Vessel Exhibition
Exhibition
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
Friday 1 September to Sunday 10 September
Our central festival exhibition showing the work of artists: Jonathan Baxter, Tonya McMullan, Murray Morrant, Jenny Pope, Lucas Priest, Vira Putri, Claudia Zeiske.
Slow Coast 500 Walk & Discussion
Walk
Location: Cramond Causeway to Portobello
Fri 1 September 9.30am arrival for 10am start to Fri 1 September 5pm
Join Claudia Zeiske to walk from Cramond Causeway to Portobello as part of Slow Coast 500
Artist Talk with Henna Asikainen
Talk
Location: Portobello Kiln, Bridge Street
Sat 2 September 12pm to Sat 2 September 1pm
Come and hear more about Henna Asikainen’s installation Wing Cradle located inside one of Portobello’s two remaining bottle kilns, which she has created in collaboration with Zainah Adn…
Portobello – Cultivating Connections Walk with Annie Lord
Walk
Location: Art Walk Hub
Sat 2 September 2pm to Sat 2 September 4pm
We’ll take a leisurely walk to visit some of the apple trees, with readings by Annie along the way. We’ll consider the impact of community growing in Portobello and its connection t…
From mouth to source
Talk
Location: Art Walk Hub
Sat 2 September 4.30pm to Sat 2 September 5.30pm
Poetry and conversation inspired by walking the Braid Burn Watercourse, with readings by Helen Boden, James Spence, and other walkers.
Jamu-making workshop with Vira Putri
Workshop
Location: Portobello Promenade (near to Morton Street)
Sun 3 September 11am to Sun 3 September 12pm
Vira Putri will be showing how to make kunyit asem, a general tonic comprised of turmeric, tamarind, and palm sugar used to ease inflammation and increase overall immunity.
Artist Talk with Christina Riley
Talk
Location: Portobello Beach, Groyne 1
Sun 3 September 1pm to Sun 3 September 2pm
Artist Christina Riley discusses the damaging impact of scallop dredges, with particular reference to Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran and concerted
opposition to the practice by dedic…
Sand Making Vessel Workshop & Pop up Exhibition
Workshop
Location: Portobello Beach, by Swim Centre
Sunday 3 September 3pm to Sunday 3 September 6pm
The workshop will involve making objects in the style of sandcastles, encouraging learning and creative thinking through play.
Seaside sketching and mindfulness workshop
Workshop
Location: Portobello Beach – bottom of John Street Lane
Mon 4 September 7pm to Mon 4 September 9pm
Join Anna Neubert-Wood of WanderWomen and artist Peter Jones for a session of mindfully slowing down, letting nature inspire your creativity and connecting by the seaside. This collabor…
Seagrass Talk with Lyle Boyle from the Ecology Centre
Talk
Location: Beach in front of Portobello Swim Centre
Thurs 7 September 2pm to Thurs 7 September 3pm
Join us to learn about seagrass – an ‘ecosystem engineer’ – and the ways you can help contribute to its rejuvenation.
Rainwater collection devices workshop and talk
Workshop
Location: Craigentinny Community Garden
Thurs 7 September 6pm to Thurs 7 September 8pm
In this workshop Linda Furley from Craigentinny Community Garden will talk about their watering collection device at the garden, and artist Tonya McMullan will involve participants in m…
Deluge Walkshop I with Dana Olarescu and Camille Aboudaram
Walk
Location: Aberlady Nature Reserve
Fri 8 September 2.15pm to Fri 8 September 5pm
Join socially engaged artist Dana Olărescu and visual artist and activist Camille Aboudaram for the first part of two workshops which will link up salt marshes, the climate crisis and…
Seaside sketching and mindfulness workshop
Workshop
Location: Portobello Beach – bottom of John Street Lane
Sat 9 September 10am to Sat 9 September 12pm
Join Anna Neubert-Wood of WanderWomen and artist Peter Jones for a session of mindfully slowing down, letting nature inspire your creativity and connecting by the seaside. This collabor…
Deluge talk: Land-shapes with artist Linde Ex (Netherlands)
Talk
Location: Art Walk Hub
Sat 9 September 11am to Sat 9 September 12pm
This talk is an opportunity for the artist to present updates on her research as part of the DELUGE project, sharing experiences about visiting the three coastal salt marsh locations an…
Deluge Walkshop II with Dana Olarescu and Camille Aboudaram
Walk
Location: Seafield Prom, by Kings Road
Sat 9 September 1pm to Sat 9 September 3pm
Following on from the first workshop in Aberlady Bay, we will go on an urban walk in the Seafield/Leith area looking at how our public spaces are managed and what we can do about it, sp…
Deluge Project Talk with Anna-Rosja Haveman and Maddi Nicholson
Talk
Location: Art Walk Hub
Sat 9 September 4pm to Sat 9 September 5.30pm
A talk with researcher and curator Anna-Rosja Haveman; Maddi Nicholson, director of Art Gene, Cumbria; and artists Linde Ex, Dana Olărescu, and Oscar van Heek.
Afloat Film Night
Film
Location: Portobello Prom, by Oscar’s Fish Kiosk (Pipe Street)
Sat 9 September 8.30pm to Sat 9 September 9.45pm
A series of artist shorts screened at Portobello Promenade, curated by Rosy Naylor, that explore our relationships to local landscapes, near and far, from Portobello, to the Solway Firt…
Tablecloth Embroidery Workshop
Workshop
Location: Art Walk Hub
Sun 10 September 10.30am to Sun 10 September 12pm
Claudia Zeiske leads a workshop based on the orange tablecloth that she has carried with her throughout her coastal walk from Thurso and embroidered daily as a record of the journey.
Coracle launch and watery event
Live Art
Location: Portobello Beach, by Morton Street
Sun 10 September 12pm to Sun 10 September 2pm
Join artist Jenny Pope for the launch of a coracle boat constructed with recycled fabric collected from Portobello residents.
Jamu-making workshop with Vira Putri
Workshop
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
Sun 10 September 2.30pm to Sun 10 September 3.30pm
Vira Putri will be showing how to make kunyit asem, a general tonic comprised of turmeric, tamarind, and palm sugar used to ease inflammation and increase overall immunity.
School of Pedestrian Culture led walk with Lucas Priest
Walk
Location: Art Walk Hub, 189 Portobello High Street
Sun 10 September 4pm to Sun 10 September 5pm
Artist Lucas Priest leads a collective walking engagement with a series of written scores to inform ways of moving through Portobello
Vessel Beach Cooking event with wild chef Judith Lamb
Live Art
Location: Portobello Beach, by Morton Street
Sun 10 September 6pm to Sun 10 September 8pm
Come and join us to celebrate with an end festival event on the beach, to include beach cooking and wonderful seasonal foraged ingredients from wild chef, Judith Lamb, inspired by our V…
Art Walk Extended
Artist-led tour at Seafield Water Treatment Plant
Walk
Location: Seafield Water Treatment Plant, Marine Esplanade
Sat 16 September 10am to Sat 16 September 1pm
Vessel Exhibition at mote102
Exhibition
Location: mote102, 102 Ferry Road, Leith EH6 4PG
Thurs 21 September 11am to Wed 27 September 4pm
The second part to our VESSEL project with installations from artists HUNITI GOLDOX, Tonya McMullan, Jenny Pope and Claudia Zeiske.
Conversing with Tomatoes
Live Art
Location: Beach at Seafield, back of Bus Depot (near to Kings Rd)
Thu 21 September 6pm to Thu 21 September 8pm
Tonya McMullan teams up with chef and wild foods forager Judith Lamb to host an evening of conversation and tomato-based foods to share.
Bingham-Craigmillar – Pollinating Populations Walk with Annie Lord
Walk
Location: Starting from Bingham Sensory Garden
Sat 30 September 2pm to Sat 30 September 4pm
We’ll take a leisurely walk to visit some of the apple trees, with readings by Annie along the way. We’ll consider the role of pollinators: solitary bees, wasps and moths. In an ar…
Plot to Plate Cook Book Launch
Talk
Location: Portobello Bookshop
Thu 5 October 7pm to Thu 5 October 8pm
Book launch of Plot to Plate Cook Book recently published by Art Walk Press with Craigentinny Telferton Allotments, to mark the start of the Portobello Book Festival