Scot-ART
Attached is a poem about St Margaret’s Well, written by artist in residency Leilani Teneus-Miller. She had recently an exhibition in Gallery one as a part of Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Edinburgh Council.
Please enjoy.
Edinburgh Strength Collective, alongside Strong4All, is launching Base Camp, a free strength and fitness course for young people, intending on running a pilot during the Easter Holidays 2026.
The course introduces the basics of strength training in a safe, supportive environment. It will be led by a qualified children’s coach, and supported by experienced strength coaches. We hope to provide two sessions per week over two weeks, for a total of up to four sessions, each lasting around 1.5–2 hours.
The main goals of Base Camp are to:
The course is free to attend and suitable for beginners. No previous gym or strength training experience is needed.
If you’re interested, please complete the registration of interest form below. We’ll use responses to shape the final programme and welcome your feedback.
Please see below message from Edinburgh Strength Collective:
Edinburgh Strength Collective is new to the building, located at Basement Level 2 (on the right as you enter the basement door) — and we’d love to meet our neighbours!
Join us for our Open Day & Community Competition on Sunday 14th December, 10am–4pm. Try fun challenges, win prizes, or just pop in for a look around. All ages and experience levels are welcome — strength is for everyone.
We’re a community-run space offering Powerlifting, Hyrox, Strongman, CrossFit, general strength training and more. Our mission: accessible, affordable strength for all.
Find us online at www.edinburghstrength.co.uk, on Instagram or email EdinStrengthColl@gmail.com
On the 1st of November, the annual Oil and Gas Chaplaincy Remembrance Service will be taking place in the Kirk of St Nicholas.
The event is open to everyone. You are warmly invited to honour those who have lost their lives offshore in Aberdeen. The service includes the opportunity to look through the book of remembrance, candle lighting and musical accompaniments by Bon Accord Silver Band, Paul Anderson, Scottish fiddler and Ben Hall, a lone piper. The morning has been widely attended in the past, by many people with personal connections to the industry, including Angie who lost her father in an accident when he was working out in the North Sea. It has been 50 years since she lost her dad, and after coming across information about the service back in 2024, she got in contact with the chaplaincy, who proceeded to have her dad’s name added to the book.
The book of remembrance holds great importance to families of those who lost their lives, as it provides reassurance that their loved one has been remembered and the work they did matters still today.
Angie then attended the service that same year and said, “I knew for the first time in my life I was not alone”.
The ceremony brings together families, workers in the industry and key figures in Aberdeen, to provide support, reassurance, and shared experience.
You can hear Angie’s story about her dad Richard Dailey, through the link below.
Life Changing – Lost at sea – BBC Sounds
You are invited to attend the service on the 1st of November at 11am at the Kirk of St Nicholas on Union Street in Aberdeen.
Dear tenants,
Please see below information on the Willowbrae Art Weekend happening from the 8th-9th of November !
New selected workshops with Phoenix Handmade Books now available!
Workshops include bookbinding, copper embossing and dyeing engraved leather!
All upcoming classes can be found here and more information on Facebook.
Scot-ART’s very own Constantine has been the resident artist at the virgin hotels for the past two months. The three month residency program helps to provide a platform for Edinburgh based artists and creates to promote and display their work.
You can view his work in The Unicorn Room, located within the old India Buildings’ turret. This is a free space for the public to come and support the work of local artists.
Scot-ART are delighted to have added Summerhall into our portfolio.
As a charity, Scot-Art aims to combine both professional expertise with creative passion, to provide affordable spaces for artistic, charitable, education and incubation sectors. Allowing for creative growth and the culmination of an engaging and friendly environment while contributing to the wider community.
Scot-ART will continue to preserve and nourish the vibrant and expressive atmosphere already created at Summerhall, while bringing our artistic dedication to further enhance the hard work by Summerhall tenants.
Scot-ART’s Chief Operating Officer, Iain Sneddon has said “Summerhall and St Margaret’s House combined can be a powerful force and we intent to highlight the continued benefit and need for space to support the Creative Arts Industries within the heart of Edinburgh”.
Scot-ART will work alongside Summerhall Arts, who will provide a year-round arts and cultural activities.
For any press enquiries, please email press@scot-art.co.uk
Photo: Summerhall Website