Art helps hospice
A community art exhibition will raise funds for Kilbryde Hospice.
The annual East Kilbride Community Arts Exhibition traditionally takes place in East Kilbride Old Parish Church hall to raise money for the church.
But this year the committee have decided to raise funds for the hospice.
It is taking place over the weekend of November 4 and 5 and will feature the work of a patient at Kilbryde Hospice, Michael McCormack from Westwood.
Karlyn Robertson from the hospice said:“We appreciate how important art can be to individuals and we are delighted to have been selected as the charity to benefit from this year’s event.
“The piece of artwork designed for the event incorporates the Kilbryde dove with East Kilbride Old Parish Church and is named‘Hope and Peace’.
“Michael, who describes himself as a straight-up, bohemian artist who learned everything about drawing from life, provided us with a sample of his work that he produced at a particularly bleak point in his life.
“The picture represents chaos but also letting go of the unimportant things in life and finding out who we really are.”
Michael told the News: “The hospice is one of the precious few places where I don’t feel like I have a target on my back due to my condition. I feel part of a community.
“It wasn’t until months of going to the hospice that I realised I’m the youngest person, by decades, but have always been welcome and treated equally by staff and fellow patients.
“Every last person contributes, even the quietest of us, and I am delighted to be involved in the exhibition.”
The exhibition will be open on Saturday, November 4, from 10am to 4pm and Sunday from 12noon to 4pm. Entrance is £3 including tea/coffee and homebaking.