Taigh Chearsabhagh is delighted to be a partner on the RSA200: Celebrating Together international programme, marking the 200th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture.
The RSA200 Moving Image Programme has been curated by painter and filmmaker Ronald Forbes RSA to showcase moving image work by Royal Scottish Academicians and RSA award winners. Reflecting artists’ moving image practice in Scotland from the past and present, it includes work from the RSA Collection and work being made today.
Taigh Chearsabhagh will be screening three packages of film from the Moving Image Programme: Culture Above and Beyond 2, RSA Academicians’ Showcase 1 and RSA Academicians’ Showcase 2.
Please join us for the opening preview, which will take place concurrently with the preview of Dùthchas | Home by Fiona Pearson, in Taigh Chearsabhagh on Saturday 4th April, 2-4pm. All welcome.
The schedule of screenings is as follows:
4th-15th April: Culture Above and Beyond 2
(Running time: 53 minutes)
Dalziel + Scullion RSA, Source, 2007 (14:49)
Edward Summerton RSA, Dighty Burn, 2011 (5:08)
Graham Fagen RSA, Baile an Or, 2011 (8:04)
Kate Whiteford RSA (with Alex Graham), A’ Bheinn / The Mountain, 2009 (24:12)
16th-27th April: RSA Academicians’ Showcase 1
(Running time: 47 minutes)
Dalziel + Scullion RSA, Raven, 2025 (19:00)
Wendy McMurdo RSA, Olympia, 2011 (5:12)
Edward Summerton RSA, The Landscape Artist, 2021 (8:17)
Tracy Mackenna RSA, Gaps and Slippages, 2017 (4:23)
Kate Whiteford RSA, Wings of Desire, 2018 (9.42)
28th April – 9th May: RSA Academicians’ Showcase 2
(Running time: 44 minutes)
Rachel Maclean RSA (Elect), The Lion and the Unicorn, 2012 (11:30)
Graham Fagen RSA, Auld Lang Syne c/w The Slave’s Lament, 2005 (6:58)
Ken Currie RSA, Stone Circle, 2025 (12.00)
Kate Downie RSA, The Little Bridges of Perthshire, 2020 (1:55)
Jo Ganter RSA, Guitar Ellipses, 2020 (0:56)
Ronald Forbes RSA, Hello and Goodbye, 2025 (5:00)
11th-16th May: Culture Above and Beyond 2
(Running time: 53 minutes)
Dalziel + Scullion RSA, Source, 2007 (14:49)
Edward Summerton RSA, Dighty Burn, 2011 (5:08)
Graham Fagen RSA, Baile an Or, 2011 (8:04)
Kate Whiteford RSA (with Alex Graham), A’ Bheinn / The Mountain, 2009 (24:12)
Find full details of the collections of film, the artists and their work, on the RSA Moving Image Programme website.
On Friday 10th April, 7-9pm, Lewis-based artist duo Dalziel + Scullion will present a two films in Taigh Chearsabhagh, followed by a Q&A session. This event is free but booking is essential.
On Saturday 11th April at 11.30am, Louise Scullion will give an illustrated talk on her Small Works of Great Scale. This talk is also free but must be booked in advance.
The exhibition of RSA Moving Image is free to view in Gallery 2, from 4th April – 9th May 2026, Monday to Saturday, 10am-4pm. If you would like to support our continued programming and enable us to keep offering free events, please consider making a donation to Taigh Chearsabhagh.
