Glasgow

5th - 7th May 2000

George Square and Glasgow Green

Our aims are to ensure that the peoöle of Glasgow, including those facing social exclusion, have the very best cultural and leisure facilities and learning opportunities which meet their expressed needs and those of visitors to the city.

The European Cultural Cities Network has declared 5th of May 2000 as a day for Freedom of Expression and Dialogue for Artists. Glasgow City Council is promoting the third Maydaze Festival on Glasgow Green on 7th of May and intends to link the 'day' to Maydaze through an integrated group of visual art projects.

The project will comprise of three main strands as follows:

1) A visual artist/sculptor will be commissoned to create a 'Freedom' wall in George Square in the days leading up to 5th of May. Members of the public will be encouraged to contribute messages and comments to the work in progress. The 'wall' will then be transported to Glasgow Green as part of the Mayday Rally on May 7th and be on site during the Maydaze afternoon programme of events.

2) A Millennium Art Tent will be erected on Glasgow Green with the theme 'Present and Future'. The main body of the exhibition will be created from the After School Care arts development work being carried out in Easterhouse, Govan and Castlemilk. However, a range of local schools will also be invited to contribute. The large scale art works will show spaces of the future - both domestic and public, and people of the future - what will they look like, what will they wear, what implements and gadgets will they use?

3) 'I belong to Glasgow' and 'I belong to Glasgow 2'. The Peoples Palace Museum on Glasgow Green will feature a remounting of the successful 'I belopng to Glasgow' exhibitions curated by Street Level Gallery. The projects involved photography and writing workshops for children. 'I Belong to Glasgow 2' exhibition was created in response to 'Delivering Hope', an exhibition of photographs and drawings made by Sarajevo orphans (organised by Scottish International Relief). This resulted in the making of 'Fortune Tellers' based upon popular children's game in which folded paper in the shape of a pyramid reveals different images and text through the movement of the fingers. For Maydaze, elements of the exhibition will be enlarged and remounted.

The three elements of the 'Day of Freedom' project demonstrate a commitment to the work of professional artists and children. The themes are freedom of expression, the Millennium as time of belief in the present and hope for the future, and a sense of belonging. The first element of the project gives opportunities for public participation while the second and third elements are created by children and young people for a general audience with the guidance of professional artists.

For further information please contact

Charles Bell

Arts Development Manager

Culture & Leisure Services

Glasgow City Council

The Mitchell Library

North Street

Glasgow

G3 7DN

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