Printmaking workshops with City of Glasgow College and Art Trek

 

 

Project Ability tutor Iona Grey has been working with a group of young adults with autistic spectrum conditions from the City of Glasgow College (formerly Glasgow Nautical College), with help from Art Trek artists Cameron Morgan and John Cocozza.

During the 8 sessions they have been exploring printmaking techniques - monoprinting, blockprinting and colograph. Colourful water based printing inks have been used throughout and the students have derived inspiration from a variety of sources from Aboriginal art to sci-fi.

 

 

 

Posted on 24th January 2012 by PA Editor : permalink
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Reminder: Outside In 2012 Induction Day

 

 

Don't forget to book a place to the Outside In 2012 Induction Day, taking place in Project Ability on Thursday 26 January, 1.30pm - 4pm.

Outside In 2012 is a National Open Art competition for people who find it difficult to access the art world, whether due to disability, health, social circumstance or art process.

Come along for a chance to meet the Outside In team and an artist engaged with the project. We will tell you how you can get involved, how to create an online gallery and all about the Outside In: National in 2012 and the regional exhibitions in 2013.

For more information on the event, please click here.

Posted on 18th January 2012 by PA Editor : permalink
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Outside In: 2012 Induction Day

 

 

Come along and learn more!

Outside In 2012 is a National Open Art competition for people who find it difficult to access the art world, whether due to disability, health, social circumstance or art process. Outside In has changed the landscape of the art world. It has no set creative criteria or boundary in art process or limit on subject for the artists that choose to align themselves with the project.

Thursday 26th January 2012
1.30 – 4pm
At: Project Ability
103 Trongate
Glasgow
G1 5HD

Please RSVP to Project Ability:
By Phone: 0141 552 2822
By email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Come along for a chance to meet the Outside In team and an artist engaged with the project. We will tell you how you can get involved, how to create an online gallery and all about the Outside In: National in 2012 and the regional exhibitions in 2013.

Agenda for the day:
13:30 – 14:00 = Arrive at Project Ability for coffee/tea.
14:00 – 16:00 = Outside In overview, how to get involved, regional exhibitions and how to set up an online gallery. There is time at the end for questions and to practice gallery set up.

Outside In was set up by Pallant House Gallery in 2006 to showcase and give opportunity to artists who would otherwise be excluded from taking part in the art world.
For more information, please visit http://www.outsidein.org.uk

Image: Dannielle Hodson, Swallow

 


Posted on 13th December 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Xmas pound Appeal update

 

We have received some fantastic donations this week, and after only two weeks the appeal has reached £300.00

If all of us were to give even just £1, we would have no problem reaching our target of £2500! Just text PABL11 £1 (or any other amount of your choice) to 70070, or click here to see how you can donate.

After the successful sale of books at last week’s First Thursday, Stirling Books have agreed to keep a stock of quality second-hand books in the shop through to the end of the Collected exhibition on the 19th November. Project Ability will receive a third of sales proceeds.

You can also contribute by purchasing our original Christmas cards and calendars.

We really appreciate your support and all funds raised goes towards our year round arts programme of classes, workshops, exhibitions and events for people with disabilities.

Thank you all!

 

Posted on 8th November 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Gallery Talk: Ninna Hultgren Borg, Director of Inuti

 

Ninna Hultgren Borg, Director of Inuti, Stockholm, Sweden will be in the gallery on the 23rd November at 2pm to talk about the work of Inuti.

The INUTI foundation is an arts organisation which provides opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.

Inuti has two studios and a gallery all situated in downtown Stockholm and works with 30 people. They have a staff of ten people who are qualified supervisors with backgrounds in the arts, education and psychology. Their work is built upon the LSS law, a special law in Sweden which gives people with intellectual disabilities the right to their choice of support and fulfilling daily activity.

Inuti looks upon art as a means of communication and tries to guide and help each individual to develop their personal style and proficiency, giving them means to express themselves in different ways.

Wednesday 23 November 2011 - 2pm - Project Ability Gallery.

 

Image: Inuti, studio 1

Posted on 7th November 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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The Xmas cards have arrived!

 

 

The Project Ability Xmas cards have arrived! We have three wonderful designs for you to chose from: 'Birds' by Skye McLachlan, 'Snowman' by Cameron Morgan and 'Penguins' by Ruth Much.

Each pack contains 10 cards and enveloppes, and are available to buy in our shop for only £5.

They will go fast, so make sure to buy yours soon!

 

 

Posted on 31st October 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Stirling Books pops-up in Project Ability’s gallery on Thursday 3rd November

 

 

Stirling Books is an independent retailer of second hand books located in the centre of the historic town of Stirling. It carries an eclectic range of books including academic texts, classic fiction, history, children’s books and comics and current best sellers.

For one night only Stirling Books is packing up and relocating to Project Ability’s gallery in Trongate 103 bringing with them a carefully selected choice of affordable books on subjects related to art, architecture, Scottish history and collectables. So whether you are shopping for yourself or looking for an original gift for that special person come along to Project Ability’s gallery on Thursday 3rd November from 6 – 8pm and drop-in to our one-off, pop-up book shop.

One third of sales proceeds will go to Project Ability.

www.stirlingbooks.co.uk

 

Posted on 24th October 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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John Shankie’s Everyone @T103 talk is now available to view online

For those of you who missed our last Everyone @ Trongate 103 event with John Shankie, his talk is now available to view online.

Make sure not to miss our next event, with a talk by Project Art Works' Alison Digance: Thursday 6th October, 4pm - 5pm.

Posted on 27th September 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Everyone at Trongate 103: Project Art Works

 

 

For October's Everyone @ Trongate 103 event on Thursday 6th October, we are very pleased to announce that Alison Digance, Deputy Director of Project Art Works in Hastings, will be our invited speaker.

Through a responsive and collaborative practice, Project Art Works conduct a wide range of visual art based projects with people who have complex and high support needs. The organization is artist led and its programmes of work embrace and address the social, cultural and political forces that both enable and disable children, young people, adults, families and carers affected by neurological impairment.

Alison will speak about Project Art Works' current programme and their experience of working with people with complex disabilities as co-consultants on developing practice-led investigations of built space within contemporary visual arts environments. The talk will mainly focus on the processes involved in their current collaboration with M K Gallery (Milton Keynes Gallery), who are curating an exhibition of their work in December 2011. The collaboration is part of a strategic drive to share knowledge with the mainstream contemporary art sector about their work with severe neurological impairment , and particularly to drive forward inclusion of these participants in mainstream programming.

Thursday 6th October 2011, Project Ability Gallery, 1st floor, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD. Note: the talk will be from 4pm - 5pm.

 

Posted on 14th September 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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The video of Clare Hume’s talk is now available

Drama artist Clare Hume spent three days in residence in Trongate 103 last June, as part of the Everyone@T103 programme. She then gave a very interesting talk about her few days here, which you can now see here.

Everyone@Trongate103 is an action research programme exploring public engagement and access throughout Trongate 103, in particular how visitors with profound and complex learning disabilities occupy and inform the space. The next talk will be by artist John Shankie on Thursday 1st September, 5pm-6pm.

Posted on 24th August 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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There are still a few spaces available in our Saturday classes

 

 

Create Saturday classes take place in our spacious accessible workshop in Trongate 103.

The classes start on Saturday 27th August and are booking up fast, but we still have a few spaces available in the 8 – 12 and 12 – 18 age groups.

 8 – 12 years: 11.30 – 12.30 am
12 – 18 years: 13.00 – 14.00

For further information please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or phone us on 0141 552 2822.

 

Posted on 22nd August 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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The Indepen-dance performance is now on video

For those of you who missed their brilliant performance earlier this month, you can now see Indepen-dance and the young Project Ability artists dancing all around Trongate 103 on video!

Once again, a big thank you to everybody involved, and a huge well done to all the dancers!

Posted on 17th August 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Everyone at Trongate 103: Indepen-dance

 

 

As part of the Everyone@Trongate103 audience development programme the Glasgow based dance company Indepen-dance will be in residence in the building on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of August 2011.

Members of the company will be joined by four young artists from Project Ability’s Create programme for children and young people with disabilities. The young artists each have work on show in the Young Talent exhibition in Project Ability’s gallery.

During the residency the team will journey through the public spaces and galleries in Trongate 103 and respond through movement to produce a piece of choreography that reflects their passage and exploration of the building.

This work will be shared in a public event on Thursday 4th August at 5pm.

Everyone is operated by engage Scotland and is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

www.Indepen-dance.org.uk

Image: work in progress by Jim Feeney (2010)

Posted on 1st August 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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June’s First Thursday was a great success!

 

 

After a very interesting artist talk by drama artist Clare Hume (more information on the talk coming up soon), Project Ability's gallery opened its doors to 'Le Pop-Up Shop', a wonderful event organised by the lovely ladies at Preloved Popup.

Shoes, bags, jewellery and other vintage / preloved clothes were on display and for sale for one night only. The vibe of the shop mixed in perfectly with Pum Dunbar's exhibition, with the items on display colour-coordinated in response to Pum's incredible paintings! 

Many people (staff included!) found something to their taste, and asked for the shop to come back in the future. A really great evening if you ask us!

 

 

Posted on 6th June 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Preloved Pop-Up Shop coming to Project Ability

 

 

Are you interested in re-cycling and saving cash on clothes and accessories?

For June's First Thursday, Preloved Popup will bring 'Le Pop Up Shop' to Project Ability's gallery! The ladies behind Preloved Popup source vintage and preloved clothing/accessories of various sizes, eras, styles, for various budgets, and from high street to designer, so there's every chance you'll find something great that you love.

The shop will be set up in the Gallery, and will be open from 6pm - 9pm.

For more information: http://prelovedpopup.com/

Posted on 25th May 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Everyone @ Trongate 103: Artist Talk by Clare Hume

 

 

As part of the research project Everyone @ Trongate 103, Drama Artist Clare Hume has been “in-residence” in Trongate 103 every Thursday in May.

Clare has been working with a group of artists who attend Project Ability’s Aspire programme. Aspire is an arts programme for people with learning disabilities; it provides creative opportunities for people with a range of support needs to develop their artistic practice and achieve their artistic goals. This project team have been researching how people engage with the different galleries and public spaces and interpret the work on exhibition within Trongate 103.

 

  • Week 1: The group explored Victoria Clare Bennies’ exhibition Slow Water at Street Level Gallery. 
  • Week 2: Pum Dunbar’s exhibition The Theatre of the Self : A Play of Parts at Project Ability’s gallery.
  • Week 3: Contemporary Monotypes at the Glasgow Print Studio.

 

On Thursday 2nd June 2011, 5 – 6pm Clare Hume will give a talk about this mini-residency in Project Ability’s project room.

All welcome, free of charge.

 

 

Posted on 24th May 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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A few words by John Shankie - Reflection on his talk

 

On Thursday 07 April, artist John Shankie gave a talk in our workshops as part of the Everyone @ Trongate 103 project. 

"During the night following my talk at Project Ability I dreamt the talk had been presented on the TV cooking programme "Ready Steady Cook". As a guest I'd brought along a gourmet bag of images as ingredients to share. Then, somehow, and only as dreams can do, I became/was the celebrity chef (perish the thought) .

However, on reflection a few days later I consider this: perhaps this is actually what artists often do when they speak of their work and of their practice - it's an opportunity to assemble a melange of disparate and discordant ideas and ingredients into a platter of edgy, kind of desirable, edible & understandable nosh. The kind you take or leave. You fancy it or you don't. Attraction and revulsion. Red tomato versus green pepper. And all the while remaining anecdotal and professional despite Fern or Ainsley's help or hindrance.

So here's me thinking I'm talking of developing visual and tactile language in various ways: communication partnerships and collaborations with people; looking at objects of cultural or social significance; sharing thoughts and aspiratons as an artist all in relation to what I've been doing these past eighteen months and beyond. Have I actually been working as a chef-of-sorts I wonder? Whatever it was it seemed the recipe was well received and the dish may well have been delicious. And despite my various inabilities and disabilities I'm happy to say this was a particular dish I enjoyed putting together and serving up on the night."

Thank you John, for a very interesting and enjoyable talk.

 

Posted on 12th April 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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‘Everyone at Trongate 103’: Call for papers

 

 

Everyone at Trongate 103: Call for papers: an action research project on visual art and people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.

 Everyone at Trongate 103 is an action research project funded by Engage Scotland exploring how our gallery education and interpretation programmes can be accessed by people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).  Project Ability, Glasgow Print Studio, GMAC, Glasgow Life and Street Level are working together to improve access for people with PMLD to Trongate 103.

 To inform and inspire Everyone at Trongate 103 the project partners wish to hold a series of public events where a range of practices and approaches will be shared.  We are now inviting artists across all disciplines with a professional interest in PMLD to share their own practice at such an event:  we are calling for artist talks, performances, evaluation reports, research papers etc.

 Programmed to coincide with First Thursdays at Trongate 103, there will be 6 events starting with a talk by artist John Shankie on the 7th April 2011.  John Shankie recently spent eighteen months working with Sense Scotland as an artist-in-residence at TouchBase.  The talk programme will take place in GMAC screening room.  This space is suitable for talks, performances, screening etc.

 Working together the T103 organisations will reflect on the learning and conversations instigated through the talks programme to agree a multi-disciplinary, cross-art form approach to gallery education and interpretation.  This programme of activity will involve people with profound and multiple disabilities, their families and supporters in exploring how they experience the different exhibition and workshop spaces encountered within Trongate 103 and how the spaces and organisations relate to each other.   This workshop delivery will take place in September and October and the project evaluation will be delivered in November 2011.

 If you would like to be involved please submit an outline on one page of A4 by the 4th April 2011, images and dvd’s etc can be included. Please include a description of your experience and practice, how you wish to present you work/talk/event and any requirements you may have.  Presentations will be one and a half hours including a Q&A and time for networking and discussion. Fee to be arranged. 

Please send your outline to Project Ability at Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD
Email:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (please put “everyone” in the subject bar)

 Selection will be made by the project partners.  You can expect to hear back by the 15th April 2011.

 If you wish to discuss your outline please contact: Elisabeth Gibson, Project Ability, Executive Artistic Director.  Tel: 0141 552 2822

Posted on 8th March 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Only a few days left before ‘Xmas Show - prints prints prints’ closes

 

Xmas Show - prints prints prints closes this Thursday, so come see it before it's too late! All prints are for sale and they make great Christmas presents.

Project Ability will then close for the holidays, until Wednesday 05 January.

 

Posted on 20th December 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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On Your Radar

 

On Your Radar (1 – 3 December 2010) is Glasgow’s annual arts and learning disability festival. On the 2nd December, Project Ability and Art Trek and Friends are hosting the event in our premises in Trongate 103.

Book now for free workshops in “stained glass” and glass painting. Help us make a banner which will be hung in the foyer of Trongate 103 and while you are here visit GMAC on the 5th floor to see a new film “Nine Lives”.

Stained Glass: 1 – 2pm and, 2 – 3pm

Banner making: 10 – 12 noon and 1 – 3pm

Film Screening: Nine Lives 2pm and 3pm

Workshop places are limited so please contact us to book. 0141 552 2822 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

“I think it’s a good idea to encourage more art in day centres. On Your Radar gives people an opportunity to try out new art experiences.” -Gary Turner (Art Ambassador)

Posted on 23rd November 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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First Birthday

 

Project Ability's Board of Directors would like to thank the staff, artists, tutors, supporters, families, funders, art buyers, friends and all our partner organisations....... for a successful first year in Trongate 103.

 

 

Posted on 10th September 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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First Thursday postponed to coincide with First Birthday

 

It's been a year since Project Ability moved to Trongate 103!

Since September 2009 the building and its tenants have attracted more than 72,000 visitors with an extensive programme of exhibitions, artist talks, performances, production facilities, creative workshops, family and youth events plus much more.

To celebrate our first highly successful year we invite you to come along for an evening of music, entertainment and fun. Please note that the September First Thursday event has been postponed to coincide with First Birthday. The gallery will be closed on Thursday 2nd September in the evening.

So join us on Friday 10 September instead, from 7pm onwards - we look forward to welcoming old friends and making new ones. For more information please visit http://www.trongate103.com

Friday 10 September
7-10pm
Admission Free
Capacity limited. Admittance will operate on a first come first served basis.

Image: Trongate 103, Robert Reddick

Posted on 30th August 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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Art Trek artists drawing around Trongate 103

 

Four Art Trek artists, Doreen Kay, Steven Reilly, Cameron Morgan and John Coccozza, each spent a day drawing different views of the Trongate 103 building.

As well as the Foyer and other public areas of the building, the artists were able to go draw in some of the other Trongate 103 organisations, giving them a wide range of views to chose from.

The drawings will then be put together into an artists' book.

Posted on 3rd August 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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A very vibrant Foyer today!

 

The Trongate 103 Foyer is full of colours today!

On Saturday, Project Ability launched the banners made by children during the Summer Art Rammy workshops, and invited other children to decorate the windows with colourful acetates! And what an amazing result it is! The banners and window art are only on display until tomorrow, so come by for a quick peek!

For more photos, check out our Facebook page.

Posted on 20th July 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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