Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Scottish bar staff to swap Edinburgh for Taipei
One of Edinburgh’s top bars will take part in a unique international exchange as part of Naked Grouse’s LiBARating swap next week. For four days, two Edinburgh-based bartenders from Bramble, at 16A Queen St, will embark upon a once in a lifetime opportunity to switch with their peers from Taipei between 4-7 September, where they…
Read MoreA fun September lies ahead at Drumlanrig Castle
Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate’s team of Countryside Rangers are getting ready to host a range of activities every Sunday in September. Families and youngsters are invited to a variety of workshops including egg experiments, survival bracelet making, bird box building, fire lighting and cave art at the Dumfriesshire Estate next month. Starting on Sunday…
Read MoreLife drawing comes to Scottish Maritime Museum
Scottish Maritime Museum will swap shipping for stripping as it hosts a Life Drawing with All The Young Nudes event. The Scottish Maritime Museum’s vast, Victorian glass roofed Linthouse will be the scene for an extraordinary after hours sketching event on Friday, 31 August. One of the highlights of the Museum’s art inspired events and…
Read MoreArt galleries looking to broaden their canvas
The National Galleries of Scotland is looking for a creative partner to help refresh its image. They are looking for an outside firm which can match its ambitious vision and help them to reach and engage more audiences and diverse groups via a refreshed brand. A new visual identity and tone of voice across all…
Read MoreDistillery launches its own school of gin
Isle of Skye Distillers has announced the launch of its brand-new gin school. The Portree-based distillery, producers of Misty Isle Gin and Tommy’s Gin, opens its doors to visitors today, Monday 27 August. The first experience of its kind on the island, Isle of Skye Distillers’ Gin School features six mini stills, accommodating groups of…
Read MoreUnique Sunday brunch will now run until December
A Scots hotel’s increasingly famous International Sunday Brunch has now been extended until December due to high demand. Diners at the five-star Fairmont St Andrews’ resort are able to select as many dishes as they like from a hugely diverse and globally inspired menu, created using the finest locally sourced ingredients. Originally set to end…
Read MoreMajor exhibition to focus on enigmatic Scots artist
A new exhibition exploring the life and work of Scottish Modernist artist Edwin G Lucas is now underway. Revealing the little-known story of Lucas’s life and career, it traces his development from the early watercolours of his youth to his boldly experimental oil paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. It also explores the artist’s final,…
Read MoreThe Glenfiddich Gallery will be a work of art
Work by artists from India, South Korea, Canada and Scotland will go on show at the Glenfiddich Distillery from this weekend. The display, launching this Saturday, 25 August, is part of its acclaimed International Artists in Residence programme. Hosted at the Dufftown home of world-famous single malt, the initiative sees artists from around the globe…
Read MoreDouble reason to celebrate golf club’s 10th birthday
A Scottish golf club will mark its 10th birthday with a double celebration – by hosting the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, followed by the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open. The Renaissance Club, one of the newest additions to the stretch known as Scotland’s Golf Coast, will host Scotland’s National Open on the European…
Read MoreHistoric Scottish home wins major restoration title
The owners of one of Scotland’s finest historic homes are celebrating after winning a major UK restoration award. Marchmont House, an 18th century Palladian mansion near Greenlaw in the Scottish Borders, has been chosen as the winner of the 2018 Historic Houses/Sotheby’s restoration award following an intensive six-year effort to convert it from a former…
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