PAST EVENT: This was part of the EAF25 programme.

For another year running, EAF spotlighted our Leith-based Partner Galleries with an afternoon of back-to-back exhibitions visits. Participants travelled from Bard by the Shore, along to the Travelling Gallery’s Coburg Studios stop, up to Sett Studios, and finally along to Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for an exciting launch evening.

The galleries’ offerings were:

→ Bard | 12noon—2pm
Brandon Logan: Little Low Heavens

Orcadian artist Brandon Logan presented an intimate collection of his vibrant minimalist paintings, curated for the domestic spaces at Bard. Logan’s palette drew from Orkney’s environment and culture, yet channels a new queer take on abstraction

→ Travelling Gallery: Coburg Studios | 2—4pm
SEEDLINGS: DIASPORIC IMAGINARIES

SEEDLINGS was a group exhibition exploring ways to connect with the worlds through other-than-human perspectives, challenging the boundaries between culture and nature. 

→ Sett Studios | 4—6pm
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS

In a packed salon-style exhibition, Sett Studios invitesdfriends of the studio over to run the space. Showcasing the incredible creative energy of this artist-run studio, the exhibition strove for more DIY, more emerging artists, and more community preservation.

→ Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop | 7—9pm
LAUNCH Louise Gibson: Beachheads
Megan Rudden: Love in the Ecotone

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop celebrated the launch of Louise Gibson’s Beachheads, a series of monumental sculptures crafted from discarded materials, speaking of the excesses of contemporary consumer culture. Alongside was Megan Rudden’s Love in the Ecotone, a body of new work exploring the idea of the ecotone, a transitional space between two states, where these two distinct systems clash and transform.