"This has been a huge opportunity to do something I never dreamed I would be able to do. It has allowed me to give 'free rein' to my imagination and been fun to do."

MONDAY NIGHT GROUP
Arts and craft activities in a range of mediums
Jan Nimmo

The Monday Night Group, who participated in previous workshops with the BASIS project, is a group of young people with a range of disabilities. They have worked with artist Jan Nimmo on a variety of art activities designed to suit the range of abilities of the young people involved.

The group was given the opportunity to work with different materials and to explore colour. They have produced a vibrant collection of work, including individual and group textile pieces, colourful paintings and collages, monochrome mark-making pieces, paper mosaics, a collage hanging, and decorated sets of drawers.

The process the participants went through to create their works showed them how to utilize a number of techniques within one artwork and, that the while the creation of artworks can be quick, it can also require a sustained effort over a period of time.

Oucomes from the workshops will be exhibited with artworks from other BASIS workshops at at the Creative Communities exhibition which opens on Sun 14 June 2009 from 7-9pm at Eastwood Theatre, Giffnock, and runs until Tue 30 June 2009. All welcome.