Merry AnneXMAS! TAGS: Annexe | Christmas | Edinburgh College of Art | Library Annexe | Maurice Sendak | Merry Christmas | Punch | University of Edinburgh Merry Christmas from Edinburgh’s Library Annexe! Here are a few festive images from some of the books that can be found within our general lending collections:       Images …Continue reading →

Book Week Scotland 2014 TAGS: Book Week Scotland | ECA | Edinburgh College of Art | Library | Love | Scottish Book Trust | University of Edinburgh Today marks the start of Book Week Scotland; the annual celebration of books and reading, as organised by the Scottish Book Trust. Part of the activity for 2014 includes the …Continue reading →

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi: Man + Machine TAGS: Edinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Maquettes | Paolozzi | Sculpture The Centre for Research Collections is showcasing a selection of maquettes from Paolozzi’s major bequest to the University’s Informatics Forum. A founder of the Pop Art movement, sculptor Sir Eduardo …Continue reading →

‘Emma Gillies: Rediscovered’ – Ceramics Exhibition at the Main Library TAGS: art | Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | Exhibitions Emma Smith, Exhibitions Officer, writes about the 2014 winter exhibition at the University of Edinburgh Main Library Over the last two years, significant research has been carried out into the …Continue reading →

Explore your Archives! TAGS: Archives | Archives and Records Association | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh College of Art | explorearchives | The National Archives Next week is Explore your Archives Week, join us in celebrating our archives at the Centre For Research Collections!

Edinburgh College of Art library resources TAGS: artists' books | ECA Library | ECA resources | Edinburgh College of Art There will be two ECA-related Pop Up Library sessions at the Main Library during Week 8 of Semester 1. On Monday 3rd November from 2.00pm – 4.00pm Jane Furness and …Continue reading →

Art Exposed TAGS: Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | fine art | Museums | Naked | Nudes | pop up library A chance to experience rarely seen paintings and objects from the University’s Art Collection *UPDATE: Now with added Paolozzi* Recently we learned that the most searched for term on our brand new Art …Continue reading →

There’s no business like show business TAGS: ECA Collection | ECA Degree Show | Edinburgh College of Art | Tiina Lilja Tiina Lilja recently graduated in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. Earlier this year, we acquired two of Tiina’s paintings for the University Art Collection as she was an artist we had been …Continue reading →

Art Exposed TAGS: Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | fine art | Museums | Naked | Nudes | pop up library A chance to experience rarely seen paintings and objects from the University’s Art Collection Recently we learned that the most searched for term on our brand new Art Collections website was ‘Male …Continue reading →

Honorary Degree for Sheila Fleet TAGS: Edinburgh College of Art | graduation | jewellery | Sheila Fleet As you may have noticed from our blog and Twitter posts over the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a few exciting graduations happening at the University of Edinburgh. Here’s …Continue reading →