The Edinburgh Art Festival Experience

Dip a toe into Edinburgh Art Festival this summer with this beginner-friendly day tour of some of the fabulous, international women artists featured.

The Edinburgh Art Festival Experience, Saturday 10th August, 10.30am to 3.30pm, Meet at Edinburgh City Arts Centre, 16+, Women only

From sound installation and performance to sculpture and lots in between, we guarantee you’ll discover something that’s new and exciting with art festival and women’s library staff as your guides. We can help with travel from central Glasgow, just bring along a packed lunch.

“Friendly and chatty and a nice social experience” – Edinburgh Art Festival for Fearties participant 2018

We’ll be meeting at Edinburgh City Arts Centre, opposite Waverley station, at 10.30am and then visiting different venues of the art festival. For accompanied travel from Glasgow, please contact GWL at emily.ilett@womenslibrary.org.uk or call us on 0141 550 2267. We’ll finish in Edinburgh at 3.30pm and be back in Glasgow by 5pm.

On 6th August, we’ll also be exploring the Edinburgh Art Festival and responding to what we see through creative writing exercises, in our Respond and Write event.

Booking

This event is for women only* and is free to attend. Please book below (you will be taken through the shopping cart but no charge will be made) or you can call us on 0141 550 2267. If you have booked a place and are no longer able to attend please let us know so that we can make your place available to someone else.

*All women-only events are inclusive of Trans and Intersex women, as well as non-binary and gender fluid people.

Accessibility

This event takes place across multiple venues as part of Edinburgh Art Festival. The venues we will visit as part of this event are all wheelchair accessible. For more information on accessing this festival please visit the website here.