Many of the staff and tutors at Project Ability have an artistic practice outside of their work here, as do the steady stream of volunteers. While participating artists get to see and experience how the tutors and volunteers…Read On
Year: 2011
Oil painting workshops
During the last Connect block, tutor John Fitzpatrick taught an oil painting workshop to a small number of artists. Over the course of three weeks (one day per week), the artists learnt the different stages of oil painting,…Read On
Meet the volunteers: Sheena Leach
Sheena Leach is currently volunteering with Saturday art classes for younger children within our Create project. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in Sculpture, in 2010 and has since sought opportunities to work within group environments where she…Read On
Two Project Ability artists in residence in Wales
Next week, Cameron Morgan and Edward Henry, two Project Ability artists and founding members of Art Trek, will start a three-week long residency at the Beaufort Gallery, in Llandrindod Wells, Wales. Every year, they run a programme of…Read On
Creativity Explored, San Francisco: International arts and disability conference
On the 17th and 18th September 2011, twenty eight arts and disability studio providers from across the United States and Canada, Arts Project Australia from Melbourne and Project Ability were invited by Amy Taub, Director of the renowned…Read On
Ross Byers – Artist in residence, August 2011
After being a volunteer with us, Ross Byers spent the month of August in residence at Project Ability. You can find a short profile about Ross, his work and his time in residence here. The other artists involved in…Read On
Drypoint workshop
This month, tutor John Fitzpatrick held a week-long workshop for three members of Connect, during which they explored the printmaking process of drypoint. The length of the workshop allowed participants to properly explore the medium and to familiarise themselves with…Read On
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…Read On
The Art Trek artists now have a blog
For the last few months, the five artists who founded Art Trek – an innovative and exciting arts cooperative – have been working on a blog, with tutor Zeynep Arman. It has been a great learning curve for…Read On
