MARKING International Women’s Day 2021, curators from Museums & Galleries Edinburgh have taken the opportunity to shine a spotlight on a selection of fascinating women from Edinburgh’s past. Running from March 8-12, the series profiles five pioneering women whose lives are reflected in the city’s history collections. They include Ella Morrison Millar, Edinburgh’s first female town councillor; Nannie (Agnes Henderson) Brown, a prominent suffragist; Lileen Hardy, who opened the St Saviour’s Child Garden in the Canongate; Helen Monro Turner, who founded the studio glass department at Edinburgh College of Art and Ena Thomson, who served as an air raid warden in the Second World War.
MEMBERS of the public are being given the chance to vote on whether Edinburgh s Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations should go ahead this coming year. The City of Edinburgh Council has today launched a new consultation, asking citizens for their views on the city s iconic events in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The twelve-week survey is being carried out by independent market research company Progressive on behalf of the council. Not only is it seeking feedback from the capital’s residents, it is also reaching out to Edinburgh s communities and businesses on how Edinburgh’s Christmas and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay should be delivered from 2022 onwards.
Members of the public are being given the chance to vote on whether Edinburgh s Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations should go ahead this coming year. The City of Edinburgh Council has today launched a new consultation, asking citizens for their views on the city s iconic events in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The twelve-week survey is being carried out by independent market research company Progressive on behalf of the Council. Not only is it seeking feedback from the Capital’s residents, it is also reaching out to Edinburgh s communities and businesses on how Edinburgh’s Christmas and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay should be delivered from 2022 onwards.
City Art Centre reveals exhibition highlights for 2021
Charles H. Mackie, There were Three Maidens pud a Flower (By the Bonnie Banks o Fordie), c.1897. City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH
.-The City Art Centre, Edinburghs own public venue dedicated to championing historic and contemporary Scottish visual arts and crafts, announces exhibition highlights for 2021. All exhibitions are free to attend, but timed slots must be booked in advance.
Adjust / Adapt
Free Admission
The Scottish Furniture Makers Association (SFMA) and Visual Art Scotland (VAS) in partnership present, Adjust / Adapt. The exciting new members exhibition at the prestigious City Art Centre, showcases work by Makers, Designers and Artists working in Scotland with a creative response to how domestic interiors are being adapted in light of the Covid pandemic and climate emergency. The exhibition explores how our homes and outdoor spaces are working harder for occupants; as multigene
This Edinburgh s Hogmanay 29 - 31 December ⏰ Every night at 7pm Viewers will be taken on a breath-taking visual journey with the help of 150 individual drones, in what will be Scotland’s first ever large-scale drone show and the largest drone show ever seen in the UK. Featuring stunning Scottish scenery, the story starts in the Highlands, near Spean Bridge, before moving to the iconic Forth Bridges with the finale in the home of Hogmanay – Edinburgh. From majestic snow-capped mountains to the historic Old Town of Edinburgh, this is a beautiful ode to Scotland not to be missed.
“This air has heather and malt on its breath