover songs, sounds, stories, recordings and karaoke - evoking a range of feelings and provoking some unexpected reactions! |
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IN RESIDENCE - press release
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| In Residence - Nicky Bird, Adrian Lear, Emily Speed 6 - 21 November 2004 @ RSA Gallery 9. In Residence features the work of three young artists, Nicky Bird, Adrian Lear and Emily Speed, who were awarded artists residencies by the Royal Scottish Academy in 2003/2004 at Hospitalfield House, near Arbroath. The residencies provide a one or three month period for personal study and practice in an environment which has historically been created to benefit and nurture young artists. |
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BETWEEN MADNESS & GENIUS - Presenting the real Vincent van Gogh
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| The RSA was delighted that John Leighton, Director of The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, was able to present this year's Sir William Gillies Memorial Lecture. |
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DARKSPACE - press release
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| Darkspace 1 -10 October 2004 @ RSA Gallery 9. Challenging, engaging, shocking, diverse, beautiful, moving and exciting……. The RSA is excited, to be presenting for the first time ever, new film works by fine art graduates from the Scottish Colleges of Art! This ground breaking show comes as part of our new Projects + Progress series, which explores contemporary Scottish art in the vein of collaborative and project practice. Only on for 11 days and showcasing 5 of the best artist film-makers selected from the Scottish degree shows, these spunky films are not to be missed! |
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DELIA BAILLIE - press release
Date story posted - 10 November 2004 |
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| Delia Baillie - 'Solid Ground' 4 June – 4 July 2004 @ RSA Gallery 9. Delia Baillie is the winner of the 2003 Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, the largest independent art scholarship openly available in Scotland. Delia studied drawing and painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, graduating in 1999. With the £10,000 funding from the Salvesen Scholarship, Delia travelled to the United States to study the 'probability of chance' of seismic activity and naturally occurring land patterns on the West Coast. Travelling between Las Vegas and Mount Rainier in Washington State, Delia was intrigued by the 'gloss veneer of city life' in close proximity to these major landforms and the ever-present threat of nature's violent volcanic forces. |
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178th RSA Annual Exhibition 2004
Date story posted - 20 October 2004 |
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| 178th RSA Annual Exhibition 3 April – 20 May 2004 Celebrating the Royal Scottish Academy’s return to its home galleries after an absence of three years, the Annual Exhibition is larger than ever and will span the whole of the twelve upper and lower galleries in the newly refurbished building! |
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ALEC FINLAY - press release
Date story posted - 20 October 2004 |
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| Alec Finlay – 'Your Name Here' 5 - 29 August 2004 @ RSA Gallery 9. A new installation by artist Alec Finlay. ‘we play names and names play us…’ Artist, writer and publisher, Alec Finlay has a long history of collaboration with artists, writers and the public through his series of postcard projects and work as a publisher. From developing poetry readings and workshops, initialising collaborative projects and publishing opportunities between artists/writers, his work is diverse and inclusive. Alec invites people from around the world to respond and interact through the words and images of these postcard projects, playfully exploring ideas about identity. This exhibition brings together two of those public participation projects – ‘Bynames’ and ‘Wind Blown Cloud’. |
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…….‘Controversial’ Student exhibition opens at RSA
Date story posted - 18 February 2004 |
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| Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition 2004 21 February - 1 March 2004 Upper galleries, Royal Scottish Academy …….‘Controversial’ Student exhibition opens at RSA………… The Royal Scottish Academy’s Students’ Exhibition provides a platform each year for a new wave of artists to publicly display their work prior to embarking on their careers. This year the Exhibition returns to the upper galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy building after a two year absence. With around 280 works, this show is a glimpse of what to expect at the Degree shows across Scotland later this year. Installation works, oils, prints, interactive pieces, sculpture, performance, neon signs, architecture all brought together by the RSA for this showcase extravaganza. |
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RSA's 177th Annual Exhibition
Date story posted - 20 May 2003 |
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| 411 works are being exhibited in the RSA's 177th Annual Exhibition in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh from 26th April until 11th June, 2003 |