Now recognised as one of the UK’s leading festivals of visual arts, Buy Art Fair 2017, featuring The Manchester Contemporary, will bring galleries and artists to Manchester from across the UK. Over 3,000 original artworks will be for sale and…Read On
Shop Item of the Week….. is it a bird, is it a plane, no! It’s our 2018 Superhero Calendars!! Featuring many of the exciting and brilliant Superhero paintings from Project Ability’s 2016 Annual Christmas Show. You’ll find Elasti-girl, Superman, The…Read On
Artwork of the week features this abstract painting by Alan Straiton titled ‘Brexit’. ‘Brexit’ is one of several new paintings on exhibition in Project Ability’s Gallery II. The title of this solo exhibition is a modest one, ‘Some Pictures’. Straiton’s…Read On
“On Wednesday 11th October, the walking group took a rare morning trip to visit the Tenement House in Garnethill. It was a wet day so we took a brisk walk through George Square before heading to the Garnethill area via…Read On
Charlie Hammond and Cameron Morgan have started their creative partnership a few weeks ago, and they are already experimenting with ideas and producing some work. Hammond has a scrapbook showcasing the top of match books, each with its own design…Read On
Pow! The 2018 calendars are just back from the printers, and this year’s theme is: Superheroes! With drawings and paintings from last year’s ‘Superheroes‘ exhibition, this calendar is bright, fun and full of powerful characters: Superman, Elastigirl, the Human Torch,…Read On
With generous funding and ongoing support from Trefoil, Project Ability have been working in Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children since May. Part of a diverse and exciting visual arts programme, artist and arts practitioner Iona Grey has been working with…Read On
James Jimbo was our first artist in residence this year, when he spent the month of September in our studios, interacting with our artists and finding inspiration in their work. Here is what he had to say about his time at…Read On
Lumen Essence is an exhibition of lumen prints made by a group of artists (participants, staff and volunteers) involved with ReConnect, Project Ability’s mental health programme. Lumen printing is a camera-less method of making photographic images and was first used by…Read On
Project Ability is pleased to present ‘Some Pictures’ by Alan Straiton, as part of the 20I7 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. Alan Straiton was born in August 1962, in Hamilton Lanarkshire. In his early teens he received a Kodak Compact…Read On
