This Week in Scottish Art: LeithLate, EAF & more

We begin tonight, with the Glasgow Artist Guild hosting American printmaker Stephanie Gaumond and recent Dundee art graduate Tom Carlile. Both artists will give talks about their respective practices; Gaumond's work often takes its cue from the hyberbolic boredom of suburban architecture, while Carlile takes a broader view, looking at what motivates the collective, the individual and in the “corporeality of the human body”. The event tonight (Tue 25 Aug) is free, takes place in CCA's Saramago cafe bar, and starts at 7pm.

This Thursday, there are a few events across Dundee, Leith and Glasgow. First off, there’s LeithLate15 from 12-6pm at Customs Wharf. The Travelling Gallery will be appearing as part of the event, with its Eyes on the Prize show featuring previous nominees and winners of the Turner Prize. The show has been on the road around Scotland in advance of the 2015 prize being awarded in Glasgow this December; 2014's prize was won by GSA MFA graduate Duncan Campbell. There will also be an open day of Custom House from 12-8pm, and the building will host an artist talk by Mike Inglis, designer of the exterior vinyl wrap of the Travelling Gallery, from 5pm.

Staying nearby – at Scottish Book Trust's headquarters off the Royal Mile – Glasgow's Telfer Gallery present This Is Not a City on Thursday from 6-8pm. The event takes the form of a roundtable discussion featuring Glasgow-based Telfer resident artist Abigale Neate Wilson, sci-fi writer Ken MacLeod, and Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at GSA. ...City will "reflect how the urban environment is mapped through language, and how this language is mutating as a result of contemporary techno-culture.” Free, but booking essential.

In Six Foot Gallery over in Glasgow, there’s an exhibition of the gallery’s Artist in Residence Hannah Laycock. Her work for this exhibition takes on a personal bent – after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Laycock’s “focused on relaying to the viewer the associated feelings of uncertainty, fear, loss and liberation.” By these means, Laycock attempts to raise awareness of MS – 'awakenings' runs until 14 Sep.

Also on Thursday in Glasgow, there’s The Art and Politics of Diego Rivera at the Govanhill Baths at 7:30pm. Rivera supported the Russian Revolution, painting epic murals and paintings, depicting the “clash between old and new in the Mexican Revolution.” Beginning the night, political activist Fatima Uygun gives a talk on working class culture. It’s a free event, with snacks and drinks to encourage discussion.

Still on this amazing Thursday, at Generator in Dundee, there’s Generate-a-Commons, from 7.30-9pm. This will feature performances by artist Pernille Spence and Lada Wilson. Both artists generate collectively-made works from participants, as well as words that were provided by the residents of art spaces from around the city. Also on hand will be the Commons Campervan, which will provide shelter and refreshments.

In Good Press this Saturday (29 Aug), there’s the opening event for Irreplaceable Encountrs with work from artists Paul McKee and Mirjam Jacob. Two books are also launched by Verdrusz Books; the first looks at McKee who makes tactile sculptures and paintings, while Jacob – touted as "the best draughtswoman/collagist/painter to ever come out of Leipzig" – is the subject of the second book. The launch event takes place between 3-6pm, “drinks, fun, friends, and book will be provided.”

This week also marks the last days of Printshop! at Tramway. After last weekend’s drop-in print studio, conceived by artist and printer Edwin Pickstone, this weekend brings a free bookbinding workshop by artist Cristina Garriga, who leads the project My Bookcase. Also on show, as part of these events, is a collaborative artwork by Pickstone and 2014 Turner nominee Ciara Phillips. This weekend’s workshop is informal, drop-in, free and no booking is required.