ESSA Raffle

ESSA Raffle

Tickets £1 each, £10 for a book of 10 Draw Date 29th February 2012   The President and Council are pleased to announce that during the Annual Exhibition in 2012, the three Societies (SSA, VAS and RSW) will be holding a combined raffle which will be drawn at the end of the Exhibition. Proceeds from the raffle will be divided between ESSA (50%) and the three societies (50%), with ESSA’s...

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Winter Warmer

Winter Warmer

Thursday 23rd February 2012 5.30 – 8pm RSA Upper Galleries (enter by Princes Street door) Tickets £10 (£8 for VAS members)   Following the success of last year’s event we have scheduled another Winter Warmer for Thursday 23rd February. Like last year, there will be poetry, live music, and an artist ‘in conversation’ with  special star guest Candia McWilliam. We have an exciting...

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2012 Annual Exhibition

2012 Annual Exhibition

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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Invited Artists 2012

Invited Artists 2012

Jessica Harrison; ‘Touchstones’ This installation comprises of a series of stone sculptures exhibited alongside video documentation of the making process. Starting with a hand-sized ball of soft clay, the subject (a different person for each sculpture) works blindly; pushing, folding, manipulating the clay and the felt space. The video footage shows the subject’s face during this...

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ESSA @ Edinburgh Art Fair

ESSA @ Edinburgh Art Fair

The Edinburgh Art Fair; 18th – 20th November 2011 The Corn Exchange, New Market Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RJ The Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists (ESSA) is once again supporting the three societies in it’s latest fundraising venture. ESSA have amassed no fewer that 300 small, affordable artworks by members of VAS, SSA and RSW, which will be on sale at one of Scotland’s most...

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2011

2011

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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