SEIMINEAR AIR-LOIDHNE | ONLINE SEMINAR 🧑‍🏫 Matt Zurowski, @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 🕐 12/11/2025, 13:00 📄 Caoineadh, èisteachd, agus àite ann am beul-aithris na Gàidhlig | Lament, listening, and place in the Gaelic oral tradition Barrachd fios | More info: https://uhi.pulse.ly/xogrnjlenx

We are so in love with these illustrations of University of Edinburgh buildings by ECA alumna Ally McKay, which are available on a range of merch from the University Gift Shop 😍! Read more: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/ally-illustrates-university-buildings-gift-shop

What's On this week at ECA... Join us for our events, which are free and open to all, with a variety of in-person and online options - find out more at: edin.ac/48TRQ6t

We are delighted to welcome the internationally acclaimed visual artist and photographer, Hélène Binet, to ECA, as a keynote speaker for the Imagining Interiors Conference. 13 November, 5.30pm, ECA Main Building This lecture is open to the public. Find out more: https://edin.ac/47xmOyL

Leading fashion retailers including Louis Vuitton, Harvey Nichols, Mulberry, and Johnstons of Elgin are to collaborate with our 2nd year BA (Hons) Fashion students as part of a collaboration with Multrees Walk. Read more: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/leading-retailers-collaborate-fashion-students

Ill be giving a talk tonight on Rwanda's Forests and virtue signalling of architecture-ecology-in person + online - details in image @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Image: Karisoke Cabin on a Foggy Day, Rwanda 1969. Photograph by Bob Campbell, Courtesy of University of Florida Special Collections

It has been a big week, with a lot of talking to people. Now to catch-up on all the other things...

Exploring Europe with the Professor Les Mitchell Travel Award! BA (Hons) Graphic Design student Matt Butler was the first recipient of this award, made in memory of the late ECA professor, and reports back on his travels. Read more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/explori...

Interested in postgraduate study at ECA? Join us for the Postgraduate Open Day on Thu 6 Nov, 4:30pm to 7pm. Discover our taught & research study opportunities, explore campus & meet academic staff. Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgraduate-open-day-2025-tickets-1813464443969

* First event *Colonial Debris,Decolonial Horizons Wed 29 Oct, 6pm. Adam House, 3 Chambers St.A public dialogue on University of Edinburgh’s Race Review and its architectural implications with Nicki Frith, Nicola Perugini, Shaira Vadasaria, Samantha Likonde & Claire Walsh 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vfmjtyp

We've another week of fantastic events at ECA! Free and open to all, they offer a variety of in person and online options - check out individual events for more details, via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/edinburgh-college-of-art-84731828803

The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, opened its ‘Drawing the Italian Renaissance’ exhibition yesterday – which includes ECA alumni Phoebe Leach and Dette Allmark as artists in residence! More on the exhibition: lnkd.in/eYhAbxsf More on the residency: lnkd.in/eyhjgwWB

Brilliant ‘Leaky Bodies and Touchy Software’ concert last night with @xeniapestova.bsky.social + Martin Parker + Olivia Palmer-Baker bringing together the future and history of music creation in unique location of St Cecilia's Hall 👏

Congratulations to ECA alumna Casey Dillon, who has won ITV's Marks and Spencer: Dress the Nation series 2! Casey, who graduated with BA (Hons) Fashion in 2024, won Sunday’s final with her gold draped mini dress. Read more: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/casey-wins-ms-dress-nation

See work by ECA alumni at events in Edinburgh and London this month.: HARVEST: Contemporary Craft Fair, City Art Centre, 11-19 Oct. Affordable Art Fair, Evolution London, 15 -19 Oct. Read more: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/craftwork-and-painting-eca-alumni-show-edinburgh-and-london

Join us for the ECA PhD Showcase ’25, where 25 presenters push their research beyond boundaries. The showcase this year includes a symposium of talks and screenings as well as an exhibition. Free and open to all, 15-17 October. Book now at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/phd-showcase-2025-4718513

Join us for the first in the 2025/26 Geddes Fellows Lecture Series - The Age of the Keyword with Prof Daniel Rosenberg 7.30pm, Thu 9 Oct, Adam House, Chambers Street Free & open to all: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esala-202526-geddes-fellows-lecture-series-daniel-rosenberg-tickets-1741931446849

What’s On This Week! Dr Carly Boxer: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of-art-research-seminar-series-dr-carly-boxer-tickets-1464005191939 Prof Daniel Rosenberg: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esala-202526-geddes-fellows-lecture-series-daniel-rosenberg-tickets-1741931446849

Congratulations ECA alumna Emma Farrarons, who won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting newcomer to picture book illustration. Emma (BA (Hons) Illustration 2004) won with her illustrations for picture book My Hair is as Long as a River, by Charlie Castle. More: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/alumna-...

More leisurely walk through an interactive songscape featuring #computermusic transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. This project reconsiders electroacoustic soundscape in an interactive medium. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social vimeo.com/1124423265

Speedrun through an interactive songscape feat. transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. Now with elements that develop the AV aesthetic. Audio made with @cycling74.bsky.social MaxMSP & @audiokinetic.bsky.social Wwise @edincollegeofart.bsky.social

Yesterday - teaching @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Architectural History students in the archive. Drawings of Coventry Cathedral from the Basil Spence archive, as well as many other items that showed the collaborative process by which the cathedral was designed and built.

🔉 Listen in! Melissa Terras MBE FREng and Frauke Zeller: 'Scotland’s Creative Industries and the Power of Data - The Story Behind CoSTAR' is Episode 6 of the second series of Artful Inquiry, the ECA Research podcast. Listen to the episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1BXc...

Vice President Chen of Donghua University visited ECA last month, with Dean Li Jun & Jade Xiang from our Joint Institute, Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation, and representatives from the Shanghai Changning government. Read more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/vice-pr... 📸 Lisa Marley

🔉 Listen in! Dr @tcooper-music.bsky.social: Early Music, Modern Ears - Collaborating with Electroacoustic Composition, is Ep 5 of the second series of Artful Inquiry, the ECA Research podcast. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4fYo... Find out more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

🔉 Listen in! Dr @lucygweir.bsky.social - What Moves Them - The Global History of Modern Dance - is episode 4 of series 2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast. Discover how migration, protest, and chance encounters shaped the language of movement. open.spotify.com/episode/3ct8...

Technically Art - the ECA Technicians' Exhibition, is now open! It's free and open to all, in the Sculpture Court, Lauriston Campus, from 10am until 4pm Tue 16 to Fri 19 September, and 11am to 4pm Saturday 20 September. Details and booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/technicall....

First day of the new academic year @edincollegeofart.bsky.social. This semester's teaching includes my course on architecture in Britain 1919-56.

👨‍🏫 🧭 We’ll be kicking off the new academic year with the return of the Denys Hay lecture to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as we welcome @philippebuc.bsky.social from @unileiden.bsky.social to deliver a talk on his recent comparative historical research looking at both medieval Europe and Japan.

New album Normification by Florian Hecker & Marcin Pietruszewski (an @edincollegeofart.bsky.social graduate) translates graphic design procedures & algorithmic processes into sound synthesis & composition through experimental auditory display #computermusic normification.bandcamp.com/album/normif...

Really enjoyed recording this episode of Artful Inquiry with @alistairfair.bsky.social - thanks to James, Miranda and the team at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 🗃️ (1/2)

Open Mic Nights are back at the Wee Red Bar! 🎤 Free live music from the students of the Reid School of Music, visiting performers welcome. Set up is two mics, piano and a guitar. 7pm to 10pm on 25 Sep, 30 Oct & 27 Nov - free and open to all. Book online at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/eca-open-...

Our History of Art Research Seminars are back! The first is on 18 Sep with Dr Kuang-Yi Ku, '2025 Spotlight Taiwan Project - Challenging Biomedical Paradigm through Art and Design' Events are free & open to all, with a variety of in person/online/hybrid events: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/history-o...

Recently @vawright10.bsky.social and I were interviewed for a podcast about the Scottish new towns book which we recently co-wrote (and which is available Open Access for free download via bloomsburycollections, though you can also buy a copy in print if you wish!)

🔉 Listen in! Dr @alistairfair.bsky.social & Dr @vawright10.bsky.social: Building Modern Scotland - The Social Histories of New Towns. Ep3, s2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast. Listen in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1qDQ... More about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

Join us for the ECA Technicians' exhibition, 'Technically Art'! Celebrate the tremendous creativity of our technicians - Sculpture Court, Lauriston Campus, Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 September. Entry is free and bookable advance: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/technicall...

We're delighted to collaborate with Royal Collection Trust on an artist residency which will see ECA alumni Phoebe Leach and Dette Allmark drawing at The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, during the exhibition 'Drawing the Italian Renaissance' Find out more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/residen...

Learn about Renaissance women scholars, painters, sculptors & architects in this series of 25 min lectures by Professor Jill Burke. Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social. #OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social ‪ open.ed.ac.uk/renaissance-...

🔉 Listen in! Dr @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social: Authenticity Unmasked - AI and the Future of Creativity is the second episode of series two of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0VaK... Find out about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

📕This work takes a fascinating look at themes of accessibility and inclusion in relation to medieval studies — including a chapter from our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social, who also co-edited the book! ⬇️ Find out more below about a hybrid book launch being held for it next month: bit.ly/3HRAM5W

POVERTY, PRECARITY & COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: WHO DECIDES? Join us and our incredible community partners for an exhibition exploring poverty and precarity 🗓️ Sep 3rd 📍 Inspace 🕐 Drop-in, 1pm–4pm With collaborations from: ✨ Ripple Project ✨ Poverty Truth Community ✨ Our Voices ✨ Artlink ✨ Outwith

In very good company here - many thanks to James for this chat about my forthcoming global history of modern dance.

🔉 Listen in! Dr Catriona Murray and @nationalgalleries.bsky.social curator Kate Anderson explore the sensory spectacle of the court of King James VI and I in the latest episode of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/4d8C...

ECA alumnus Andrew John Fakaua Ponton has released the first Fijian indie feature film in more than two decades. Boxing drama Bati has been praised as “a significant moment for Fijian cinema and a new addition to the growing list of films from the Pacific Islands.” www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/fijian-...

Thank you to everyone who visited Authenticity Unmasked! Over 10 days, nearly 600 visitors explored how AI is reshaping our sense of authenticity and trust. 1/4

Alumna Angel Cohn Castle is to represent Scotland at La Biennale di Venezia next year, working with Davide Bugarin - and has recalled ECA's "passionate energy" as being formative in her creative journey. Read more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/angel-b... 📷 By Charlotte Cullen, courtesy Scotland + Venice

Our MA Documentary Film Directing Graduate Screening & Exhibition welcomes the public tomorrow - drop in to our Main Building to watch the works and enjoy film posters! Friday 15 August, 9.30am to 5pm - entry is free - booking at: edin.ac/3HrbV8Y Good luck to all the students involved 🫶!

Heading to see the Authenticity Unmasked exhibition this week? Listen in to Episode 2 of this series of the Active Inquiry podcast, which features @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social discussing the exhibition, along with artists Georgia Gardner and Theodore Koterwas: open.spotify.com/episode/0VaK...

The ECA research podcast, Artful Inquiry, is back!💥 Welcome to Series 2 of our podcast - six more cracking episodes delving into some of the fascinating topics researched by staff at ECA. Check out www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research... or find the episodes on Spotify!

Lively artworks exploring the current use and future possibilities of artificial intelligence feature in two new exhibitions: Tipping Point is at @inspacegallery.bsky.social until 31 Aug, and Authenticity Unmasked is at the Informatics Forum until 17 August: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/art-sho...