National Treasure: The Scottish Modern Arts Association

National Treasure: The Scottish Modern Arts Association

Work by Joan Eardley is now on show as part of National Treasure: The Scottish Modern Arts Association. The exhibition at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre until Sunday 16 Oct 2022. The Scottish Modern Arts Association was founded in Edinburgh in 1907. Established by...
Joan Eardley – A Painter’s Painter 

Joan Eardley – A Painter’s Painter 

AN ONLINE COURSE BY ST IVES SCHOOL OF PAINTING RECORDED IN 2021 Watch Jill Eisele in this recording as she takes us with her on an artists journey to Joan Eardley’s Catterline on the wild east coast of Scotland. Explore how Eardley continues to inspire painters today....
SWARN Q&A | Charlotte Rostek On ‘Scottish Women Artists’

SWARN Q&A | Charlotte Rostek On ‘Scottish Women Artists’

Released earlier this year, Scottish Women Artists is the latest book by Arts and Heritage Curator Charlotte Rostek published by Fleming Collection. There is an interview with Charlotte published on the on the Scottish Women And The Arts Research Network which you can...
Two Children Plus One

Two Children Plus One

Jo Meacock welcomes Kate Downie and Eardley’s niece Anne Morrison-Husdon to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre in May 2021 to view Two Children This project by Glasgow Museums, brings together two renowned Scottish-based artists, Joan Eardley (1921–63), whose centenary...
Centenary Year Comes To A Close

Centenary Year Comes To A Close

Joan Eardley lived for her art. And for friendship. She wrote letters every day to her mother and to close friends. She loved music; Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Mahler…  As her first biographer, art critic – and art school friend – Cordelia Oliver observed,...
New publication by Patrick Elliott

New publication by Patrick Elliott

Joan Eardley: Land & Sea – A Life in Catterline A beautifully illustrated book on Joan Eardley has been published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birth in 2021. Joan Eardley, one of Scotland’s most loved artists, visited the coastal fishing village...