Play your part in gallery revival

P&J backs campaign for public role in raising last £10m needed for art venue

It is the biggest cultural project ever undertaken in the north of Scotland – and people power can make it happen.

Members of the public are being asked to help find the final £10millionneeded to transform Aberdeen Art Gallery and be a part of something very special.

The Press and Journal is backing the £30million Inspiring Art and Music Campaign and from Monday will be giving away a free print every day from the gallery’s impressive collection.

In return, readers are being asked to make a donation – however small – and have a stake in the future of the north-east’s cultureand art scene.

The money will help create 21 new gallery spaces alongside digital displays and a rooftop viewpoint,

“Six prints we have selected offer insight into different artists”

and the hope is that the project will be completed by November 2017.

Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums manager, Christine Rew, said: “Every challenge can be turned into opportunity and now people have the opportunity to be part of a development which will secure the future legacy of the gallery for generations to come, just as the patrons of its past once did.

“Featured in The Press and Journal will be a number of the paintings from our collection so readers can start their own collection. Each of the six prints we have selected offer insight into different artists, different time periods and bring different meaning to different people, but they are linked as they are loved