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Awaken, The Argyll Collection Exhibition, Dunoon Burgh Hall, April 2024 Credit CHARTS(8)

The Argyll Collection Activity

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The Superpower Of Looking With Art UK, The Reconnected Team At Glenbarr Primary School, October 2024. Credit CHARTS Sam Kilday(4)

The Superpower of Looking | The Argyll Collection on Tour

Discover the work CHARTS' has been doing with primary and secondary schools across Kintyre as part of Art UK's innovative and inclusive visual literacy programme, The Superpower of Looking.

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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!

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The Argyll Collection Archives. Archives Courtesy Of The Tyre Family. July 2024. Credit CHARTS.

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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SSAH Past & Present Committee Members.. Courtesy The Scottish Society For Art Historyjpg

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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Conservation Studio February

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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