Food
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Thrift: Climate Conversations
In early September 2024, during the Art Walk Porty festival, we engaged with the public through conversations along Portobello’s beach promenade and at the festival hub on the high street. Over the two weekends, we gathered input on future projects, inviting festival visitors to share their thoughts and experiences on their food-growing practices, food-sourcing behaviours,…
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Thrift
We’re delighted to announce we’ve recently received a research award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh for Thrift: Climate Conversations to take place this September focussing on food futures of Portobello & Craigentinny. We look forward to announcing more details in due course.
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Tasting Stories from the Sea
Le May is leading a series of participatory tasting sessions, discussion events and workshops, underpinned by collaboration with local community groups as well as by the artist’s research into modern salt-production technologies and historic salt industries, including at Portobello, Joppa and Prestonpans. Each event aims to celebrate and interrogate the emotional resonance of food and…
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Plot to Plate Cook Book
In recognition of 100 years of allotment growing at local Craigentinny Telferton Allotments, Art Walk Press recently published this new cookbook with illustrated wraparound cover, working closely with the allotments and artists Felicity Bristow and Susie Wilson.