The Argyll Collection Activity

Reconnected, Sam Kilday De Installing Artwork At Dunoon Grammar, 18.09.24, Credit CHARTS Rmckenna

A New Team Member for the Argyll Collection Reconnected

Meet Reconnected's new technician Sam Kilday!

The Argyll Collection Archives

This summer, The Argyll Collection Reconnected Research Manager Kirsty MacNab’s latest foray into The Argyll Collection archives and the personal collections of the Tyre has led to the rediscovery of the long-forgotten title of work by Henry Tayali and much more!

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19.06.24 Dunoon Grammar School Trip To St Andrews University

A visit to St Andrews University, School of History of Art

Find out about Dunoon Grammar School's visit to St Andrews University, School of History of Art, where they met with Dr Kate Cowcher to explore the collection and learn more about her research into Modernist African artists within it.

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20.06.24 8. Kilmodan pupil looking at Alan Davie, 'Zurich Improvisations XI' with Ros McKenna

Schools Engagement | The Superpower of Looking

Throughout May and June, Project Manager Ros MacKenna toured Argyll Schools, including Campbeltown Grammar School, Tighnabruaich Primary and Kilmodan Primary and Early Learning Centre, to engage young people with the collection and enhance visual literacy skills.

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Study Days 2024

In March kirsty MacNab joined Art Historians, Curators, Collections Managers, and Researchers from across Scotland to present at the Scottish Society for Art History’s 40th anniversary conference, Study Days 2024.

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The Argyll Collection, Reconnected In Glasgow

At the start of February, Reconnected's Research Manager Kirsty, Project Manager Ros, and Trainee Lily Vaughan took a team trip to Glasgow to visit Conservator Sylvia Krauss, Prof. Christina Young and Dr Kate Cowcher.

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Reconnected Isalnds Satellite Group Showcase

Reconnected x Islands Satellite Group Bute

On 7 February, Reconnected Project Manager Rosalyn McKenna joined CHARTS Island Advocate Sam Kilday for the second Bute Islands Satellite Group Meeting.

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Teacher Collette Quinlan Working With Pupil To Look At Jennifer Hex, Gott Bay, Tiree

The Argyll Collection | Glenbarr Primary School

At the start of February Reconnected Project Manager, Rosalyn McKenna, visited Glenbarr Primary school, Kintyre, with a selection of artworks from the Argyll Collection

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The Argyll Collection Reconnected Rosalyn Mckenna (Project Manager) Condition Checks William Mactaggart’S Across The Bay. 2023, Credit CHARTS

The Argyll Collection Inventory

Research Manager Kirsty McNab and Project Manager Rosalyn McKenna have travelled around Argyll and Bute to carry out an inventory of the Argyll Collection stored across multiple archives, libraries and schools.

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