RIG Arts met with Tom Allan, artists sculptor today to confirm a collaboration in Broomhill as part of the ‘Heid O’ The Hill’ project.

As a result of the ongoing redevelopment in the area, there will be a large amount of waste stone and other building material. Tom will be commissioned to create a piece of public art for the area from the material from the demolitions. During this process he will provide open workshops for members of the community, for anyone interested in sculpture, whatever their level. Through this process, Tom will be uniting the past and the future in Broomhill by reusing material, helping to shape Broomhill’s visual identity with new sculpture, and by passing on valuable creative skills with the community.

Tom Allan has been making sculpture since 1977, and sculpting full time since 2000. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and has worked with and learned from stone-masons in Scotland as well as marble-carvers in Italy. He is now a member of the Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Tom regularly exhibits his work, and is a prizewinner at the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Glasgow Institute and Visual Arts Scotland. Previous commissions include public art projects in Glasgow, Motherwell, Serbia, and Mexico, so we know that Tom is going to be perfect for this job!

If this sounds like something you are interested in, and would like to take part in any of the workshops or share your ideas on what kind of sculpture you’d like to see, drop us a line at info@rigarts.org or call us on 01475 649815 or 07811 264042.

More on Tom:

http://www.tomallansculptor.co.uk/

http://rbs.org.uk/artists/tom-allan