Events
Tuesday Lunchtime Tour | Scottish Women Artists
1 August 2023 – 2 January 2024
Book onto one of our Lunchtime Tours for no additional cost, running every Tuesday at 12pm.
Thursday Lunchtime Tour | Scottish Women Artists
3 August 2023 – 4 January 2024
Book onto one of our Lunchtime Tours for no additional cost, running every Thursday at 1pm.
Tapestry Weaving Experience Day
10:00 – 16:30, 16 December 2023
Want to learn to weave in one of the world's leading tapestry studios? This tapestry weaving experience day at Dovecot Studios is a rare chance to learn the art of tapestry weaving at the UK's longest running tapestry studio.
Tapestry Weaving Experience Day
10:00 – 16:30, 13 January 2024
An introduction to the art of weaving at one of the world’s leading tapestry
Monarch of the Glen: In Conversation
18:00 – 19:00, 15 January 2024
Christopher Baker talks all things 'Monarch of the Glen' with Dovecot Studios Director, Celia Joicey.
Online Talk: Scottish Women Artists at the Fleming Collection
13:00 – 14:00, 19 January 2024
Online
Join Director of the Fleming Collection, James Knox, for the inside story of the collection's remarkable acquisition strategy, relating the highs and lows of the chase, lightning decisions, nail-biting bids and thrilling discoveries.
Online Tour - Andy Warhol: The Textiles
17:00 – 17:50, 8 February 2024
Online
Can't visit in person? Join our online exhibition tour
Beira Fashion Show 2024 - The Edge Collection
18:00 – 20:30, 9 March 2024
Join us for a live fashion show by Scotland's sustainable luxury fashion brand, Beira.
2023
Scottish Landscapes: A New Generation - In Conversation with Siobhan McLaughlin
14:00 – 15:30, 21 September 2023
2022
William Morris Deconstructed: Introduction to Repeats & Layering of Patterns
10:00 – 13:00, 19 February 2022
2021
NUNO in context – Japanese Textile in the Scottish National Collection
17:00 – 18:00, 8 December 2021
Online
Pattern and Meaning in Japanese Textile: An exploration of Japanese design motifs
17:00 – 18:00, 24 November 2021
Online
Startup Summit 2021 | Everything you need to start, grow and thrive in business
09:00 – 17:00, 28 October 2021
Edinburgh Fringe Opening Event: Little Sparta & Lost Boat Party concert
18:00 – 20:30, 6 August 2021
Edinburgh Art Festival launch event with Jock McFadyen & Simon Groom
11:00 – 12:00, 31 July 2021
Online
ONLINE Collect 2021: Commissioning Kossoff - Public Art in a Pandemic
11:15 – 12:15, 6 March 2021
Online
ONLINE Collect 2021 Artistic Collaboration - Garry Fabian Miller & Oxford Ceramics
18:00 – 19:00, 4 March 2021
Online
ONLINE Tapestry at Collect 2021: Liz Rideal and Dovecot Studios
11:30 – 12:30, 28 February 2021
Online
ONLINE Swinging London: A Lifestyle Revolution from Conran to Quant
11:15 – 12:15, 6 February 2021
Online
2020
ONLINE Mid-Century Musings: 10 Things to know about Mary Quant
11:00 – 11:15, 23 September 2020
Online
POSTPONED Tapestry Design Masterclass: Weaving a Legacy with Archie Brennan
11:00 – 12:00, 17 June 2020
Postponed
POSTPONED Beyond Brutalism: Scotland’s Modern Theatres 1950-1990
18:00 – 19:00, 10 June 2020
Postponed
RESCHEDULED Exhibition Preview: Mid-Century Modern: Art & Design from Conran to Quant
10:00 – 11:00, 2 April 2020
SOLD OUT: The Art & Craft of Embroidery: Wemyss School of Needlework since 1877
18:00 – 19:00, 19 February 2020
2019
2018
LIBERTY Lates | Art School Textiles in the 1980s, Fraser Taylor & The Cloth
18:00 – 19:30, 8 November 2018
SOLD OUT Marion and David Donaldson in conversation with Jade Halbert
14:00 – 15:00, 13 September 2018
SOLD OUT Introduction to Embroidery with Wemyss School of Needlework
10:30 – 16:30, 8 September 2018
LONDON CRAFT WEEK | Dovecot & The Clothworkers’ Company present the Ofili Tapestry
13:00 – 13:45, 11 May 2018
Voyage Tour and Handling Session with Dovecot Exhibitions Curator Kate Grenyer
10:30 – 11:30, 10 April 2018
2017
Artist Talk: Linder talks with Ian Massey and rug tufter Kristi Vana
17:30 – 19:00, 22 September 2017
Weaving Demonstration by Apprentice Weaver Ben Hymers (Hearing Loop available)
11:00 – 13:00, 27 June 2017
Weaving Demonstration by Apprentice Weaver Ben Hymers (Hearing Loop available)
11:00 – 13:00, 18 April 2017
Storytelling for Young and Old: Masters and Apprentices (Hearing Loop available)
10:30 – 12:30, 10 April 2017
2016
David Poston and Master Weaver Jonathan Cleaver in Conversation: Chaired by Dr Liz Goring
17:00 – 18:00, 11 February 2016
2015
Selected 2015: Lara Scobie #TakerMaker Q&A with Curator Kate Grenyer
15:00 – 15:30, 25 November 2015
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2014
2013
Julie Brook in conversation with contemporary British Painter Dan Sturgis
18:00 – 19:30, 22 May 2013
Julie Brook discusses the film elements of her work with Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald
18:00 – 19:30, 2 May 2013
Julie Brook in conversation with PAL Labs Artistic Director Roanne Dods
11:00 – 12:30, 27 April 2013
