Long pose sessions in the beautiful Main Hall on every third Sunday of the month. The session will begin with 15 minutes of short warm-up poses before settling down for the long haul – around 2 hours on the same pose, not including breaks. While this may appeal to more seasoned artists, Topaz will be
Untutored life drawing with an occasional rotation of themes – ranging from narrative with props and costume, to more conceptual ideas. Come and enjoy a space where the line between model and performer blurs, where newness and surprise thrives. Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen,
Untutored life drawing with an occasional rotation of themes – ranging from narrative with props and costume, to more conceptual ideas. Come and enjoy a space where the line between model and performer blurs, where newness and surprise thrives. Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen,
Long pose sessions in the beautiful Main Hall on every third Sunday of the month. The session will begin with 15 minutes of short warm-up poses before settling down for the long haul – around 2 hours on the same pose, not including breaks. While this may appeal to more seasoned artists, Topaz will be
Summerhall Surgeries is Summerhall’s brand new artist development initiative in partnership with the Fringe Society. Running throughout August as part of the Fringe, the Surgeries will see 16 lead artists showcase excerpts of unfinished work to an audience of peers and industry figures. This event offers a behind-the-scenes looks into some of the most innovative
Summerhall Surgeries is Summerhall’s brand new artist development initiative in partnership with the Fringe Society. Running throughout August as part of the Fringe, the Surgeries will see 16 lead artists showcase excerpts of unfinished work to an audience of peers and industry figures. This event offers a behind-the-scenes looks into some of the most innovative
Summerhall Surgeries is Summerhall’s brand new artist development initiative in partnership with the Fringe Society. Running throughout August as part of the Fringe, the Surgeries will see 16 lead artists showcase excerpts of unfinished work to an audience of peers and industry figures. This event offers a behind-the-scenes looks into some of the most innovative
Summerhall Surgeries is Summerhall’s brand new artist development initiative in partnership with the Fringe Society. Running throughout August as part of the Fringe, the Surgeries will see 16 lead artists showcase excerpts of unfinished work to an audience of peers and industry figures. This event offers a behind-the-scenes looks into some of the most innovative
GAFF’S FOURTH FUNDRAISER GIG AT SUMMERHALL Bigger than you’ve ever seen before! GAFF presents: Open House! A day of live music, upskilling and creative workshops in aid of local gender affirmation. After previously hosting sell-out gigs in Legends, Sneaky Pete’s and Wee Red, GAFF is back with a day of live music from trans and
Classically trained cellist, and educator, Simone Seales will guide participants in an improvisation workshop where they will explore soundscapes, noisemaking, the importance of listening with the whole body, and what it means to make sound in a group. This workshop is for anyone from any musical background and is open to all skill levels. Whether
Join Lau accordionist Martin Green for a workshop on arranging traditional music. If you play in a folk band, or would like to, this is an opportunity to come and hear a bit about how Lau create their arrangements, and devise new ones with the group. Suitable for any instruments, this is a hands-on, get-stuck-in
How to find the flow in your playing. This class is for players who’ve been playing for a few years and have found their stride but are looking to hit their groove a bit better. Aidan will look at phrasing, internal rhythms, ornamentation and bowing, to help you find your individual style.
Do you like playing guitar and learning new ideas from other musicians? Maybe enjoy a little gear chat? Hang out with Kris in this workshop setting; the time will be spent however the group decides to spend it – so you can get what you want from the time. Flatpicking, harmonies, fingerpicking, accompanying songs, trad
A wind-down from the evening’s proceedings, with a gentle participatory family friendly session. Plus, a multi-generational ceilidh led by two of Scotland’s most respected musicians: Sarah Hoy on fiddle and Fin Moore on Scottish small pipes. Event will begin in the Main Hall and continue in The Royal Dick Pub. Free to attend but ticket
A panel of guests dissect low budget filmmaking from funding and budgets to casting and essential crew. Learn some of the ways to make your film better for cheaper! With the Glasgow Media Access Centre & led by award-winning documentary filmmaker Duncan Cowles with BAFTA nominee and award-winning actor, Jamie Robson, collaborator with Cannes winner
Want to learn how to make a film on your phone or tablet? Our masterclass provides an introduction to filmmaking with a mobile phone or tablet, providing practical advice on completing film projects professionally and covering shooting on a phone, editing, sound design, useful tools, and software systems. Doors open 12:30pm
Want to learn the basics of stop motion and create a stop motion film in one afternoon? We’re hosting a FREE Stop Motion Masterclass where you can learn the techniques of stop motion and the basic concepts of animation. Participants will make short animated sequences, plus they will get to take away a plasticine figure
In this panel discussion, we will take an honest look at the role mentorships and awards play in nurturing creative and professional growth and how they contribute to enriching the literary landscape and building community around poetry.
Our home is on fire and our houses unmade. When climate change is also (as Margaret Atwood puts it) ‘everything change’, how might poetry reckon with the far-reaching implications and existential contradictions of environmental crisis?
Discover what’s what and who’s who in the live poetry scenes of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle in this informative panel that will inspire you to get off the sofa and onto the mic. Chaired by Catherine Wilson Garry of Rock the Boat, this panel will feature Degna Stone, Leyla Josephine and Jo Gilbert.
In this workshop with Stuart King and Lynda Clark, we will explore the convergence of poetry and technology. Using computer-based AI-driven tools we will delve together into the world of co-creation with AI, from remixing and weirding texts to creating from scratch.
Poetry reminds us what it is to be human, and more importantly, humane. It creates a haven for those who care. In a mutually supportive atmosphere, poet John Glenday will share existing poems and discuss how to approach writing your own. Using tools and tips, you will write a poem that reflects your experience of caring in a world that often overlooks kindness as a force for change.
Writer, actor and poet, Bea Webster-Mockett, facilitates this d/Deaf-only, safe space within Push the Boat Out Festival, where you are encouraged to explore BSL poetry. Come along and release your inner poet!
This workshop will be conducted entirely in BSL.
An incredible chance to write and converse with one of the world’s most exciting radical thinkers, Indian poet, novelist and activist Meena Kandasamy, in this online writing workshop. Described by the Independent as a ‘one-woman, agit-prop literary-political movement’, Meena Kandasamy is a poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist and academic based in Chennai, India. Her extensive
