Children from Royal Mile Primary School will be using their imagination at the City Arts Centre tomorrow morning (22nd November) to help launch Seeing Dragons in the Clouds.

At sometime or another we have all looked to the sky and imagined cloud formations to be mythical creatures or weird objects. The experience captured in the brand new activity-packed exhibition at the City Art Centre.

The exhibition contains artistic visions of the magical in the ordinary and everyday. It highlights the work of artists who have drawn their inspiration from found objects. They create their pieces by finding and assembling and then applying the relevant technology and craft skills to transform what they have found into something else.

Learning and fun are at the core of Seeing Dragons. From a very early age children start to use what is at hand to feed their imagination and visualise their ideas. During visits to the exhibition children and families will have the opportunity to:

• Make collage masks
• Experiment with printmaking and rubbings
• Explore different art mediums
• Play visual games
• Design paper bugs and butterflies
• Explore willow sculptures
• Learn all about contemporary artists, their studios and their amazing works of art

Seeing Dragons in the Clouds opens on Saturday 24th November

City Art Centre
2 Market Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1DE
0131-529-3993
www.cac.org.uk [3]
Open Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm

1. Artists were commissioned to produce work for the exhibition on the basis of their ability to recognise the magical in the ordinary and everyday. They include beach comber artist/maker Bob Callender, weaver Lizzie Farey, sculptor Helen Denerlay, jeweller Nora Fok, collage artist Chila
2. Kumari-Burman, paper artist Heidi Daish, printmakers Peter and Linda Green, painter Frank Hills and computer animator Leo Hills.
3. Seeing Dragons in the Clouds has been originated by the The Harley Gallery, Nottingham, gallery educators Brochocka / Baynes and is supported by The Arts Council of England.
4. The Edinburgh show is presented by the City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries and is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council's Waste Aware Edinburgh Campaign.