Curated programme
Thursday 31 August
7pm-9pm: Art Walk exhibition preview at Art Walk Hub. Sponsored by Bellfield Brewery, with Tired Water performative offering by Vira Putri
Friday 1 September
10am-4pm: Join Claudia Zeiske to walk from Cramond Causeway to Portobello as part of Slow Coast 500 or join at Seafield Prom (3pm)
4pm: informal meetup with refreshments at Art Walk Hub
Saturday 2 September
12pm-1pm: artist talk with Henna Asikainen, discussing Wing Cradle at Portobello Kilns
2pm-4pm: Tree Walk publications launch and walk with Annie Lord, from Art Walk Hub
4.30pm-5.30pm: From Mouth to Source (Braid Walk project) poetry and conversation with Jonathan Baxter, Helen Boden and James Spence at Art Walk Hub
Sunday 3 September
11am-12pm: Jamu-making workshop with Vira Putri at Portobello Promenade
1pm-2pm: talk with artist Christina Riley at Portobello Beach
3pm-6pm: Sand vessel workshop with Murray Morrant at Portobello Beach
Monday 4 September
7pm-9pm: WanderWomen and Peter Jones: seaside sketching and mindfulness workshop
Thursday 7 September
2pm-3pm: Seagrass talk with Lyle Boyle from The Ecology Centre
6pm-8pm: Water collection devices talk and workshop with Tonya McMullan and Craigentinny Community Garden
Friday 8 September
2.15pm-5pm: walking workshop with Dana Olărescu and Camille Aboudaram (DELUGE project) at Aberlady Nature Reserve with saltmarsh restoration talk from Clare Maynard
Saturday 9 September
10am-12pm: WanderWomen and Peter Jones: seaside sketching and mindfulness workshop
11am-12pm: artist talk with Linde Ex (DELUGE project)
1pm-3pm: billboard engagement event: Deluge with Dana Olărescu and Camille Aboudaram starting from Seafield
4pm-5.30pm: artist talk with Anna-Rosja Haveman and Maddi Nicholson (DELUGE project)
8.30pm-9.40pm: fish ‘n’ chips film night: Afloat, curated by Rosy Naylor on the Prom, by Pipe Street (Oscars)
Sunday 10 September
10.30am-12pm: Embroidery mapping workshop and talk with Claudia Zeiske as part of Slow Coast 500
12pm-2pm: coracle launch and swim with Jenny Pope, Portobello Beach
2.30pm-3.30pm: Jamu-making workshop with Vira Putri at Art Walk Hub
4pm-5pm: The School of Pedestrian Culture walk with Lucas Priest from Art Walk Hub
6pm-8pm: festival closing event with wild food beach cooking from forager/chef Judith Lamb. Portobello Beach, by Morton Street. Sponsored by Bellfield Brewery
Exhibitions
1-10 September
VESSEL
Art Walk Hub
189 Portobello High Street
Artists: Jonathan Baxter, Tonya McMullan, Murray Morrant, Jenny Pope, Lucas Priest, Vira Putri, Claudia Zeiske
Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-6pm
2-3 and 9-10 September
Wing Cradle
Portobello Kilns, Bridge Street
Artist: Henna Asikainen
Sat-Sun, 11am-4pm
26 August-10 September
ecollaborate
Portobello Library, 14 Rosefield Avenue
Mon-Wed, 10am-8pm
Thur-Sat, 10am-5pm
Preview: 25 August, 1pm-3pm
From 1 September
Quota
Pipe Street Toilet outdoor walls
Portobello Prom
Artist: Christina Riley
VESSEL at Boatyard Fencing, Portobello Prom, near Bath Street
Photography group: Porty Connects
Braid Walk project
Porty Lightbox, Bellfield Street
Artists: Jonathan Baxter, Helen Boden, Sarah Gittins, James Spence
Art Walk Extended
13-20 September
Online screening of film programme Afloat curated by Rosy Naylor, available at artwalkporty.co.uk
Saturday 16 September
Public artist-led tour with Tonya
McMullan
Seafield Water Treatment Plant
10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm
20-27 September
Exhibition at mote102 with HUNITI GOLDOX, Tonya McMullan, Jenny Pope, Claudia Zeiske
102 Ferry Road, Leith
Preview: 20 September
5pm-7pm
Thursday 21 September
Conversing with Tomatoes food event with Tonya McMullan and wild chef Judith Lamb
Portobello Beach
6pm-8pm
Saturday 30 September
Tree Walk with Annie Lord, Craigmillar, from Bingham Sensory Garden
Thursday 5 October
7pm-8pm: Plot to Plate Cook Book launch with Craigentinny Telferton Allotments, marking the start of this year’s Portobello Book Festival
Portobello Bookshop
7pm-8pm
All events requiring advance booking are detailed on the Events section of this website