REMEMBERING THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

Overview
The slave trade helped to make Glasgow rich. How the city has grown and developed is, even today, partially due to the wealth created out of slavery. Street names such as Virginia Street and Jamacia Street remind us of Glasgow’s past trading connections. 
Glasgow Artist Beth Forde curated an exhibition of work made by Secondary school pupils in Glasgow which expressed their reactions and views of the horrors of transatlantic slavery.  This exhibition was part of a larger awareness campaign highlighting the 200th anniversary of the abolition of Britain’s involvement with the trade.

Facts
ARTISTS                                                  Julia Smith, Meredith Crone

GROUPS INVOLVED                             S1 & S3 St. Thomas Aquinas High School

COMMISSIONER                                   Glasgow City Council

YEAR OF INSTALLATION                     2007

MATERIALS                                            Glazed earthenware ceramic

DIMENSIONS OF ARTWORK               2m x 2m

LOCATION                                             The Arches Theatre, Glasgow (Temporary exhibition)

CONTACT                                               Beth Forde,
Glasgow Sculpture Studios,
145 Kelvinhaugh Street
Glasgow G3 8PX