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SPORTING BEST – GIANT PICTURES
FREE- Learn how to draw super speedy runners, jumpers, dancers and athletes then create huge pictures of yourself in motion doing your favourite sports. With artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
CULT OF THE BODY BEAUTIFUL
FREE – From ancient Greek athletes to modern Olympians, the human sporting body has inspired artists. This full-day life drawing class is for people with mixed abilities who want to develop their work. With artist Rosie Lesso
THE CULT OF THE BODY BEAUTIFUL
FREE – From ancient Greek athletes to modern Olympians, the human sporting body has inspired artists. This full-day life drawing class is for people with mixed abilities who want to develop their work. With artist Rosie Lesso
Human Race London 2012 Inspire Mark
We are delighted to have been awared our Inspire certificate as recognision for excellence in contributing to a lasting legacy of London 2012!
The Art of Perception – FREE
Human Race is delighted to offer this fantastic opportunity of a FREE full-day Aikido and drawing workshop lead by Dean Melville and Brian Macbeath.
Going Places – beginner and more experienced writing workshop – FREE
GOING PLACES – for beginner and more experienced writers. Human Race is delighted to offer this fantastic opportunity of a FREE full-day, practical creative writing workshop lead by Bob Pegg. The workshop will explore different ways of writing about journeys. We will be looking at literary forms associated with journeys – haiku, journals, logs, postcards home – as well as drawing inspiration from maps, instant books, and the traditional ballad form.
Human Talks – Don MacNaughton, The Sports Shrink! – FREE
Peak Performance from the Inside Out Don MacNaughton – The Sports Shrink, Author of Amazon No.1 Bestseller ‘ The 12 Hidden Laws of Performance ‘ During this hour-long presentation, Don MacNaughton will explore the art and science of the psychology of High Performance in sport and the relevant lessons for everyone in todays fast-changing world. Everyone will receive a free copy of ‘The 12 Laws’ and a discount offer for future courses run by Don MacNaughton.
SCOTTISH BALLET MOVE IT!
FREE Come along and have some fun learning new moves and creating some of your own dance ideas with Scottish Ballet. This is a creative dance workshop for school pupils designed to let them explore their own physicality whilst using dance as a creative tool. Aimed at upper primary school classes the workshop will last two hours and will be led a Scottish Ballet Education Officer and a musician. Pupils should come in their PE kits ready for a challenging and really enjoyable experience. As part of the workshop your class can have a free guided tour of the Human Race exhibition at the City Art Centre.
Human Race exhibition gets a great review from Shona Robinson
Shona Robinson Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport “Human Race is a fascinating journey, starting at the origins of sports medicine and finishing with the modern day technology that supports the pinnacle of human achievement we celebrate at the Olympics. The exhibition is full of astounding innovation and is a useful reminder of how far sports medicine has come.” Click here to read full press release
The fascinating HUMAN RACE exhibition comes to the Highlands
An extraordinary exhibition which explores the history, development and ethics of sport and exercise medicine opens at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 25 May 2012. Human Race uses Scottish medical and sporting collections, newly commissioned artworks and rare film footage to highlight some of the pioneering and far reaching developments that have taken place in Sport and Exercise Medicine over the last 200 years.
