Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust is based in the Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh.
Our vision is that Edinburgh becomes a creative, participative city in which everyone is able to access the spaces and resources they require to pursue their own creativity, no matter who they are and what form it may take.
Our mission is to provide affordable and appropriate spaces, resources, projects and opportunities for the residents of Edinburgh to be creative. We seek to make this diversity of creativity more visible and in doing so, support the creation of cultural, social and economic value within the city.
Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust is a Company Limited by Guarantee with charitable status with two trading subsidiaries, The Bongo Club Ltd and Out of the Blue Productions.
Out of the Blue create jobs and opportunities as a social enterprise financed through trading, investment and loans.
It’s now 30 years since Out of the Blue sprang up from nowhere (hence the name) into a small gallery space in Edinburgh’s Old Town, and we’ve been busy celebrating!
Showcase Event
Celebrations began on Thursday 30th May with a special showcase event at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall. Guests were treated to performances from All or Nothing and Active Inquiry, music from The Clarsach Society, Knockwood and The Bongo Club, exhibitions and delicious canapes and drinks …
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Springing from nowhere (hence the name!) into a small gallery space in the centre of Edinburgh in 1994, Out of the Blue has since grown many branches and now enliven and animate five buildings in Edinburgh
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