The Elephant in the Room exhibition open
ed in Paisley’s Art Department space in early May and ran for just about two weeks, (until 13th). The works on display were produced as a result of collaboration between local artist and social historian, Lil Brookes (aka Gatekeeper Art), and adult day centre service users at the Disability Resource Centre (DRC) and older adults day service users at Ralston Day Centre and the Falcon Day Centre. (more…)
On a bright Tuesday morning a couple of weeks ago, members of the CCSE team found themselves walking briskly about the corridors of UWS’s Paisley campus, counting chairs, tracking down pens, collecting printouts from photocopiers. The reason for this bustling activity? We were preparing to host our first, fairly sizable in-person event for quite some time! The occasion in question was the launch of our recently awarded, Spirit of 2012 funded #FestivalsConnect project. FestivalsConnect is the CCSE response to Spirit of 2012’s latest research framework Moments to Connect which aims to explore what catalyses the coming together of people and communities. (more…)