Scotland + Venice Information Assistants' Blog

Every two years, budding art professionals based in Scotland are invited along to help out at the Venice Biennale. Invigilating the Scotland + Venice show, they are vital to the festivities, providing viewers with information, as well as keeping a close eye on the work. This year, each of the Information Assistants will be posting on The Skinny's website (www.theskinny.co.uk), blogging about their experiences at what is the biggest art festival in Europe. Here’s a little bit about them.

Claudia de la Pena is a recent graduate from Art & Media at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design

“The chance to work for the show in Venice this year is a really rare treat, made all the more exciting by the recent buzz around Karla Black. I'm looking forward to it!”

Frances Stacey is an Information Assistant at The Fruitmarket Gallery

“To look after and live amongst Karla Black’s exhibition is an exciting opportunity. It offers the chance to see tonnes of art in a grand, unusual setting and start conversations or collaborations with invigilators and artists from all over the world.”

Alex Millar is a 3rd Year Painting and Printmaking student at Glasgow School of Art

"It will be a great privilege and challenge to act as Information Assistant at the exhibition. I will no doubt meet a lot of different people involved with the Biennale and I hope to make lasting friends and contacts."