After the success of last month’s fundraising Quiz Night, we are launching our second fundraising event this year: a Spooky Movie Night! Join us on Wednesday 28 October in your best spooky fancy dress (or not!) for the screening of…Read On
Year: 2015
Platform residency – Week 2
Jonathan McKinstry‘s residency in Platform is halfway through now, and the artist has made a start on the big canvases. “I’ve worked up more thumb nails in the week since my first visit and developed a plan. I’ve also dropped…Read On
Shop Item of the Week by Ralph Douglas
Shop Item of the Week is this painterly and nostalgic little acrylic work by Ralph Douglas entitled ‘Miss Cranston’s Tea Rooms’. Ralph is a member of our Aspire workshops, and always produces work with great character and appeal. A snip…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Scooby Doo’ by Emma Shearer
This week we bring you Emma Shearer’s representation of the loveable Scooby Doo as our Artwork of the Week. A very pleasing work indeed, Emma uses her fine skills in ceramics to convey this recognisable pooch in a manner which…Read On
Launch of Get Onside
Last week saw the launch of Get Onside a programme for individuals and families who use social work services to build skills around Choice, Control and Decision Making. The programme uses sport to encourage people to “get onside”. Get Onside…Read On
TV Classics Part 1 – the first couple of weeks
Cameron Morgan has been working on his Unlimited project TV Classics Part 1 for a couple of weeks now, and things are starting to take shape. The artist chose which TV shows he will represent in his paintings of ten…Read On
Our Quiz Night was a great success!
Many thanks to everybody who made our Quiz Night such a fun event! We had 100 people attending, divided into 16 teams with very creative names. Many of our artists were there, from all our different programmes, as well as…Read On
Platform residency – Week 1
Our Aspire group exhibition is currently on show at Platform, and to coincide with it, one of our artists has been awarded a month long residency where he will complete a large scale painting on the Platform viewing wall. Jonathan…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Lots of Monkeys’ by John Smith
Artwork of the Week time again, and this week we bring you this stunning work of art titled ‘Lots of Monkeys’ from Aspire artist John Smith. This work has such visual impact, and luckily for everyone it can be seen…Read On
Edinburgh Gallery Visit – The Walking Group
The Walking Group were over in Edinburgh last week in order to visit a number of excellent galleries. First stop was a talk by Scott Lang of the work he had been doing at the Still’s Gallery during the Edinburgh…Read On
