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Last Thursday: Member Meet Up

Thursday 29th May 2025 @ 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Project Ability, Trongate 103

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Free Software Clinic

Sat 24 – Sun 25 May, 10am – 5pm

The Gamer Club, 153 Bath Lane, Glasgow, G2 4RH

Creative Glasgow members are invited to a weekend long Open Doors event where people can seek help and discuss where free software may fit in their lives. Free software exists for writing, sound, drawing, painting, calling etc. Come along and find out how it could help your creative project.

Creative Glasgow Newsletter: 19 May 2025

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Got something to shout about? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us a line at info@creativeglasgow.co.uk

Announcement

Creative Glasgow announces that Graham McLaren, Founding Director, will be leaving the organisation with effect from 16 May 2025.

Graham established Creative Glasgow in 2024, evolving the former Glasgow Connected Arts Network, and has provided leadership during a period of significant organisational transition and development.

We thank Graham for his contribution and wish him every success in his future endeavours.

Last Thursday – May

Thursday 29 May 2025

Project Ability, Trongate 103

At the end of May we’re meeting in Project Ability, at Trongate 103, a centre for Arts and Creativity based in Glasgow’s Merchant City. We’ll be joined by Project Ability’s team who will give our members a tour of their current Exhibition from Greg Coultas and Struan Robb, young painters who work with their Create studios. We’ll also be treated to a tour of their artist studios and hear more about what creative activity goes on in the building and the surrounding area.

  • Come along to meet with creative practitioners, artists, creative organisations and businesses across Greater Glasgow.
  • Share your work, and promote any upcoming events, activities, resources or opportunities.
  • Hear from the Creative Glasgow team about upcoming programmed events and how to contribute, and ask us any questions you may have.

This event is free – all welcome – RSVP NOW

About Project Ability

Based in Glasgow’s award winning Trongate 103, Project Ability provide a welcoming arts community for people with learning disabilities and mental ill-health. They provide the space and expertise to allow them to express themselves, build confidence and achieve their potential, through our weekly workshops, exhibitions and outreach opportunities.

About Trongate 103

Trongate 103 is a centre for the arts and creativity based in Glasgow’s merchant city. Opened in 2009, it is home to a variety of organisations, including Project Ability, Glasgow Print Studios, Transmission, Project Rooms, Street Level Photoworks and Sharmanka. The whole of Trongate 103 stays open late every 1st Thursday of the month (6-8pm) for the public to come and view events / exhibitions / openings and learn about the art organisations within the building.

Last Thursday – April

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Bridgeton last month for our April Members Meet.

We’re so grateful to the incredible artists and organisations who opened their doors and shared their work with us:

Bruce Wallace of Studio 257 for giving us a behind-the-scenes look at an independent recording space that’s making a huge impact on Glasgow’s music scene.

Trudi Donaghue of Wild and Kind CIC for showing us how coworking can be a force for inclusion and empowerment for neurodivergent creatives and social entrepreneurs.

Alis le May of Clothworks Glasgow for sharing their approach to clothes making and mending as a tool for community connection and personal expression.

Karen Anderson and the team at Indepen-dance for welcoming us into their inclusive dance space and treating us to refreshments from their amazing volunteer-led Coffee Hut.

We loved seeing our Creative Glasgow members come together, share ideas, promote projects, and celebrate everything that makes our creative community so special.

If you missed this one – don’t worry! You can join us at Trongate 103 on Thursday 29th May for the next instalment of our monthly members meet!

Invitation: TecTonic Night Summit

Creative Glasgow is proud to support Tectonic Night Summit as a Community Partner during Glasgow Tech Week 2025!

Happening 29 May at BAaD, TecTonic is a one-night-only collision of Scotland’s creative and digital worlds, a high-energy gathering of makers, coders, artists, and innovators all under one roof.

Expect live performances, interactive showcases, 1-2-1 mentorship, and the chance to connect with a mix of creatives, tech heads, entrepreneurs, and community builders. All happening in the heart of the Barras Market.

Grab your ticket at https://tectonic.scot or head to @tectonicnightsummit

Resources

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Resources

Check out our member focused resources below

Members

Jen Kelly
Participatory Practice, Theatre, Visual Arts

I am a Glasgow based performance artist engaging with autobiography, visual and physical theatre, and storytelling. As a performer, director and facilitator, I use devising as a tool to create work that comments on societal structures and explores what it is to be human.

Robert Thomas James Mills
Education, Participatory Practice, Visual Arts

Robert Thomas James Mills is an artist and writer from Glasgow. He is an advocate for breaking down barriers to experiencing contemporary art.

His personal art practice personifies the cosmos as a celebration of all things.

Future Skills
Education

Our purpose is to bridge industry skill gaps with a crafted curriculum designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s workforce. We are committed to fostering creative professional growth through bespoke and innovative CPD courses.

gargobo
Film, Visual Arts

Emily Weaver is a multimedia visual artist. She graduated from Duncan and Jordanstone College of Art & Design in 2021 with a degree in Contemporary Art and is currently based in Glasgow. Her practice takes inspiration from ancient traditions and folklore.

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Last Updated November 2024

This Privacy Notice for Creative Glasgow (‘we’, ‘us, or ‘our’), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (‘process’) your personal information when you use our services (‘Services’), including when you:

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Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed in keeping with all relevant legal requirements, including the UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services. If you still have questions or concerns, please contact us at admin@creativeglasgow.co.uk

What personal information do we process?

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This may include the following: names, email addresses, job titles, usernames, passwords, contact preferences, contact information, date of birth, and authentication data.

When you visit, use, or navigate our services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services we provide, the choices you make, and the features you use. You must notify us of any changes to personal information.

We do not process sensitive personal information (for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs) through this website. We also do not collect any information about you from third parties.

Some information – such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you use our services. Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

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We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you, and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. In our case this includes:

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We may, from time to time, share information in specific situations with third parties. This includes vendors, consultants and third-party service providers who perform services for us on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Contracts will be in place to safeguard your personal information. We may also use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information, this includes allowing third parties to access this data for the purposes of online analytics (such as Google Analytics).

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Creative Glasgow
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