A group of Edinburgh College students recently took part in a workshop designed to enhance their digital imagery skills at the Apple store on Edinburgh’s Princess Street. The College’s first year HND Illustration students visited the store to be given an introductory session on using Procreate by an Apple expert, before being able to work on a…
Edinburgh College students are invited to enter a national creative competition this month to celebrate inspiring people who have made a stand against racism. Now in its 15th year, the competition, organised by Show Racism the Red Card, invites applicants to get creative and submit a piece of work whether that be art, poetry,…
An Edinburgh College Professional Photography student has been presented with a prestigious award from one of the UK’s longest standing photographic associations, responsible for developing some of the leading photographers around today. Edinburgh College BA Professional Photography student Gavin Smart was recently named Student of the Year at the Master Photography Awards 2018. Thirty-four year-old…
Exquisite tailoring and elegant Edwardian silhouettes will be taking over Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre as Edinburgh College Costume students display their work in a new exhibition. The exhibition – Edwardian Costume for Performance – will feature garments created by students from the college’s HND Costume for Stage and Screen course and will run at Festival…
Compelling costumes and choreography inspired by the work of acclaimed artist Jenny Saville will be part of a one-off performance by Edinburgh College’s Dance students at a major Edinburgh gallery this weekend. Fragments & Gestures: Performing Jenny Saville will feature BA (Hons) Dance students from the college wearing outfits designed by Performance Costume Masters students…
Edinburgh College’s HND Textile students have joined forces with Edinburgh-based bespoke tailor Stewart Christie & Co to give some of Scotland’s greatest cultural icons of the past 700 years a fashion makeover. The students showcased their work at an event to celebrate the strength and depth of the country’s creative and textile sector. Creative Legends,…
Edinburgh College was a hub of creative activity as it welcomed some of the country’s top professionals to its sixth annual Creative Industries Employability Day. Creative juices were flowing at the college’s Granton Campus and Performing Arts Studio Scotland (PASS) theatre, where students had an opportunity to get career advice from guest speakers from across…
Students from Edinburgh College will be walking A Fine Line at the City Art Centre this weekend as they showcase their design work in a series of fashion shows. The UAL Diploma in Fashion and Textiles students have drawn inspiration from the diverse range of styles and media used by four leading Scottish Contemporary artists…
Edinburgh College Costume students have delved into a Shakespearean world of farthingales and ruffs to launch an exhibition of Elizabethan inspired stage costumes. Elizabethan Costumes for Theatre Performance, an exhibition by Edinburgh College Theatre Costume students, arrived at the Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling this week. The exhibition features 13 historically themed costumes, inclusive of undergarments and…
Edinburgh College Costume for Stage and Screen lecturer Liz McCafferty joined two former students on the set of TV show Outlander this summer as part of the Costume Design team. Liz worked alongside former HND Costume for Stage and Screen students Fiona Crozier and Lyndsay McIntosh – both Costume Assistants on the British-American historical drama…
Two Edinburgh College students took the stage at Scotland’s biggest gathering of education professionals to talk about how they’re inspiring young people to be creative. And the pair of Graphic Design students got to tell deputy first minister John Swinney all about their project. Students and staff from Edinburgh College attended the Scottish Learning Festival…
A design group made up of Edinburgh College lecturers, graduates and other designers has picked up a Sunday Herald Scottish Culture Award. The Blueroom Collective group, founded by Edinburgh College design lecturer Alex Gunn, was presented with the Designer Award at this year’s Scottish Culture Awards ceremony in Glasgow – dubbed Scotland’s Cultural Oscars. The…
Two Edinburgh College photography students Suzi Kerr and Jimmy Reid were recently commissioned to shoot the new Hibernian Football Club 2017-18 kit. The shoot took place at the arts and fashion hub The Biscuit Factory, just off Bonnington Road in Edinburgh. Greig Mailer, communications and marketing director for Hibernian Football Club said: “Through the Hibernian…
To celebrate the launch of Glow festival, which runs from 27 April-16 June, there will be an exhibition of Glow images taken by BA Professional Photography students Susan Williamson & Becca Davidson. The exhibition is at the Creative Exchange (29 Constitution Street, Leith EH6 7BS), until 9 May. Students from all the creative industries departments…