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Dovecot Studios
Dovecot
10 Infirmary Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LT
Telephone:
+44 (0)131 550 3660
Fax:
+44 (0)131 550 3669
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Welcome to Dovecot
Opening Hours :
Monday to Saturday
1 0 . 3 0 am to 5 . 3 0 pm
Easter Opening Times
Dovecot is closed for Easter from Friday 6th to Monday 9th March and will reopen at regular hours on Tuesday 10th March.
Dovecot Studios 1912 – 2012
Dovecot Studios is one of the world’s leading tapestry studios and a landmark international centre for tapestry as a contemporary art form. Founded in 1912 by the Marquess of Bute, the studio evolved from the renowned William Morris’s Merton Abbey Craft Studio, growing to become one of Europe’s most recognised centres of excellence.
To celebrate 2012, our Centenary year, an imaginative and innovative programme of public events and exhibitions, commissions and new works has been developed. This includes a major summer exhibition Weaving The Century: Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912-2012 which run from 13 July – 7 October, a new illustrated book The Art of Modern Tapestry: Dovecot Studios since 1912 edited by Dr Elizabeth Cumming, a performance with songs 'A Tapestry Of Many Threads' written by Alexander McCall Smith and composed by Tom Cunningham as well as a number of specially commissioned works from some of the world's most acclaimed artists.
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Studio
Dovecot continues to work to commission, working with artists and designers, architects, museum curators and private collectors. Find out more
Venue
Dovecot Studios has a variety of dynamic spaces that can be tailored to suit almost any type of event or art exhibition from architecture to paintings. Find out more
News
Dovecot Studios are recruiting!
We have 3 separate roles so please read and choose carefully which to apply for. Applicants who apply for all 3 will not be considered.
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Events
RSNO Chamber Series
RSNO Chamber Series: Italian Baroque Gems
Including:
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Vivaldi La Stravaganza
Geminiani Concerto Grosso La Folia
10 June 2012
Dovecot 1912 – 2012: 100 Years of Contemporary Tapestry
This is the first major Dovecot tapestry exhibition to be presented in Scotland for over thirty years. Curated by art historian Dr Elizabeth Cumming, it will be presented across all three of Dovecot’s public gallery spaces. The exhibition features over 60 tapestries, rugs and rarely seen works on loan from major museums and private collections in America and Britain. The exhibition will include work by David Hockney, Paul Gauguin Elizabeth Blackadder, Sir Peter Blake, Edward Wadsworth, Cecil Beaton, Graham Sutherland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jankel Adler and Claire Barclay amongst others.
Following the Edinburgh run of Weaving The Century: Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912-2012, the exhibition will embark on a UK tour and forms part of the Year of Creative Scotland and the Edinburgh Art Festival.