Travelling Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in a bus, will be parked in Greenock with its latest exhibition User Interface: Coded Craft, a group exhibition featuring contemporary craft artists and makers whose work combines traditional handcraft skills with digital technology including : Jeni Allison, Naomi Mcintosh, Lynne MacLachlan, Liu Qiwei, Aymeric Renoud, Soorin Shin, Sanne Visser, Silvia Weidenbach & Sandra Wilson.
The artists use technology to expand what they can create and explore how craft can help develop more sustainable ways of living and making in the future.
User Interface: Coded Craft includes a wide range of craft practices, from metalwork, modelling, weaving and woodturning to newer technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing, digital cutting and laser tools. Together, these methods are used to reduce waste, encourage responsible consumption, and develop renewable materials that support a circular economy, where resources are reused rather than thrown away. The work in the exhibition shows that craft is constantly evolving and remains an important way for people to understand themselves and respond to the world around them.
Travelling Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in a bus, it is a national service with the exceptional ability to reach communities and people across Scotland. We recognise that art can change lives and we create fair conditions and remove barriers to allow access and engagement to audiences in their own familiar surroundings. The gallery space offers an open and welcoming environment for people of all ages, background, and abilities to discover and enjoy contemporary art.
Over the past forty-eight years, Travelling Gallery has brought innovative exhibitions to every part of Scotland reaching hundreds of thousands of visitors and school pupils. Travelling Gallery is a ‘not for profit’ organisation, receiving Multi Year Funding from Creative Scotland and supported by the City of Edinburgh Council.
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V: Highly Visual / No or Little Text
R: Relaxed Performance
Beacon Arts Centre
Custom House Quay
Greenock
PA15 1HJ
Greenock Central Railway Station is approximately a 10–15 minute walk from the event site.
Public parking is available nearby, including East India Harbour, Custom House Place and surrounding public parking areas.
Accessible parking bays are available close to the event site. Standard parking charges may apply depending on location.
An inbuilt manual ramp is available to aid access for wheelchair users, (wheelchairs up to 120cm long and 70cm wide) and pushchairs.
Handrails are available at the doorway and by the short internal gradient at the entrance to the gallery (1:9). The interior of the gallery is level.
There are no toilets available in the Travelling Gallery vehicle however there are toilets – male, female, accessible, inside of the Beacon Arts Centre.
No, the gallery is all one space, however if the gallery is busy visitors can wait outside until it is quieter.
We have sensory bags with fidget toys, sunglasses and noise cancelling headphones for those who might be feeling overwhelmed.
