Project Ability

10/04/2026

Last chance to experience Violet 💜

Tomorrow is the final day to visit our current exhibition at Project Ability, and you won’t want to miss it.

Bringing together artists from our Aspire, ReConnect and Create studios, Violet is a vibrant celebration of creativity in all its forms.

✨ Free entry

We’re open 11am–5pm, come by and celebrate the incredible work being made in our studios every week.

https://www.project-ability.co.uk/exhibitions/violet/

📍 Trongate 103
⏰ Final day: Saturday 11 April

08/04/2026

Join us tomorrow at Mono for the opening of our Counterflows exhibition 🎶✨

📍 Mono, 12 King Street
📆 9th April
⏰ 1–3pm

For the past three years, Counterflows Music Festival has teamed up with Project Ability, inviting our artists to create portraits of the festival's musicians. A selection of these drawings is then featured in the festival’s zine, and the results are always full of energy, character and creativity.

Now, you can see a curated selection of the original portraits on display at Mono. Come by, take it all in, and maybe treat yourself to some of their incredible food while you’re here 🍽️

The exhibition runs until 25th April, but don’t miss the chance to celebrate with us at the opening tomorrow.

See you there!

Project Ability teams up with Counterflows 2026 with images featured in their zine and an exhibition at Mono in Glasgow!

08/04/2026

A huge congratulations to Ruth Mutch ( Penguin Parade ) for her recent illustration commission by BBC Scotland 👏

As well as owning her own business, Ruth has been attending Project Ability art workshops for many years. Her distinctive illustrations often feature her favourite colour purple and her favourite animal - penguins!

"I got an email at the start of January from a producer at BBC Scotland Learning asking if I’d be interested in illustrating one of their audio stories for their “Time for a Story” series. They were looking for a disabled Scottish illustrator and had found my website. I was super excited about it and absolutely loved the story! They were really lovely to work with too.

The story I illustrated is called “A Snuggle of Sloths” and features a girl with a similar disability to me. I absolutely loved working on this, and it was fun researching how to draw the sloths at Edinburgh Zoo 🦥🙂" - Ruth Mutch

Have a browse through Ruth's illustration portfolio here: https://penguinparade.co.uk

Shop Ruth's beautiful product range here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/penguinparadeshop/

Listen to the story below 👇

Eva feels a bit nervous about having to take her time on the school trip to the zoo.

08/04/2026

New Exhibition ✨

Something a little different is coming to Project Ability…

The next exhibition at Project Ability will be by Neuk Collective. 'Together | Apart' is a powerful group exhibition exploring connection and isolation.

Through diverse works by collective members, this exhibition asks: what does it mean to be together in today’s world?

📍 Project Ability, 1st Floor, Trongate 103
📅 18 April – 23 May
🎟 Free entry | Wheelchair accessible

✨ Opening Reception: Sat 18 April

We can't wait to welcome you!

02/04/2026

New Exhibition Opens TODAY ✨

Counterflows 2026
📍Mono
📆2 April - 25 April
Opening Reception: 9 April, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Project Ability is delighted to announce its continued collaboration with Counterflows Festival for 2026, building on the success of last year’s inspiring partnership. As part of this year’s programme, artists from Project Ability’s Aspire studio have once again creatively reimagined the profile images of performers appearing in the festival.

More information can be found here:

Project Ability teams up with Counterflows 2026 with images featured in their zine and an exhibition at Mono in Glasgow!

01/04/2026

Gallery hopping with our walking group!

Read the latest blog about their recent trip to Dundee where the group visited the ‘Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine’ Exhibition at V&A Dundee and ‘We Contain Multitudes’ Exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts 👇

https://www.project-ability.co.uk/blog/walking-group-visit-dundee/

Image 1: A Colourful dress or overgarment made from multiple knitted textiles in various shapes and sizes hangs on a mannequin. It is part of the ‘Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine’ Exhibition

Image 2: Three embroidered garments hang on mannequins as part of the ‘Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine’ Exhibition

Image 3: Various plastic shopping bags, all different colours and sizes are suspended on invisible thread so they appear to be floating in an installation for ‘Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine’ Exhibition

Image 4: A woman with brown hair and glasses stands in front of a large black and white embroidered patchwork installation.

Image 5: A woman with a red jacket and glasses holds up two sculpture pieces to her ears as though listening to something. The artwork is part of the ‘We Contain Multitudes’ Exhibition

Image 6: A large colourful sculptural artwork by Turner Prize winner Nnena Kalu is suspended from the ceiling at Dundee Contemporary Arts.

01/04/2026

Did you know you can shop all the Violet artworks in one easy category in our online shop? 👇
https://www.project-ability.co.uk/product-category/violet/

✨The Violet exhibition is on until the 11th April.

📆Our gallery is open every Wed - Saturday 11am - 5pm and we will be open on Easter Saturday.

28/03/2026

Project Ability will be running a series of Family Workshops over the Spring Holidays for disabled children and young people aged 8-20 and their families, thanks to funding from Shared Care Scotland’s Better Breaks programme.

Workshops are free and spaces are limited so we advise booking early to avoid disappointment.

There will be a morning and afternoon session each day and you can book on both sessions, giving you lots of opportunity to develop your artwork over the course of the day, or on a morning or afternoon session only, still providing lots of time to complete a piece of work.

Morning and afternoon sessions run each day from 10am-12noon and 1-3pm

· Tuesday 7th April - Butterflies and Birds - paint and print collage

· Wednesday 8th April - Felted Landscapes

· Thursday 9th April - Family Portraits

· Friday 10th April – Cyanotypes

· Tuesday 14th April - Botanical Impressions in Plaster

· Wednesday 15th April - Watercolour Fish

· Thursday 16th April - Mask Making

· Friday 17th April - Printed Bags

Bookings can be made by calling 0141 5522822 or emailing office@project-ability.co.uk

If you are unable to make your booking for any reason please let us know as soon as possible to allow us to offer the session to another family.

28/03/2026

Project Ability artists are at the Make Do Event at today, drawing portraits of the visitors!

We’re also celebrating the launch of ‘Four Corners of the Studio’ exhibition, now on at Platform. The exhibition showcases work by Erin Keogh, Andrew McMillan, Struan Robb and Scott Smith

28/03/2026

And so we continue 💥

We are now accepting booking forms for our next block of workshops. Swipe through to find details on each workshop and final image with more info on how to book.

Returning Project Ability artists - you should have all had a booking form by now, we are looking forward to welcoming you back after the Easter break.

New artists - we can't wait for you to join!

Please note it is first come, first serve so return your form quickly to secure your chosen time slot.

Any booking questions email office@project-ability.co.uk

27/03/2026