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Elizabeth Blackadder and John Houston with cat, 1990s.
Image: Royal Scottish Academy/Blackadder Houston Charitable TrustSignificant bequest from former ECA lecturers will fund new opportunities for painting students
A new bequest from the estate of ECA alumni and former lecturers Dame Elizabeth Blackadder RSA and John Houston RSA OBE will fund an extensive programme of support for artists in Scotland, including new funding awards for ECA students.
First prize winner Paloma Leon
Image: ECAStudent composer Paloma Leon wins the 2023 Tovey Memorial Prize
Congratulations to third year BMus Music student Paloma Leon who was awarded first place in the Reid School of Music's Tovey Memorial Prize Competition 2023.
The Breath Cycle launch at Saint Luke's in Glasgow.
Image: Sally JubbFunding boost for music project supporting people with Long COVID
Scottish Opera’s Breath Cycle II project led by ECA’s Dr Gareth Williams will continue to support people with Long COVID through singing and songwriting workshops, thanks to new Scottish Government health and social care funding.
Visualisation of the council chamber in Inka's design proposal.
Image: Inka EismarESALA graduate wins multiple awards for project reimagining Leith’s New Kirkgate
MA (Hons) Architecture graduate Inka Eismar has been recognised with multiple awards for her 2022 project, Common Ground, which reimagines Leith’s New Kirkgate as a ‘thriving civic space’.
The final poster design on display at ECA.
Image: ECAWinning illustration promotes book collecting competition across the University
Congratulations to Edinburgh College of Art BA (Hons) Illustration student Aner Wang, whose illustration has been selected to appear on promotional materials for a University-wide book collecting competition.
The Travelling Gallery bus.
Image: Travelling GalleryTravelling exhibition highlights campaigns for fair housing conditions in Scotland
Four postgraduate students on ECA's MSc by Research in Collections and Curating Practices programme have collaborated with the Travelling Gallery and the University of Edinburgh Art Collection on a new mobile art exhibition about community-led struggles for safe, affordable housing in Scotland.
The Chalmers by Holly Munro.
Image: CubittsStormy Edinburgh weather provides inspiration for Jewellery student's winning glasses design
Third-year ECA Jewellery and Silversmithing student Holly Munro was selected to design a unique pair of glasses inspired by the city of Edinburgh for spectacle brand, Cubitts. Her winning frame design, inspired by a stormy day in Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland, is now on sale in Cubitts’ Edinburgh Old Town store.
Image: Dr Itandehui Jansen
ECA academic explores sustainable filmmaking with new film, Itu Ninu
Dr Itandehui Jansen, Lecturer in Film & TV at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), has been researching sustainable film practices as part of her new film, Itu Ninu.
Professor Shannon Vallor (L) and Professor Ewa Luger (R)
Image: University of EdinburghEdinburgh Professors to lead AHRC Programme on AI
Professors Shannon Vallor and Ewa Luger are to direct the £3.5 million programme ‘Enabling a Responsible AI Ecosystem’ in collaboration with the Ada Lovelace Institute.
Work by Ola Jackiewicz
ECA illustration students collaborate with Scottish charity
Students from Edinburgh College of Art’s BA (Hons) and MA (Hons) Illustration programmes have collaborated with Children in Scotland, attending its annual conference to create live graphic recordings for delegates, and creating illustrations for the next issue of its biannual publication, Insight.
ECA joins Aardman Academy university partnership programme.
Image: Aardman AcademyECA joins Aardman Academy university partnership programme
The new global scheme supports students and academic staff with online and in person animation training
Students view some of the artwork on display.
Image: Cala HomesECA students collaborate with Cala Homes on artwork for Edinburgh development
The development’s Clocktower Apartments are in the renovated former Edinburgh Royal Blind School building. Cala Homes invited the students to create artwork to celebrate the building’s heritage and its setting within the contemporary Newington Residences.