The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival launched this week and Project Ability’s latest exhibition, The Nature of Ideas, is proud to be a part of it! These two paintings by David Bradley are inspired by nature walks many of us…Read On
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The Nature of Ideas
‘The Nature of Ideas’ is a curated exhibition of works by artists from Project Ability’s Reconnect workshop. It is Project Ability’s contribution to this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. Reconnect is Project Ability’s studio programme for artists with lived experience…Read On
Artwork of the Week – by Aileen Paterson
Our Artwork of the Week takes one last look at our second instalment of our Lockdown exhibitions, ‘As Time Stood Still‘, Part One and Part Two. These lovely landscapes are part of the exhibition, which ends next week. It has…Read On
Lockdown Postcards by Edward Henry
This week we look at some remarkable postcards made during Lockdown by the very talented Mr. Edward Henry. Henry is a great animal lover and he is fascinated by nature and the exotic. We learn about many new bird and…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Aries’ by Obi Oguguo
This week we are admiring this wonderful painting titled ‘Aries’, by Obi Oguguo. ‘Aries’ was painted in 2020, at Obi’s home, during Lockdown. It is part of our exhibition of Lockdown artworks, ‘As Time Stood Still, Part Two‘. It is…Read On
Coming soon, Altered Space
The Stokesley Brothers, Luca Agathogli, Thomas Owen Audio descriptions by Sally Hirst Hosted by Project Ability About x3 and ‘Altered Space’ We kicked off our ‘x3’ project in March, working with our friends at Action Space and Venture Arts to bring our artists’ work…Read On
Lockdown Postcards by Ruth Mutch
In this weeks postcard blog we have Ruth Mutch bringing a welcome dose of hope. It’s likely you’ve seen Ruth’s distinctive, playful characters lurking elsewhere on our website and in our shop. Like Ruth, we are hoping that 2021 will…Read On
Artwork of the Week – ‘Peters and Lee’ by John Cocozza
This week we look at an amazing collection of album cover inspired art by John Cocozza. Featured above is the British folk and pop duo from the 70’s, Peters and Lee! There are several paintings by John Cocozza that have…Read On
Lockdown Postcards by Cameron Morgan
This week in postcards: a vibrant selection from a prolific Aspire artist who barely needs introducing… Cameron Morgan. These small works are captivating, fun and whimsical. They share these qualities with Cameron’s earlier lockdown collection ‘Money Money Money’ – pieces…Read On
Artwork of the Week – by Fiona Thornton
This week we look at a lovely series of drawings of different types of flora, by Project Ability artist Fiona Thornton. Fiona created these drawings in response to a selection of images sent to her by one of Project Ability’s…Read On
