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Edinburgh College of Art
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Part of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.

https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/
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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Jan 10
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Learn more about #type design and #typefounding in #Scotland: lecture in #Edinburgh in September @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Details and booking
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The Scottishness of Scottish Type (Edinburgh)
To celebrate Commercial Type’s latest release, Spectator, Paul Barnes will talk on Scottish type and its impact on the world.
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August 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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My album PARTICULAR SYSTEMS is released today on @evelrecords.bsky.social. 16 tracks of shifting & twisting electronica with elements drawing on idm, clicks+cuts, glitch, dub & noise are stretched, squashed & bent out of shape. Ltd. ed. CD or digital. #computermusic evel.bandcamp.com/album/partic...
PARTICULAR SYSTEMS, by Jules Rawlinson
16 track album
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July 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @edincollegeofart.bsky.social

The College traces its origins back to 1760; it has been part of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social since 2011

If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
An old monochrome picture postcard showing ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the College of Art, Edinburgh, by the then Prince of Wales, the future King George V The card shows royals and flunkeys posed around a stone, with behatted and besuited crowds watching on
July 29, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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The Blink of an Eye exhibition brings together the work of six artists who graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in June 1996. Thirty years later, they've reunited to present a collection of recent artworks in the Art and Design Library!
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The Blink of an Eye – Art and Design Library exhibition, June 2026
The Blink of an Eye:  artwork by Jane Alexander, Gillian Baxter, Stephanie Dees, Alison McGill, Ray Pattie and Jayne Stokes is on show in the Art and Design Library from 4 to 29 June. The Blin…
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June 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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The ECA Graduate Show today was wonderful. It's open tomorrow too (Sunday). Hours of inspiration and trained ability and genuine human intent.
edincollegeofart.bsky.social Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Apr 13
GRADUATE SHOW TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

We're so excited! The 2026 Graduate Show season is fast approaching, and you can book your tickets for all events NOW at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/edinburgh...

We'll see you there!
The Graduate Show logo - 2026 written in a big, white puffy font - on an orange background. The words Edinburgh College of Art Graduate Show are beneath in black.
May 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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A fab Master's student at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social is doing her dissertation on the difference between 2D & 3D digital/virtual museum visits. If you had 10 mins, we'd really appreciate hearing about your experience of the British Museum galleries 🙏 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...
User Experience of the British Museum's Online Galleries Version 1 | Jisc Online Surveys
Jisc Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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May 20, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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How we communicate is the biggest challenge we face in today’s uncertain world; @raymondmacd.bsky.social’s project @edincollegeofart.bsky.social explores how creative improvisation sustains and enhances communities worldwide.

Read now in our Annual Review: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...
Exploring improvisation
In a complex and uncertain world, how we communicate together, with technology and with nature, is the biggest challenge we face; Raymond MacDonald’s project explores how creative improvisation sustains and enhances communities worldwide
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May 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Subliminally absorbed some incredible performances by our performance students blasting out of the Atrium at work today. Metal grunters, rock anthems, funk poppers and more. Best of all was a phenomenal cover of Bjork's Possibly Maybe which demanded complete attention. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
May 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Dr Carolina Mayen Huerta's open seminar on using secondary data to analyse mental health benefits of forests' interventions in low-income communities.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #GreenSpace #MentalHealth #AcademicSky
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OPENspace Research Seminar: Mental health benefits of forests’ interventions in low-income communities
In this recording from the OPENspace Research Seminar series at the Edinburgh College of Art, Dr Carolina Mayen Huerta discusses using secondary data to analyse the mental health benefits of forests' ...
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May 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Between Glass and Magnetic Fields Exhibition Now Open! 🎉

We are delighted today to open our doors for the second time for the 2026 @edscifest to welcome visitors for this ‘MRI meets Glass Art’ exhibition by @edincollegeofart.bsky.social PhD student Gregory Alliss in Inspace @designinf.bsky.social
April 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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GRADUATE SHOW TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

We're so excited! The 2026 Graduate Show season is fast approaching, and you can book your tickets for all events NOW at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/edinburgh...

We'll see you there!
The Graduate Show logo - 2026 written in a big, white puffy font - on an orange background. The words Edinburgh College of Art Graduate Show are beneath in black.
April 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Super excited to read Heather Pulliam's new book today! @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
Book by Heather Pulliam, 'Art, Nature, and the Body in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland', on a blue sofa cushion with a bookshelf in the background.
April 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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julesrawlinson.bsky.social
Edinburgh, this Friday, Chris Watson, Planet Ocean, @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
julesrawlinson.bsky.social Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social · Mar 19
Edinburgh (and nearby) sound people, acclaimed sound recordist & sound artist Chris Watson will present a sonic journey from the Firth of Forth to Antarctica & talk about Planet Ocean at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social next Friday eve, 27.03.26. Free, but ticketed: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chris-wats...
Chris Watson - Planet Ocean
A sonic journey from the Firth of Forth to Antarctica presented by Chris Watson, one of the world's leading sound recordists of wildlife
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March 24, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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The University Chaplaincy in Bristo Square offers a place to reflect & connect in challenging times. It is open to all members of the University, of all faiths and none - read our in-depth piece: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/university-chaplaincy-offers-place-reflect-and-connect-challenging-times
A photograph of the Chaplaincy sign - bright rainbow colours weaving behind the word Chaplaincy in white.
March 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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What's on this week at ECA!

Our events are free and open to all, with a variety of in person and online options - for more info and booking see: https://edin.ac/4l09tWa 1/2
Sarah Cowles A Ruderal Practice David Skinner Memorial Lecture 23/03/26, 18:00 Unveiled Exhibition Tours Students respond to the unique site of Lauriston Castle Third Year BA (Hons) Fine Art 23/03/26 - 27/03/26 - Selected dates/times Maarten Delbeke The Rebuilding of St. Galler Landkirchen and the Rococo of Eastern Switzerland Architectural History & Theory Seminars 24/03/26, 17:15 The People’s Story Retold A new exhibition in response to the People's Story Museum, reimagining the complex social histories of Edinburgh Third Year BA (Hons) Fine Art 25/03/26 - 27/03/26
March 23, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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julesrawlinson.bsky.social
Edinburgh (and nearby) sound people, acclaimed sound recordist & sound artist Chris Watson will present a sonic journey from the Firth of Forth to Antarctica & talk about Planet Ocean at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social next Friday eve, 27.03.26. Free, but ticketed: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chris-wats...
Chris Watson - Planet Ocean
A sonic journey from the Firth of Forth to Antarctica presented by Chris Watson, one of the world's leading sound recordists of wildlife
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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A live improvised performance by students from the Reid School of Music has been released on Bandcamp after gig organisers were so impressed, they decided the work deserved a wider audience.

Read more at: https://edin.ac/4bkEyAU
The musicians performing at Home Bar, the audience watching and listening.
March 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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architecturefo.bsky.social
📢 Reminder that the final dialogue in the Colonial Debris, Decolonial Horizons series, “After Colonial Debris,” is on tonight 6pm inAdam House Basement Theatre, 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh.This is an online and in person event. Evenbrite link here. 👇 Details below. tinyurl.com/mvnm8ufw
March 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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We're very pleased to share a special feature episode of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast, featuring Kenneth B. Morris, Jr, descendant of Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass, & Olivia American Davidson and Booker T. Washington: https://edin.ac/40JIHbv

📸 Celeste Sloman, Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.
A headshot of Kenneth B. Morris.
March 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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What's on this week at ECA!

Our events are free and open to all, with a variety of in person and online options - find out more and book: https://edin.ac/4l09tWa
Tovey Prize Concert Performances from the prize winner of the Tovey competition Liam Jackson (guitar) and runner-up Valerie Thibault (percussion) 17/03/26, 13:10 The People’s Story Retold A new exhibition in response to the People's Story Museum, reimagining the complex social histories of Edinburgh 18/03/26 - 23/03/26 selected dates Third Year BA (Hons) Fine Art Lise Autogena Bridging the gap between global data and local lived experience 19/03/26, 16:00 Design Informatics Seminar Dr Yusen Yu Chairs and Change: Furnishing Mongol Iran 19/03/26, 17:15 History of Art Research Seminars We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher A screening, followed by a Q&A with Co-Director Simon Poulter 20/03/26, 17:00
March 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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julesrawlinson.bsky.social
One of my favourite things about working at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social is the things you find hanging in unexpected places.
A crocheted wallhanging saying "you are offline" with T-Rex and cactus crocheted in
March 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Jean Payton Reid architect and town planner. Graduate of @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
#herstory
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An architect rediscovered
Jean Payton Reid, architect (1917-1997) was thought to be something of a mystery woman. This blog finds her in Liberton cemetery and uncovers a bit more about her life.
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March 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Lovely images from our Week of Sound opening concert last month.

900 Voices is a sound art installation by Zoë Irvine, Jules Rawlinson & Lindsay Perth.

The City Sings by Dee Isaacs was performed by Stockbridge & New Town Community Orchestra with Music in the Community.

📸 Sally Jubb Photography
The Sculpture Court, beautifully lit. At one end is an orchestra; standing along the balcony on three sides of the room, is a choir. The conductor's arms are raised. Several people lean down to place glowing lanterns on the floor of the Sculpture Court. The lanterns are decorated with images of Edinburgh. A listener leans in towards a loudspeaker on a pedestal, listening intently. Five members of the choir sing, standing on the Sculpture Court balcony.
March 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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A bumper week of events this week at ECA!

Our events are free and open to all, with a variety of in person and online options - find out more at: edin.ac/4l09tWa

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John Smith 09/03/26, 16:30 Films in Sheep’s Clothing Monday Art Lectures Jake Boswell 09/03/26, 18:00 Hart Island: Landscape of Hope ESALA Landscape Events Robin Michael (cello) & Anna Michels (piano) 10/03/26, 13:10 Performing Brahms, MacMillan and Boulanger. Concert
March 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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‘Fashion Illustration and Communication 1’ students have presented zines and fashion illustrations, inspired by museum collections, to curatorial staff from National Museums Scotland: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/fashion-students-present-zines-and-illustrations-national-museums-scotland-curators
A striking, stylised fashion illustration done in pen and mixed media of a model wearing a yellow, red and black checked coat. They have dark curly hair. By Kate Fowle (Year 1, History of Art) An illustrated zine is open like a book. It has 3D elements and shows interior views of the National Museum of Scotland. By Francesca Calderwood (Year 1, Fashion) A dramatic fashion illustration in charcoal and mixed media. The model is looking straight ahead and their hair is over one side of their face. They are wearing a red corset. By Sam Bayley (Year 1, Fashion)
March 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM