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Join us at Pulp Fiction
The Edinburgh Peer Group will be meeting at Pulp Fiction book store at 11am on Saturday 3rd March. We will be discussing the St Salvador Project, and ideas for the future. It will also be a chance for us all to sign post our work and have a catch up about what we might be … Read more
Meeting – Thursday 16th February
The Edinburgh Peer Group will be meeting for their first gathering of 2012 in St Salvador’s Church, it is an open meeting to all people interested in exploring this fantasic space and the possibilities it holds for running projects for both artists and the surrounding community. The meeting will take place on Thursday 16th Febrary … Read more
Thankyou
Sending out a massive thankyou to all who were involved in making GIFT happen and to the audience for coming along. It was a great evening. Photos will be up soon.
Gift Exhibitors – Simon Kempston
Simon will be playing in the cafe/ bar throughout the evening. ‘Simon Kempston is one of Scotland’s best young songwriters and leading fingerstyle guitarists. Simon’s original, distinctive guitar playing is founded upon a complex, finger-picking style which technically reveals his classical training yet is steeped in the history of the folk, blues and celtic traditions … Read more
DIY Exhibits
As well as viewing the work at GIFT we would like you to make some work of your own in our DIY exhibits. We are gifting you time and space to write, draw and photograph. TEXT – Be like Jack Kerouac. Sit at our typewriters and let the words flow. Prose, poetry, word art or script, it doesn’t … Read more
Gift Exhibitors- Rachael Macintyre, Genna Nethercott, Ewan Macintyre
Lastly we want to highlight the work of Rachael Macintyre, Genna Nethercott and Ewan Macintyre who are presenting a collaborative music, poetry,and aerial fabrics piece based around the traditional ballad “The Waves of the Silvery Tide.” Switching between an aerial routine done to a live rendition of the song and original poetry based on each … Read more
Gift Exhibitors – Catherine Stewart
Theatre-maker Catherine Stewart will be sharing… Knowledge I want to give you something you will always have. A one-to-one interaction which tells a story about facts, family and the knowing how to knit. Further details on Catherine’s work can be seen at her online portfilio
Our New Logo
Over the past few weeks designer Eliza Kesuma has been working hard to design a new logo for the Edinburgh Peer Group. Artists from across disciplines discussed the possibilities, and the general look that we thought would reflect the group. A main priority was to make a logo that could be adaptable to all the … Read more
Gift Exhibitors – Jasmin Bray Triance
As part of our Gift event on Thursday 15th December at Out of the Blue, we will be support Jasmin Bray Triance, a visual artist who specialises in sculpture will be sharing with us a new piece of work. Like an outlandish Christmas window display this installation is made up of suspended packages and paper … Read more
