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Arts And Crafts Events in Edinburgh on 17 April 2025

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40 Dimensions

5th April 2025 - 30th April 2025

&Gallery is thrilled to announce 40 Dimensions, their second Open Call Exhibition with 40 outstanding artists representing over 13 different countries!

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ArtSpace in the City Art Centre

25th February 2025 - 31st December 2025

Come and have fun in our family area in the Lower Ground Floor at the City Art Centre!

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Camila Ospina Gaitán: Unconquered Natures - Tropicalism

5th April 2025 - 17th June 2025

Camilla Ospina Gaitán’s new commission, at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, examines the logic of colonialism through the lens of orchid collection - an 18th and 19th-century practice.

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Clay & Fibre: Jo Walker & Jillian Lee Adamson

12th April 2025 - 2nd May 2025

This exhibition at Upright Gallery brings together two artists that specialise in handmade objects that reveal a sense of considered quietude in the process of making.

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Confluence by Graeme Swanson

17th April 2025 - 11th June 2025

Graeme Swanson is an abstract visual artist and an art tutor based in Edinburgh and his exhibition 'Confluence' is showing at Wasps Patriothall.

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Contexture

21st March 2025 - 19th April 2025

Following on from International Women's Day on 8 March, this exhibition showcases the textile work of 80 female artists responding to their experiences of being a woman!

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Crafternoons

5th April 2025 - 19th April 2025

Looking for something fun to do with the kids? Then come along to these FREE arts and crafts sessions this Easter at the Scottish Parliament!

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Edinburgh Science Festival: DiscoveryLab

5th April 2025 - 19th April 2025

Play the role of scientist and let your curiosity run wild as you discover our living laboratory at the City Art Centre!

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Everlyn Nicodemus

19th October 2024 - 25th May 2025

Everlyn Nicodemus opens her first retrospective exhibition, at National Galleries of Scotland: Modern One in Edinburgh.

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Family Sewing Day: Upcycled Jeans Apron

17th April 2025

This Artisan Stitch family sewing day is the perfect opportunity for kids aged 7+ and their parents to bond while transforming old denim jeans into personalised aprons.

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Ian Hamilton Finlay

8th March 2025 - 26th May 2025

The centenary of celebrated Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) will be marked by a new, free display of his work at the National Galleries of Scotland: Modern.

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Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland

14th September 2024 - 1st June 2025

Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland celebrates this versatile artform, presenting a selection of works from the City Art Centre’s permanent collection of fine art.

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Jerwood Survey III

28th February 2025 - 4th May 2025

Jerwood Survey, a major biennial touring exhibition that presents new commissions by 10 early-career artists from across the UK, is showing at Collective Edinburgh from 28th February!

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Kids Crafts with Pregnancy Counselling and Care!

17th April 2025

Come along to our Kids colour and craft session in our customer restaurant at IKEA Edinburgh with Pregnancy Counselling & Care on 17th April!

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Longarm Quilting Workshops

14th November 2024 - 30th June 2025

Experience the joy of longarm quilting with a bespoke workshop with professional quilter Claire Sowton at Cloud Quilting!

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Postcards from Edinburgh - Simon Rivett

11th April 2025 - 16th May 2025

This exhibition, by Simon Rivett at Patriothall Gallery, features paintings that are playful, fun, affectionate reflections on Edinburgh’s residents and visitors.

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Pysanky With Love Workshops

17th April 2025 - 19th April 2025

Pysanky is the art of writing on blown goose eggs. Come along to Four Abercorn and decorate your own eggs, with all proceeds going to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund!

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Scatter - An Exhibition of Works by Richard Dalgleish

9th April 2025 - 20th April 2025

Scatter is a deeply personal and emotional exploration of the spaces between life and death by Richard Dalgleish, showing at Leith Makers from 9th to 20th April.

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Stephen Mangan at Morningside Gallery: Life Tones

5th April 2025 - 26th April 2025

Life Tones will be Stephen Mangan’s third solo exhibition at Morningside Gallery, showing from 5th - 26th April, and includes twenty-five new paintings from the award-winning Scottish artist.

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The Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives

7th February 2025 - 28th June 2025

Discover this groundbreaking exhibition in partnership with the Fleming Collection, which for the first time showcases the Scottish Colourists in the context of their European contemporaries.

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Upcycling Garments - 4 Week Evening Class

17th April 2025

Join The Edinburgh Sewcial Club for 4 evenings and mend, re-size, re-vamp and re-style clothing to breath new life into each garment and build a whole new wardrobe!

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Arts And Crafts Events in East Renfrewshire

Arts And Crafts Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft

Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft

8th March 2025 - 8th June 2025

Fife Contemporary are pleased to announce Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft, an upcoming exhibition challenging perceptions of women and craft at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries.

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Easter Fun at the Scottish Fisheries Museum

Easter Fun at the Scottish Fisheries Museum

6th April 2025 - 21st April 2025

Join Jen and her trusty sidekick Kipper the Cat for relaxed activities in the Scottish Fisheries Museum during the Easter holidays!

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Buckhaven’s Hidden Harbour

Buckhaven’s Hidden Harbour

25th January 2025 - 18th May 2025

Buckhaven’s Hidden Harbour was created by local P6 school children and explores the history of Buckhaven Harbour which was built in 1838.

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Arts And Crafts Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Kids Pottery Course: Ages 10 - 14

Kids Pottery Course: Ages 10 - 14

10th April 2025 - 17th April 2025

Creative Bloc have an exciting opportunity for young people to explore and develop their own creative ideas through the medium of clay on this Pottery Course over the Easter holidays.

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Art For Baby

Art For Baby

Selected dates between 23rd January 2025 - 26th June 2025

Art for Baby is a fun informal workshop that offers a space for rest and wellbeing in the Burrell Collection for parents, carers and babies.

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Spring and May Holiday Activities at GoMA

Spring and May Holiday Activities at GoMA

Selected dates between 9th April 2025 - 23rd May 2025

Inspired by their new show 'Undoing it' by artist Ciara Phillips, join the team at GoMA and experiment with different printing techniques.

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Arts And Crafts Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

New Lanark Easter Festival

New Lanark Easter Festival

5th April 2025 - 21st April 2025

This Easter at New Lanark, there are a variety of exciting activities to take part in including a scavenger hunt, bonnet making and parade and the Great New Lanark Duck Race!

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Arts And Crafts Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Easter Art Camp

Easter Art Camp

14th April 2025 - 17th April 2025

Come create paintings, prints, sculptures, and more, at this spectacular Easter Art Camp and unleash your creativity with Art Riot Studio!

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Bunny Bunting at IKEA Glasgow

Bunny Bunting at IKEA Glasgow

Selected dates between 15th April 2025 - 17th April 2025

Create your very own Bunny Bunting at IKEA Glasgow this Easter... perfect for little hands and big imaginations!

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Arts And Crafts Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Easter Family Fun

Easter Family Fun

5th April 2025 - 21st April 2025

Join us at Affinity Sterling Mills Outlet Shopping for some Egg-cellent free family fun this Easter!

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Find Direction Home Exhibition

Find Direction Home Exhibition

8th March 2025 - 26th April 2025

Presented by Stirling’s Gossip Collective in partnership with emerging artists from across the world, Find Direction Home is an exhibition about belonging.

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The Man Who Could Paint Anything – The Legacy of Thomas Stuart Smith

The Man Who Could Paint Anything – The Legacy of Thomas Stuart Smith

1st March 2023 - 1st January 2028

This exhibition showcases some of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum’s remarkable art collection.

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