Edinburgh Annuale
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The Edinburgh Annuale is a visual art festival involving Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

 galleries
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...

 and art projects, especially ones that promote local activity in the visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...

. The Edinburgh Annuale exists to promote grassroots
Grassroots
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 visual arts operations in the city.

The Annuale is co-ordinated by Edinburgh Artist Run Initiative The Embassy with a programme including publication launches, live events
Live Art (art form)
Live art is a term used to describe acts of performance undertaken by an artist or a group of artists, as a work of art. It is an innovative and exploratory approach to contemporary performance practices...

 and exhibitions
Art exhibition
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. The first Edinburgh Annuale took place in August 2004 and included exhibitions at The Embassy, Wuthering Heights, Magnifitat, Theforest.org.uk and Aurora Projects. The festival has grown to include many more events and exhibitions and has some financial support from the Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

 amongst others.

See also

  • Fest Magazine
    Fest Magazine
    Fest Magazine is an Edinburgh-based arts magazine that publishes during the Edinburgh Festival each year. It is published in partnership with The Skinny and is a free, bi-weekly, A5 glossy publication.-History:...

     - Free guide to the Edinburgh Festivals

Other art festivals in Scotland

  • Glasgow International
  • Edinburgh Art Festival
    Edinburgh Art Festival
    The Edinburgh Art Festival is an annual visual arts festival, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, during August to coincide with the Edinburgh Festival. The Art Festival was established in 2004, and receives public funding from the Scottish Arts Council. The current Festival Director is Joanne S...

  • Pitenweem Festival
  • Big in Falkirk
    Big in Falkirk
    Big in Falkirk was a festival of the arts held in Falkirk, Scotland from 2000 to 2009.Since its inception in 2000, the award-winning , free weekend event was one of the largest cultural events in Scotland, attracting over 100,000 people...

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