Annual Review 2011-12 - National Galleries of Scotland

Desire
Desire, our second joint project with
Scottish Ballet, was a unique performance
event at the Gallery of Modern Art.
With the aim of promoting creativity in
dance, we invited the next generation of
practitioners to collaborate artistically.
Choreographers from Telford College
BA Honours Dance course and dance
students from Broughton High School
created original performances inspired
by themes in Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar
Named Desire in direct response to
artworks in The Sculpture Show at the
Gallery of Modern Art.
Tesco Bank Art Competition
for Schools
NGS was delighted to welcome Tesco
Bank as a new partner for its wellestablished
art competition for schools
from 2012. The competition was launched
in the Portrait Gallery with the help of
James Mayhew, well-known author and
illustrator for children, and pupils from
Knightsridge Primary School. For the
first time in its nine-year history the
competition went out on the road, with
professional artists delivering workshops
inspired by national collection artworks
to primary schools across the country.
Above Desire public performance.
Dancers respond to works by Martin
Boyce (© Martin Boyce) and Barbara
Hepworth (© Bowness, Hepworth Estate).
Photos: Lisa Fleming
Left Jasmine Hunter, winner of the
Special Merit Category E Special
Education in the Tesco Bank Art
Competition for Schools
Opposite top Tesco Bank Art Competition
for Schools ambassador James Mayhew
joins winning artists
Opposite below Young people respond to a
Bill Viola installation at the Dick Institute
with their own artwork
ARTIST ROOMS
The main aim for ARTIST ROOMS is to
engage and inspire young people with
world-class contemporary art. As part
of the 2011 tour, supported by the Art
Fund, the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock
programmed an extensive project relating
to the work of American video and sound
installation artist Bill Viola. Over a sixweek
period, four groups of young people
worked with artists using a range of art
disciplines to interpret Viola’s work. The
young people included students with additional
support needs and individuals with
little or no experience of the visual arts.
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