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A painting on the wall features a monk with a woven basket over his head; a length of rope lies over the top of the painting and coils down to the floor. On shelves, and on the floor, are similar woven baskets, some with small clay faces on the front. Straw sits around the baskets on the floor. Further clay faces also sit on the shelves.

Emilie Fielding, The Bees Were Here, 2025. Installation view. Courtesy Talbot Rice Gallery, the University of Edinburgh

Trading Zone 2025 - from endometriosis to medieval re-enactment

The exhibition of student work at the Talbot Rice Gallery shows an exciting breadth of inspiration.

A close up image of a painted landscape. There are two rocky monoliths with swirling clouds behind. The colours are of a red and pinkish hue. Text reads Version Galore All Art comes from other Art

Close up from Cailleach (after James Giles) - by Lyndsay McColl

Version Galore returns to the RSA, showcasing ECA students’ work

Third year students are exhibiting their responses to items from the RSA's collection.

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Storm Gallery by METIS (Mark Dorrian + Adrian Hawker) with Richard Collins

ECA staff exhibit in New York

Mark Dorrian and Adrian Hawker’s work in collaboration with technical services’ Richard Collins will be on display until 21 March 2025.

The poster for Edinburgh Meets Munich - the words are arranged in block capitals in a step-style down the poster

Edinburgh Meets Munich - poster

Edinburgh Meets Munich – Jewellery & Silversmithing staff and students to exhibit in Germany

A team of 17 will travel to take part in the event.

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ECA research podcast: Artful Inquiry

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Research as inquiry and experiment

ECA is a vibrant and internationally-engaged interdisciplinary hub for creative innovation embedded within the world-leading University of Edinburgh.

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A photo of Charlene Scott's work displayed at the 2023 Graduate Show, on an off-white wall. Four framed artworks are side-by-side, each in a neutral, off-white tone, with different textures and patterns.

Image: Charlene Scott

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Exhibition Talbot Rice Gallery Exhibitions Talbot Rice Gallery: Trading Zone 2025 Trading Zone 2025 will include students from: fine art, design, illustration, painting, sculpture, contemporary art practice and creative writing.

Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL

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Lecture Inaugural Lecture Series Inaugural Lecture by Professor Melissa Terras Why digital innovation needs art schools.

Professor Melissa Terras

Online and West Court, Edinburgh College of Art Main Building, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF

A close up of a carved face resembling the folkloric Greenman. Gold painted leaves cover the bottom of the face.

Seminar History of Art Research Seminar Series In-Jokes: Art and Unruliness at Norwich Priory Join History of Art for the next talk in the Research Seminar Series chaired by Dr Lizzie Swarbrick.

Dr Jessica Barker

Hunter Building, Hunter Lecture Theatre (017), 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF