Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh

LAST 10 TICKETS AVAILABLE!

We've released some extra tickets for the 8.30pm Fashion Show tonight (Friday) - snap them up before they go!

Book now: https://edin.ac/3G9J6wN

Posted 10.30am on Friday and true while tickets last!

Tickets now available for our Performance Costume Show!

We've released more tickets for the 2pm performance of this wonderful event tomorrow (23 May) - join us for a spectacular show where graduating students' work combines creative flair and technical skills, to create evocative performances. Costumes for theatre, film, opera and dance by our final year students are showcased, alongside group performances from 2nd and 3rd-year students.

Find out more and book now: https://edin.ac/3G9J6wN



[Image description: A human-sized, pink, teddy-like figure is striding out with one leg and both arms raised. It is wearing fun, bright, rainbow-coloured clothing, with lots of pink frills, a white bow tie and a tiny pink pointed hat with a ruffle at the bottom and a white pom pom on the top. Just in the middle of the head is a small opening where we can see the face of the human inside, painted in a clown-like design]

We are so excited! These stunning garments will feature in the 2025 ECA Fashion Show on Friday 6 June - tickets are still available for each of the three events 🎫

More than 150 designs will be seen on stage, showcasing the work of our brilliant final year students, with second and third-year students also presenting work alongside the graduating class. Contrasting looks will see voluminous gowns and flowing overcoats made with satins and hand-painted silks on the catwalk, alongside futuristic yet functional sportswear-inspired tailoring 🧵

All images by Neil Hanna.

Find out more and book your tickets now ➡️ https://edin.ac/3G9J6wN

We’re so excited to reveal the fabulous logo for the 2025 ECA Graduate Show!

Students are working hard, getting ready to showcase their incredible creativity, and we can’t wait for you to join us!

Events start on Friday 23 May and the exhibition on our Lauriston Campus runs from Friday 30 May to Friday 6 June.

Make sure to follow us on Eventbrite to be notified when tickets for our Grad Show events become available: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/edinburgh-college-of-art-84731828803.

There’s the exhibition, fashion and performance costume shows, a music concert and gig, and animation and film & TV screenings – so much to enjoy this Grad Show season!

INAUGURAL LECTURE – Professor Melissa Terras – Why digital innovation needs art schools.

We are delighted to announce the inaugural lecture of Professor Melissa Terras, where she will argue why creativity should be at the heart of digital innovation in the UK. The creative industries - where art, business, and technology meet in economic activity - are one of the leading industrial sectors in the UK. Join us for a discussion on how art, artists, and art schools are essential to develop new technologies, products, and services.

5.15pm Wednesday 19 March, West Court, Lauriston Campus. Free and open to all, in person and online: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/event/inaugural-lecture-professor-melissa-terras

Melissa Terras is the Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage within Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art. With over 25 years producing award-winning digital projects in the Gallery, Library, Archive, and Museum sector, Melissa’s recent activity has supported others to develop new data-led products and services.

Image: By permission of Theodore Koterwas

Lunchtime Concert: Students from the Reid School of Music

1.10pm, Tuesday 25 February, Reid Concert Hall. Free and open to all, book at:
https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/event/lunchtime-concert-performances-students-reid-school-music-0

The band 'Meallan' comprising Reid School of Music students Catriona Kane (clarsach) and Eoin Cu***ng (accordion) along with Kirsty Harrison and Ruby Smith (fiddles), Anja MacLennan (guitar) and Orin Simpson (keys) present a concert of Scottish folk music.

OPENspace Research Seminar Series from Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture – Tasniva Rahman Mumu: Rethinking urban landscape and play opportunities for children and young women living in extremely densely populated neighbourhoods of Dhaka

🗓️ 1pm, Monday 24 February, ECA Boardroom, Lauriston Campus. Free and open to all, in person and online: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/event/openspace-research-seminar-series-tasniva-rahman-mumu

The changes in contemporary societies have influenced childhood experiences - for instance, children’s play opportunities, habits and activities are diverting from outdoors to indoors, thereby contributing to more sedentary lifestyles. This research investigates the possibility of reversing this trend in Dhaka by examining the needs of children and young women, a social group with particular problems in Dhaka’s conservative Muslim society.

Tasniva Rahman Mumu is an architect and researcher interested in sustainability, urbanism, and social equity. She holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Bangladesh and a Master’s in Human Settlements and Urbanism from KU Leuven, Belgium.

UNESCO Week of Sound starts today!

Where art meets science and the sea – enjoy a week of free concerts and workshops, bookable now at https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/

It all starts today with the Opening Concert, featuring improvisations on the sounds of whale, crabs & cod, and music inspired by the deepest areas of our oceans... 🔊🐋🦀🐟🌊

UNESCO Week of Sound - Closing Concert: Plus-Minus Ensemble

Plus-Minus Ensemble perform Aaron Wyanski's "Schoenberg in Hifi" project and a new piece by Martin Parker.

7pm, Friday 21 February, West Court, Lauriston Campus. Free and open to all – book via: https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/friday/

Plus-Minus brings to life Martin Parker’s "mirror-shift", a new work which corrals a host of AI music creation, development and performance tools together and drags them through the wringer of contemporary experimental music.

Then two works that each do arranging in a different way. Like the many chamber versions of orchestral works made for Schoenberg’s Society for Private Musical Performances in Vienna from 1918, we include Mark Knoop’s intimate arrangement of Laurence Crane’s orchestral piece "Cobbled Section After Cobbled Section".

The show concludes with the premiere of American composer Aaron Wyanski’s arrangement of Arnold Schoenberg’s "Variations for Orchestra", the latest installment in his Schoenberg in Hi-Fi series."

UNESCO Week of Sound – Concert | The Opera Experiment. Can an Opera be written in one week?

4pm, Friday 21 February, Reid Concert Hall. Free and open to all – book via: https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/friday/

Students from the University’s Creative Writing Programmes and Composition Programmes will meet one another for the first time on the Monday morning of our Week of Sound. They will work together to create a series of brand new short operas, mentored through the process by Jane McKie and Gareth Williams.

Performed by Soprano (Jessica Leary) and Baritone (Phil Gault) and the staff pianist at the Reid School of Music, Christoper Baxter.

UNESCO Week of Sound – Free themed tours of the galleries of St Cecilia’s Hall, led by Dr Jenny Nex, Curator of the Musical Instrument Collection and Lecturer in Musical Instruments at the Reid School of Music.

Free and open to all! Please book in advance.

11am Thursday 20 February - Acoustical waves. How do musical instruments work? https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/thursday/

12pm Friday 21 February - The importance of water, watery environments and their inhabitants for musical instruments.
https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/friday/