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| ART CLASS WITH THE ROYAL GLASGOW INSTITUTE |

Afternoon class held on Sunday 2nd October 2011, 12 - 3.30 pm

The RGI Kelly Gallery

This was a free tutored drawing session, working primarily from still-life. It was an informal event part of the exciting nationwide series of drawing sessions in October each year which make up The Campaign for Drawing/The Big Draw. It was thoroughly enjoyed by the hard working and talented students who participated.

It started with a varied series of drawing exercises which were developed by some students into monoprinting. Materials were provided. The tutors were Blair Thomson and Amy Marletta.

Above images from the 2011 Big Draw Event

Materials kindly sponsored by the Artstore, Equipment sponsored by Drawing and Painting Studio.

| EDUCATION PROGRAMME |

The Royal Glasgow Institute, which is a rich resource of contemporary art, understand that children's visual art experiences need to be nourished and invested in as part of their culture.

George Wyllie ARSA RGI D Litt

Photographic credit: Alan Dimmick

The education programme is an exciting opportunity for Scotland's school-aged children to be stimulated and informed with access to contemporary art practice in a gallery environment with an artist.

Programme objectives:-

To make a positive contribution to the existing school programmes in visual art education.
To encourage children through contact with artists to identify their own artistic strengths and ways of exploring their creative abilities.
To build bridges between generations to create greater awareness and understanding of contemporary art practice.

The education programme supports the Art and Design curriculum, which demands that school-aged children are given the opportunities to appreciate the images and objects created in their own and others' artwork. These experiences will hopefully start a life-long interest in visual art and art galleries. As an example: an exhibition of fifty four pieces created by young people from the RGI artist workshops was held in the RGI Kelly Gallery in March 2003 and exhibited at the Institute's 142nd Annual Exhibition at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.