Almudena Rocca is one of six GSA students who took part in our collaborative project with the School of Art. Rather than working closely with one or two artists, she produced a series of works inspired by the people she…Read On
Year: 2019
The Heritage Lottery group is back at Pollok Civic Realm
“On Friday the 15th of March, some of the Heritage Lottery Group went over to Pollok Civic Realm to change the external panels in the community museum to information about Project Ability. We are sharing these panels turn about for…Read On
Residency – Mike Inglis
Mike Inglis was one of our artists in residence for the month of February. After first working with him during our Open Museum project, it was great to spend time engaging with him and his practice. This is what he…Read On
GSA Project – Amy Di Rollo
The Glasgow School of Art students are still in our studios this week, finishing up their projects. Today, we’d like to tell you more about Amy Di Rollo and her collaborative work with two of our Art Matters artists: Michael Stark…Read On
On the Road – Sanderson High School
Our ‘On the Road’ team have been busy again, this time at Sanderson High School in East Kilbride. Consuelo, Lisa and Jonathan worked with a group of first year pupils during Children’s Mental Health Week to create a colourful, oilcloth banner…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Fidchell Child’ by Pum
Our Artwork of the Week features this collage by Pum. Featured in our newest exhibition which opens this evening, ‘The Fidchell Child’ is just one of many beautiful collaged works on display in Earth Echo : Affective Reflection. Together with…Read On
Residency – Flannery O’Kafka
At the end of last year, we welcomed in our studios the wonderfully talented Andrea, also known as Flannery O’Kafka, for a month long residency. Here she talks about her experience at Project Ability. “I recently gave a talk and…Read On
Garvald Residency – Week 3
Last week were the last two days of Garvald artists David and Kwok’s residency in our studios. Once again, the wonderful Morven Macrae wrote a blog entry for us. “Days Four and Five flew by. It has been an extraordinary…Read On
Dr Cheryl McGeachan talks about Outsider Art
On Wednesday 20th February Dr Cheryl McGeachan came to Project Ability to give a talk on Outsider Art to members of the Heritage Lottery group and interested artists. She spoke in great length about the history of art created by…Read On
GSA Project – Issy Arnold
Issy Arnold is one of six students from the Glasgow School of Art’s Sculpture and Environmental Arts department involved in our GSA Project. Here she talks about her collaboration with Aspire artists Adnan Mohammed and Jonathan McKinstry. “I’ve been working with Jonathan and…Read On
