Audio Described Tour & Workshop

Founded in 2004, Edinburgh Art Festival is the platform for the visual arts at the heart of Edinburgh’s August festivals, bringing together the capital’s leading galleries, museums and artist-run spaces in a city-wide celebration of the very best in visual art.Each year, the Festival features leading international and UK artists alongside the best emerging talent, major survey exhibitions of historic figures, and a special programme of newly commissioned artworks that respond to public and historic sites in the city.The vast majority of the festival is free to attend.

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Lead by Juliana Capes and Alice Betts, Edinburgh Art Festival’s Audio Described Tour & Workshop for the visually impaired begins at Stills Gallery on Cockburn Street with the photographer Cindy Sherman’s exhibition Early Works, 1975 - 80.
From here we will walk up to the Institut Français d’Écosse on West Parliament Square, where we will explore Sriwhana Spong’s installation and video work commissioned for the festival; Castle-Crystal. After this, we’ll head across the square to see another commission; Nathan Coley’s The Future is Inside Us, It’s Not Somewhere Else, installed in the historic Parliament Hall.
A lunch break will allow us plenty of time to eat, chat, and browse the Edinburgh Art Festival Kiosk at Institut Français d’Écosse, refreshing us for the afternoon’s workshop. The workshop will include short readings relating to the exhibitions and hands-on making to explore the idea within Sriwhana Spong’s work of creating interior chambers; an architecture of expression, stories and identities. This event offers portable hearing loops and is wheelchair accessible. 
 
Venues
Stills: Centre for Photography, 23 Cockburn Street, EH1 1BP
Walking to Parliament Square.
 
Ages
Suitable for visually impaired adults.
 
Capacity: 20, including any support workers/carers.
(please book a ticket for each person attending)
 
Food
If you would like to eat lunch in the café at the Institut Français d’Écosse, we advise booking a table. Alternatively, bring a packed lunch to eat together in our workshop/lunch space.
 
Access
Stills Gallery, Institut Français d’Écosse and Parliament Hall are fully accessible.
For full details of the venues see their access info here:
 
Stills: <A HREF="https://www.euansguide.com/venues/stills-centre-for-photography-edinburgh-6905" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.euansguide.com/venues/stills-centre-for-photography-edinburgh-6905</A>
Institut Français d’Écosse: <A HREF="https://www.euansguide.com/venues/edinburgh-art-festival-at-the-institut-francais-decosse-edinburgh-7128" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.euansguide.com/venues/edinburgh-art-festival-at-the-institut-francais-decosse-edinburgh-7128</A>
Parliament Hall: <A HREF="https://www.euansguide.com/venues/edinburgh-art-festival-at-parliament-hall-edinburgh-9911" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.euansguide.com/venues/edinburgh-art-festival-at-parliament-hall-edinburgh-9911</A>
 
Please notify us of any allergy, health or accessibility requirements so that we can make sure the workshop is as comfortable, and enjoyable as possible.
Please fill in the box at the checkout to inform us of any requirements.
 
Photo Permissions
Edinburgh Art Festival and Stills Gallery would like to document this event for use on their websites, social media and evaluations.
At the checkout, please tick the relevant box to give your permission for photographs of you to be used.
 
Enquiries
Email Alice on <A HREF="mailto:learning@edinburghartfestival.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">learning@edinburghartfestival.com</A>

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