Arts charity Wasps Studios, the UK’s largest provider of creative spaces, welcomed school children from nearby Blackfriars Primary in the Gorbals to install a time capsule in celebration of their restoration of The Briggait, Glasgow’s former fish market.
The attending pupils had been working alongside the rest of their P6 class with The Briggait-based artist Kayleigh Sarah McGuinness on a series of art workshops that examined the Glasgow landmark’s historical significance.
The class came together last year to make a large-scale artwork on paper, which was displayed at an exhibition celebrating The Briggait’s 150th anniversary in December 2023.
Some of the Blackfriars pupils can be seen adding their own artworks (from left to right: Pramav, Jamie and Yashwini, with artist Kayleigh Sarah McGuinness), inspired by The Briggait’s impressive history and architecture, to the time capsule.
The children’s artwork goes into the time capsule alongside items contributed by the nearly 150 artists and makers based out of their studios at The Briggait.
The time capsule project involving young people from Blackfriars Primary School and artists from The Briggait, is part of the Clydeside Market Halls development project.
The Clydeside Market Halls will open later in 2024 and will have transformed 1200m2 of currently unused space into an exciting riverside destination for markets, events and food and drink. These market halls, dating back to 1873, 1889 and 1904 respectively represent the oldest surviving market halls in Scotland and the entire site will be back in public use for the first time in half a century.
To mark this exciting redevelopment and The Briggait’s recent 150th anniversary, the time capsule is to be installed in the new designated café space that faces onto the River Clyde later this year.
