This week we are very pleased to bring you this energetic painting by Matthew Gaffney – an Aspire artist who is new to Artwork of the Week! The painting is crowded with overlapping layers of painted swathes and lines. Shapes…Read On
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Cameron & Edward Create Ceramics for the Shop
Project Ability artists Edward Henry and Cameron Morgan have been busy making beautiful ceramic items for our shop: Classic Tunnock’s Tea Cakes, Desperate Dan and retro Irn Bru bottles are all coming soon! These ceramic joys are sure to be…Read On
ReSearch Room – Phoebe Barnicoat, Peter Johnston & Euan Stewart
The ReSearch Room is proving to be a very successful project! One of the artistic collaborations originating in the ReSearch Room even featured in the Glasgow Open House Art Festival. Below, Phoebe Barnicoat tells us more about her Felt-Tip Faces…Read On
New items in our shop!
We have some beautiful new items for sale in our gallery shop as well as our online shop. Oor Wullie fans will be delighted to know that Cameron Morgan‘s ceramics from the Hybrid Making show are now for sale in…Read On
Friends and Families Fun Workshop: Tie-dye
We had a lot of fun experimenting with different patterns and dyes during our Friends and Families Fun Workshop on Saturday. We transformed pieces of fabric and simple tote bags into colourful works of art, using just a few rubber…Read On
The Intern Diaries- Adrianne’s Blog Week 6
It’s been an utterly hectic couple of weeks here at Project Ability, and it’s been a thoroughly knackering but amazing experience. Last week we finished up on Thursday for the Easter weekend, and we had a huge push to get…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘On Holiday in Southport’ by Doreen Kay
We are feeling spring-like and inspired by Aspire artist Doreen Kay’s sunny painting ‘On Holiday in Southport’. Doreen uses landscape painting as a storytelling device and in her markedly mute palette, shows painting to be a free practice depicting the…Read On
Help us raise money with JustTextGiving
Last week saw the launch of our 30th Birthday fundraising campaign. We are setting the bar very high this year, as we are hoping to reach an amazing £10,000! We need your help to achieve this, so please get in…Read On
Meet the Volunteer – Leanora Brophy
This week, we are pleased to introduce you to another fantastic volunteer: Leanora Brophy, who has been a great addition to our Art Matters team. ‘I graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2012, with a BA Hons in Sculpture…Read On
Friends and Families Fun Workshop: Tie-dye
The next Friends and Family Fun workshops will be tie-dying on Saturday 26th April. Welcome in the summer with some colourful tie-dye fun! Bring your own t-shirt or work with the fabric at Project Ability to create a bespoke piece…Read On
