Sat 17 Feb 2018
Brigid Collins & Ed Small - Artist Talk
15:00
Artist Brigid Collins and Ed Small discuss the concept behind the book ‘For A’That’, illustrated by Collins and edited by Kirsty Gunn alongside Anna Day, Cultural Project Manager for the... [more]
Sat 10 Feb 2018
Greg Moodie and Chris Cairns - Artist Talk
15:00
Cartoonists Greg Moodie and Chris Cairns have been tearing up the Scottish and UK political scene since 2012, Cairns as part of Wings Over Scotland and Moodie in the pages of The National. Here they... [more]
Fri 09 Feb 2018
Creativity for Wellbeing
Creativity for Wellbeing Workshop
17:30 - 19:30
A process art workshop where the emphasis is on using creativity to connect with ourselves and each other. The group will engage in structured settling, making and reflective exercises. In the making... [more]
Sat 03 Feb 2018
Catherine Sargeant & Tom Houston - Artist Talk & Performance
15:00
Award winning text artist Catherine Sargeant will discuss her involvement with the poetry of Burns and reveal why the 'e' was dropped. She is joined by Tom Houston, an original and compelling... [more]
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Commissioned Artists Panel
14:00
Commissioned artists panel with Derrick Guild, Ciara Veronica Dunne, Ross Fleming and Robert Powell, co-chaired by ‘Burns Unbroke’ Festival Director Sheilagh Tennant and Exhibitions Facilitator... [more]
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Kenny Hunter - Artist Talk
15:30
Kenny Hunter will discuss his practice as an artist in relation to the life and work of Robert Burns. Looking at shared areas of interest such as history, politics and the natural world. In... [more]
Sat 27 Jan 2018
Neu! Reekie! - Burns Eruption
19:30-23:30
"Scotland's favourite avante-garde noise makers" (The Skinny) present a Burns Night like no other - expect an eclectic mix of musicians and poets, haggis, veggie haggis and nips of Arran... [more]
Sat 27 Jan 2018
David Mach - Artist Talk
12:00
David Mach RA discusses his fascination with Robert Burns with Burns biographer Robert Crawford. They will also discuss some of David's recent work merging collage and poetry, as well as performing... [more]
Sat 27 Jan 2018
The Neil Mackenzie Memorial Ceilidh and Talks
17:30 - 19:00 (talks) 19:00 - 01:00 (Ceilidh)
A Burns weekend ceilidh in aid of The Neil Mackenzie Trust (SC046080) featuring the amazing Dance Bandits.Burns themed food available by Gannet and Guga.Cash bar available from 7pm,... [more]
26 Jan, 01 Feb, 15 Feb, 01 Mar 2018
Whisky Masterclasses - Isle of Arran Distillery
18:30-19:30
Allow yourself to be transported to the beautiful Isle of Arran on the west coast of Scotland, a stone’s throw away from Burns’s birthplace where your host will take you through 5 whiskies from... [more]
Thu 25 Jan 2018
Oor Rabbie by Andy Cannon and Wendy Weatherby
19:00 - 20:00
Featuring Burns's most popular works - including Tam O'Shanter, Tae a Mouse, Tae a Louse, Address to a Haggis – and with lots of audience participation, poetry, storytelling and live music, Oor... [more]
Sat 09 Dec 2017
Spin Network & Magnetic North
We Are All Made of Stars - Artist's Talk
17:00
Join film-maker Marisa Zanotti and composer Matthew Whiteside of Spin Network, together with Magnetic North's artistic director Nicholas Bone to find out more about the development of We Are All... [more]
Thu 07 Dec 2017
Beyond Borders Scotland
Contested Identities - Cultural dialogues between small nations
10:00-19:30
The Irish poet Eavan Boland once asked, ‘What is this thing – a nation – that is so powerful it can make songs, attract sacrifice and so exclusive it drives into hiding the complex and... [more]
Sat 28 Oct 2017
Crofts & Kowalczyk
The Uncanny Miniclick Photographers' Talks Edinburgh Edition
18:30
All October Miniclick are looking into The Uncanny with a new exhibition in Brighton, ‘Spirit Side’, two new workshops and an evening of talks on Hauntings and The After Life. In keeping with... [more]
Sat 21 Oct 2017
Locomotive/Ideolo
15:00
Artist-led workshop by MAŁGORZATA GUROWSKA, JOANNA RUSZCZYK Language: Polish and English “The first carries cattle, then horses not few;/ The third car with corpulent people is filled,/Eating... [more]
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Dog Tricks
12:00
PANI JUREK, MAŁGORZATA GUROWSKA Language: Polish and English Of the cut muzzles, paws, bellies, tails, shaggy fur, spots and glances we will make the prettiest mongrels in the world. We will... [more]
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Paper Preserve
15:00
Artist-led workshop by illustrator KATARZYNA BOGUCKA Language: Polish and English In Poland gardening and making preserve from seasonal products have become fashionable again. We fill jars with the... [more]
Thu 19 Oct 2017
Mr Minuscule
15:00
Artist-led workshop ‘MR MINUSCULE’ by ELIZA MARCINOWICZ Language: English and Polish Mr Minuscule was really inquisitive. He has travelled all around the world and saw everything, except... [more]
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Pigeon, Bottle, Envelope, Computer - An Art of Writing Letters
15:00
Artist-led workshop by DOMINIKA GORZKIEWICZ- KRZYŻANOWSKA Language: Polish and English Where did the carrier pigeons go? Who did the bottle letters reach? How to send a letter without an envelope?... [more]
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Jumping Languages and Other Bilingual Stories
16:00
The workshop will engage both children (pre-school and primary ages) and their parents on the topic of bilingualism and code mixing. Through creative collective writing, illustrations and physical... [more]
Tue 17 Oct 2017
I am a very clever cat
15:00
Workshop led by artist illustrator KASIA MATYJASZEK Language: Polish and English Do you know Stockton, a very claver cat, who is good at everything? Especially knitting! When he decides to knit a... [more]
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Jumping Languages and Other Bilingual Stories
16:00
The workshop will engage both children (pre-school and primary ages) and their parents on the topic of bilingualism and code mixing. Through creative collective writing, illustrations and physical... [more]
Sun 15 Oct 2017
King Matt The First
17:00 - 18:00
Figure Theatre’s “King Matt the First” looks at entering into adulthood in today’s complicated world of many meanings, contexts and points of view. Maturity, battling one’s own weaknesses,... [more]
Sun 15 Oct 2017
We've got a problem
15:00
By artist Iwona ChmielewskaLanguage: Polish and English The workshop is inspired by Iwona Chmielewska’s book “A PROBLEM”. This is a simple story about a girl who was ironing an embroidered... [more]
Sat 14 Oct 2017
Sat 14 Oct 2017
Polish Contemporary Book Illustrations for Children
12:00
Come to learn about modern Polish book illustrations. Two lectures: ‘Contemporary Polish Picturebook Art: Bridging Tradition and Modernity - Mizielińscy, Ignerska, Concejo’ by Magdalena Sikorska... [more]
Sat 14 Oct 2017
Make Your Own Monster
15:00
MAKE YOUR OWN MONSTER workshop led by artist illustrator ALEKSANDRA WOLDANSKA – PŁOCINSKA One of the most popular monsters in the world lives in Scotland, in Loch Ness. Some think that it has a... [more]
Fri 13 Oct 2017
Painted with Shadows
15:00
Language: Polish and EnglishWould you like to discover all the secrets of a shadow theatre? Learn how to create scenes, how to move a puppet and how to use the light to create incredible new... [more]
Thu 12 Oct 2017
BAWIALNIA/PLAYROOM - Polish Design For Kids!
18:00
The great opening of the BAWIALNIA/PLAYROOM – Polish Design for Kids exhibition and an official inauguration of ‘KITE AND TRUMPET’ Festival of Polish Art for Children. You don’t want to miss... [more]
Thu 12 Oct 2017 - Sun 22 Oct 2017
Kite & Trumpet Festival
Festival of Polish Art for Children. Take part in creative workshops, admire beautifully illustrated Polish books, play with quality toys and games crafted in Poland and be inspired by fantastic... [more]