I have learned so much from facilitating play opportunities for children over the years and it has been such a privilege to go back to my old primary school and film them playing and exploring my sculptural pieces that have been inspired by loose parts theory (Simon Nicholson, 1971). It feels so natural to be taking sculpture from the gallery and putting it into a school. It brings it alive in a different way.
It was great to run a workshop with P4 Pupils from Smithton Primary School. We made sculptures, drawings and performance.
It has been really interesting to build up links with Culloden Battlefield through the loose parts sculpture. The sculpture has now 21 loose parts made from wood and bed struts and has enabled me to take up opportunities to take it out in the community. Members of the public are able to interact with the sculpture and see the loose parts sculpture move and change shape.
Art Students Claire Gordon and Jan McCormack have been working in collaboration with Scottish Canals to open up an Outdoor Pop Up Gallery in Inverness. The students who are studying towards a Fine Art Degree, at Moray School of Art, Elgin are both interested in making sculpture using everyday objects and found materials. Constantly on the look out for unusual spaces to showcase their work the students were delighted when Scottish Canals lent them their disused bin shed for the day. The debut opening of the Bin Shed Gallery on Sunday 8th September attracted a steady stream of visitors and the two students were so delighted with the response to their work that they are planning further pop up events in the future.