In the week preceding what would have been Steven Campbell’s 72nd birthday (Wednesday 19th March), young people from six Glasgow schools gathered to celebrate his legacy in a two-day life drawing workshop.
The sessions were led by painter Sandy Grant in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Materials were generously supplied by Cass Art. It was an intensive and productive two days.
With thanks to: St Pauls High School, St Mungo’s Academy, Lochend Community High, Rosshall Academy, Whitehall Secondary, St Andrews Academy.
Here are some photos and thoughts from participants.
Above: Attendees of the 2024 Steven Campbell Trust workshop posing with some of their favourite paintings
One of the ways that the Trust continues to honour Steven’s life and work is through activities and workshops for schools.
This year, artist Claire Paterson, former winner of the Hunt Medal presented by the Trust, led an intensive two-day life-painting workshop at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum for fifteen pupils from nine schools, including Balfron High School, Hyndland Secondary, Lourdes Secondary, St Mungo’s Academy, Kelvinside Academy, Drumchapel High School, Hutcheson’s Grammar School, St Andrew’s Secondary and Barrhead High School.
The work was once again of a very high standard and the young people developed new skills through Claire’s careful tutoring.
There was an enormous amount of dedication, energy and talent on display during this year’s workshop, and the attendees were all a credit to their schools. We were also very impressed by the range of unique styles developed by each individual pupil, with all of the work outstanding and inspiring in its own way.
When asked what aspects of the 2024 Steven Campbell Trust workshop they found most helpful, pupils responded:
‘Meeting people with lots of different, unique styles and learning from them.’
‘Having 14 pieces of work in 2 days.’
‘Getting to see the finished result.’
‘Doing drawings worthy to be put in a folio.’
‘Adding tone/ creating strong underdrawings.’
‘Seeing our finished projects and learning past the previous struggles as we progressed.’
‘Learning more techniques to paint with.’
We would like to give a massive thank you to Cass Art for generously supplying us with a wealth of art materials for use during the workshop. For charitable organisations like the Steven Campbell Trust, such support makes a huge difference, allowing educational events like this to run. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with Cass Art in the future.
The wealth of materials supplied by Cass Art
Our thanks also to the staff at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum for their support, and for providing us with a wonderful creative environment in which to hold the class.
Here are some of the impressive results from this year’s workshop:
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Below: Pupils pose with the work they produced individually over the course of the 2-day Steven Campbell Trust Workshop:
The Steven Campbell Trust continues to support young people studying art to develop their skills.
This year we have embarked on a new project which gives an insight into artists’ and designers’ professional practice. Artists are interviewed in their places of work by pupils from Glasgow Secondary schools. Questions have been carefully selected to meet the criteria of the National 5 Design Unit.
The filming has been undertaken by the film department of The City of Glasgow College. Eight students under the guidance of award winning director Marco Federici have come together through the Young Person’s Guarantee project. The Young Person’s Guarantee is a commitment to bring together employers, partners and young people and to connect every 16 to 24 year old in Scotland to the opportunity of a job, placement, training or volunteering with employers committed to the Guarantee.
This video shows the successful design team Timorous Beasties discussing their inspiration and methodologies.
The interview will be posted on YouTube so that all schools will have access to it at a time that suits them.
The Trust hopes that, using this as a model, we will be able to produce more resources for schools.
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