The Edinburgh Reporter November 2023

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CULTURE • LITERATURE • ART • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS...

By STAFF REPORTER

MORE THAN 130 artworks have been selected

to be displayed in two galleries, at the City Art

Centre. The chosen works reflect all dimensions

of natural and/or man-made environments

including works that are imaginary, surreal,

abstract, documentary, ecological and realistic

across a wide range of media – from painting,

sculpture, drawing and miniatures, to film,

animation, audioscapes and virtual reality.

With a £27,000 prize fund, the awards

welcomed entries from anyone over 16 years old,

born, living or studying in Scotland, irrespective

of their level of experience.

The first prize, the Lapeca Scottish

Landscape Award of £10,000 is open to

works in any medium, as is the second prize

of £5,000 donated by the Robert Haldane

Smith Foundation.

This year’s awards also includes The City of

Edinburgh Award of £5,000 for the top work

depicting any aspect of the city in any media.

The winning work will become part of the City

of Edinburgh’s permanent collection.

The Scottish Landscape Award for

Environmental Art, is another major award

open to works in any medium, with a £3,

prize donated by the Cruden Foundation.

Friends of the City Art Centre and Edinburgh

Museums have donated £1,000 for the Scottish

Landscape Award in Photography. Whilst Irene

Adams OBE is supporting the £1,000 Young

Landscape Artist Award, which will be given to

the top work entered in any medium by an artist

aged 16 to 25 years.

Barbara Rae, CBE, RA, Chair, Scottish

Landscape Awards Panel said: “We wanted to see

something that arrested us with its skill, insight,

humour, sensitivity – to see work that spoke to a

truth, to a dream, to microscopic realities or vast

surreal worlds. We hoped to find work that

pushed the very boundaries of contemporary

landscape art, and we were not disappointed.”

David Patterson, City Art Centre’s Curatorial

and Conservation Manager said: “We are

thrilled to have been selected as the venue for

the first-ever Scottish Landscape Awards

exhibition. From the outset, our vision matched

the ambitions of the Scottish Arts Trust in

wanting to challenge the traditional notion of

landscape painting. We’re genuinely pleased with

the variety and quality of artworks selected by

the judges, as well as the high calibre of artists

who submitted their work. I believe visitors will

leave the gallery thoroughly impressed, given the

exceptional standard and diversity of the

exhibited pieces.”

Landscapes at

City Art Centre

Summerhall Big

Christmas Weekend

Looking back in time this November...

Compiled by Jerry Ozaniec, Membership Secretary of the

Old Edinburgh Club. E: [email protected]

SUMMERHALL will host its

first Summerhall Big

Christmas Weekend from

1 to 3 December.

The Big Weekend will be

spread out all over

Summerhall and will build on

the popularity of its annual

Christmas Market - 90 stalls

of locally curated businesses

will make for a bigger, better,

and even more festive

atmosphere for all to enjoy.

A full weekend of

Christmas creativity and fun

for the local community,

Summerhall’s Big Christmas

Weekend will include events,

activities, performance and

stalls. Highlights will be

Adrenalism Theatre’s A Very

Crypto Christmas (with

Christmas Karaoke and bar

service); Crispmas

Confessional; Après Ski Bar

with raclette and German

beer; Carol Singing from

Summerhall’s very own

community choir; a Friday

night Christmas Ceilidh in

collaboration with The

Edinburgh Ceilidh Club; and

Wreath Making with Ollie

and Ivy using locally and

sustainably sourced

materials - as well as a

wide range of high quality

food and mulled wine and

cider vendors.

Entry for everyone will be

£3 and free for Under 18s, for

a full weekend of Christmas

creativity where special gifts

can be bought and made,

culture enjoyed, and the

festive spirit found at

every corner.

Summerhall Events

Manager Steph Leach said:

“Summerhall’s Christmas

Market has always been

popular, but every year we

want to make it bigger and

better so we can showcase

even more local talent and

makers. We are calling this

year’s programme our Big

Christmas Weekend to really

encapsulate how much there

is to enjoy! We were keen to

make this year a bit different

by working with multiple

local organisations and

offering more than just

a market.

We’ve been really lucky in

finding lots of amazing

collaborators to work with

this year, like The Edinburgh

Ceilidh Club, Ollie and Ivy,

and Adrenalism Theatre, as

well as increasing our

available capacity for

exhibitors at our market -

nearly 90 this Christmas! I

really feel that this year is

already demonstrating the

importance of collaboration

and community for all

Edinburgh creatives.”

Summerhall CEO, Sam

Gough, said: “What I love

about the Summerhall

Christmas Market is just how

authentic it is – local makers,

boutique sellers and

high-quality produce. It

really is the highlight of the

month and will just be so

much fun.”

1ST

In 1695, the Bank of Scotland was

founded by an Act of the Scottish

Parliament. And in 1828, Rumford

Medal-winning Balfour Stewart was

born at 1 London Row in Leith, the

son of William Stewart a tea-

merchant, and his wife, Jane

Clouston. Also in 1897, Naomi

Mitchison (née Haldane), author,

poet, and politician, was born in

Edinburgh; Mitchison was a

campaigner for women’s issues and a

lifelong Socialist.

5TH

In 1854, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier,

Scottish novelist (Scotland’s “Jane

Austen”), died in Edinburgh and is

buried in St Cuthbert’s Churchyard.

And in 1879, Edinburgh-born

mathematician and physicist James

Clerk Maxwell, died; his most notable

achievement was to formulate the

classical theory of electromagnetic

radiation, bringing together for the

first time electricity, magnetism, and

light as different manifestations of

the same phenomenon. Also in 1940,

six 250 pound bombs fell around

Corstorphine Hill.

12TH

In 1869, Edinburgh University

admitted female medical students for

the first time; however they were not

able to graduate, as women were not

allowed to practice on medical

wards; as an aside a woman,

masquerading as Dr James Barry,

actually took a medical degree at

Edinburgh University in 1812 and

became an army surgeon.

30TH

In 1996, fifteen days after the

return of the Stone of Destiny,

thousands of people lined the Royal

Mile in Edinburgh to watch troops

escort it from Holyrood Palace up to

Edinburgh Castle. And in 1998,

Queen Elizabeth II opened the

modern extension to what is now

the National Museum of Scotland.

The complete list of all events in

November can be viewed on:

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

Dr James Barry, AKA

Margaret Anne Bulkley

Andrew Mackenzie, Quarry 4, Blue,

2022, oil on panel. ©the artist