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Q&A with the 'Engage' Programme Co-ordinator, Emmajane Kingaby
Gray’s creative programme 'Engage' is bringing brand new Art Weekenders this summer. Programme Co-ordinator, Emmajane Kingaby, answers our questions about the programme and how it’s been helping creatives in the North East.
Emmajane graduated from Gray’s School of Art with a First-Class Honours degree in Contemporary Art Practice back in 2022, when she also won the first ever Principal’s Award for Fine Art. Before studying at Gray’s, she pursued a career in retail management but decided to go back to university to study a creative course after she volunteered to support children from highly deprived areas outside Cape Town, introducing them to arts and craft materials.
Since graduating, she has been working hard to develop the creative industries in the North East of Scotland. Her most recent project is called “Engage”, an exciting creative programme which she tells us everything about in this Q&A.
1. What is the Engage programme?
2. Do you think Gray’s is unique in offering such a comprehensive summer programme?
3. Why is it so important that Gray’s delivers a summer creative programme in the North East in terms of community engagement?
4. How have people been engaging with the programme?
5. You graduated yourself last year, what does it mean to be working on Gray’s Engage programme?
- Second Home Studio and Café: Saturday 22nd July and Sunday 23rd July. This Art Weekender invites you to slow down and be part of a creative form of meditation. This involves a mix of mindfulness exercises with drawing and painting incorporated throughout.
- Experimentation: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August 2023. This Art Weekender provides the opportunity to experiment with a range of different disciplines before reaching your final outcome. Workshops include ceramics, jewellery making, textile printing, digital photography and creative coding.