STUDENT GUIDE 2018 V I S UA L A RT
CULTURE CLASS So you know all about the masters and the tastemakers – how about becoming one yourself? Rachael Cloughton takes a look at some of the hands-on visual art activities on offer in Glasgow and Edinburgh
PRINTMAKING
Forget naff posters, how about creating something by hand to decorate the walls of your new student digs? Edinburgh Printmakers and Glasgow Print Studio offer a range of courses in printmaking – from afternoon classes in simple stencil screen-prints (very Matisse) and monotypes, to more advanced evening and weekend courses in etching and lithography. Prices can be a little steep (starting at £40) but once you’ve got the skills you can sign up to be a member and use both spaces’ facilities independently for decent rates.
Looking for something a bit more relaxed? Every month Look and Draw organise a very popular Drink and Draw life printing session at the Safari Lounge in Edinburgh. It’s a very informal life drawing session with ‘a monoprinty twist and good tunage’. The class is untutored but the session
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will begin with a short mono printing demo and handy drawing tips from the organisers. Printing materials are then available to use for the remainder of the session, which are included in the £12 price tag.
SCULPTURE Public courses at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and Glasgow Sculpture Studios not only offer you support to start an ambitious creative project, but they are led by some of the most exciting i gures on the Scottish art scene. Previous workshops at GSS have included ‘printing the city’ with Tessa Lynch, casting with James Rigler and performance art with Gordon Douglas. Students also get 20% off.
places to go for all things photography. Get to grips with the city by taking part in one of Stills’ Street Photography project days, or sign up for a Photography Walking Tour with Street Level Photoworks. Both photography centres have open access production facilities too, complete with darkrooms and Hasselblad scanners – so you can get really arty with your fresher’s week photos. They also do courses in Photoshop, i lm editing and alternative processes like gum bichromate printing, which was invented in Edinburgh in the 1800s. Annual membership for students at Street Level comes in at £50 and annual Friends membership for students at Stills is just £20. LIFE DRAWING
PHOTOGRAPHY Stills in Edinburgh and Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow are the
Once Edinburgh University’s vet school, today Summerhall is one of the city’s most exciting arts venues.
On Wednesdays from 7–9pm, they run a life drawing session in their Anatomy Lecture Theatre for £6. The art collective All the Young Nudes (ATYN) also organise regular life drawing classes in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Like Summerhall, it’s a relaxed and informal set up for people who love sketching. No experience is necessary – and there’s no need to book in advance, just pop along when inspiration strikes. ATYN run sessions on Mondays from 7–9pm at Sloans in Glasgow and on Tuesdays from 7–9pm at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh (both cost £6). It’s also worth keeping an eye on the group’s website, as they run some fun one-off sessions in addition to the regular programme – previous events have included art salons at Jupiter Artland outside Edinburgh and modelling workshops at Toad’s Caravan in Glasgow.