Exhibition to help hungry children
A generous group of Scottish artists are using their creativity to help some of the world’s poorest children to get an education.
Artists for Mary’s Meals’ exhibition in Glasgow this month will feature the work of some of the country’s foremost painters and sculptors – and the proceeds will ensure that children at a school in Malawi receive a meal every day.
Work from over 50 renowned Scottish artists including Jolomo, Rosaleen Orr, Hugh Murdoch, Yvonne Watson, Jonathan Shearer, Robert Mulhern, and Sarah Bookless will be for sale at the exhibition, which starts on June 19 at MacGregor Fine Art, 34 West George Street.
All the exhibitors will donate a percentage of their sales to Mary’s Meals, which runs school feeding projects in 15 countries. Iain Macgregor, the gallery owner, has waived his commission.
“We’re so excited about this year’s exhibition,” said Netta Ewing, one of the organisers. “We had a fantastic response from artists and visitors last year, and are hopeful that we will be able to build on that with another wonderful event in June.”
Artists for Mary’s Meals was started by Netta Ewing in 2009 with the aim of bringing together like-minded artists who wanted to use their skills to help the charity. The organising group, which includes Adelina Slavin, Liz Mackinlay, Josephine Torrance, Lorien Ewing, Elspeth Glasgow and Catherine Scott, has already raised enough money to sponsor the building of a kitchen shelter at Chilingani School in Malawi , helping to ensure that the 465 children there have access to food and education. Its aim is to support another school this year.
The artists have also given practical artistic help to deaf children in Liberia . A donation of glazes, colourings and kiln parts from the potter, James Guy helped supply a new pottery at Mary’s Meals headquarters in Tubmanburg, where two local potters, Perry and Koffe, will run ceramics classes for pupils at the Oscar Romero school for the deaf. James Guy also assisted Netta Ewing in devising lesson plans for the pottery students.
The Artists for Mary’s Meals exhibition will be opened on Saturday June 19 by Archbishop Mario Conti and will run for a week. As well as a wide range of affordable and exclusive art, there will be live music every day and the chance to buy tickets for a draw to win a signed limited edition print by Lin Pattullo.
- Exhibition from 11am-9pm 19-26 June, MacGregor Fine Art, 5th floor (lift access), 34 West George St (near Queen Street Station), Glasgow. Entry is free and Mary’s Meals supporters are welcome to attend.
Press launch Thursday, June 17 at 7pm.
- Exhibitors include the following: Hugh Murdoch, Jolomo, Tim Pomeroy, Victoria Maxwell Macdonald, Calum Macfarlane Barrow, Hugh Montgomery, Mary-Clare Cornwallis, Denis and Claire Pidgeon, Davey Smith, James Orr, Doreen Davis, Douglas Davies, Jenny Hulse, Nancy McHarg, Hamish Montgomery, Charles Monteith Walker, Tim Pomeroy, Katie Sweeney, Gregor Smith, James Orr, and James Davis.
