David Roeder spent the month of April in residency at Project Ability, working on his own practice and interacting with our artists. Here he tells us more about his experience. “Doing the residency at Project Ability was such a rewarding…Read On
Category: Residency
Research Residency February 2016 – Joanna Peace
Project A – warm. Full. I had been trying to find a way back to Project Ability since finishing a six-month project with them in May 2015. Returning to the ReConnect studio as an artist rather than a tutor has…Read On
Shop Item of the Week – ‘Black Duck’ by Lesley Nimmo
For Shop Item of the Week, we bring you another fine original artwork – this time by Lesley Nimmo. Lesley’s ‘Black Duck, an acrylic on paper piece, is another example of her unique style of painting, with the use of…Read On
Tanya Raabe-Webber on her exhibition at Project Ability
“I was really looking forward to coming back to Project Ability to see what they had done with the work I’d made during my residency back in March 2015 and I wasn’t disappointed! The exhibition of the portraits I’d made…Read On
Artist Research Residency Opportunity
Project Ability offers a programme of five calendar month Research Residencies; February – June 2016. This opportunity is open to contemporary visual artists working in all media. Successful artists will have access to our accessible studio and fantastic workshop facilities Monday…Read On
Kate Gorman in residency – reflection
After two weeks of travel around Scotland and England, then a flight home and back to work, my time at Project Ability seems both far away and just a few days ago. I am glad that I was able to…Read On
The Summit triptych is now completed!
“It was great coming back to Project Ability to finish my triptych painting of the International Summit which took place in March. I felt I had to get to know my painting again after it been stored away in the…Read On
Kevin Cantwell in residency at Gartnavel Royal
Project Ability volunteer and ReSearch artist Kevin Cantwell spent four days in residency at the Summerhouse in Gartnavel Royal Hospital, where he used found material to create beautiful sculptures inspired by the Summerhouse’s gardens. On Thursday 15 October, he was…Read On
Kate Gorman in residency – Week 3
Textile artist Kate Gorman is entering her third week in residency with Project Ability and updates us on her process. “Today I will be getting out the fabric dyes and seeing how my piece will come together. I have had…Read On
Platform residency – Week 4
“Today was great and I feel it went really well! I started by blocking in what was left of the remaining large areas with colour. I had to make some tough decisions about colour and the final composition. A few…Read On
