Scottish pensioners to take to city wall with spray paint for graffiti art

A group of Scottish pensioners will pick up spray cans for the first time to create a piece of permanent street art for a city wall. The 16 senior citizens have spent days in the classroom learning about the art form as part of the Nuart Aberdeen festival. They will put their theory into practice on Friday, when they will spray a mural on a wall in the centre of the Granite City. It is the first time the Lata-65 Young At Art project, which teaches graffiti to pensioners, has taken place in the UK. Pearl Cameron, 68, a retired teddy-bear maker, signed up for the classes after her grandson told her about them. “It is great to learn new skills,” she said. “We made our tags. They are inspired by something in your history, something that is important to you.” Maggie Wilcockson, 70, a retired registered nurse and midwife, became involved as a way of making new friends. “I don’t have a big social circle here because I’ve lived overseas for so long and lost contact with people,” she said. “My daughter thought it would be an excellent way to get myself back in the social scene and meet...