The Get Onside Programme is about helping individuals and their families who use or may use social work services to think about what makes a good life and develop the confidence to make good things happen. This is done by…Read On
Year: 2015
Day trip to Cove Park – Walking Group
Last week, over twenty Project Ability artists spent the day in Cove Park, near Loch Long, making it the biggest Walking Group to date! We visited the place, where artists, crafts people and writers spend time in month-long residencies, far…Read On
Project Ability Quiz Night
This year, we will have not one but four fundraising events between now and Christmas. The first event is coming up soon, and it promises to be a really fun one: our very own Quiz Night! Are you unbeatable on…Read On
Unveiling of the piano at the Summerhouse
Friday 28th August, the sun is shining and a large crowd of people have gathered at the summerhouse in Gartnavel Royal Hospital to hear Consuelo Servan and Jonathan McKinstry give a talk on their week long residency earlier in the…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Effect’ by Scott Lang
Scott Lang‘s work ‘Effect’ is our Artwork of the Week. Scott’s recent work focuses on Glasgow’s ‘traditional’ gang culture, and draws from his own experiences with such to create vibrant and captivating mixed media artworks. Scott’s exhibition ‘Schementality‘ has been…Read On
A day out in Cove Park
On Wednesday 26th August, a group of Project Ability artists went for a day trip to Cove Park, where our former Exhibitions Coordinator Lauren Printy Currie is doing a month long residency. We left Glasgow under torrential rain, and were…Read On
Walking Group – Week 17: Clydebank Museum
Our walking group ventured into the west last week, to visit Clydebank Museum and to see the current exhibition of artworks by Joan Eardley. The group were met by Museum Coordinator Ann who was a very welcoming and informative guide…Read On
Presentation by Consuelo Servan and Jonathan McKinstry at art in the gart
From the 3rd to the 7th August 2015, artists Consuelo Rosa Servan and Jonathan McKinstry worked together in The Growing Spaces of art in the gart at Gartnavel Royal Hospital.. Based in The Summerhouse and The Walled Garden, they were inspired by the…Read On
Vacancy – Exhibitions Coordinator (part-time)
Project Ability is a visual arts organisation which creates opportunities for people with learning disabilities, children and young people with disabilities and people with mental ill health to realise their potential in the visual arts. An exciting opportunity has arisen…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Untitled’ by William Smith
This week, we bring you this rather sublime untitled work by William Smith. William is a regular with our ever popular Walking Group, and often takes inspiration from the photographs he takes while out and about. This piece shows William’s highly…Read On
