residencies/projects
Upload after school project, Hunterian Art Gallery and Hillhead High School
students from Hillhead High School participated in the Upload After School Project.
Their task was to produce music and dance inspired by the collections held by the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. The group chose to base their music and dance on the sculpture ‘Rio’ by Eduardo Paolozzi. The group were attracted by the urban and industrial feel of the piece and this is reflected in the music and dance they created.
filmed and edited by Lindsay Neil, musical composed by Brian Docherty
East Renfrewshire Council Showcase, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
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The David Livingston Centre, Blantyre.
National Trust for Scotland working with Streetbase.
Working with artist Anna Sadler we worked with the National Trust and young people from Streetbase in Blantyre to create a semi-permanent art work to be installed in the grounds of the David Livingstone Centre. The work focused on creating an audio tour of the gardens of the centre with the young people mapping the grounds and creating objects which were then placed around the gardens and the audio tour is then used to guide the participant through a journey around the area.
The group also looked at iconography and the creation of iconic images through advertising and fashion, we then went on to create our own 'icon images' with found objects in the gardens, photographs and drawings. The 'icon images' were then used to design t-shirts and eco friendly shopping bags and this part of the group project was also used to help foster a sense of identity within the group.
As part of our responsibilities at the end of the project we then presented our work and ideas, which included a small book documenting our experiences as artists.
The group also looked at iconography and the creation of iconic images through advertising and fashion, we then went on to create our own 'icon images' with found objects in the gardens, photographs and drawings. The 'icon images' were then used to design t-shirts and eco friendly shopping bags and this part of the group project was also used to help foster a sense of identity within the group.
As part of our responsibilities at the end of the project we then presented our work and ideas, which included a small book documenting our experiences as artists.
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Cardonald College working at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
'reduce, reuse recycle project'
This project was jointly run by Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Cardonald College as part of their 'Get ready for work' course, helping young people with mild learning disabilities and social problems to prepare themselves for employment by engaging them in a project where they had to design, market and publicise a buisness idea.
They then came to Kelvingrove one day a week for 10 weeks to work with the staff at Kelvingrove and artist Lindsay Neil to work on creative development of their ideas. We then agreed, as a group, on a series of artistic projects to complete in the time available, these were to create a short film using recycled material as props, to build sculptures using recycled materials and two large collages also using recycled materials which were then used in animations which created and advert for recycling.
They then came to Kelvingrove one day a week for 10 weeks to work with the staff at Kelvingrove and artist Lindsay Neil to work on creative development of their ideas. We then agreed, as a group, on a series of artistic projects to complete in the time available, these were to create a short film using recycled material as props, to build sculptures using recycled materials and two large collages also using recycled materials which were then used in animations which created and advert for recycling.
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East Kilbride at 60, residency in East Kilbride Art Centre.
Princes Trust working at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
The Snow Queen stage production, Eastwood Park Theatre, Giffnock.
Images from a youth theatre production of 'The Snow Queen' at Eastwood Park Theatre
Minimalist props were used to combine with photographic animated backgrounds to create an atmospheric production of Hans Christian Andersons 'The Snow Queen'.
Background animations were created to hold the attention of the audience during scene changes and to move the narrative of the story to different locations and as moving backgrounds during scenes. As example, during the change of seasons a wooden cottage appears in winter, the snow in the projection melts and disappears, the sky becomes brighter and the grass becomes greener: it is spring.
Minimalist props were used to combine with photographic animated backgrounds to create an atmospheric production of Hans Christian Andersons 'The Snow Queen'.
Background animations were created to hold the attention of the audience during scene changes and to move the narrative of the story to different locations and as moving backgrounds during scenes. As example, during the change of seasons a wooden cottage appears in winter, the snow in the projection melts and disappears, the sky becomes brighter and the grass becomes greener: it is spring.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh Assosiation and The Japanese Society of Glasgow
Queens Cross Church, Glasgow
Holocaust Memorial Day, East renfrewshire.
Work created for East Renfrewshire Councils Holocaust Memorial Day exhibition.
Working with primary schools from the local area these large 'blankets' were created with individual fabric panels made by each child involved. The panels were created from drawings inspired by discussion about the holocaust, the children considered what had been lost in the holocaust and imagined people, who, if they had survived would have gone on to have amazing lives and careers. We considered what the word and society had lost in the field of invention, science, medicine and the arts. The children then drew portraits of the people in their chosen field of speciality and transferred their drawings onto fabric then used materials, fabric paints and stitching techniques to created the patchwork quilt effect, the quilts also have the added poignancy of being seen as a 'safe' and 'comfortable' objects.
Working with primary schools from the local area these large 'blankets' were created with individual fabric panels made by each child involved. The panels were created from drawings inspired by discussion about the holocaust, the children considered what had been lost in the holocaust and imagined people, who, if they had survived would have gone on to have amazing lives and careers. We considered what the word and society had lost in the field of invention, science, medicine and the arts. The children then drew portraits of the people in their chosen field of speciality and transferred their drawings onto fabric then used materials, fabric paints and stitching techniques to created the patchwork quilt effect, the quilts also have the added poignancy of being seen as a 'safe' and 'comfortable' objects.
