Young Talent 2005
Project Ability presents Young Talent 2005 - a multimedia exhibition showcasing work produced by children and young people with disabilities from all over Glasgow to Scotland Street School Museum.
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Since 1984 Project Ability has been supporting people of all ages and abilities to take part in visual arts activities. The organisation runs a workshop and exhibition programme throughout the year in their fully accessible gallery at The Centre for Developmental Arts in Glasgow’s Merchant City.
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Photo: Kirstin Bannerman
Rachel Hook (18-years-old), and Kerr Matheson (13) both from Jordanhill, and Angus McCormack (14), from Cumbernauld are just three of the young artists to have their work featured in the exhibition. They have all been attending Project Ability’s regular Saturday Art Classes for young people with autistic spectrum disorders for a number of years. Kerr, Rachel and Angus are not novices to the art scene - they have previously had their work exhibited in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and in Project Ability’s Centre for Developmental Arts Gallery.
 
Photo: Kirstin Bannerman
Youngsters from all over Greater Glasgow have created the artwork in the exhibition. They are made up of young people who attend Project Ability’s long-term art classes and holiday art camps for young people with autistic spectrum disorders. Other contributors include children living at East Park Home in Maryhill, and pupils from Kennyhill School in Haghill.
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The children and the professional arts team who support them worked together to design and make site-specific installations and to co-curate this exhibition. Young Talent 2005 features both individual and collaborative works including drawings, paintings, prints and animation as well as constructed, sensory, and textured art works. There are also photographs and videos documenting the workshops.
Photo credit: Ursula Bevan |
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Young Talent 2005 aims to reflect the children’s knowledge and experience of artistic processes and to promote their skills and creativity to a wider audience.
 
All Images courtesy of Project Ability
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