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A canvas with knotted tassels at the bottom. The canvas is painted a textured, pale blue, with several large drops in a darker blue. There is a tall, thin, sandy-coloured tower with a large face appearing in a window at the top.

Sophia Rehman (b. 2003, Kent) Silvertones, some day the rain will dry, 2025 Acrylic, oil pastel, collage and chalk pastel on canvas 43 x 36 cm EU6049

Sophia Rehman

University Art Collection acquires works by ECA graduates through Purchase Prize

The Collection selected the work of BA (Hons) Painting graduates Sophia Rehman and Scarlett Tooze.

In a large warehouse, costume staff help performers into star-shaped, blue and silver costumes.

The team help performers into costume

Izzy Jones-Rigby

Performance Costume alumni create magic at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

Two former ECA students were on the team creating costumes for the event at Glasgow’s Hydro.

A studio at the Graduate Show, with low lighting. A ramp extends from the floor up to an illuminated circle. Lots of tiny figurines are descending down the ramp.

Rumeng Chen's work at the Graduate Show

Image: Sally Jubb

Class of '26 win awards and prizes

Graduating students from a wide range of programmes have received recognition for their talent and creativity.

A model wears an outfit made of quilted golden patterned panels, hanging in a plethora of shapes and angles. She is jumping, both toes clear of the ground.

Design: Susu Wang. Photography: Aga Urbanska

Aga Urbanska

‘Scotland Fashion Now’ to bring ECA graduates’ work to V&A Dundee

The new event will feature work from Scotland’s top fashion schools on the runway, with a programme of talks and workshops.

Raymond kneels on the floor in front of the stage, leaning onto the stage. On stage, five saxophonists are playing, all in different positions - kneeling, crouching, lying down. Also on stage are a collection of small instruments, and a row of music stands.

Raymond (left) improvising with Gunter ‘Baby’ Sommer’s New Brotherhoods and Sisterhood of Breath in Germany. Photograph: Assi Wolfe Glode.

Assi Wolfe Glode

Exploring improvisation – Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Professor Raymond MacDonald has received a Leverhulme Fellowship to research the ways in which musical improvisation can support individuals and communities.

Jamie stands next to his airline seat. He is smiling, and is wearing a red and black tartan suit. The airline seat is a greenish grey, with a design including two curved lines, with a darker colour between them.

Jamie and his airline seat at the V&A Dundee

Airline seat for neurodivergent passengers exhibited at V&A Dundee

The prototype was created by ECA alumnus Jamie O’Donnell, who now works as a designer for Scottish leather firm Muirhead.

Dong, Isabel and Mervin, smartly dressed, hold their certificates

Goldsmiths Craftsmanship and Design Awards - L-R: Dong Ding, Isabel Honey Coles, and Mervin (Qiwei) Liu

Jewellery & Silversmithing students and alumni shine at awards

The Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council, the British Art Medal Society, and The Cutlers' Company, all recognised achievements from our students and alumni this year.

Painted rectangles and circles in a wide range of colours have been artfully painted on a wall.

One of the new wall paintings inside the St Andrew's Children's Society in Leith, Edinburgh.

Image: Fiona McLachlan

ESALA staff and students complete live colour installation project

Led by Professor Fiona McLachlan, the client was St Andrew’s Children’s Society in Edinburgh.

Carmen Thomson, Abby Gilman and Dr Nichola Dobson stand in front of a black board with a logo repeated across it – a gold shape like an angular, abstracted face in profile, and the words Royal Television Society Scotland.

L-R Carmen Thomson, Abby Gilman and Dr Nichola Dobson at the Awards. Image: Peter Sandground

Peter Sandground

Animation alumna wins at RTS Scotland Student Awards

Abby Gilman’s stop frame puppet animation, a meditation on grief and healing, impressed the Royal Television Society judges, and was chosen from a shortlist consisting entirely of ECA graduates.

The students stand together in the exhibition room - they're cheering, arms outstretched.

The students at the exhibition. Image: Tony Marsh / Multrees Walk

Tony Marsh / Multrees Walk

Fashion students showcase their talent in Multrees Walk collab

The second years worked with major retailers to gain real-world experience.

Detail from a pencil drawing of a rock face on a buff-coloured background

Details from 'The Minotaur, Camas Tuath' by Victoria Clare Bernie, 2024

ESALA academic wins prestigious Derwent Art Prize

Victoria Clare Bernie was placed first out of an international field of over 2,000 artists.

Pale, gauzey, ruffled creamy pink fabric is rouched up to form multiple little bubbles and waves.

Thea Moston - Goose Skin, polyester, emulsion, upholstery fabric, 200 x 180 cm, 2025

Thea Moston

Eighteen graduates exhibit at New Contemporaries 2026

Artists and architects were selected from the 2025 Graduate Show to take part in the annual RSA exhibition.