Investment theme: Growing social connections
Purpose:
To provide materials for our Art Journal project.
Year of grant: 15/3/2022
FR Number: FR-0061501
Amount awarded: £2979.98
Location: Glasgow
Full description
The grant will cover the cost of delivering an art journaling course via Zoom to two groups of 15 women. It will fund artist in residence fees for two, four week sessions (£2,000), materials packs which are posted to participants (£950 including postage), and 8 weeks zoom costs (£29.98). This project was piloted during lockdown to great success and acted as a way of bringing women together who were experiencing extreme isolation. The project comprises 4 weekly 2 hour sessions with a one evening per week online check in for women which is optional. An art journal is developed with the support of a community artist who facilitates the sessions and agrees with the group a theme to explore. A maximum of 15 women can participate in the sessions and the sessions are also recorded so that if the women are unable to do the session in real time they can do it at a more suitable time. A total of 30 women will benefit.