Young Talent Exhibition at Project Ability



Project Ability and Glasgow Museums present ‘Young Talent – Schools Showcase’

Artwork by pupils from Abercorn School, Douglas Inch School, Drummore Primary, Gartnavel Hospital School, and Govan High School Communication Disorder Unit

May 22 - June 2, 2006


Fashion

Project Ability and Glasgow Museums are proud to showcase new artwork created by pupils from five special educational needs schools in Glasgow. The mixed media exhibition, which opens on the 22nd May and runs until the 2nd June, features artwork that has been inspired by the Museums’ collections.

The exhibiting schools are: Abercorn Secondary, Douglas Inch School, Drummore Primary, Gartnavel Hospital School and Govan High School Communication Disorder Unit.

Since 1984, Project Ability has been dedicated to developing, presenting and celebrating artwork by people with disabilities or mental health problems. The organisation runs art workshops and an exhibition programme from their studios and gallery in Glasgow’s Merchant City. Young Talent – Schools Showcase is Project Ability’s second collaboration with Glasgow Museums.

The aim of the project was to encourage young people from Glasgow to visit the Museums and to create their own artworks in response to the objects and the art on display.

The Projects:
Eight Pupils from Abercorn Secondary School visited the Burrell Collection in February 2006. Using the sketches, digital photographs, and video that they made on this visit they produced a DVD about the Burrell Collection. As well as creating the buttons and menus for the DVD, each pupil made a short animation about a specific object that interested them.

At the Douglas Inch School two groups of pupils produced two stop-motion animated films. The groups visited the Gallery Of Modern Art where they looked at contemporary artwork which included videos of international football fans, and of the Clyde tunnel.

Back at school the pupils made their own animations based on the theme of road safety. One story is set in a park; the other follows a bus into town. Both are full of mishaps and incidents, so fasten your seatbelts and have your tickets ready!

Pupils from Drummore Primary were studying the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians at School. When the children went to the Burrell Collection they were encouraged to look at art from these ancient times. Throughout the series of ten workshops, the pupils explored materials such as plaster and clay, working in 3D to create pieces in the style of their chosen era.

Their finished pieces are plaster tablets, inspired by those found inside the Egyptian pyramids. The children’s interpretation of Roman terracotta pots and theatrical masks will also be displayed in the exhibition.

The pupils from Gartnavel Hospital School have designed and constructed cutting edge fashion garments influenced by the costumes on display at the Burrell Collection.


Fashion
Gartnavel Hospital School


Pupils from the Communication Disorder Unit (C.D.U.) at Govan High School have produced a short animated film in which virtual characters enter the Gallery Of Modern Art and find a room that has been dedicated to the pupils’ art!

Govan Goma

Richard Weeks the Project Ability filmmaker who led the project explained, “After visiting the Gallery of Modern Art the pupils came to the conclusion that the artists exhibiting there were simply exploring their ideas through their art, so I encouraged the pupils to explore and communicate their own ideas and interests with confidence, and make them aware that what they expressed was equally valid.”

Chris Hill the class teacher from Govan High School C.D.U. commented, “The project enhanced the pupils' experience of media and communication. It afforded them the opportunity, within a school environment, to work with people from a different professional background who offered different skills and perspectives.” Meanwhile Lynne Millar, one of the pupils at Govan High School C.D.U. said: “It was fun and I would like to do it again in the near future!” And her fellow classmate Darren McKay added, “ Top notch, really good fun and I learned a lot from it. “

The exhibition is open till June 2, 2006.

Contact: Kirstin Bannerman
Project Ability
Centre for Developmental Arts/ Trongate Studios
18 Albion Street
Glasgow, G1 1LH
Tel: 0141 552 2822 | email
www.project-ability.co.uk

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