Today saw the first of our Puppet making workshops to celebrate this year’s Merchant City Festival. This busy workshop was a hive of activity, with everyone involved creating their own wonderful and wacky creatures in paper puppet form. All our…Read On
Year: 2012
Tommy Mason Horse Racing 1, 2, & 3 – Artwork of the Week #16
In the midst of this sporting weekend, our artwork of the week is Tommy Mason’s colourful Horse Racing series. Come and see Tommy’s jubilant horse scenes and more sporting heroes in our current exhibition Let the Games Begin…Read On
Friends and Family Fun Workshops-Felting
Today’s friends and family fun workshops were a hive of activity as our participants learned the basics about wet felt making, with everyone creating their own felted picture. The end results were fantastic with beautiful images of animals such…Read On
Arts Awards Film Workshops
There are still some spaces left for the Arts Awards Film Workshops for young people aged 14-25 years. We are offering the opportunity to participate in a film making programme with a twist! Instead of just making a film…Read On
Aspire Classes
Aspire classes restart Monday 30th July and run for eight weeks. Places are allocated on a first come basis so please return you booking form as soon as possible. The workshop theme is Big Skies. Or if today is anything to…Read On
Let the Games Begin Part 2
Project Ability is pleased to present an alternative exhibition on the theme of sport, victory and success in timing with the various festivals and cultural events happening around the London 2012 Olympics. With little thematic connection to the Olympics, the exhibition…Read On
Lesley Nimmo – Budgie: Artwork of the Week #15
Next in our artwork of the week series, we bring you a painting by Lesley Nimmo. Budgie is from Lesley’s series of long-tailed tropical birds that appear to have come from an untouched tropical haven. Lesley creates her images…Read On
Lennox Castle Stories
On Friday 29th June the Lennox Castle group went on a bus trip to the site of Lennox Castle Hospital. There’s not much left to see as a housing estate has been built on the site of the old hospital. Although the “oval” (staff housing)…Read On
Create Summer Studios
This month, a group of young people aged 14 to 25 yrs have been accessing supported studio days at Project Ability. Michael spent last week drawing some ideas for making a movie, he then used items he found around the…Read On
Film Makers Fundraising Campaign
Please help us raise money to purchase up-to-date film making equipment. Since the campaign was launched last month we have been making lots of application to Trusts and Foundations to help us raise the funds we need to buy a…Read On
