COAST
23-24 September. Entry free. Dalgety Bay Art Club, Dalgety Bay, KYG11 9NH.
Discover a new collection of works from three local artists all exploring the theme of “coast”. Ingrid Mays, Rowena Millard and Sharon McLeod have all been inspired by the Fife coast, including the small seaside villages, harbours, beaches as well as the architecture of harbours, bridges and lighthouses and of course boats.
facebook.com/dalgetybayartclub
An Archive of Exorcisms
22 September-4 October. Entry free. New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8TL.
Lorenzo Tebano presents the fruits of three years spent searching for wonder amongst haunted forests and post-industrial wastelands in this latest exhibition. Discover unearthly musical instruments, drawings and paintings, sculpture and bespoke furnishings as well as multimedia recordings of collaborative performances.
newglasgowsociety.org
Doodles with Intent
16 September-6 October. Entry free. Upright Gallery, 3 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh, EH10 4HP.
During lockdown, Edinburgh-based artist Jo Ganter created small watercolour paintings as doodles. The small scale of the watercolours is an essential part of the doodles, often limited to backs of envelopes. The artist has since improvised, revised and followed ideas in unexpected directions.
uprightgallery.com
Old Contemporaries
20-23 September. Entry free. Generator Projects, 25-26 Mid-Wynd Industrial Park, Dundee, DD1 4JG.
Old Contemporaries is a fine art group show of early career artists from Scottish art schools. The group are hosting their second annual exhibition at Generator Projects in Dundee. This year’s instalment includes, for the first time, art from emerging artists and final year students from all five of Scotland’s art schools.
oldcontemporaries.art
Inspired! Exhibition launch
21 September. Entry free. University of Stirling, FK9 4LA
The University of Stirling Art Collection is hosting a special launch event ahead of its new exhibition Inspired! opening to the public. The evening begins with a special outdoor performance from Grace Turner followed by the show’s official opening.
eventbrite.co.uk
James Greer – A Retrospective
16 September-28 October. Entry free. Lillie Art Gallery, 71 Station Road, Milngavie, G62 8BZ.
Featuring more than 180 wood engravings, paintings and enamels spanning seven decades, this exhibition at the Lillie Art Gallery provides a fascinating insight into artist James Greer’s life and career. Greer documented the changes taking place in Royston during the 1960s through his wood engravings but also celebrated the everyday joy in life.
edlc.co.uk
Feeling Blue
16-17 September. Entry free. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0UE.
Feeling Blues is an exhibition about natural dyes and sustainable fibres curated by textile artist and natural dyer Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw. Visitors can discover dyed and printed pieces using natural dyes grown on the Indigo Plot, a natural dye garden in the Botanics, alongside selected dyed pieces by artists and dyers from Scotland.
eventbrite.co.uk
Abstrack
16-29 September. Entry free. Edinburgh Palette: St Margarets House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh EH7 6AE.
Abstrack is an exhibition from the art collective Abstractionistas and features works from artists David Behrens, Judith Shaylor and Susan E Wilson. The latest show is the collective’s second exhibition but the first in which they have invested another artist to exhibit along with them.
facebook.com/Abstractionistas
Gathering Surface
16 September-2 February. Entry from £6. St Andrews Botanic Garden, St Andrews, KY16 8RT.
Gathering Surface includes three main types of work which each explore the relationship between time and the physical world. Dan Drage’s art pieces can be viewed throughout the garden, from the Poplar Glade leading to the Meadow.
standrewsbotanic.org
Kingdom Come 1977-1979
16-30 September. Entry free. Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries, 1-7 Abbot Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7NL.
Step into a time machine and experience the explosive era of Fife’s punk scene. The first ever issue of Kingdom Come was published in September 1977 and this exhibition unveils large-scale reproductions of the original magazine pages and promises to transport visitors back to that period in local history.
onfife.com/event/exhibition-kingdom-come-1977-1979
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