Quality Yard 360 Street Art Exhibition

20/09/2024

Superb new street art painting by . A few pics of her piece. Adina is a Leeds based painter, illustrator and muralist.

Sadly I had to fix up her new painting hence my miserable face photo. So just to clarify Quality Yard ISN'T a Legal Wall all artist and graffiti writers need permission to paint. Quality Yard has hosted over 200 paintings and many artists, graffiti writers and talented but feartie newbies.

Final picture is of who helped extend the street art in Maritime Lane beside an earlier piece by . Again permission to paint was given by the owner.

Apologies for infrequent posting.

All the best, David

22/08/2024

New in - The Dirty Dozen!! 12 Sior cans fresh in at £12 each. Come see them Saturday from 12 in the Quality Yard Gallery. Last day of the FREE 360⁰ Street Art Exhibition.

Live painting.
Affordable Art.
Edinburgh's craziest Street Art Courtyard!
34 Artists street art & graffiti on show

16/08/2024

A superb new artwork by at Quality Yard Gallery. Open Saturday 17th August 12-5pm. Venue 470 at 20 Maritime Lane, EH6 6RZ.

Sior is a Graffiti artist and prolific political and social cartoonist born in Hungary and now happily living in Edinburgh. We have a wide range of new pieces of his work for sale in our gallery space.

Pop along Saturday wed love to see you.

12/08/2024

A chilled paint by at Quality Yard. Bringing some graff and a cool French character to the walls of Maritime Lane. Many many thanks Antoine.

Pictures show Ant at work, his sketch, the finished piece and the three boards by , & in Maritime Lane.

The 360⁰ Street Art Exhibition opens next weekend 17th August. Find us in the big Fringe book, On the website or the app.

There's Pay What You Want tickets for Spray Paint Taster and Affordable Prints in the gallery. A chilled time guaranteed looking at street art in Leith.

Look forward to seeing you all,

David

08/08/2024

Last weekend at 360° Street Art Exhibition. Opens this Saturday 10th 11-5 . Spray Paint Tasters every 10 mins from 11.30am to 4.30. just book a Pay What You Want ticket online at Edfringe.com or in the app.

Huge thanks to all the street artists and graffiti writers that made the a supreme effort and painted. , , RADA (pics later), , , , cert-x and Skeps.

We have artists prints from £5 in the gallery shop and originals by & more.

Posted piece from June Pride Paint as RADA painted here so it’s bye bye and thanks to Amy.

Thanks again for your support,
David
Street art & graff fan

04/08/2024

26/06/2024

Quality Yard Pride 2024 Paint jam street art photos. Thanks to all the LGBTI+ artists and friends who painted. Quality Yard is now a certified
Scottish LGBTI+ welcoming space 🏳️‍🌈.

Just a reminder Quality Yard is Venue 470 at the . This FREE 360° Street Art Exhibition is online and Pay What You wants bookings for our mini Spray Paint Tasters are available. Go find us on the Fringe app, online and in the famous big Fringe guide book.

Quality Yard has had over 150 artist paint since 2018. In 2019 Quality Yard joined The Edinburgh Fringe offering visitors to Leith an alternative art exhibition for the urban art fans.

Hope you can pop down and visit us in August or before. In keeping with the street art practice some of these paintings may have been repainted over by August 3rd.

Best wishes,
David
“Venue Manager”

17/06/2024

Pride Paint Jam 2024 WIP photos. Part of the 2024, celebrating Pride month & receiving our Equality Network certificate.

Since 2018 and the creation of the 360° street art exhibition at Quality Yard artists have been so kind as to paint in the yard and now out in the lane. We have graffiti writers, first timer/newbie street artists and professional artists paint two or three times a year and additional solo paints by prior arrangement.

Watch out as we are in the online and in the guide book. Venue 470 opens its doors on the opening Fringe Festival weekend and the three other Saturday’s in August.

Thanks to all the artists who took part. My assistant took all these photos, helped buff out the old paintings and ran around being a great runner.

Thanks again,
David
Your friendly street art facilitator

10/06/2024

Our Pride Paint 2024, part of the , starts on Saturday 15th June. We are welcoming 15 LGBTQIA+ artists and allies to paint in Quality Yard and the street art panels on Maritime Lane. We are also home to the “Unofficial Leith Street Art Festival”… well no one else’s has been running paint jams this regularly in Leith.

Here are a selection of photos from previous paint jams at Quality Yard. We started in 2018 with 8 artists and now have lost count of how many street art and graffiti artworks have been painted here… but it’s probably around 150!!

This year we have a diverse range of artists painting from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen & Beyond! Looking forward to meeting them as we start at 11am on Saturday 16th June 2024 at 20 Maritime Lane EH6 6RZ.

Many many thanks to all the past artists who have joined us here at Quality Yard. We offer a safe space to paint in the centre of old town of Leith. Quality Yard is 200m from The Shore Tram stop & 200m from The Shore.

Just some Artists painting ( not in any order & not everyone)
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Best wishes
David

23/05/2024

Hi LGBTQIA+ artists from Glasgow, Fife, Aberdeen & the Lothians please get in touch for last few spaces for Pride Paint Jam 🏳️‍🌈 at QualityYard - the “Unofficial Leith Street Art Festival“! June 15th & 16th. We’re at 20 Maritime Lane, EH6 6RZ.

Looking to offer wall spots to LGBBTQIA+ artists and friends who are interested in painting street art and murals in a safe friendly way. We have been painting in the yard for over 6 years and wish to show encouragement to artists interested in painting outside on a larger scale.

These 10 photos show the range of street art we have on show and some of the fun we have at the yard. The courtyard is covered in 2.4m high boards for beginners and experienced street artists. We have had over 150 paintings made since 2018.

Please get in touch,

D.
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16/05/2024

Calling all LGBTQIA+ Artists interested in taking part in the Pride 2024 street art painting of Quality Yard as part of the . We have approximately 12 spaces for LGBTQIA+ artists or couples who would like to join us in our Pride 2024 paint at the “Unofficial Leith Street Art Festival” at Quality Yard, Leith, EH6 6RZ.

Artists of all mediums are invited to apply to [email protected] or use the Contact Link on our the Quality Yard Profile.

We’re looking for local artists from Leith, or nearby in Edinburgh, this year who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, or allies, who want to come down and paint in a safe and relaxing environment at Quality Yard in Leith on June 15th and 16th 2024.

Feel free to get in touch by email if you want to paint, support or have any questions about this Leith Festival 2024 event.

FYI This is our 5th Leith Festival exhibition and it all started in 2018 with Paint Jam with 8 artists painting our 360 Street Art covered courtyard. We’ve since taken part in hosting an afternoon live music event. In 2019 we became a Fringe Venue and hosted exhibitions annually in August. We’ve now had over 150 Street art pieces painted on the walls and doors during this time.

Look forward to hearing from you,
David

🌈 ***an ***r

08/05/2024

More street art photos

07/05/2024

Here are some of the fantastic pieces of street art painted in support of Palestine.

03/05/2024

Tomorrow I join over 100 artists at . Thanks for my successful application. Here are 2 of my 6 submission images I sent in. The images show a collage of my stencil work on the street and my little infrequent paintings.

I applied to to join YW 2024's street art festival as it is being held on my 60th Birthday. So as I'd be starting a new decade whilst at SWG3 I figure WTF apply!!!

See you over the weekend.

David

11/04/2024

Edinburgh Street Artist & Graffiti Writer painting an epic double height mural earlier this month. Elphs large mural covers 4 street side art panels. Clove is a newly introduced Scottish character in the game. Visitors are encouraged to search for Clove in this “secret” location. Given the coverage in the press it’s no secret where she’s painted. It’s been a busy few weeks so apologies for the delay in posting these pictures.

19/03/2024

What does a child have to see?
Sumayya Wushah aged 11 reporting from Gaza painted in Edinburgh

With over 100 journalists killed in Gaza the younger generation are reporting the horrors via social media.

A huge street art mural was painted in Fountainbridge Edinburgh by showing Sumayya reporting from the rubble and camps in Gaza.

Talented Edinburgh street artist Hungry Window has been painting a series of murals highlighting the plight of the Gaza refugees. More photos to follow.

"People in Gaza are suffering severe food shortages, with the UN saying children in northern Gaza are starving to death and famine is looming.

Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said." BBC News 19/3/2024.

I trust you find it within your heart to seek out a Charity of your choice to donate to.

Thanks goes to Hungry Window for supplying these superb mural photos.


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18/03/2024

Ceasefire Now in Gaza!!!!
"Your silence speaks volumes"

Edinburgh street artist has been regularly painting powerful murals showing his and many millions of other people around the world for a Ceasefire in Gaza. These murals can be found at the Union Canal, Fountainbridge in Edinburgh.

Since painted Bisan Owda on the walls of Quality Yard in January my social media feed is full of sad news from the young reporters sharing the news via social media. More than 100 journalist have been killed and no international reporters dare enter Gaza so it is up to the younger generation to share their stories via social media.

Hungry Window is currently talking through plans to host a Graffiti and Street Art Jam to raise funds for Palestine in the coming weeks.

In the meantime please do what ever you can be it donate to a charity helping Palestinians or write to your local MP to ask for ceasefire action.

Thanks goes to Hungry Window for supplying these superb mural photos.


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29/01/2024

Bisan Owda ( ) street art painting by from her Sunday painting session.

Bisan has recently been reporting amongst the rubble of the Gaza cities showing severe infrastructure damage by the bombing.

The death and devastation being caused by the IDF in Gaza is happening in a very small geographic area.

The 2nd and 3rd graphic, mapping Gaza compared to Edinburgh and Glasgow, shows just how small.

26,000 deaths in a single metropolitan area (Gaza sources). 300,000 homes destroyed out of 439,000 (WSJ).

Thanks to for risking her life to report on Gaza. Thanks also to for taking time to paint this magnificent portrait which can be found at 20 Maritime Lane, Edinburgh, EH6 6RZ.

Please share these posts and if you require a graphic showing the Gaza map overlaid your UK area please message me and I will create a image for you.

Regards

David Organ
Street Art Facilitator 🕊️🇵🇸 🇵🇸