‘My Lochaber’ exhibition

MO GHEARASDAN – My F

West Highland Museum Centenary School Art Wall Project

Flora Swietlicki, Gaelic translation by Laura Robertson. The West Highland Museum, in collaboration with BunSgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abar, have mounted a special exhibition to mark the end of their centenary year.

The museum was founded in 1922 by Victor Hodgson and a group of Lochaber enthusiasts who wanted to create a museum especially for the West Highlands. Starting out with no building or collections, the museum is now the home to a rich variety of exhibits ranging from early man to the Jacobites; Highland life, the Victorians, and the Commandos of the Second World War, among many others.

Following the successful ‘Return of the Stuarts’ exhibition of autumn 2022, featuring historic portraits of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his family, museum staff felt that the best possible way to mark the end of this important centenary year was to showcase new art, created by local schoolchildren and reflecting their community.

The children of p.4, 5, 6 and 7 at Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abar have created beautiful paintings and drawings on the theme of My Fort William, taking inspiration from their lives in and around the town and what they see around them, from landmarks and scenery to wildlife, sports and music, they have produced a beautiful, colourful and diverse range of artworks.

Education officer Flora Swietlicki said: “The sheer talent, originality and creativity of the children is an absolute credit to their school. Every child has produced something completely different, which makes the exhibit so vibrant to look at. My thanks are due to Mrs Karen Melville, the p4/5 teacher, for organising this project and for ensuring that the brief ‘Mo Ghearasdan – My

– My FORT WILLIAM

Fort William’ was expressed in such a multitude of ways.”

Pròiseact Balla Ealain Sgoil Ceud Bliadhna Taigh-tasgaidh na Gàidhealtachd an Iar - Flòraidh Swietlicki Tha Taigh-tasgaidh Taobh Siar na Gàidhealtachd, ann an co-obrachadh le Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abar, dìreach air chuir iad air dòigh taisbeanadh sònraichte gus deireadh na ceud bliadhna aca a chomharrachadh.

Chaidh an Taigh-tasgaidh a stèidheachadh ann an 1922 le Victor Hodgson agus buidheann de luchd-dealasach à Loch Abar a bha airson taigh-tasgaidh a chruthachadh gu sònraichte airson taobh an iar na Gàidhealtachd. A’ tòiseachadh gun togalach no cruinneachaidhean, tha an taigh-tasgaidh a-nis na dhachaigh do mheasgachadh beairteach de thaisbeanaidhean bho thràth duine do na Seumasaich ; beatha Ghàidhealach, na Bhictòrianaich, agus Comandos an Dàrna Cogaidh, am measg mòran eile.

Às deidh taisbeanadh soirbheachail ‘Tilleadh nan Stiùbhartach’ as t-fhoghar 2022, le eachdraidh dealbhan den Phrionnsa Teàrlach agus a theaghlach, bha luchd-obrach an taigh-tasgaidh a’ faireachdainn gur e sin an rud a b’ fheàrr b’ e an dòigh air deireadh na bliadhna cudthromach ceud bliadhna seo a chomharrachadh ealain ùr, air a chruthachadh le clann-sgoile ionadail agus a’ nochdadh na coimhearsnachd aca.

Tha clann td.4, 5, 6 agus 7 aig Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abar air dealbhan agus dealbhan air a’ chuspair Mo Ghearasdan, a’ gabhail brosnachadh bho am beatha sa bhaile agus timcheall air agus na chì iad timcheall orra, bho comharran-tìre agus seallaidhean fiadh-bheatha, spòrs agus ceòl, tha iad air sealladh àlainn a chruthachadh. dathach agus eadar-mheasgte de obraichean ealain. Thuirt an t-Oifigear Foghlaim, Flòraidh Swietlicki: “Tha fìor thàlant, tùsachd agus cruthachalachd aig tha a’ chlann na creideas iomlan don sgoil aca. Tha a h-uile leanabh air rudeigin a dhèanamh gu tur eadar-dhealaichte, a tha a’ fàgail an taisbeanaidh cho beòthail ri fhaicinn. Tha mo taing a’ dol gu Karen Melville, an tidsear td 4/5, airson a’ phròiseact seo a chur air dòigh agus airson dèanamh cinnteach gu bheil an chaidh ‘Mo Ghearasdan – Mo Ghearasdan’ a chur an cèill ann an iomadach dòigh”.