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Opportunities
Tall brick tower with large open window viewing into angular interior concrete space

Beacon Tower Commission – Call for Applications

Create a sound work for our buildings.
Deadline: 31 January 2021.
Number of Places: 2

Exhibitions
Keyboards cut apart and shaped into two foxes, contained within a ring of lights and autumnal leaves

Johnathan Elders: Hibernation

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is delighted to present Hibernation, a new installation by Johnathan Elders commissioned for the Hawthornvale Space.

Opportunities
Poster depicting centred image of bust of young boy in silver metal, framed within portrait hoardings, text heading on the poster is Reproduction! Kenny Hunter

A Billboard for Newhaven

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop invites applications from Members for poster artworks for the hoardings at the top of Hawthornvale.

Opportunities
Two buff coloured stoneware pots connected by a handle between the bases of each spout and a section at the bottom of each pot. Across the bottom half of the pots is a tideline made up of waves in blue

Ceramic Sculpture Bursary – call for applications

Join our new Ceramics Sculpture Programme.
Deadline: 30 December 2020.
Number of Places: 3.

News
Artist Paul McAuley in a workshop holds up a bronze cast head that has remnants of sand, a smaller bronze head sits on the table in the foreground

AGM and Activity during Summer and Autumn 2020

See info about our recent AGM and images celebrating activity within ESW communities.

News
Black and white video still of a performance where the artist falls to the ground several times, with repeated mosaics displaying the falls sequenced differently

ESW Welcomes New Board Members

Irineu Destourelles, Giulia Gentili and Sekai Machache join the organisation as voluntary trustees in November 2020.

Exhibitions
In white block capital letter the word dissonance is seen on a flecked rainbow coloured background

Hawthornvale Space: Selected Artists

We are thrilled to announce that the artists selected for the Hawthornvale Exhibition Programme are Jonathan Elders and Alice Betts & Juliana Capes.

Opportunities
In the centre of the room two ceramic plates sit on a long white rectangular plinth alongside a black speaker on its side, two wall mounted screens, one encompassed by a black circle painted on the wall, show video work on the right, there are wall mounted ceramic works on the left

ESW/ECA Graduate Residencies 2020

The deadline for this opportunity has now passed. Applicants will be informed about the outcome of the selection process on Monday 14 December.

News
Detail image of scientific glass apparatus with water level in purple lighting against a blurred background

Emma Hislop: Graduate Research Award

Following her selection at New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy Emma Hislop will be in residence at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for the next three months. Emma will be working on new work and establishing herself in her new home city of Edinburgh

News
Four tiny light blue animals, a large orange cat, a blue and white smiling animal and a tall blue animal made out of toilet roll, pigments and PVA sit on top of a plywood stand. There is a face painted on the wall in the background

WIP

With our schools outdoor learning programme starting this week this is a chance to look back at the work done by last year’s cohort. WIP highlights the projects and work made by the Primary 5s of Trinity and Victoria Primary, Class of 2020 on our schools programme.

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Blacksmith forged coat hangers and hooks hang from the ceiling holding white and pink latex garments, each with collaged black and white images of zoomed in faces and profiles

Winnie Herbstein & Katie Shannon: REACH Scotland Residents

Welcome to REACH Scotland Residents Winnie Herbstein & Katie Shannon!

They will be in residence at ESW for the next 10 days producing new work for their Glasgow International 2021 exhibition.

Talks
Two paper mache silver birch tree trunks are surrounded by motorcycle parts, leaves and dirt. Alternate sizes of text are painted in green on the white walls and ceiling, excerpts include: Atelier, Scotland, Economy, Devolution, Curate, Art, Craft, Resources, Learning, Peer, AiR, Glasgow, Glasgow Miracle, Manchester, futurity, medievalism

Artist’s Talk: Gallery Malmo

Gallery Malmo Talk

Thursday 26 November 2020, 6.00 – 7.00pm