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The Factory Tour
A Collaborative Creative Residency with Amy Kim Grogan
This August, Blank Canvas welcomes Scottish sculptor Amy Kim Grogan for a month-long residency at MAKE, Ayr.
Amy's practice explores the overlooked objects, systems and everyday actions that surround us, transforming the familiar through repetition, scale and material. For her Blank Canvas residency, she will transform the gallery into a functioning sculptural 'Factory', inspired by Ayr's industrial heritage, local food production and manufacturing culture.
As part of the project, Amy hopes to undertake research visits to local factories and production spaces to observe workflows, spatial organisation and the rhythms of labour. These visits will directly inform the development of the residency, helping to create an immersive environment that reflects Ayr's manufacturing landscape while opening up conversations around labour, making, sustainability and food production.
Throughout the month, visitors will be invited to become part of the factory through a series of interactive workshops exploring storytelling, sustainable mould-making and edible jelly sculpture, flavour development and taste testing. The residency will culminate in The Factory Tour, a public exhibition opening that celebrates the work created throughout the month and invites audiences inside Amy's evolving sculptural factory.
About Amy Kim Grogan
Amy Kim Grogan is a Scottish sculptor who graduated with Distinction from the MFA programme at the Glasgow School of Art in 2022. Prior to undertaking her MFA, she completed a BA (Hons) in Sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art in 2017. Her work regularly stems from disrupting and/or emphasising overlooked objects and acts, arising from a fundamental interest or occasional discomfort. Through increased scale, multiples, and material, she relays this curiosity in works that collectively exert absurdity and often humour.
THE WORKSHOPS
At the Factory: Story Telling Workshop
Thurs 6th August, 4pm - 6pm
Members of the community who have previously worked in a factory or currently work in a factory are warmly welcomed to share their experiences, stories and knowledge during a Story Telling Session. I am looking for factory do’s and don’ts, memorable production experiences and humorous stories. Information gathered during this session will inform and influence the factory’s layout, function and ethos.
MAKE by Narture Studios 30 Newmarket St, Ayr
Sustainable Mould-making &
Edible Jelly Sculptures
Wed 12th August, 10am - 12pm
Members of the community are invited to a sustainable mould making session, followed by the creation of edible jelly sculptures using your new moulds. Participants will be introduced to new ways of working, alternative mould making and edible sculptural materials.
Participants are encouraged to bring multiple objects to mould.
Suitable for families, teenagers and adults
MAKE by Narture Studios 30 Newmarket St, Ayr
Flavour Developing Workshop
Wed 19th August, 10am - 12pm
Members of the community are invited to develop their own distinctive flavours using a mixture of natural ingredients and flavour oils. Participants will be introduced to ‘flavour families’ and encouraged to combine, mix and experiment with unusual flavour profiles.
MAKE by Narture Studios 30 Newmarket St, Ayr
Taste Testing Workshop
Thurs 20th August, 12pm - 4pm
Following on from Flavour Developing; the flavours developed during the workshop will be added into edible sculptures and presented to the local community. Members of the local community will then select the final flavours for the exhibition.
MAKE by Narture Studios 30 Newmarket St, Ayr
Blank Canvas Presents: Amy Grogan’s Exhibition Opening: The Factory Tour
Thurs 27th August, 5pm - 8pm
Welcome to the factory floor. Not your conventional exhibition opening, but an immersive guided experience through a space where sculptures are made to be eaten. Equipped with PPE, visitors will move through a series of production stages, encountering works in progress and finished pieces invited to taste it all. Blending sculpture, performance, and participation, the tour offers a playful insight into making, inviting you to become part of the process rather than simply observe it.
Location: TBC
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