VAS Annual Open Exhibition 2012
Sat 4th February – Thurs 1st March
RSA Upper Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh
The President and Council of VAS are pleased to present the 2012 Annual Open Exhibition of visual and applied arts in the RSA’s prestigious upper galleries. This year we encouraged works on an ambitious scale to reflect the grandeur of this space, and the artists responded...
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VAS Annual Open Exhibition 2011
Sat 5th February – Thurs 3rd March
RSA Upper Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh
In 2011 Visual Arts Scotland’s Annual Exhibition was held in the beautiful, spacious upper galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy, which we shared with the SSA. The show continued our proud tradition to exhibit the best of the applied arts alongside fine art, celebrating...
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2010 saw the turn of VAS to be allocated the downstairs galleries, we went from last year’s three floors to three small rooms while our submissions remained at almost 700 works! This, while exciting, set us an enormous challenge in selecting and hanging a cohesive exhibition that reflected the rich diversity of disciplines we are so proud to represent.
We were particularly pleased to...
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In 2009 the VAS Annual Open Exhibition was be held for the first time in the City Art Centre. This move brought about a wonderful serendipity; the city art collection is housed there and amongst its treasures are works by distinguished past members. To mark the occasion the 300 works, selected from an open submission of over 700 entries, was enhanced with works from the City of Edinburgh’s...
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In 2008 VAS occupied the upper left hand galleries of the RSA building, with the RSW on the right and the SSA in the lower galleries. The invited artists were ceramicist Edith Garcia and Painter Peter White.
Edith Garcia
‘There are many forms in which an artist works; for me my work is a way to record my unique individual experiences throughout my lifetime, depicting everyday occurrences...
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