Edinburgh Art Map Launch, with an open discussion reflecting on Artist-Run Activity in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Art Map Launch, with an open discussion reflecting on Artist-Run Activity in Edinburgh

For the final event in our ‘Culture Vultures’ programme, EMBASSY is delighted to welcome you to the launch of Edinburgh Art Map! As a part of the launch event, we have invited Khadea Santi, Peter Amoore, Mina Heydari-Waite and Jenny Hogarth to take part in an open discussion looking back on artist-run activity in Edinburgh.

With little visible history of grassroots spaces currently accessible in Edinburgh, we wished to focus on how artists have self-organised in the past. Rather than diminish the difficulties of running a space, especially as risk and precarity is unevenly balanced in the sector, we wanted to bring attention to the ways people have organised in various ways together before, and how we might adapt, continue and support all kinds of artist-run activity in Edinburgh in the future.

The event will take place from 4-8pm on Sunday September 6th. The open discussion will last from 4:30pm-5:45pm with the remainder of time being open for questions and the launch of the Edinburgh Art Map.

Edinburgh Art Map is a project produced by Maggie Ashmole, in collaboration with Glasgow Art Map, hosted by EMBASSY Gallery. Maggie works as a marketing intern for Glasgow Art Map, and as an Edinburgh native, recognised the need for a similar platform for the city. We hope that Edinburgh Art Map can act as a supportive infrastructure to improve the visibility and connectivity of contemporary art spaces across the city.

Come along to the launch to hear more about the project and how you can use it to promote your own events and exhibitions!

Sunday 6th September is also the final day to see ‘Culture Vultures’, which will be open from 12:00 until the start of the event at 16:00.