About The Art Group
The Thankerton Art Group has been running for over 16 years. It's run by Chad McCail in his art studio. The group creates art for projects and also for the sake of making art. Using different materials like clay, wood, paint and cardboard there has been a large array of things made.
The group is also very interested in using materials that would normally be thrown away to create new art such as milk bottles or washing machine parts.
The group gets funding for big projects from the Clyde South Lanarkshire Wind Farm.
Projects
The Art Group has worked on many different projects as well as working alongside the Thankerton Improvement Group for the bonfire parades and for some media projects.
Some of the projects are:
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Workshops for the local kids to make things such as lanterns or rainmakers for the bonfire parade.
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Puppet show about the Perseus legend.
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Animal masks.
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Making Lamps.
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Clay bowls and plates.
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Making wall hangings.
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Still life drawings.
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Chad McCail 2020 exhibition.
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2021 exhibition.
The artwork from the exhibition in 2021 can be found at Biggar Library.