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The ECA Main Building pictured at sunset on an autumn evening. Edinburgh Castle is in the background. Image: Federica Mentasti

Multiple staff celebrated in this year’s People of CAHSS Awards

ECA colleagues won or were highly commended in four of the six wide-ranging categories.

A teenager in school uniform is looking at several artworks displayed on the wall. She has a broad smile on her face. An adult stands beside her, there are other pupils in the background.

Young artists enjoyed seeing their work exhibited at ECA

Scotland's first Saturday Club a roaring success at ECA

The initiative has welcomed youngsters through the doors of ECA to enjoy regular creatives sessions led by staff and students.

A close-up image of a fluffy textile sample, with numerous holes in it, large and small. It is mostly grey and white, with a few areas of dark reddish-brown

A textile sample from the exhibition - Ruta Vronevskyte

Ruta Vronevskyte

Textiles students exhibit operating theatre innovations in Edinburgh Science Festival

The third year students have worked with a consultant neurosurgeon to propose new biodegradable packaging, interior surfaces and wearables.

Isabel is smiling at the camera, holding a certificate that reads 'Craftsmanship and Design Awards Gold Award. She's standing in front of a display board with three large pages pinned to it, showing drawings of a spoon design. She is wearing a dress and a gold-coloured necklace, dressed for the Awards night.

Isabel Coles with her gold award and her silver spoon designs

Isabel's silver spoon wins gold award

Fourth year Jewellery and Silversmithing BA (Hons) student Isabel Coles has been recognised by the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council for a design inspired by finds from her garden.

A woman is polishing a white, sculpted piece of glass on a spinning polishing machine. She is wearing safety glasses, and looking closely at her work.

Craft MA: Make the most of ECA's facilities to explore your creative practice

New MA Craft is unique in Scotland

The groundbreaking course incorporates both traditional and digital techniques.

A student is working at a jewellery bench surrounded by tools and equipment. They are working on a small metal object in their hands and looking at it intently. Image credit: Sam Ingram-Sills (Whitedog Photography)

New programme will focus on intersection between craft practice and digital technologies

Taught by academics who are exemplary practitioners in their fields, the MA Craft programme is now accepting applications for September 2025 entry.

A student wearing a blue and white patterned dress and red gloves is looking at a ceramic object on a tray on a desk in front of them. They are standing in front of an ornate fireplace and the room is panelled with wood.

'Lobster in a China Shop', performance with porcelain sculpture by San Zhang, at Hospitalfield, March 2025.

Postgraduate Art students take their learning on the road

MA Contemporary Art Practice students have taken part in a pop-up exhibition at the Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, and a residency at Hospitalfield, Arbroath.

A photograph of Justine, wearing a dark-coloured suit and striped top, standing in the gallery at the Royal Scottish Academy, in the middle of her sculpture. It is made of a series of giant wooden, interconnected hoops, some painted red, some a natural wood colour. At their highest, the tallest of the hoops are around twice her height.

Justine Watt with her sculpture 'Once you get sawdust in your eye it is difficult to get it out'. Photo: Julie Howden/Royal Scottish Academy

Julie Howden/Royal Scottish Academy

RSA New Contemporaries Awards recognise eight ECA alumni

Winners include Justine Watt (pictured), who takes the prestigious Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award.

Mark and Maria stand beside a board with a logo reading Astaire Art Prize 2025. Both are smiling, and Maria is holding a certificate

Mark Astaire and winner Maria McStay

Astaire Art Prize winner announced for 2025

Maria McStay's work had a real 'Wow' factor, which won over the judges.

The front of a doll's house, decorated with ornate green patterns

Tallulah Batley, La Maison Vert Mixed Media Dollhouse (MDF, plastic, emulsion, acrylic, misc dollhouse furniture)

Tallulah Batley

RSA New Contemporaries 2025 opens with artworks from 17 ECA alumni

Works selected from the 2024 Graduate Show are exhibited at the annual showcase.

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

Sally Jubb

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.