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Art Walk Projects produces place-centred collaborative new art working with artists and communities at Edinburgh’s coast and beyond
Current Projects
Tide & Seek
Edinburgh College of Art (Third year students)
An afternoon of diverse installations displayed across the beach, playing on the theme of Art Walk Porty's ShowGround programme, created by third year Edinburgh College of Art students….
The Portobello Moonlight Revue! with Gretchen Maynard-Hahn and Portobello High School
Gretchen Maynard-Hahn
Puppetry ShowGround Spring Cluster 26
A new partnership with Portobello High School commissioning an artist-in-residence at the school working with pupils to create a multi-arts puppetry parade as part of our March Spring C…
Remedy
Zoe Hamill & Herbal Scotland
Ecology Medicinal Seed Spring Cluster 26
A Medicinal Photo-Arts Community Project with Access to Industry culminating in the creation of a new Portobello Seed Share project and small publication as part of our Spring Cluster e…
The Neighbouring Orchard
Annie Lord
The Neighbouring Orchard is grown by individuals but rooted in community. Created by artist Annie Lord, it is a dispersed orchard formed of 200 apple trees which spread across North Ea…
Recent Publications
About Us
Art Walk Projects is an artist-led organisation producing year-round site responsive public realm art projects, artist residencies, exhibitions and events embedded within communities of North East Edinburgh. Our emphasis is on environmental oriented new art and coastal futures.
From 2026 our annual festival, Art Walk Porty, is changing to Art Walk Weekends continuing annually in September, and we introduce a new environmental coastal biennial arts festival FORECAST, to commence from May 2027.
Our publishing wing, ART WALK PRESS, produces artists’ books and other publications coming through our residency programme.
We are recipients of Multi Year Funding from Creative Scotland and members of Creative Carbon Scotland’s Green Art Initiative.
Up Next
Join us for our Spring Cluster events
featuring Portobello High School & Edinburgh College of Art, together with outcomes from our plant based photo-arts project developing a new seed share with members of Access to Industry.