Little House (November 2009)

Little House needs some colour, magic and imagination! No one has lived in Little House for a very long time. The walls need a lick of paint, the furniture arranged, the roof fixed and the rooms filled with music and stories…

As part of Culture Sport Glasgow’s Wee Inspiration Festival; Giant created Little House, an exciting multi-art form experience especially for children aged 3-5 years.

Each day children from across Glasgow arrived at The Giant Space and worked with professional artists Rachel Mimiec and Clare McGarry to bring Little House back to life through music, visual arts and storytelling.

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Very engaging and magical- really pulled the children in.

Children spoke about the house all the way back to nursery and next day. We would love to come and visit again and do more activities.

I saw my picture on the ceiling!

Booking / Programming Little House

Contact us if you would be interested in prorgamming this project at your venue: 0141 552 8231 or info@giantproductions.org

Picture Me (Project May/June - Exhibition October 2008)

Picture Me engaged with ten children who attend a Glasgow Mental Health Clinic to create a permanent exhibition of images for some of the public areas in the building.

Over six weeks the children worked with artists to explore a range of photographic methods from the very experimental to the instantaneous: painting with light; pinhole photography; Polaroid images; digital photography and manipulation.

Together, they explored, journeyed through and photographed: the nearby park of Glasgow Green; the surrounding architecture of the Merchant City; the streets around Glasgow City Centre; each others portraits and their own homes and families. The subjects of the work therefore ranged from cityscapes and found materials to personal objects and interests: for example: family pets; music and fashion.

The project will have a legacy as the exhibition of children's art work will be a permanent fixture to enhance the experience of patients, families and carers visiting the clinic and for the staff who work there.

A celebratory private launch opened the exhibition.

This project was so successful it is now happening in another area of the city.

Booking / Programming Picture me

Contact us if you would be interested in this project on: 0141 552 8231 or info@giantproductions.org

Gallery Quest (April 2008)

A visual arts adventure for families with kids aged 8-11 years

Over 5 days, families from across Glasgow visited different exhibitions as part of the Gi Festival of Contemporary Art.

Armed with a visual arts adventure pack participants investigated the work on show and having met with artists and curators they then returned to the Giant Workshop Space to respond to the work they had been introduced to.

The programme culminated with introduce / produce a weekend exhibition of the work created.

Artist's Exchange (February/March 2008)

Giant's Artist's Exchange was an opportunity to share skills and collaborate to create work for and with children.

Artists who worked in the medium of installation art were invited to submit proposals in response to a brief to come and work with Giant over a period of 5 days.

This paid opportunity allowed 3 visual artists Becky Sik, Kate Temple and Susan Agnew , to work with Maria McCavana, Visual Arts Director to:

• Share approaches and practice
• Create a piece of interactive work for children
• Create an exciting workshop experience for children
• Collaborate with children to develop a piece of work
• Use the Giant Workshop space as a studio base

The whole process was very organic, creating an environment where ideas were allowed to fail as well as develop. As the exchange developed, themes emerged that crossed over each residency, for example, flexibility of space; structures and patterns; progression from temporary to permanent.

It was important that artists were able to maintain their vision in the collaborative process and that there were opportunities for them to see each other's work.

Giant is looking at how it can develop this programme in the future and in particular at how it can be done across art forms.

Wee Devil - Radiance Festival (October - November 2007)

Over the October week Giant ran a series of animation, visual arts, music and puppetry sessions at The Giant Workshop Space. Working from a story specially commissioned by Giant, participants produced associated art work which was then used to create, influence and inspire a short animated film called Wee Devil.

Wee Devil was showcased at the 2007 Glasgow Radiance Festival.

The animation was projected onto the back of the Provands Lordship building from the St. Nicolas Garden throughout the Radiance Festival weekend.

Each evening there were three live elements with narration and performances from children who were involved in the project.

You can see the Wee Devil animation by clicking on the link below.

YouTube - Wee Devil