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Last Thursday: Creative Glasgow Member Meet Up Feb2026

Thursday 26th February 2026 @ 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Soundplay Projects

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TRAINING DAY: Creative Innovation for the Visitor Economy

Wednesday 4th March 2026 @ 10:00am - 4:30pm

Riverside Campus, City of Glasgow College

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TRAINING SumStudio presents Finances for Creatives

Tuesday 10th March 2026 @ 10:00am - 12:30pm

Civic House

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Creative Call-Out: Take Part in the ITAC Relay 2026

Artists, makers, producers, performers, designers and creative practitioners across Scotland are invited to take part in the ITAC Relay 2026, hosted by Healing Arts Scotland. The only criteria for participation is to be an arts and health group who would like to participate and can do so in either March, April, or May of this year.

What is the ITAC Relay?

The ITAC Relay brings together creative communities to celebrate the vital role of the arts in health, wellbeing and connection.

How to participate

Groups can sign up directly to take part in ITAC Relay 2026 – madeleine@itac-collaborative.com

What is the Healing Arts Scotland ITAC Relay? – An Overview

Building on the amazing work of 2024, the HAS ITAC Relay will be a chance to highlight and celebrate the amazing arts and health work already happening in communities across Scotland, as led by participatory artists, and join up the various pockets of work which are ongoing. The event will invite groups from around the country to contribute their voice to a collective tapestry of artistic responses which speak to key arts and health themes. Healing Arts will pass stimuli from one group to another, asking each to add to the work of the last, until our final creations are displayed in key partner’s spaces across Healing Arts Scotland Week 2026. This builds on the amazing work from Healing Arts Scotland 2024 where groups connected and collaborated on a national scale for the first time. It is a chance for the voices of participatory artists and participants to be central to the proceedings – connecting their work in a literal and artistic sense.

As a reminder, in 2024 the ITAC Relay welcomed:

450+ participants
20 Newly Made Creations
Across 15 Cities
Led by 25 Participatory Artists

What ITAC Relay Participants Valued Most:

– Feeling part of something bigger.

– A creative and therapeutic way to explore topics like loneliness and community wellbeing.

– New methods for creating and sharing art.

– Deeper connections with their own groups and the wider community.

– Inspiration to continue using the Relay model in their own work.

ITAC Relay Participant voices

“Our group absolutely loved taking part — it was innovative, fun, and meaningful.”

“The Relay showed the power of art to connect people who may never meet.”

“Being part of something bigger gave us energy, purpose, and fresh ideas.”

Beginners Jesmonite Coaster Casting Workshops

Join Creative Glasgow member, David McDiarmid, for a 2.5-hour Jesmonite casting workshop in Glasgow and learn the fun process of crafting your very own set of four drinks coasters.

This hands-on activity is specially designed for beginners, so no prior experience with Jesmonite is required. David will show you how to mix and cast Jesmonite AC100 – a safe and eco-friendly material – using silicone moulds.

You will learn how to add pigment to create your desired colours and achieve four different finishes for each coaster. Guidance will also be provided for how to finish your pieces so they look good and are ready to use!

All the necessary materials and equipment for the workshop will be provided, making it a stress-free and enjoyable experience for you. You’ll even get a kit to seal your creations at home.

By the end of the session, you will not only have gained new skills but also have a beautiful set of handmade drinks coasters to showcase in your home

Date: Saturday 14th March 2026

Time: 10am – 12.30pm OR 2pm – 4.30pm

Duration: 2.5 hours

Location: Rogart Street Campus, Glasgow

Creative Common Ground

Refugee Sanctuary Scotland are offering a series of 6 free art workshops focussed on wellbeing for people seeking asylum with visual artist, and Creative Glasgow member, Jade Sturrock. Workshops will explore a range of techniques including drawing, printmaking, collage and creative writing, with all materials provided.

There will be one workshop per week for 6 weeks, happening on Fridays at 11am and lasting 2 – 3 hours, starting on 27 February. After that they are on: 6, 13, 20, 27 March and 3 April. They will take place at the Refugee Sanctuary Scotland Office, 49 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 2DL.

No experience needed but participants must be able to commit to all 6 workshops. Please sign up beforehand as spaces are limited, email ronald@refugeesanctuaryscotland.org.uk

RCS: Split Screen – Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth

Creative Glasgow is delighted to be partnering with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in 2026!

The third event in the Split Screen series will take place this week. Join us at Civic House on Thursday 5 February for an evening with Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth, Executive Director of Alexander Whitley Dance Company & OTMO.

Split Screen with Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth

Step into the future of performance! Split Screen explores how Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are reshaping theatre, dance, music, and live performance. Whether you’re an artist, performer, technician, educator, or creative producer, Split Screen empowers you to experiment, innovate, and tell stories in entirely new ways.

During the Split Screen events, RCS bring together some of Scotland’s most talented artists, creative organisations, and digital experts to explore how technology can open up fresh ways of making and sharing performance.

This mixer event will provide a platform for knowledge exchange, peer networking, and expert talks and provocations from leading voices in the community.

RCS are delighted to welcome Stacie Lee Bennett-Worth to share an evening with us and offer a window into the development process of choreographic software tool OTMO by Alexander Whitley Dance Company.

Split Screen is led by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in partnership with Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, Citizens Theatre, CodeBase, Techscaler, Creative Glasgow, and anam creative.

HR for Creatives

SCVO are delighted to announce that their HR for creatives programme – supported by Creative Scotland – is back for 2026, offering free HR support and development to 35 arts, screen and creative industries employers for 12 months.

SCVO know that organisations want to create working environments where people can thrive in the creative industries. But budgets are tight, people are busy, and dedicated HR expertise isn’t always accessible.

Their HR for creatives programme offers organisations:

an HR health check of policies and procedures
one-to-one expert HR and people management advice from SCVO’s HR Service team
webinars, peer-to-peer learning and networking.

Applications are now open until 12 noon on Monday 16th February 2026 for micro to small sized arts, screen, and creative industries organisations based in Scotland with no in-house HR, or specialist HR support.

If you took part in HR for creatives in 2023 and 2024, you’re welcome to apply again if you’re working on new policies and procedures or if you have new priorities.

Support Creative Glasgow in 2026!

We welcomed over 400 new members in 2025, many in their first 5-years of setting out. Keeping member meets and 1-2-1 support free ensures our programmes are accessible and tailored to those that need it most: young, emerging, underrepresented, precarious and marginalised creatives in the city.

If you would like to support Creative Glasgow and it’s members you can make a donation here

Your support helps keep Creative Glasgow open, accessible, and member-led.
Unable to donate? You can still support Creative Glasgow in 2026 by:

Sharing the fundraising campaign with your network
Offering a venue or space in-kind for a member meet-up
Providing a spotlight presentation on your work or organisation
Sharing resources for our website (toolkits, guidance, training, research)
Promoting Creative Glasgow membership within your creative community
Getting in touch if we could contribute to a project or initiative you’re developing

Together, we can contribute to a culture of collaboration, generosity and mutual support across Greater Glasgow’s creative communities!

Resources

Check out our member focused resources below

Resources

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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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Or write to us at

Creative Glasgow
Civic House
24 Civic Street
Glasgow
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