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1 Paul Charlton Inspired by momento mori, religious reliquaries, Victorian curiosities, oddities and side shows, prints using different techniques to create 3-d works and works on materials other than paper. 12 Coillesdene Drive www.paulcharlton.co.uk A Art A W Walk W Porty 1 Twelfth Edition A collaboration of artists making hand-pulled prints, using screen- printing, etching and lino printing, inspired by mid-century textiles and illustration. 12 Coillesdene Drive www.twelfthedition.co.uk 3 Javier Ventura Ventura’s painting is closely linked to the sea and light and plays between symbolism and surrealism. Recently settled in Edinburgh, these works are inspired by his new surroundings. 76A Joppa Road www.javierventuraobras.blogspot.com 2 Sarah Knox Paintings inspired by the Scottish landscape and a feeling for the spirit of a place, exploring the poetry of dissolving form, atmosphere, light and distance. 105 Joppa Road also at 33 - Portobello Natural Health www.sarahknoxgallery.co.uk 2 Cate Britee Skinnypig is a vintage/preloved clothes shop in st stephen street, stockbridge which is running a pop-up shop as part of Art Walk Porty 105 Joppa Road [email protected] 4 Zoe Kean Paintings and printmaking exploring the landscape and the multi-layered nature of the world around us, through colour and texture using paint, col- lograph, etching and monoprint tech- niques. 33 Esplanade Terrace www.zoekean.weebly.com 5 Jenny Martin Screenprints of collections of objects gathered by the artist’s family over decades: button boxes to toy boats, small objects worth little in monetary value but of larger consequence on a personal level. 7 Esplanade Terrace Artist talk, Thurs 7th, 7.30pm Text to book place 07717 358722 www.jennymartinartist.co.uk 6 Karl Stern Painted, partially abstracted figu- rative and landscape images on cut card and hand-made collograph prints, depicting the artist’s interest in observing people, place and mood. Plus selected Russian works. 71 Promenade www.sternbyname.com 8 Wrangholm Lodge A group exhibition showcasing a varie- ty of work in different media, includ- ing paintings and screenprinting of coastal and urban landscapes, por- traits and wildlife. 6 John Street Cat Bell www.portobellohello.com Dylan Bell www.bellsgalleries.com Ian Darling [email protected] Alison Hartley www.blue-cow-art.co.uk Marianne Hunter www.etsy.com/shop/ edinburghinkyfox 7 Alison Stewart Everyday objects explored through drawing, mixed media studies and oil painting, combining intense observa- tion with open ended exploration to allow new salient images to emerge. 11A John Street www.alisonstewartartist.com 9 Margot Hailey + Susie Reade Paintings on paper made by two artists working collaboratively between their homes in Leith and Burntisland based on an interest in power lines and pylons: a celebration of communication across the Firth of Forth. 10 John Street Workshop - Making Art in Pairs Sat 9th, 12-1pm, numbers limited Text to book place 07768 445616 Fb @Margothaileyart www.susiereade.wordpress.com 10 Jenny Antonio Work in two and three dimensions exploring the container in negative form. 8 John Street Lane jennifergfl[email protected] 11 Jane Rutherford Landscape and seascape paintings focussing on patterns within the land- scape, created and shaped by human intervention, fields and roads, and the juxtaposition of the natural and nurtured environment. Breakwater Studio, John St La West www.janerutherford.co.uk 11 Mark Haddon A series of work, often arrived at through walking, exploring the inter- play between the rational and irrational states in daily life. Breakwater Studio, John St La West [email protected] 12 Lee Patterson Large scale charcoal and conte life drawing, portraiture and seascapes. Saint Bernadette’s, 14 Bellfield Street (accessed from Bellfield Lane) Each Sat 1pm, live figure study [email protected] 13 Peter Jones Drawings and paintings made outside in pen and watercolour, of houses, historic buildings, sea and land. This show includes new work from Porto- bello, focusing on the Promenade, beach and High Street. The Ramphouse, 9E Bellfield Lane Peter will also be painting on the prom - Sat 9th Sept, 2-4pm (art cart) www.peterjoneshouseportraits.co.uk 13 Greta McMillan Digital painting using an eyegaze communicator, an electronic device responsive to the human eye, recording and tracking movement, weight, dura- tion, gaze and focus to create digital images. The Ramphouse, 9E Bellfield Lane [email protected] 14 Caroline Convey Fine artist who specialises in draw- ing, painting and printmaking inspired by living things and the endless va- riety, colour and movement of animals. 36/2 Marlborough Street www.carolineconvey.com 15 Maria Alonso Upcycled artisan furniture and craft- work using natural and floral designs. 33/2 Marlborough Street www.mcleansgreenfurniture.com 16 Paul MacPhail Paul’s open garden (and house) shows his arrangements of locally found Pow- erhouse bricks, slate and more. Also look out for his intervention-style piece on Seafield beach. 54 Regent Street www.paulmacphail.photo 17 Mary Walters Mixed media artworks responding to landscapes of the edge - where water meets land: works inspired by beach- combing in areas local to Portobello. 1F2, 5 Straiton Place, over 2 flats www.mary-walters.com 17 Rosie Walters Drawings and prints exploring the theme of escape: imagery of cities, flying, machinery, birds, divers, boats and maps which create imagined land- scapes to delve into and explore. 1F2, 5 Straiton Place, over 2 flats cargocollective.com/wwwrosiewalters 18 Robin Baillie Artworks which mix Scots roots culture and Georgian history, to create wooden relief portraits and radical banners, sparked by the artist’s PhD research into Scottish history painting in the early nineteenth century. 11 Bath Street Artist talk, Sat 2nd, 2pm (20 mins) Tinyurl.com/atnfj83 19 Rosie Nimmo Work in a variety of different media, (on paper, board and canvas) including printmaking. Also showing glass work by Marian Henderson. 7 Bath Street www.rosienimmo.com 20 Lynsey Walters + Carla Edwards Two jewellers whose work beautifully complements each other: Lynsey Walters’ colourful felt jewellery combining handmade and industrial felt, and Carla Edwards’ vibrant resin jewellery. 19 Lee Crescent www.lynseywalters.co.uk www.carlaedwards.co.uk 21 Teresa Gordon Paintings of contemporary landscapes in oil, acrylics and collage, informed by the natural and urban landscape in which the artist lives, both here in Edinburgh and in Southwest Scotland. 138 Portobello High Street www.teresagordon.artweb.com 22 Claire MacDonald Woodcut relief prints inspired by liv- ing in Portobello and a love of the seaside and the birdlife found there. 130 Portobello High Street (garden) Fabric printing demos, Sat 2 + Sun 3: 12 noon, Sat 9 + Sun 10: 2pm www.macavaggios.co.uk 23 Fiona Bisset Multi-media paintings and greetings cards mainly of flowers and abstracts, using golden acrylic paints and inks. 12 Aitchison’s Place, off Figgate St www.fionabisset.weebly.com 24 Simon Jackson Trained in illustration, and latterly as an art therapist, the artist paints landscapes, birds, and since coming to live in Portobello, the shore and par- ticular trees found growing locally. 34 Adelphi Place [email protected] 24 Jane Angel Still life paintings using water based oil colours, collage and mono printing to celebrate the colours and shapes of every-day objects and small assem- blages using painted drift wood and weavings. 34 Adelphi Place [email protected] 25 Bridge Pottery Collective An exhibition of ceramics, by members of the Bridge Pottery Collective to include Alison Robinson’s fish, Aurora Pinas Fernandez’s sea urchins, Beth Cross’ pots & poetry & Wendy Griffin’s Selkies. 49 Adelphi Place www.bridgepottery.wordpress.com 26 Lindsay Anderson An exhibition of meditative art: abstract collage, geometric abstrac- tion, illustration and photography. 3/8 Pipe Street [email protected] 27 Julie Abrahams Work focussing on mark-making and colour: images made on Mull and Islay looking at the vast open land and sea- scapes, to more recent work depicting tenement dwellings and the architec- ture of Edinburgh. 40/9 Kings Road [email protected] 28 Fee Scroggie Prints and paintings exploring the tensions between the seen and the un- seen, the mythic and the mundane, try- ing to catch a glimpse of the mystery that dwells in the space in between. Twelve Triangles www.feescroggie.com 29 Velvet Easel The gallery hosts a range of work from different artists as part of their current show ‘Portobello Mon Amour’. Velvet Easel www.velveteasel.co.uk 30 Louise Smurthwaite Window installation involving drawings and screen prints based on the natu- ral and urban environment. Shapes of buildings, patterns, stories and the act of walking all add up to create a visual story. COVE www.louisesmurthwaite.co.uk 31 Lindsey Lavender Invited artist, Lindsey, shows work exploring the rhythms of light and shade in urban environments with a fascination for mundane necessity; showing the everyday in a new light. Skylark www.lindseylavender.co.uk 32 Joanna Srokol A painter and surface designer, whose practice is driven by dynamic colour, expressive markmaking and a love for seascapes. Two Sisters Fb @JoannaSrokolStudio 33 Sarah Knox Paintings inspired by the Scottish landscape and a feeling for the spirit of a place, exploring the poetry of dissolving form, atmosphere, light and distance. Portobello Natural Health also at Art House 2 - 105 Joppa Rd www.sarahknoxgallery.co.uk 34 Female Instrumentalists The Unwomanned Show - Aspects of self Group of artists working collabora- tively with an apparently random se- lection of natural objects and mate- rials to produce small sculptures and installations. Earthy femaleinstrumentalists.wordpress.com 34 Rachel Baird Excerpts from ‘Weather Girl’ - Poetry and sand manadala paintings on water- colour paper. The story of life in Portobello as told by the weather. Earthy www.rachelbairdart.com 35 Drummond Fyall Digital landscape photography, with a focus on Portobello and the surround- ing areas. Monny’s Ice Cream www.createdeyephotography.com 39 A449 Exhibition Introductory group exhibition to the ‘Edgelands’ project from this year’s awarded artists: Felicity Bristow+ Susie Wilson, Juliana Capes, Deirdre Macleod, Jenny Pope & Alix Villanueva. A449 Architects Artspace: ‘Meet the Artist’ event Fri 1st, 2-4pm Audio Guides collection point 40 Rosy Naylor ‘Verges’ is a 2-part work at Porty Light Box and Seafield Verge, about walking cities’ edges in Kassel & Munster, Germany as well as around Portobello & Leith, involving imagery and planting, from AWPs founder. Porty Light Box, Bellfield St Seafield Verge, near to bus station www.rosynaylor.com 41 Asma Almubarak ‘North Sea’ is a text based installa- tion displaying the ancient definition, modern definition and the languages of the countries that are connected to the North Sea. The Cake Stand, Promenade [email protected] 43 Daniele Sambo ‘Door in the Wall’ Daniele uses the language of photography to create a series of temporary interventions opening a door on what is behind. Various locations include Pottery Kilns, Toilet block Pipe St, back of Bus depot, and Towerbank wall www.dansambo.com 44 Alix Villanueva ‘Tangle’ visually and linguistically explores the entangled relationship humans had, and have, with the seaweed that shores up on their coasts. Prom lamposts near to Crumbs & Tumbles Artist walks (low tide), together with artist + poet, Alex Hackett: Sat 2nd, 6pm and Fri 8th, 11am meet by Crumbs projectcarrageenan.tumlr.com 45 Jill Martin Boualaxai ‘re-covered <> re/formed’ Site specific interventions mapping and referencing Portobello’s ever changing historical urban footprint. By the Figgate Burn onto beach, and at the site of old Powerhouse www.jillmboualaxai.com 46 Deirdre Macleod ‘Playing Up’ is a series of ground and wall drawings in which viewers can play and move. Within their borders, there are no rules...yet. By ramp, west end of Seafield Prom Sensory Walk, Sat 2nd, 10.30am, A449 Algorithmic Walk, Sat 9th, 3pm, A449 (each walk 90mins long incl talk) www.deirdre-macleod.com 47 Jenny Pope ‘Barely adequate is not enough’ com- prises a series of rocks covered with geotextile, usually used to show contamination, here highlighting the poor water quality of the sea at West Beach. Rocks, Seafield Prom Artist Walk Sun 3rd, 10.30am, (beach wheelchair accessible) Meet at Porty Beach Wheelchairs (Tumbles car park) Arist Walk Fri 8th, 3pm, from Seafield Rocks www.jennypope.com 49 Fiona Hermse ‘The Life Between’ Through the use of flowers, spices, fabric and thread, the last section of the prom will be adorned with colour, highlighting the open spaciousness and the many surfaces of this location. With collaborative performance from Dancer Emma Snellgrove. Performances Sundays 3rd + 10th, 2.30pm On Sun 10th, leading to ‘Meadow Morphose’ storytelling art walk at Meadows Yard with Emma and Abi (3pm). www.fionahermse.co.uk www.emotionplus.co 50 Juliana Capes ‘Meadow Morphose’ Otherworldly crea- tures will inhabit Meadows Yard in an installation by artists Emma Macle- od and Abi Lewis. Traverse the paths and desire lines of this little known nature reserve and discover what hides amongst the gnarly bushes. Meadows Yard Nature Reserve Tues 5th, 7.30pm Artist walk with Emma Sun 10th, 3pm, Artist led storytelling walk, with storyteller Daniel Allison www.emmamacleod.co.uk www.abi-lewis.weebly.com 51 Felicity Bristow + Susie Wilson ‘Im-PRESS-ions of Porty’ Outdoor Workshops in Meadows Yard Nature Reserve with the community, for all ages, making cyanotypes + weather annotated postcards from Portobello each sat + sun. Meadows Yard Nature Reserve Sun 3rd, 12.30pm, Artist talk Weds 6th, 7pm, Artist talk www.felicitybristow.com www.susiewilson.org ‘Tidings’ - Using the furthermost part of Seafield beach, Juliana Capes will experiment with the idea of a beach and the sea and their edges. New sculptural experiments with time and tide. Featuring collaborations with artist Alice Betts. Seafield beach, by Seafield Sewage Works www.julianacapes.co.uk Maker’s Market at Dalriada - 8-10 Sept Little Axe Little Axe is a surface design, print- making and illustration practice, making blockprints for textiles, wall- papers and bespoke design to commis- sion run by Ursula Hunter. www.littleaxe.co.uk Jenny Capon Jenny makes prints that combine vintage maps and found imagery with hand drawn and watercolour birds and animals, regularly making works to commission. www.jennycaponprints.com Little Letter Studio Combining her love of letterpress and painting, Little Letter Studio, creat- ed by Jo Martin, creates personalised fine art prints for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. www.littleletterstudio.com Rosita McKenzie Portobello-based blind photographic artist whose work ranges from documen- tary to experimental, abstract image making. Rosita will also be on the prom with her portrait making studio Sat 2 + Sun 3, 1.30-4.30pm at one of our Art Carts, look out for her. www.rositamckenzie.co.uk Janie Morris Janie is a furniture designer and maker from Portobello, creating furni- ture, gifts and homewares from Scottish hardwoods. www.morrisofportobello.co.uk Jude Rowan Fine art photography that captures the mundane, often responding to a place, the dilapidated or distressed building. She uses a range of analogue plastic cameras and pinhole. [email protected] Avril Scott Plaster hand cast tiles and ceramics, which are decorated with original photographs of Portobello. Also showing at Wild Flower Shop. www.avrilscottmixedmedia.com Louise Smurthwaite An artist and illustrator specialising in screenprinting and drawing primari- ly based on the experiences of walking in an urban and natural environment. www.louisesmurthwaite.co.uk Ruth Thomas Single edition artists’ books, hand- made cards, prints and textile pieces that explore the human impact on the natural environment, inspired by patterns found in sand, seaweed and rocky outcrops. www.ruththomasart.co.uk Lynsey Walters Handmade jewellery and hair accesso- ries that combine handmade and indus- trial felt. Lynsey also has her Art House open over the first w/e (see 20). www.lynseywalters.co.uk 52 Emma Macleod + Abi Lewis 42 Jacqui Higgs ‘Salt’ comprises a series of large and small scale mixed media works that explore urban seascapes, in particular relating to the sea at Seafield. Miros www.jacquihiggs.com ‘Edgelands’ project A series of temporary interventions and walks that explore Portobello’s place by the edge of the land, and the edge of the city. edgelands project art houses art in shops maker’s market walks + talks prom art carts Audio Guides We have 3 audio guides commissioned for this year’s Art Walk. All available to download from our website: artwalkporty.co.uk/audioguides or to borrow from A449 Architects. Here+Now explores Seafield’s relationship to Sydhavnen, Copen- hagen, whilst artists, Felicity Bristow+Susie Wilson and Emma Macleod+Abi Lewis create audio to guide you as you walk along Seafield Prom to Meadows Yard, a 15 minute walk from the bottom of Kings Road. 17 Jamie Kinroy Graphic and detailed artworks, rooted in comics, focussing on intricately designed imagined, contemporary global environments, built out of the art- ist’s influences and experience of a range of places – Scotland, Minneapo- lis, Japan. 1F1, 5 Straiton Place, over 2 flats www.jamiekinroy.com Special offers: Take a copy of this map to The Jaffle Joint to get a free coffee or tea with a Jaffle. Other offers may apply, visit website for full details. 48 Here+Now ‘A Walk in Our Sho[r]es’ - an experi- ential audio art walk simultaneous- ly exploring the sensory, landscape and potential qualities of Seafield, Portobello, Edinburgh, and Sydhavnen, Copenhagen. Guided audio walk, Fri 8th Sept, 8pm meet at 7.50pm at Seafield Rd E junc- tion with Cat+Dog Home. Also available from A449 Architects and to download online at artwalkporty.co.uk. Here+Now will also show their ‘The Sea Field’ Summer School project from 6-8pm, Fri 8th Sept, on the Prom by the Cat+Dog Home. www.thehereandnow.org.uk Other walking artists wood - water - wood a walk between two edgelands Fri 1st Sept, 11am, Gerard leads a 2 hour walk from Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park (Gilmerton) to Portobello Prom, returning on Sun 3rd Sept. Sat 2nd Sept, 3.30-5pm, a performative lecture on the act of walking at St Marks Church www.open-ground.com Gerard O’Brien Alexander (Twig) Champion Twig’s practice revolves around the act of walking. During the Art Walk he will be leading two walks around the event including Haiku poetry and readings. Fri 1st Sept, 6pm, from Skylark Sat 9th Sept, 1.30pm, from Dalriada www.alexanderchampion.co.uk 36 Jon Davey + Jen Cunningham Digital photographer working collab- oratively with a local jeweller, Jen Cunningham, creating work inspired by each other’s work, in a ‘creative con- versation’. Portobello Library, closed sundays www.jondaveyphotography.co.uk www.jencunningham.co.uk OLD SCHOOL FABRICATIONS 1-1O Sept 2O17 38 Karen Fleming A series of abstract paintings influenced by memories and images of the playgrounds the artist played in while growing up in council estates in Scotland. The Jaffle Joint (+back garden) www.karen-fleming-artist.com 37 Avril Scott Plaster cast botanical artworks using plants and flowers, which are hand cast and finished in the studio. The Wild Flower Shop www.avrilscottmixedmedia.com wheelchair accessible Art at the Seaside Portobello, Edinburgh Follow at artwalkporty.co.uk audio guides walking map @artwalkporty #artyporty #edgelands Lucky Cloud Skincare Luxurious, botanical skincare made in Edinburgh. Handmade using plant based ingredients that nourish and smooth the skin. www.luckycloudskincare.com

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Page 1: Portobello, Edinburgh - Art Walk Projects | Portobello · Portobello as told by the weather. Earthy 35 Drummond Fyall Digital landscape photography, with a focus on Portobello and

1 Paul CharltonInspired by momento mori, religious reliquaries, Victorian curiosities, oddities and side shows, prints using different techniques to create 3-d works and works on materials other than paper. 12 Coillesdene Drivewww.paulcharlton.co.uk

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1 Twelfth EditionA collaboration of artists making hand-pulled prints, using screen-printing, etching and lino printing, inspired by mid-century textiles and illustration. 12 Coillesdene Drivewww.twelfthedition.co.uk

3 Javier VenturaVentura’s painting is closely linked to the sea and light and plays between symbolism and surrealism. Recently settled in Edinburgh, these works are inspired by his new surroundings.76A Joppa Roadwww.javierventuraobras.blogspot.com

2 Sarah KnoxPaintings inspired by the Scottish landscape and a feeling for the spirit of a place, exploring the poetry of dissolving form, atmosphere, light and distance. 105 Joppa Roadalso at 33 - Portobello Natural Healthwww.sarahknoxgallery.co.uk

2 Cate BriteeSkinnypig is a vintage/preloved clothes shop in st stephen street, stockbridge which is running a pop-up shop as part of Art Walk Porty105 Joppa [email protected]

4 Zoe KeanPaintings and printmaking exploring the landscape and the multi-layered nature of the world around us, through colour and texture using paint, col-lograph, etching and monoprint tech-niques. 33 Esplanade Terracewww.zoekean.weebly.com

5 Jenny MartinScreenprints of collections of objects gathered by the artist’s family over decades: button boxes to toy boats, small objects worth little in monetary value but of larger consequence on a personal level. 7 Esplanade TerraceArtist talk, Thurs 7th, 7.30pmText to book place 07717 358722www.jennymartinartist.co.uk

6 Karl SternPainted, partially abstracted fi gu-rative and landscape images on cut card and hand-made collograph prints, depicting the artist’s interest in observing people, place and mood. Plus selected Russian works.71 Promenadewww.sternbyname.com

8 Wrangholm LodgeA group exhibition showcasing a varie-ty of work in different media, includ-ing paintings and screenprinting of coastal and urban landscapes, por-traits and wildlife.6 John StreetCat Bell www.portobellohello.comDylan Bell www.bellsgalleries.com Ian Darling [email protected] Hartley www.blue-cow-art.co.ukMarianne Hunter www.etsy.com/shop/edinburghinkyfox

7 Alison StewartEveryday objects explored through drawing, mixed media studies and oil painting, combining intense observa-tion with open ended exploration to allow new salient images to emerge. 11A John Streetwww.alisonstewartartist.com

9 Margot Hailey + Susie Reade

Paintings on paper made by two artists working collaboratively between their homes in Leith and Burntisland based on an interest in power lines and pylons: a celebration of communication across the Firth of Forth. 10 John StreetWorkshop - Making Art in PairsSat 9th, 12-1pm, numbers limitedText to book place 07768 445616Fb @Margothaileyartwww.susiereade.wordpress.com

10 Jenny Antonio Work in two and three dimensions exploring the container in negative form. 8 John Street Lanejennifergfl [email protected]

11 Jane Rutherford Landscape and seascape paintings focussing on patterns within the land-scape, created and shaped by human intervention, fi elds and roads, and the juxtaposition of the natural and nurtured environment. Breakwater Studio, John St La Westwww.janerutherford.co.uk

11 Mark HaddonA series of work, often arrived at through walking, exploring the inter-play between the rational and irrational states in daily life. Breakwater Studio, John St La [email protected]

12 Lee PattersonLarge scale charcoal and conte life drawing, portraiture and seascapes.Saint Bernadette’s, 14 Bellfi eld Street (accessed from Bellfi eld Lane)Each Sat 1pm, live fi gure [email protected]

13 Peter JonesDrawings and paintings made outside in pen and watercolour, of houses, historic buildings, sea and land. This show includes new work from Porto-bello, focusing on the Promenade, beach and High Street.The Ramphouse, 9E Bellfi eld LanePeter will also be painting on the prom - Sat 9th Sept, 2-4pm (art cart)www.peterjoneshouseportraits.co.uk

13 Greta McMillanDigital painting using an eyegaze communicator, an electronic device responsive to the human eye, recording and tracking movement, weight, dura-tion, gaze and focus to create digital images.The Ramphouse, 9E Bellfi eld [email protected]

14 Caroline ConveyFine artist who specialises in draw-ing, painting and printmaking inspired by living things and the endless va-riety, colour and movement of animals. 36/2 Marlborough Streetwww.carolineconvey.com

15 Maria AlonsoUpcycled artisan furniture and craft-work using natural and fl oral designs. 33/2 Marlborough Streetwww.mcleansgreenfurniture.com

16 Paul MacPhailPaul’s open garden (and house) shows his arrangements of locally found Pow-erhouse bricks, slate and more. Also look out for his intervention-style piece on Seafi eld beach.54 Regent Streetwww.paulmacphail.photo

17 Mary WaltersMixed media artworks responding to landscapes of the edge - where water meets land: works inspired by beach-combing in areas local to Portobello.1F2, 5 Straiton Place, over 2 fl atswww.mary-walters.com

17 Rosie WaltersDrawings and prints exploring the theme of escape: imagery of cities, fl ying, machinery, birds, divers, boats and maps which create imagined land-scapes to delve into and explore.1F2, 5 Straiton Place, over 2 fl atscargocollective.com/wwwrosiewalters

18 Robin BaillieArtworks which mix Scots roots culture and Georgian history, to create wooden relief portraits and radical banners, sparked by the artist’s PhD research into Scottish history painting in the early nineteenth century. 11 Bath StreetArtist talk, Sat 2nd, 2pm (20 mins)Tinyurl.com/atnfj83

19 Rosie NimmoWork in a variety of different media, (on paper, board and canvas) including printmaking. Also showing glass work by Marian Henderson. 7 Bath Streetwww.rosienimmo.com

20 Lynsey Walters+ Carla Edwards

Two jewellers whose work beautifully complements each other: Lynsey Walters’ colourful felt jewellery combining handmade and industrial felt, and Carla Edwards’ vibrant resin jewellery.19 Lee Crescentwww.lynseywalters.co.ukwww.carlaedwards.co.uk

21 Teresa GordonPaintings of contemporary landscapes in oil, acrylics and collage, informed by the natural and urban landscape in which the artist lives, both here in Edinburgh and in Southwest Scotland. 138 Portobello High Streetwww.teresagordon.artweb.com

22 Claire MacDonaldWoodcut relief prints inspired by liv-ing in Portobello and a love of the seaside and the birdlife found there. 130 Portobello High Street (garden)Fabric printing demos, Sat 2 + Sun 3: 12 noon, Sat 9 + Sun 10: 2pmwww.macavaggios.co.uk

23 Fiona BissetMulti-media paintings and greetings cards mainly of fl owers and abstracts, using golden acrylic paints and inks.12 Aitchison’s Place, off Figgate Stwww.fi onabisset.weebly.com

24 Simon JacksonTrained in illustration, and latterly as an art therapist, the artist paints landscapes, birds, and since coming to live in Portobello, the shore and par-ticular trees found growing locally. 34 Adelphi [email protected]

24 Jane AngelStill life paintings using water based oil colours, collage and mono printing to celebrate the colours and shapes of every-day objects and small assem-blages using painted drift wood and weavings. 34 Adelphi [email protected]

25 Bridge Pottery Collective

An exhibition of ceramics, by members of the Bridge Pottery Collective to include Alison Robinson’s fi sh, Aurora Pinas Fernandez’s sea urchins, Beth Cross’ pots & poetry & Wendy Griffi n’s Selkies. 49 Adelphi Placewww.bridgepottery.wordpress.com

26 Lindsay AndersonAn exhibition of meditative art: abstract collage, geometric abstrac-tion, illustration and photography. 3/8 Pipe [email protected]

27 Julie AbrahamsWork focussing on mark-making and colour: images made on Mull and Islay looking at the vast open land and sea-scapes, to more recent work depicting tenement dwellings and the architec-ture of Edinburgh. 40/9 Kings [email protected]

28 Fee ScroggiePrints and paintings exploring the tensions between the seen and the un-seen, the mythic and the mundane, try-ing to catch a glimpse of the mystery that dwells in the space in between.Twelve Triangleswww.feescroggie.com

29 Velvet EaselThe gallery hosts a range of work from different artists as part of their current show ‘Portobello Mon Amour’. Velvet Easelwww.velveteasel.co.uk

30 Louise SmurthwaiteWindow installation involving drawings and screen prints based on the natu-ral and urban environment. Shapes of buildings, patterns, stories and the act of walking all add up to create a visual story. COVEwww.louisesmurthwaite.co.uk

31 Lindsey LavenderInvited artist, Lindsey, shows work exploring the rhythms of light and shade in urban environments with a fascination for mundane necessity; showing the everyday in a new light.Skylarkwww.lindseylavender.co.uk

32 Joanna SrokolA painter and surface designer, whose practice is driven by dynamic colour, expressive markmaking and a love for seascapes.Two SistersFb @JoannaSrokolStudio

33 Sarah KnoxPaintings inspired by the Scottish landscape and a feeling for the spirit of a place, exploring the poetry of dissolving form, atmosphere, light and distance.Portobello Natural Healthalso at Art House 2 - 105 Joppa Rdwww.sarahknoxgallery.co.uk

34 Female Instrumentalists

The Unwomanned Show - Aspects of selfGroup of artists working collabora-tively with an apparently random se-lection of natural objects and mate-rials to produce small sculptures and installations.Earthyfemaleinstrumentalists.wordpress.com

34 Rachel BairdExcerpts from ‘Weather Girl’ - Poetry and sand manadala paintings on water-colour paper. The story of life in Portobello as told by the weather.Earthywww.rachelbairdart.com

35 Drummond FyallDigital landscape photography, with a focus on Portobello and the surround-ing areas. Monny’s Ice Creamwww.createdeyephotography.com

39 A449 ExhibitionIntroductory group exhibition to the ‘Edgelands’ project from this year’s awarded artists: Felicity Bristow+Susie Wilson, Juliana Capes, Deirdre Macleod, Jenny Pope & Alix Villanueva. A449 Architects Artspace:‘Meet the Artist’ event Fri 1st, 2-4pmAudio Guides collection point

40 Rosy Naylor‘Verges’ is a 2-part work at Porty Light Box and Seafi eld Verge, about walking cities’ edges in Kassel & Munster, Germany as well as around Portobello & Leith, involving imagery and planting, from AWPs founder. Porty Light Box, Bellfi eld StSeafi eld Verge, near to bus stationwww.rosynaylor.com

41 Asma Almubarak‘North Sea’ is a text based installa-tion displaying the ancient defi nition, modern defi nition and the languages of the countries that are connected to the North Sea.The Cake Stand, [email protected]

43 Daniele Sambo‘Door in the Wall’ Daniele uses the language of photography to create a series of temporary interventions opening a door on what is behind. Various locations include Pottery Kilns, Toilet block Pipe St, back of Bus depot, and Towerbank wallwww.dansambo.com

44 Alix Villanueva‘Tangle’ visually and linguistically explores the entangled relationship humans had, and have, with the seaweed that shores up on their coasts. Prom lamposts near to Crumbs & TumblesArtist walks (low tide), together with artist + poet, Alex Hackett:Sat 2nd, 6pm and Fri 8th, 11ammeet by Crumbsprojectcarrageenan.tumlr.com

45 Jill MartinBoualaxai

‘re-covered <> re/formed’ Site specifi c interventions mapping and referencing Portobello’s ever changing historical urban footprint.By the Figgate Burn onto beach, and at the site of old Powerhousewww.jillmboualaxai.com

46 Deirdre Macleod‘Playing Up’ is a series of ground and wall drawings in which viewers can play and move. Within their borders, there are no rules...yet.By ramp, west end of Seafi eld PromSensory Walk, Sat 2nd, 10.30am, A449Algorithmic Walk, Sat 9th, 3pm, A449(each walk 90mins long incl talk)www.deirdre-macleod.com

47 Jenny Pope‘Barely adequate is not enough’ com-prises a series of rocks covered with geotextile, usually used to show contamination, here highlighting the poor water quality of the sea at West Beach.Rocks, Seafi eld PromArtist Walk Sun 3rd, 10.30am, (beach wheelchair accessible)Meet at Porty Beach Wheelchairs (Tumbles car park) Arist Walk Fri 8th, 3pm, from Seafi eld Rockswww.jennypope.com

49 Fiona Hermse‘The Life Between’ Through the use of fl owers, spices, fabric and thread, the last section of the prom will be adorned with colour, highlighting the open spaciousness and the many surfaces of this location. With collaborative performance from Dancer Emma Snellgrove. Performances Sundays 3rd + 10th, 2.30pmOn Sun 10th, leading to ‘Meadow Morphose’ storytelling art walk at Meadows Yard with Emma and Abi (3pm).www.fi onahermse.co.ukwww.emotionplus.co

50 Juliana Capes

‘Meadow Morphose’ Otherworldly crea-tures will inhabit Meadows Yard in an installation by artists Emma Macle-od and Abi Lewis. Traverse the paths and desire lines of this little known nature reserve and discover what hides amongst the gnarly bushes.Meadows Yard Nature ReserveTues 5th, 7.30pm Artist walk with EmmaSun 10th, 3pm, Artist led storytelling walk, with storyteller Daniel Allisonwww.emmamacleod.co.ukwww.abi-lewis.weebly.com

51 Felicity Bristow+ Susie Wilson

‘Im-PRESS-ions of Porty’Outdoor Workshops in Meadows Yard Nature Reserve with the community, for all ages, making cyanotypes + weather annotated postcards from Portobello each sat + sun.Meadows Yard Nature ReserveSun 3rd, 12.30pm, Artist talkWeds 6th, 7pm, Artist talkwww.felicitybristow.comwww.susiewilson.org

‘Tidings’ - Using the furthermost part of Seafi eld beach, Juliana Capes will experiment with the idea of a beach and the sea and their edges. New sculptural experiments with time and tide. Featuring collaborations with artist Alice Betts.Seafi eld beach, by Seafi eld Sewage Workswww.julianacapes.co.uk

Maker’s Market at Dalriada - 8-10 Sept

Little AxeLittle Axe is a surface design, print-making and illustration practice, making blockprints for textiles, wall-papers and bespoke design to commis-sion run by Ursula Hunter.www.littleaxe.co.uk

Jenny CaponJenny makes prints that combine vintage maps and found imagery with hand drawn and watercolour birds and animals, regularly making works to commission.www.jennycaponprints.com

Little Letter StudioCombining her love of letterpress and painting, Little Letter Studio, creat-ed by Jo Martin, creates personalised fi ne art prints for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.www.littleletterstudio.com

Rosita McKenziePortobello-based blind photographic artist whose work ranges from documen-tary to experimental, abstract image making. Rosita will also be on the prom with her portrait making studio Sat 2 + Sun 3, 1.30-4.30pm at one of our Art Carts, look out for her. www.rositamckenzie.co.uk

Janie MorrisJanie is a furniture designer and maker from Portobello, creating furni-ture, gifts and homewares from Scottish hardwoods.www.morrisofportobello.co.uk

Jude RowanFine art photography that captures the mundane, often responding to a place, the dilapidated or distressed building. She uses a range of analogue plastic cameras and [email protected]

Avril ScottPlaster hand cast tiles and ceramics, which are decorated with original photographs of Portobello.Also showing at Wild Flower Shop.www.avrilscottmixedmedia.com

Louise SmurthwaiteAn artist and illustrator specialising in screenprinting and drawing primari-ly based on the experiences of walking in an urban and natural environment.www.louisesmurthwaite.co.uk

Ruth ThomasSingle edition artists’ books, hand-made cards, prints and textile pieces that explore the human impact on the natural environment, inspired by patterns found in sand, seaweed and rocky outcrops.www.ruththomasart.co.uk

Lynsey WaltersHandmade jewellery and hair accesso-ries that combine handmade and indus-trial felt. Lynsey also has her Art House open over the fi rst w/e (see 20).www.lynseywalters.co.uk

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42 Jacqui Higgs‘Salt’ comprises a series of large and small scale mixed media works that explore urban seascapes, in particular relating to the sea at Seafi eld. Miroswww.jacquihiggs.com

‘Edgelands’ projectA series of temporary interventions and walks that explore Portobello’s place by the edge of the land, and the edge of the city.

edgelands project

art housesart in shops

maker’s marketwalks + talks

prom art carts

Audio GuidesWe have 3 audio guides commissioned for this year’s Art Walk. All available to download from our website: artwalkporty.co.uk/audioguides or to borrow from A449 Architects. Here+Now explores Seafi eld’s relationship to Sydhavnen, Copen-hagen, whilst artists, Felicity Bristow+Susie Wilson and Emma Macleod+Abi Lewis create audio to guide you as you walk along Seafi eld Prom to Meadows Yard, a 15 minute walk from the bottom of Kings Road.

17 Jamie KinroyGraphic and detailed artworks, rooted in comics, focussing on intricately designed imagined, contemporary global environments, built out of the art-ist’s infl uences and experience of a range of places – Scotland, Minneapo-lis, Japan. 1F1, 5 Straiton Place, over 2 fl atswww.jamiekinroy.com

Special off ers: Take a copy of this map to The Jaff le Joint to get a free coff ee or tea with a Jaff le. Other off ers may apply, visit website for full details.

48 Here+Now‘A Walk in Our Sho[r]es’ - an experi-ential audio art walk simultaneous-ly exploring the sensory, landscape and potential qualities of Seafi eld, Portobello, Edinburgh, and Sydhavnen, Copenhagen. Guided audio walk, Fri 8th Sept, 8pmmeet at 7.50pm at Seafi eld Rd E junc-tion with Cat+Dog Home. Also available from A449 Architects and to download online at artwalkporty.co.uk.Here+Now will also show their ‘The Sea Field’ Summer School project from 6-8pm, Fri 8th Sept, on the Prom by the Cat+Dog Home. www.thehereandnow.org.uk

Other walking artists

wood - water - wooda walk between two edgelandsFri 1st Sept, 11am, Gerard leads a 2 hour walk from Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park (Gilmerton) to Portobello Prom, returning on Sun 3rd Sept. Sat 2nd Sept, 3.30-5pm, a performative lecture on the act of walking at St Marks Churchwww.open-ground.com

Gerard O’Brien

Alexander (Twig) Champion

Twig’s practice revolves around the act of walking. During the Art Walk he will be leading two walks around the event including Haiku poetry and readings. Fri 1st Sept, 6pm, from Skylark Sat 9th Sept, 1.30pm, from Dalriada www.alexanderchampion.co.uk

36 Jon Davey +Jen Cunningham

Digital photographer working collab-oratively with a local jeweller, Jen Cunningham, creating work inspired by each other’s work, in a ‘creative con-versation’.Portobello Library, closed sundayswww.jondaveyphotography.co.ukwww.jencunningham.co.uk

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38 Karen FlemingA series of abstract paintings infl uenced by memories and images of the playgrounds the artist played in while growing up in council estates in Scotland. The Jaff le Joint (+back garden)www.karen-fl eming-artist.com

37 Avril ScottPlaster cast botanical artworks using plants and fl owers, which are hand cast and fi nished in the studio. The Wild Flower Shopwww.avrilscottmixedmedia.com

wheelchair accessible

Art at the SeasidePortobello, Edinburgh

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walking map

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Art Walk Porty 2017opens atThe Skylark Portobello High Street

Thurs 31st Aug 7-9pm

‘Meet the Artist’Edgelands ExhibitionA449 Architects

Fri 1st Sept 2-4pm

Check for any last minute programme changes at www.artwalkporty.co.uk or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @artwalkporty

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1 Paul Charlton + Twelfth Edition2 Sarah Knox + Cate Britee3 Javier Ventura4 Zoe Kean5 Jenny Martin6 Karl Stern7 Alison Stewart8 Wrangholm Lodge Group Show9 Margot Hailey + Susie Reade10 Jenny Antonio11 Jane Rutherford + Mark Haddon12 Lee Patterson13 Peter Jones + Greta McMillan14 Caroline Convey15 Maria Alonso16 Paul MacPhail17 Mary Walters, Rosie Walters, Jamie Kinroy18 Robin Baillie19 Rosie Nimmo20 Lynsey Walters + Carla Edwards21 Teresa Gordon22 Claire MacDonald23 Fiona Bisset24 Simon Jackson + Jane Angel25 Bridge Pottery Collective26 Lindsay Anderson27 Julie Abrahams

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Art Houses open:

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Weekend One: 1-3 SeptWeekend Two: 8-10 Sept

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‘Edgelands’ - is our site specific programme of temporary interventions around Seafield Prom and Meadows Yard Nature Reserve. Full details are available in the project newspaper - copies available from A449 Architects, Dalriada, the prom art carts, and other venues.

‘Walks+Talks’ - a series of walks, talks, performances and workshops will be taking place alongside this year’s Art Walk - please pick up the separate flyer for full details of all the associated events.

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Sat 2nd Sept at 3.30pm, St MarksPerformance stylelecture on the act of walking from Gerard O’Brien

‘Cressida’ The Tidal Octopus by Lauren Fox, supported by Velvet Easel Gallery2016.

‘A Walk in Our Sho[r]es’ audio walk meeting pointFri 8 Sept, 8pm

‘Salt’‘Playing-up’

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Toilets

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‘Barely adequate is not enough’

‘North Sea’

‘Verges’Porty Light Box

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SamboProm lamposts

Rocks

‘re/formed’site of oldpower station

Seafield Prom

Seafield Prom

Far Seafield beachby Sewage Works

Interventionist beach work

No fixed location

‘Im-PRESS-ions of Porty’

Meadows Yard

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Prom Art Carts

Look out for our bathing machine styled ‘art carts’ produced by Old School Fabrications which will be along the promenade and from where we’ll be running talks, demos, and other events.Full details in our ‘walks+talks’ leaflet.

Fri 1st Sept, 11amwood water wood:a walk between two edgelands from Gilmerton to Portobello (2 hrs)(Gerard O’Brien)

Jenny PopePaul MacPhail

Fiona Hermse

Juliana Capes

Emma Macleod+ Abi Lewis

Felicity Bristow+ Susie Wilson

Jacqui

Jill Martin

Asma Almubarak

Rosy Naylor

Here+Now

AlixVillanueva

‘Tidings’

‘Edgelands’group showexhibition

Boualaxai

‘re/covered’

Jill MartinBoualaxai

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Portobello Libraryclosed sundays

site of old lido

Bellfield

‘The Life Between’

‘Meadow Morphosis’

Deirdre Macleod‘Door in the wall’

‘Door in Higgs

VelvetEasel

Regent St

Adelphi Place

Sandford Gardens

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Porty Beach WheelchairsShipping container with artworkby Towerbank P4s+ meeting point:Jenny Pope walkSun 3rd, 1030am(Tumbles car park)

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Daniele Sambo

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Visiting Meadows Yard Nature Reserve

Please come prepared, wearing suitable clothing and footwear.

The Nature Reserve contains uneven ground and steps. Stick to the paths and desire lines when

walking around. Unfortunately it does not have disabled access.

Come and join one of the artist walks to find out more, incl two

evening walks taking placeduring the week.

See 51 + 52 listings overleaf.

Seafield verge

Seafield Prom

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