Arts And Crafts Events in Edinburgh on 28 October 2025
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Events in Edinburgh
Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years
This summer, the largest ever indoor exhibition by Andy Goldsworthy will take over the National Galleries of Scotland in the heart of Edinburgh.
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Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani
Aqsa Arif's exhibition Raindrops of Rani uses elements of South Asian folklore to explore themes of fractured identity, displacement, and cultural synthesis through fantasy and world-building.
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ARTIST ROOMS
Discover three of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art at Modern One this summer with a series of free ARTIST ROOMS displays in Edinburgh.
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Beginner’s Sewing Class - Weekday Workshop
Join us for a full day in the sewing & textile workshop and learn how to use a sewing machine and make a fabulous cushion cover with your newly learned skills.
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Beneath The Veil
Beneath The Veil, an exhibition coinciding with World Mental Health Day, focuses on the work of artists using visual art as a means of expression, exploration, connection, release, and recovery.
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Drawing the Italian Renaissance
This exhibition at The Palace of Holyroodhouse, brings together a wide range of drawings from this revolutionary artistic period, including 45 drawings never exhibited in Scotland before.
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Family Learning Festival at Museum on the Mound
Join us at the Museum on the Mound throughout the Family Learning Festival for fun, free family-friendly activities, trails and handling tables!
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Halloween Happenings at Dalkeith Country Park
Join us this October for spook-tacular Halloween Happenings at Dalkeith Country Park!
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IKEA: Magical Patterns
IKEA Museum's Magical Patterns exhibition comes to Dovecot Studios, celebrating 60 years of innovative textile design.
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Layered Perspectives :: Susan Laughton & Bronwen Sleigh
Layered Perspectives brings together the work of Susan Laughton and Bronwen Sleigh, two artists whose practices explore the meeting points between architecture, landscape, and abstraction.
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By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Edinburgh this Halloween!
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By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Livingston this Halloween!
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Out of Sight Out of Mind Exhibition
The biggest mental health art exhibition in Scotland in it's 13th year will present artworks made by 400 people.
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Paint a Stag at Brewhemia with The Paint Club
The Paint Club is back with Brewhemia in Edinburgh on 28th October, this time painting a stag in an autumnal forest.
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Panorama: New Views of a City
Collective Edinburgh's Panorama programme takes inspiration from the origins of the panorama to explore how we see, move through and understand the city today.
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Picking up the Thread: The Past, Present and Future of Tapestry
Dovecot is delighted to welcome a wonderful variety of artists to show their work in The British Tapestry Group’s celebration of its 20th anniversary.
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Reconfigure Life Drawing at Summerhall
Reconfigure welcomes all ages and all abilities, in an atmosphere of warmth and creativity, at these Life Drawing classes in Summerhall's iconic Anatomy Lecture Theatre.
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Robert Powell: Hall of Hours
Hall of Hours explores time through Robert Powell's unique imagery capturing humanity's complexity, grandeur, and folly in intricate and thought-provoking compositions.
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Shen Xin: Highland Embassy
Highland Embassy brings together three projects by artist and filmmaker Shen Xin and is showing at Collective Edinburgh from October to December 2025.
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The Joy of Noticing
The Joy of Noticing is a new exhibition of contemporary landscape paintings by Orla Stevens, showing at Lobby 37, Gleneagles Townhouse from 2nd – 29th October.
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The Power of Place
Join artist Ian Macintosh as he delves into place as a compelling subject, exploring how our surroundings have the power to comfort or disturb.
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Unlikely Architectures by Fraser Taylor
Showing at Patriothall Gallery from 27th October, 'Unlikely Architectures' presents works by Fraser Taylor, spanning a five-year period and made from direct observations of architecture.
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Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture
Featuring examples of painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography, the exhibition at City Art Centre spans almost 400 years of artistic production.
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Witches or Healers
Hear the story of Agnes Sampson, a woman accused of witchcraft and discover the scents of some of the herbs Agnes would have been familiar with as she worked as a local healer.
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Your Art World
Your Art World is a colourful exhibition, showcasing the artwork of creative 3–18-year-olds from across Scotland, at the National Galleries of Scotland: National.
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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:
Small Business Market
Small Business Market is a monthly market based within Dunfermline's Kingsgate Shopping Centre featuring over 25 small businesses each month selling handmade crafts and more!
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Jack Vettriano Exhibition 2025
Affordable Arts are thrilled to announce a Jack Vettriano exhibition running from March to October!
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Flotsam : Exhibition of Art by Riikka Palonen
The Scottish Fisheries Museum is delighted to welcome Finnish artist and Bonemaiden, Riikka Palonen, whose work magnificently reflects her immersion in the natural world and the cycles within it.
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Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Nu Gen: Art Group
Platform Glasgow's weekly arts group challenges 11 - 16 year olds to make artwork that represents their interests, exploring identity and what it’s like to be a teenager today!
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Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Milngavie
By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Milngavie this Halloween!
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Art Factory
Art Factory is a weekly group for adults who enjoy drawing, painting and getting creative. Sessions take place in The Den, a relaxed and informal space at The Bridge.
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Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Sandyholm
By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Sandyholm this Halloween!
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Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Adult Art Classes
Come along to these welcoming weekly Adult Art Classes led by professional artists to learn new skills or develop existing ones!
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Galoshans Festival
Inverclyde's annual Galoshans Festival returns for 2025 from Friday 17th October, promising a fortnight of music, mystery, and magic!
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Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Braehead
By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Braehead this Halloween!
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Here's a selection of Arts And Crafts Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Little Scare-lings at Dobbies Stirling
By order of the Wizarding Council: You're invited to a Halloween tea party of magical proportions at Dobbies Stirling this Halloween!
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Artspace: Creative Connections in Callander - Exhibition
This exhibition features work produced by participants in six weeks of workshops led by a professional artist, responding to SMHAF’s 2025 theme, Comfort & Disturb.
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The Man Who Could Paint Anything – The Legacy of Thomas Stuart Smith
This exhibition showcases some of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum’s remarkable art collection.
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Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF) is back from 20th October to 9th November 2025, exploring the theme of Comfort & Disturb.
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