Celebrate ART at The Fruitmarket Gallery

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The Fruitmarket Gallery brings to Scotland some of the world’s most important contemporary artists. They recognise that art can change lives and offer an intimate encounter with art for free. The gallery welcomes all audiences, making it easy for everyone to engage with art, encouraging questions and supporting debate.

The Fruitmarket’s Celebrate ART project, Art and Identity, included weekly studio-based sessions delivered from April to June 2018 in collaboration with Access to Industry. This project used creative arts to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, providing a safe and confidential space in which participants could express their thoughts and feelings using a variety of media.

Seven young people worked alongside artist Louise Fraser, youth trainee Natasha Ruwona and Access to Industry case workers Graham Redpath and Karen Lally. The project enabled the participants to develop a range of new creative skills, experiment with different materials and explore their own identities, whilst receiving guidance and support from Access to Industry to find routes into employment, education and training.

At the Celebrate ART Showcase event which took place in Glasgow in November 2018 The Fruitmarket presented an interactive performance co-produced with young people working with Louise Fraser, Natasha Ruwona and Creative Electric director, Heather Marshall. Creative Electric is a critically acclaimed theatre company who create contemporary performances based on real experiences.

Art and Identity, The Fruitmarket’s Celebrate ART project was part of the gallery’s Connecting Communities programme, which is generously supported by the William Grant Foundation and Baillie Gifford.

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