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Glasgow secondary schools visit the CCA to view our exhibitions and participate in a creative workshop. Through critical thinking and creative making, pupils engage with contemporary art outside the curriculum.
We also visit secondary schools to deliver workshops that bring the main exhibition themes to the classroom.
In 2024 we have engaged 215 secondary school pupils.
Schools participating in the programme
Schools participating in the programme
Glasgow Gaelic School / Whitehill Secondary School / St Mungo's Academy / Lourdes Secondary School / Notre Dame High School / Cleveden Secondary School / St Thomas Aquinas Secondary / Hyndland Secondary School / St Roch's Secondary School / Allsaints Secondary School / Lochend Community High School / Cardinal Winning Secondary School / Rosshall Academy / Holyrood Secondary School / Inverclyde Academy / St Coloumbas High School
Thank you to Zoë Halliday and Hayley Dawson for their help with the programme.
25/12/25 - John Paul Academy, S1-3
25/12/25 - John Paul Academy, S1-3
Printing Textures
Printing Textures
22/9/25 - Inverclyde Academy S5/6
22/9/25 - Inverclyde Academy S5/6
Capture It!
Capture It!
24/9/25 - Hyndland Secondary S5/6
24/9/25 - Hyndland Secondary S5/6
A Different Way of Making
A Different Way of Making
18/9/25 - Glasgow CREATE
18/9/25 - Glasgow CREATE
Creative Careers Day
Creative Careers Day
17/9/25, Hyndland Secondary School, S3
17/9/25, Hyndland Secondary School, S3
Capture It!
Capture It!
18/6/25, Notre Dame High School, S3
18/6/25, Notre Dame High School, S3
Tour and workshop of The Ring in the Fish
Tour and workshop of The Ring in the Fish
11/6/25, Lochend Community High School, S3
11/6/25, Lochend Community High School, S3
Tour and workshop of The Ring in the Fish
Tour and workshop of The Ring in the Fish
4/6/25, Holyrood Secondary School, S4
4/6/25, Holyrood Secondary School, S4
Tour and workshop of The Ring in the Fish
Tour and workshop of The Ring in the Fish
21/5/25, Shawlands Academy, S3
21/5/25, Shawlands Academy, S3
Understanding Creative Careers
Understanding Creative Careers
14/5/25, St Mungo's Academy, S3
14/5/25, St Mungo's Academy, S3
A Different Way of Making
A Different Way of Making
13/5/25 & 20/5/25 - Hyndland Secondary, S3/4
13/5/25 & 20/5/25 - Hyndland Secondary, S3/4
Robert Thomas James Mills: EXTRATEMPORAL
Robert Thomas James Mills: EXTRATEMPORAL
Robert kindly delivered school trips to visiting pupils. We were treated to an artist's talk followed by a drawing workshop inspired by activities Robert does in his studio.
7/5/25 - Whitehill Secondary, S2 x2
7/5/25 - Whitehill Secondary, S2 x2
A Different Way of Making / Mapping our Future
A Different Way of Making / Mapping our Future
28/4/25 - Rosshall Academy, S1
28/4/25 - Rosshall Academy, S1
A Different Way of Making
A Different Way of Making
4/4/25 - Cardinal Winning Secondary School
4/4/25 - Cardinal Winning Secondary School
Printing Maps
Printing Maps
2/4/25 - Lochend Community High School, S3
2/4/25 - Lochend Community High School, S3
Understanding Creative Careers
Understanding Creative Careers
19/2/25 - Cleveden Secondary School, S3, S5/6
19/2/25 - Cleveden Secondary School, S3, S5/6
Understanding Creative Careers
Understanding Creative Careers
3/1/25 - Notre Dame High School, S1
3/1/25 - Notre Dame High School, S1
Health and Wellbeing Workshop
Health and Wellbeing Workshop
We filled zines with various system-based drawings. Some of us thought we didn't like art because it requires 'skill' but our minds were soon changed when we focused on the process rather than the outcome.
School groups visited Debjani Banerjee’s Jalasghar.
Pupils relaxed in the first room, using the ‘music room’ for its intention. Pupils were interested in how the room functions differently from other exhibitions they have been to.
We discussed the use of materials and imagery in the second room.
We make clay votive that represented our feelings towards Glasgow. We were inspired by Debi’s use of clay and how she incorporates her culture and hertage into her artworks.
28/11/24 - St Thomas Aquinas Secondary, S3
28/11/24 - St Thomas Aquinas Secondary, S3
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
20/11/24 - St Roch's Secondary, S3
20/11/24 - St Roch's Secondary, S3
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
19/11/24 - Allsaints Secondary, S1
19/11/24 - Allsaints Secondary, S1
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
7/11/24 and 14/11/24 - Cleveden Secondary, S5/6
7/11/24 and 14/11/24 - Cleveden Secondary, S5/6
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
31/10/24 - St Thomas Aquinas, S3
31/10/24 - St Thomas Aquinas, S3
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
28/10/24 - Hyndland Secondary, Higher and Advanced Higher
28/10/24 - Hyndland Secondary, Higher and Advanced Higher
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
21/10/24 + 24/10/2024 - Lourdes Secondary, S3
21/10/24 + 24/10/2024 - Lourdes Secondary, S3
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
7/10/24 + 10/10/2024 - Notre Dame Secondary, S4
7/10/24 + 10/10/2024 - Notre Dame Secondary, S4
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
4/10/24 - St Thomas Aquinas Secondary, S6 Creative Industries
4/10/24 - St Thomas Aquinas Secondary, S6 Creative Industries
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
Visiting Debjani Banerjee's Jalsaghar
22/6/24 - St Albert's Primary
22/6/24 - St Albert's Primary
Memories of Movement
Memories of Movement
Artists from St Albert's Primary School have been working with artists Adam Stearns and Finn O'Hare exploring migration, diversity community and celebrating heritage through interaction with sound and place. An array of objects documenting the students’ individual stories of movement hang from the ceiling, creating an immersive audio-visual environment that embraces and honours multiculturalism. These objects are transformed into hanging speakers, broadcasting sounds recorded or selected by the students, capturing their personal and family histories. The transformed artefacts act as sonic portals, giving the objects a voice to narrate stories of migration and cultural heritage that reflect the unique journeys of those who contributed to the exhibition, weaving a collective tale of movement.
Pupils came to the CCA to view their showcase with some even presenting a speech to the public. Pupils also got the chance to see the exhibitions as part of Common Ground festival. We investigated abstract soap sculptures by drawing and we wrote meaningful messages as part of a participatory artwork.
Secondary school pupils who visited the CCA in June saw three different exhibitions. We viewed Monuments of the Present, which sparked conversations about what should be used to represent a community. We also discussed the materiality of the soap sculptures, and how the choice of material is unusual compared to more traditional sculptures like marble or clay. We then visited How If When, an exhibition that recreates the feel of a refugee camp. We discussed how the exhibition is relevant today and how it managed to evoke such a strong reaction from us. Lastly, we viewed You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. After watching the films and listening to the sound works, we chose a publication from the library that appealed to us. We used our chosen publication as source material to make activist zines.
17/6/24 - St Mungo's High School, S4
17/6/24 - St Mungo's High School, S4
Dreaming of Future Changes
Dreaming of Future Changes
14/6/24 - Whitehill High School, S2
14/6/24 - Whitehill High School, S2
Dreaming of Future Changes
Dreaming of Future Changes
11/6/24 - Whitehill High School, S4-6
11/6/24 - Whitehill High School, S4-6
Dreaming of Future Changes
Dreaming of Future Changes
10/6/24 - Glasgow Gaelic School, S3
10/6/24 - Glasgow Gaelic School, S3
Dreaming of Future Changes
Dreaming of Future Changes
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