While Avalanche was still in the Grassmarket Edinburgh Council decided to support music in the city centre “like New York and Sydney”. Plans to use empty council buildings were quickly dismissed by their property department but it was suggested space in council buildings might be found and it was soon established that council owned museums […]
I often get asked how the ScotPop Exhibition Centre idea came about this so I thought if I made a post about this I could also then refer to it when I have to email people rather than get involved in a long explanation never sure how much is known already. Avalanche used to sell […]
Another option that had been mentioned by Frank Little the Museums and Galleries manager was Trinity Apse which is an old church just off the high street on Chalmer’s Close, some may remember it as the Brass Rubbing Centre. I did look at it before Christmas with Frank but was given no indication of availability […]
Many thanks to Brian for raising these questions Brian Ferguson – arts journalist for the Edinburgh Evening News and Scotsman An interesting read, but just couldn’t see any sense in @Edinburgh_CC agreeing to set up a rival history of Scottish pop & rock exhibition in the City Art Centre at the same time as the […]
As regular followers will know the City Art Centre at the back of the Waverley Station has often cropped up as a possible home temporarily or otherwise for some time now. That interest seemed to have ended when they refused even a short pop-up despite being virtually empty. The Fruitmarket Gallery however did step in […]
