Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

11/06/2026

Tomorrow!

Dasha Chechushkova: End of Residency Sharing

Friday 12 June 2026 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

Join us for a day of events sharing work developed by our current artist in residence Dasha я Даша

Through informal sharing, seed planting, film and discussion, Dasha will present work created during her time at ESW.

Events to join -

Lunchtime Sharing
12.30 – 1.30pm
Light lunch provided.

Seed Planting
1.30 – 2.30pm

Artists Talk and Film Screening
6 – 7.30pm

Please book a free ticket, link in bio
We look forward to welcoming you.

For access please see our website

03/06/2026

Work in progress sculpture by our current artist in residence Dasha Chechushkova

On Firday 12 June, ESW will host a day of free events sharing newly made work developed by Chechushkova during her six-week residency, including an informal lunch, seed planting , artist talk and film screening. Follow the link in bio to book a free ticket.

27/05/2026

ESW is delighted to have Ukrainian artist Dasha Chechushkova at the workshop for a 6-week residency as part of a Ukraine-Scotland artist residency programme.

Chechushkova is a non-media artist whose practice centers on creating situations, relational art and total installations.

Towards the end of her residency, ESW will be hosting a series of free public events on Friday 12th of June. For more information, click on the link in bio.

Image credit: Dasha Chechushkova.

14/05/2026

Upcoming event ~ 6th June at 2.30pm

Lines of Inquiry: A Talk with Tim Ingold and David Lemm

ESW is delighted to welcome renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold to talk with Hawthornvale artist David Lemm in a shared exploration of their respective practices, to mark the final weekend of David’s exhibition Initiated Desiring Universe.

The Hawthornvale gallery is viewable daily 8am – 8pm, your welcome to come along before the event to view the exhibition.

ticket link in Bio

06/05/2026

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is seeking a meticulous and highly organised Finance and Company Administrator to work within our small team.

Job Title: Finance and Company Administrator

Deadline: 8 June 2026, 5pm.

Salary: £26042 – 27042 Pro rata (dependent on skills and experience).

Term: Permanent.

Days: 3 days a week (21 hours).

The Finance and Company Administrator has responsibility for processing financial transactions, maintaining financial records and financial reporting. Key to the role is ensuring effective financial processes that support the team and contribute to the success of the organisation by providing a strong basis for all financial operations. The post is important to the efficient functioning of the organisation, maintaining the goodwill of artists, suppliers and freelancers by paying promptly, properly managing fundraised income and supporting the attainment of other income generation. The Finance and Company Administrator also provides support to the Director and the organisation in respect to scheduling, board management and statutory reporting.

Flexible Working Considerations: We would consider Job Share applications but please contact us in advance so we have time to consider the proposed structure for covering the work. A proposal for shorter hours may be considered depending on the approach suggested by the applicant. There may be a possibility for spreading the hours over more than three days, by working shorter days on some of the days.

If you would like to discuss the post prior to applying please read the Job Information and then contact Laura Simpson, ESW’s Director. [email protected]

Accessibility: Information and applications can be provided in alternative formats and adjustments can be made for the application or interview process. Interviewees will receive some of the questions in advance.

Please look at the full Job Information on our webpage for this call, including FAQs which will be updated over time and a PDF of the Job Pack - through link in bio.

30/04/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to our events on Saturday for International Sculpture Day and tied into both our participation in Workshops Week with Scotland’s Workshops and RSA200 with the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture. Artist tours of exhibitions and studios done by David Lemm and by Libby Entwistle and Eilidh McKeown; architect’s tour by Charlie Hussey RSA; technicians tour done by Uist Corrigan and Gabriele Jogelaite. David Lemm’s exhibition is part of our Hawthornvale Mentorship Scheme supported by the Fenton Arts Trust and the show by Libby Entwistle and Eilidh McKeown comes out of our Graduate Awardee programme in collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art. Thanks goes to all of the audiences who came along and asked questions and enjoyed the day as well as to all of the team who made it happen. Images show audience members in David Lemm’s studio looking over research materials; audience members standing in the sunny courtyard next to some sculpture materials; Eilidh McKeown talking about her work which is a purple banner with a knitted scarf with the words God Save The Kin written into it; Libby Entwistle standing within her archway sculpture next to Fish Lips a suspended ceramic sculpture of a fish mask; staff members talking to the audience in the Casting Workshop; some mouldmaking books and materials laid out in our Plaster Workshop for the tour and demonstration.

26/04/2026

Exhibition Final Day: Sunday 26 April 2026, 11am - 5pm.
Libby Entwistle and Eilidh McKeown: Come Hell or High Water

25 – 26 April 2026, 11am – 5pm.

North Labs, enter via the Courtyard Gates

Free, no booking required.

ESW is excited to present Come Hell or High Water, an exhibition of finished and work in progress pieces by Libby Entwistle and Eilidh McKeown our ECA/ESW Graduate Awardees, who have been working in our studios between February and April 2026. The exhibition title, Come Hell or High Water, is itself an idiom, a phrase so deeply rooted and culturally specific that its origins have worn away, leaving only the determination behind. To proceed as an artist in the current climate requires something of that dogged spirit. Both artists are drawn to the way idioms, like beliefs, are picked up and carried through history, evolving from proverbs and warnings into the texture of everyday speech. To the point of being part of the landscape of things.

Central to both practices is a question about collective identity: what informs the work we make, and where does that formation begin? What if our earliest exposure to creativity was not abstract painting or marble sculpture, but trophies set in velvet boxes, or pages printed from the internet to colour in and handmade sculptures of a relative known for being difficult? These family stories, inherited habits and surrounding environments embed themselves in how we understand the world.

24/04/2026

International Sculpture Day 2026
Please join us to mark International Sculpture Day and to kick off Workshops Week, our collective celebration with Scotland’s Workshops, drawing attention to the activity which happens within the network of ten organisations across the country. This event is programmed to highlight connections with the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and to be part of their 200 Years Celebration.
All the events on Saturday 25 April 2026 will be free. Some events require booking in advance, please find links below to book.
https://edinburghsculpture.org/whats-on/international-sculpture-day-2026/

Schedule
Saturday 25 April 2026, 11am – 7pm
11am – 7pm: Come Hell or High Water. Exhibition open to view.
11am – 12pm: Charlie Hussey Architect’s Tour. This is a special opportunity to hear from Charlie Hussey one of the architects from Sutherland Hussey Harris who worked with the ESW team to create our bespoke buildings, the Bill Scott Sculpture Centre and the Creative Laboratories. Charlie Hussey is one of the Royal Scottish Academicians, elected by their peers, and you can read more about him on the RSA website. Please book online for the tour with Charlie Hussey. The tours will start at our main reception on Hawthornvale.
1.30 – 2.30pm: Staff-led Tour. Join a member of the ESW team to tour the building and learn about how all of our spaces are used. During this tour you will also have the opportunity to hear from ESW Technician, Uist Corrigan, about mouldmaking and ceramic processes in our workshops. Please book online. The tours will start from our main reception on Hawthornvale.
3 – 4pm: Initiated Desiring Universe David Lemm tour. Join exhibiting artist David Lemm for a tour of his current exhibition in the Hawthornvale space, followed by a visit to his studio at ESW David Lemm will share processes and research on his newly commissioned installation Initiated Desiring Universe. This new work continues Lemm’s interest in tensions between image and object, surface and substrate, commonplace and uncanny which he has extended through experiments with pewter casting, printmaking and casting sand. Have the chance to ask questions and visit David’s studio to learn about his approach to collecting and making.
3 – 4pm: Quiet Opening of Come Hell or High Water
4 – 7pm: Come Hell or High Water Drinks Reception and artists talk. To celebrate Libby Entwistle and Eilidh McKeown’s exhibition the artists will be in-conversation at 4pm to give an introduction to their show and studio processes. A drinks reception will follow. Entwistle and McKeown are this year’s ESW/ECA Graduate Awardees and have been at ESW for three months since February 2026.

Online Resources:
As part of International Sculpture Day and our involvement in RSA 200 Years we will be launching some new online features, one looks at artist and former RSA President, Bill Scott’s, relationship with ESW and the other shares a series of new profiles of individuals who were involved in RSA programmes early on in their time of being an artist and are now closely connected to ESW.
Our cafe MILK will be open for lunch, cakes and drinks.
About RSA and the 200 Year Anniversary Celebrations
Throughout 2026, the Royal Scottish Academy, one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions in Scotland, will be 200 years old. Celebrations will be nationwide and involve hundreds of artists, partners, galleries and institutions across the country, in Scotland as well as across the UK. It is set to be the widest reaching project ever of its type in the UK with over 100 museums, galleries, and other cultural partners coming together to celebrate.
Founded in 1826, the Royal Scottish Academy supports art and architecture in Scotland. We are an independent, non-governmental institution, governed by our Members to operate on a charitable basis. We run our year-round programme of exhibitions, artist opportunities and events from our base at The Mound, Edinburgh, and care for our nationally recognised collection. We support artists and architects through awards, residencies, scholarships and bursaries. In 2026 the RSA will celebrate its 200th anniversary. Visit our website to find out more about what we do.
https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/rsa200/
Image: Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Ross Fraser McLean.
RSA 200 years Celebrating Together logo

22/04/2026

❕️EXHIBITION THIS WEEKEND❕️
25 - 26 April 2026, 11am - 5pm
North Labs, Enter via the Courtyard Gates
Free, no booking required.

ESW is excited to present Come Hell or High Water, an exhibition of finished and in-progress pieces by Libby Entwistle and Eilidh McKeown , our ECA/ESW Graduated Awardees.

The exhibition will be open in the North Labs on Saturday from 11am, all are welcome to join us at 4pm for a tour of the exhibition, followed by a drinks reception. In addition, there will be a quiet viewing hour between 3 and 4pm.

The event takes place within our International Sculpture Day weekend, where we will have a lineup of talks and tours for visitors to enjoy. For more information, visit out website through the link in bio.

See you there!

21/04/2026