Impact Arts

Children from four nurseries in the East End of Glasgow were very excited to see their artwork exhibited at a wild jungle installation at Impact Arts’ Young Gallery space last week.

The children, between the ages of 3 and 5, have been working with our artists-in-residence since the beginning of February. They have been looking at jungle animals through interactive sessions that involved creating artwork as part of sensory play and storytelling.

The four nurseries taking part in this block of our Young Gallery programme were Elba Lane Nursery School, Bridgeton Family Learning Centre, Helenslea Nursery School and Green Trees.

The children made brightly-coloured elephant decorations, a crocodile out of eggboxes, jungle leaves, and paper flames. All this came together to form a living breathing jungle installation, featuring videos of the play sessions that produced the artwork.

As part of the work, children got experience working as artists, were active, learned about pattern and colour, worked together as a group and engaged their imaginations.

The Into the Jungle exhibition will be open to the public between 12pm and 5pm on Thursday 6th April 2017 and Friday 7th April 2017. It will then be open between 12pm and 5pm from Tuesday 11th April 2017 until Friday 14th April 2017.

The Young Gallery programme is supported by the Robertson Trust, the Rayne Foundation and Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland. Find out more about Impact Arts’ work with children here.