Events List

MESP 2010 Exhibitions and Displays
11/1 - 31/3/2010

Event: Exhibition: Peacemakers of Israel/Palestine –
Photographs by award-winning photojournalist Angela Catlin, with words by Billy Briggs.

Venue: Granville Street Foyer, Mitchell Library, Granville Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN.
Dates: Monday 11 – Saturday 30 January 2010.
Times: The Mitchell Library is open Monday – Thursday, 9am - 8pm; Friday - Saturday, 9am - 5pm; and on Sunday the Mitchell Library is closed.
Contact: Mitchell Library Information Desk, 0141 287 2999.
Venue: The Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR.
Dates: Saturday 6 February – Saturday 20 March 2010.
Times: Our opening times are Monday - Saturday, 10am-6pm.
Event Description: The Middle East Festival has commissioned this unique exhibition illustrating the work of peacemakers in Israel/Palestine who are working on a cross community basis. This has involved photojournalist Angela Catlin, and journalist Billy Briggs making a 10-day visit to Israel/Palestine to photograph and interview the peacemaker groups, resulting in an exhibition and feature articles. The development of the exhibition was made possible by an Awards for All grant. Other venues who want to host this exhibition are very welcome to submit a proposal expressing their interest.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Exhibition: A Window on the Middle East:
A Photographic Impression of Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon and Morocco.
Photographs by award-winning photojournalist Angela Catlin, with words by Billy Briggs.

Venue: The Filmhouse Café, Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ.
Dates and Times: Monday 1 February – Sunday 28 February 2010, during Filmhouse opening hours.
Event Description: Photographer Angela Catlin presents photographic impressions of the Middle East accompanied by words by Billy Briggs. The images focus on contrasting human situations and experiences from Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon and Morocco.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Exhibition: Iran then and now.

Venue: Susie’s Diner, 51 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DB.
Dates and Times: Monday 1 February – Thursday 18 March 2010, during opening hours.
Event Description: A visually strong interplay between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Timeless photographs of Iran taken by Aliki Sapountzi in 1971 are shown beside artwork by Marylena Sapountzi. Marylena has recently photographed Iran to create stunning composite/manipulated images expressing a unique aspect of the country today. Aliki Sapountzi is a photographer/filmmaker based in Edinburgh. www.aliki.co.uk. Marylena Sapountzi is a visual artist and actress based in Athens, Greece. www.marylenasapountzi.com
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Display: Arabic and Middle Eastern Poetry.

Venue: The Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DT.
Dates and Times: February - March 2010, Monday - Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, 1pm-5pm.
Event Description: A small display of items from the Scottish Poetry Library’s international collection.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Julie Johnstone, Librarian, 0131 557 2876, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Event: Exhibition: Light over Oman by Malcolm MacGregor.

Venue: The Fine Art Library, Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EG.
Dates and Times: Tuesday 2 February - Saturday 27 February 2010.
Monday - Thursday, 10am-8pm; Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday, 9am-1pm.
Event Description: The photographs in this exhibition reflect the diversity of landscape to be found in Oman. The country has a unique combination of desert, mountain and coastline. The quality of light that emanates across this landscape brings the colour and shape of rocks and water into a different level of wonderment. High in the mountains is a world of lines, shape and form caused by millions of years of erosion, transmitting a true sense of the primeval. Descend 10,000 feet and you reach the coastline. The constant surf has, over the years, moulded coves alongside plunging cliffs. The pyramidal sand dunes of the Empty Quarter rise to a height of 1,000 feet. They are a mix of transverse and longitudinal dunes, symbolic of a landscape on the move shaped by prevailing winds. All make up one of the great unspoilt regions on Earth. Harsh and unforgiving, yet majestic.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Exhibition and Launch: Love Letters:
An Exhibition of Silhouette Papercuts by Lois Cordelia.

Venue: The University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy Centre, 1 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL.
(Next to Potterow Students Centre. General enquiries: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 650 2595).
Dates: Tuesday 2 February - Friday 5 March 2010. With a lunch time opening event on Wednesday 3 February 2010, 1pm, (coinciding with a Fair Trade Society Lunch).
Times: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5pm.
Event Description: Balancing the blade's precision with free-flowing designs, Lois cuts spirited paper “silhouettes” using a scalpel. The finished piece may be an intricate web of fine, interconnected paper strands, or a sturdier, partially three-dimensional “paper sculpture.” The exhibition is inspired by meditations on divine beauty and harmony, and by mystical love poetry from the Middle East and beyond. Artwork Portfolio: www.LoisCordelia.com
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Sound Installation: The Listening Seat.

Venue: Sanctuary, Ground Floor South, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA.
Dates: Tuesday 2 February - Thursday 18 March 2010.           
Times: Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm.
Event Description: Sound Installation by Déirdre Ní Mhathúna.                  
Come into The Listening Seat and follow the way of the Sufi. Be transported by the hypnotic chants of four men on a prayer mat as they pray the Koran in Sudan. Soak in the calm of Slavonic Orthodox Christian choirs. Let a young girl’s haunting voice remind you of how powerful the Jewish tradition is, while a Yiddish lullaby speaks of trade in raisins and almonds. Marvel at the rich cultures and creeds that have rubbed along side by side in the Middle East through crusades, wars of empire and holy wars at the cultural crossroads of East and West. Take a little time in The Listening Seat.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome. No booking required.
Contact: Sandy Young, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 242 1991.

Event: Exhibition: Nature’s Seduction by Graham Riddell.

Venue: The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JU.
Dates: Saturday 6 February - Wednesday 17 March 2010.
Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am-9pm; Sundays and Mondays, midday-6pm.
Event Description: Artist photographer Graham Riddell exhibits a selection of works from his extensive stock of images at The Lot venue gallery and café, on the public staircase area between ground and first floor levels.
Come and be seduced by Nature and open your eyes to the creative possibilities around you.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Exhibition: Highland Turkey Revisited:
The Anatolian Community of Scotland.

Venue: Empires Cafe, 24 Street Marys Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SU.
Dates and Times: Saturday 6 February - Friday 19 March 2010, during opening hours.
Event Description: Photographer Aliki Sapountzi focuses on the Turkish/Anatolian community of Scotland, re-awakening distant links to ancestral heredity, displacement and relocation; reflected both in the Turkish/Anatolian community and the photographer. To enrich the contextual backdrop, these photographs have been juxtaposed with images of street life in Istanbul.

Showing at the intimate venue of Empires Café with the added bonus of a booklet featuring the expanded version of the Highland Turkey exhibition shown at the Filmhouse in 2009. A copy of the booklet will be attached to each table together with a pen inviting your comments/doodles.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Exhibition: Renovation and Transformation Through Art and Life.

Venue: State Theta Galleries, The Halls, Main Street, Ormiston, EH35 5HS.
Dates and Times: The dates for the exhibition would be weekends in February, and in March 2010 - 6/7, 13/14, and 20/21, * March 13 the gallery is closed due to the Dance Day, and viewing is also available during the week but by appointment due to class and clinic activities. Open from 11am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday.
Event Description: Features photography, oil and chalk pastels and poetry following a 3-year period of renovation and transformation. The work is influenced by the Halprin Life Art Process as researched and developed by the Tamalpa Institute CA, founded by America’s leading dance elder and pioneer of dance as a healing art, Anna Halprin and her daughter Daria Halprin, expressive arts educator. 
Cost: Free. For transport information:
Contact: Audicia, 07868 705908, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , www.statetheta.com

Event: Exhibition: Georgia - A Country of Ancient Writing.

Venue: Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA.
Dates: Tuesday 9 February - Saturday 6 March 2010.
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 11am-4pm; Saturday, 1.30pm-4pm.
Event Description: Georgian is one of the oldest written languages in the world, and the country possesses an ancient literary tradition. This exhibition traces the history of Georgian scripts from their legendary beginnings in the reign of King Parnavaz in the 4th century BC to the version of the written language first seen in the 10th century AD and still in use today. The exhibition consists of full-colour images of manuscripts, in themselves objects of beauty, often splendidly illustrated. Exhibition curated by Vesna Petkovic, Pro Art and Co (www.proartandco.co.uk).
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: 0131 668 3635, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Event: Retrospective Exhibition:
Photos and Flyers of The Elements World Theatre's Performances at the MESP, 2004 to 2010.

Venue: The Bongo Club Café, 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8BA. 
Dates and Times: Thursday 18 February - Thursday 18 March 2010.
Monday - Friday, 1pm-7pm and late evenings during live gigs and club nights at The Bongo Club.
Event Description: An exhibition of photographs, posters and leaflets of The Elements World Theatre’s performances for The MESP, 2004-2010.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Neill Walker, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 331 4469.

Event: Exhibition of Photographs and Reception:
The Craft Heritage of Palestine. 

Venue: St George's West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4RT.
Dates: Tuesday 23 February - Sunday 7 March 2010.
Times: 10am–4pm.
Event Description: This exhibition commissioned by Sunbula, Hadeel’s sister shop in Jerusalem, in 2006 celebrates the work and cultural heritage of Palestinian artisans. Steve Sabella, the celebrated Palestinian photographer, travelled the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel to photograph producers who are partner organisations of Hadeel, the Palestinian Craft Shop in Edinburgh.  The exhibition forms a beautiful collection of images and lively scenes of craft co-operatives in operation, women artisans working on embroidery at home, folk in the community and surrounding landscapes. Free Tickets for the Reception on 24 February 2010 at 7pm are available from Hadeel.
Cost: Entry Free but donations gratefully accepted.
Contact: Hadeel, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 0131 225 1922.

Event: Exhibition: Recognizing our Common Humanity.

Venue: Tollcross Community Centre, 117 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. EH3 9QG.
Dates: Saturday 27 February - Wednesday 31 March 2010.
Times: Monday - Friday, 8.30am-8.30pm; Saturday, 10am-3.30pm.
Event Description: Through an exciting, new photography exhibit, you can travel through Gaza with young people on a unique journey of discovery – finding those moments of common experience that bind us all together in one human family. Follow them from the streets where they walk every day, to the houses or refugee camps where they live; from the market where they shop, to the sea where they send off their dreams; from the destruction of war to sights of extraordinary natural beauty; from raw human suffering to indisputable, unbeatable hope and love for life.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Global Citizen Corps, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +44 (0)131 662 5188.

Event: Exhibition: Jerusalem:
A Journey Through The Ages - 1929 to the present.

Venue: Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Dates: Friday 5 March - Thursday 18 March 2010.
Times: 10am-3pm.
Event Description: The set of pictures of Jerusalem and Palestine from 1929 to the present is part of the literary and folklore celebrations of Al Quds (Jerusalem) as the cultural capital of the Arab World in the year 2009.

El Funoun Group (Scotland-Palestine) was established in 2004 to share with the public in Edinburgh the cultural and historical heritage of Palestine. The exhibition is particularly poignant today with Scotland hosting Scots from around the world as part of the Homecoming Celebrations, while Palestinians, on the other hand, are forbidden to return to Palestine, the land of their forefathers. The pictures specially show the connection of Palestinians to their land and destroys the myth that this was a land without people for a people without a land.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: Anita Shanley, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Event: Photographic Exhibition by WIFIE (Women In Focus In Edinburgh): A Sense of Self.

Venue: Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30-36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG.
Dates: Monday 8 March - Saturday 20 March 2010.
Times: Monday – Saturday, 10am–8pm.
Event Description: A photographic exhibition produced by members of WIFIE for International Women’s Day 2010. Funded by the Women’s Fund for Scotland, members of this collective have explored the theme, ‘A Sense of Self’ and come up with some interesting results.
Cost: Admission Free. Everyone Welcome.
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it