On Monday 30th November, drama artist Clare Hume will lead a group from Aspire through the Turner Prize exhibition using a story she has developed. She will then use this experience during a skills development workshop session commissionned by Engage…Read On
This week, please meet Iain McAulay, a recent mature graduate in visual arts, and a fantastic addition to both our Create and ReConnect teams. “As a recent mature graduate in visual art, I am thoroughly enjoying my time at Project…Read On
Project Ability and C-Change are working together to capture stories from people with learning disabilities who lived in long stay hospitals in North East Scotland. A lot of people with learning disabilities in their fifties and older (some younger!) will…Read On
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
For this week’s Meet the Volunteers, we’d like to introduce you to the wonderful Ailsa Sutcliffe, who has become an honorary member of our Friday Aspire group! “I started volunteering with Project Ability (Aspire) shortly after graduating from art school…Read On
John McNaught is a very talented Project Ability artist who has been attending our Aspire workshops for many years. His paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and are a testament to how far he has come since the accident…Read On
This week, let us introduce you to Sheena Russell, who has been a fantastic addition to our Create Saturday Visual Arts workshops. ‘Volunteering with Project Ability is great fun. When I started I was quite nervous, as it was a…Read On
“This October Project Ability artist Cameron Morgan and I twice visited the Art Department of Carrongrange School in Cameron’s neighbourhood of Stenhousemuir to deliver ‘On the Road’ outreach workshops to second year and upper school pupils. We were no strangers…Read On
“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
Our ‘Meet the Volunteers’ blog series is back! We’ll start this block with the brilliant Jennifer Smith, who has been volunteering with both our Create Saturday classes and our Aspire group. “I am a ceramicist based at the Fireworks studio in…Read On
