ARTscapeSaturday 8 October 11.00 – 15.00

The Big Draw

The Big Draw is a national event organised by

the Campaign for Drawing which has one aim: to

get everyone drawing! why? Drawing helps us

to think, invent and communicate – regardless of

age or ability – drawing is a basic human skill

useful in all walks of life.

arTscape is an exciting Big Draw event for the

whole family to have fun in interactive

workshops led by a sculptor and an architect.

we will be nest building and sculpting temporal

tepees by weaving with found materials in the

gardens, and experimenting with stencils,

collage and frottage to create giant elevations of

the house.

Tickets £5.00 includes one child with

accompanying adult (aged18+). £2.50 per

additional child or accompanying adult.

NB: as these workshops will largely take place

outdoors – please dress according to the

weather (alternative, indoor workshops will be

run if the weather is poor).www.campaignfordrawing.com

Monday 17 October 12.00 – 15.30

LIGHThouse

These workshops celebrate the cultural

connections between the two festivals of Light

and Shade – Diwali and Halloween, which take

place during the month of October. Participants

will explore these contrasting traditions in a fun

filled workshop where they will be able to design

and make their own, original Lumière Lantern.

Age 7-9 years / 12.00 – 13.30

Age 10-12 years / 14.00 – 15.30

Tickets £5.00

AN AUTUMN ARTS FESTIVAL FOR ALL

HALLO JOURNAL No. 2

AUTUMN 2011

ARTscapeSaturday 5 November – 10 December

arThouse arThouse courses are

designed to develop the

creativity, skills and interests of

young people aged 5-15 years

in a variety of art, design and

architecture themed

workshops. The courses are

age specific and will include

activities such as drawing and

painting, printmaking, model

making and sculpture, fashion/

textile, product and jewellery

design.

Participants will be encouraged

to experiment with lots of

different materials and ideas in

these fun and friendly courses.

Class sizes are small to ensure

plenty of one-to-one guidance

and stimulate group learning.

arThouse will initially run as

six week tasters during the

autumn 2011 term, and will be

extended to run as ten week

courses in the winter, spring

and autumn terms of 2012.

Age 5-7 years / 10.00 – 11.00

Course Fee £40

8-12 years / 11.15 – 12.15 Course Fee £40

12-15 years / 12.30 – 14.00 Course Fee £50

BellAhOuSTON PArk, 10 DuMBreCk rOAD, GlASGOw G41 5Bw Tel: 0141 353 4770 www.hOuSeFOrANArTlOver.CO.uk

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M77 ( junction 1)

By underground or rail: ibrox Underground / Dumbreck Train Station

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www.spt.co.uk or call 0845 748 4950)

Welcome…To House for an Art Lover’s Hallo newsletter, a quarterly journal to keep you up to date with what’s happening at the House.

This season, we are delighted to announce the launch of ARTscape, an autumn arts festival for all, which features talks, masterclasses and courses led by some of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists, designers and architects.

Many events are related to the Art Lovers Gallery programme, providing informal opportunities for children, young people and adults to engage with arts professionals in our purpose built studio workshops and seminar rooms.

As the principal objectives of the House for an Art Lover Charitable Trust are to stimulate public interest, knowledge and participation in the arts, our arts activities are run on a not-for-profit basis.

enrolment and BookingPlaces can be booked online using a credit/debit card

at www.houseforanartlover.co.uk/shop or by telephoning

0141 353 4776 during office hours or in person at the

art Lovers Shop between 10am – 5pm daily.

Please note that as places are limited, we recommend early

booking to avoid disappointment.

if you require further information on the arTscape Festival please

contact Dianne Miller, arts Development Officer by email at

dmiller@houseforanartlover.co.uk or telephone 0141 270 5142.

BellAhOuSTON PArk, 10 DuMBreCk rOAD, GlASGOw G41 5Bw Tel: 0141 353 4770 www.hOuSeFOrANArTlOver.CO.uk

30 August – 26 September 2011

The riveTeD eye

Sunday 25 September 14.30 – 15.30

The riveTeD eye: artists Talk

27 September – 26 October 2011

PiCTUriNg PLaCeS: eight view Points

A group show of eight painters curated by ronald F Smith

autumn arts for adultsSePTeMBer – NOveMBer 2011

ronald F Smith was awarded the

haL Paisley art institute prize in

2010 and chose to curate a group

show of work by contemporary

artists whom he admired. The

artists ronald selected to show

alongside him are all

well-established, successful and

respected painters, including

george Birrell, James Cosgrove,

alexandra gardener, James

McNaught, gordon Mitchell,

robert D Murray and glen

Scouller. The core theme that

underpins this exhibition is sea

and landscape, which enables

differences or similarities within

the group to be observed and

interpreted.

An exhibition of recent work by Patricia Cain Patricia Cain is a glasgow-based artist with a

practice that encompasses drawing, painting,

sculpture and public art. Over the past 10 years she

has been concerned with aspects of the city’s

deconstruction, construction and regeneration.

The riveted eye is an exhibition of work that Patricia

created in response to the construction of Zaha

hadid’s riverside Museum in glasgow.

Join Patricia for an informal talk about her

experience as the unofficial artist-in-residence during

the construction of riverside and her work for her

highly acclaimed recent exhibition, Drawing on

riverside at Kelvingrove art gallery, now on show in

The riveted eye exhibition. This talk should be of

specific interest to S5/S6 pupils and students

studying art & Design, art educators, artists and

curators.

Adults (16+) Tickets £5.00 (includes afternoon tea)

Join our expert painting tutor on one of our new, regular Sunday afternoon courses in drawing and painting. These will initially run as six week taster courses during the autumn 2011 term, and will be extended to ten week programmes in the winter, spring and autumn terms of 2012.

Saturday 29 October 12.00 – 15.00

Photoforestif you go down to the woods today... you can join the artist Kenny

Bean in this fun-filled, interactive workshop that explores the woods

surrounding the house by using light-boxes to photograph images

of the incredible, magnified patterns that can be found on the trunks,

boughs and branches of different trees. you will be able to print

your photographic images on the spot using mini printers and

we’ll finish the day with a special projection of everyone’s

work back at the house.

8-12years Tickets £3.00

NB: as this workshop will largely take place outdoors – please dress

according to the weather (all photographic equipment is waterproof so

a little rain/drizzle will only enhance the fun! however an alternative,

indoor workshop will be run if the weather is bad)

Sunday 6 November – 11 December 12.00 – 14.00

iNTrODUCTiON TO DrawiNg & PaiNTiNg

This course will help you develop fundamental skills

in drawing and painting, such as line, scale and

proportion – as well as how to create shade and

tone. you will learn how to mix colour and use

different media such as watercolour, oil and acrylic to

create still life, landscape and portraits. To assist your

understanding, the working practices of leading

C19th & C20th artists will be introduced.

Adults (16+) Course Fee £60 (includes all materials/equipment)

Sunday 6 November – 11 December 14.30 – 16.30

iNTerMeDiaTe DrawiNg & PaiNTiNg

This course is designed to develop the skills and

techniques of those with some previous experience

of drawing and painting. with the support of your

tutor – you will be encouraged to explore more

advanced methods of creating work in areas you

find interesting – both in terms of media and genre.

This will be underpinned by directed studies of

relevant artists/art movements.

Adults (16+) Course Fee £60 (includes all materials/equipment)

Courses for art Lovers Masterclass with artist Alexandra Gardner alexandra gardner studied at glasgow School of

art before lecturing there from 1968 - 1989. She

has been the recipient of many awards, including

the Lauder award by the glasgow Society of

women artists and the Travelling award to italy

from the Scottish arts Council. Sandie’s work has

been extensively exhibited at home and abroad,

and is held in many corporate/private collections.

This masterclass is directly related to Sandie’s work

in the Picturing Places: eight view Points exhibition

and will demonstrate how she creates a landscape

painting from scratch using the medium of oil on

canvas. This demonstration should be of particular

interest to artists who are keen to develop their

practice and will inspire you to consider a variety

of new techniques and processes.

Adults (18+) Tickets £20.00

(includes wine and canapés)

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 October 10.00 – 16.00

MOKU haNga Japanese woodblock Printing

Masterclass with artsist elspeth lamb Join one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists,

elspeth Lamb for a weekend masterclass that is suitable

for everyone from complete beginners to those with some

experience of painting/ printmaking as it will introduce the

Moku hanga process on a step-by-step basis.

Moku hanga is the Japanese method of printing blocks

with water-based pigments and is known especially for its

intense use of colour, one of the beauties of this technique

is that it requires no solvents or printing press and can be

set up in the smallest studio.

elspeth studied Moku hanga under master carver printers

in Japan and has recently curated an exhibition of Moku

hanga prints for the royal Scottish academy galleries as

part of the in Japan edinburgh Festival exhibition which

runs until 18 September 2011.

Adults (16+) weekend Course Fee £125* (*includes all materials/equipment, lunch

and refreshments)

Thursday 20 October 18.00 – 20.00

LaNDSCaPe PaiNTiNg iN OiLS

Join some of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists, designers, and art historians in a range of thought provoking and stimualting talks which should be of specific interest to S5/S6 pupils and students studying Art & Design, art educators, artists, historians and curators.

adrian wiszniewski‘s work can be found in

major public collections such as M.O.M.a. New

york, Tate, London and Setegaya, Tokyo. During

this talk, adrian will illustrate and explain his

creative process through his exploration of paint,

neon, sculpture and other media over the last

25 years of his artistic career.

Adults (16+) Tickets £5.00 (includes refreshments)

roger Billcliffe is a widely

acknowledged authority on

Scottish art. his books include the

standard work on the glasgow

Boys (Frances Lincoln, 2008), The

Scottish Colourists (John Murray,

London, 1989) and several works on

Charles rennie Mackintosh and the

architecture and decorative arts of

glasgow at the turn of the century.

roger‘s lecture will thus consider

the practice of these artists in

relation to the international scene

within the very apt surroundings of

the music room.

Adults (18+) Tickets £20

(includes wine and canapés)

Thursday 17 November 18.00 – 19.30

gareTh hOSKiNS architecture

gareth hoskins architects have recently completed a

major redevelopment of the National Museum of

Scotland in edinburgh, whilst their ‘grounds for Play’ and

‘glasgow roots’ projects with haL typify the practice’s

approach to making architecture and places that are

rooted in an understanding of a site and how people

experience and interact with it. gareth’s talk will look at the

design ideas and process that shape both these and other

work by the practice

Adults (16+)Tickets £5.00 (includes refreshments)

aDriaN wiSZNiewSKi exPLaiNeD Thursday 3 November 18.00 – 19.30

Thursday 10 November 18.30 – 20.30

iNTerNaTiONaL gLaSgOw: artistic Links 1880-1910