About us

Creative Glasgow is a vibrant membership organisation dedicated to connecting, championing, and celebrating creative practitioners across Greater Glasgow.

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Whether you’re running a creative business, freelancing with years of experience, or just starting out in your career, Creative Glasgow welcomes all creative practitioners living and working in Greater Glasgow. Our diverse membership includes designers, artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, and other creatives who contribute to the city’s vibrant cultural and creative ecosystem.

At Creative Glasgow, we’re dedicated to ensuring that every practitioner, regardless of discipline, background, or stage in their career, has a platform to flourish. For established professionals, we offer opportunities to expand networks, collaborate on transformative projects, and influence the city’s creative direction. For emerging talents, we provide access to essential resources, training, and mentorship to help you grow and thrive.

By becoming part of our community, you’re joining a collective effort to shape Greater Glasgow into a hub of innovation, culture, and creative excellence for our city and our citizens.

Our Guiding Principles

Creative Glasgow’s work is driven by a set of guiding principles that underpin our operations, programmes, and membership offer:
 
  • We are committed to collaboration, working in partnership with Greater Glasgow’s creative businesses, cultural organisations and institutions to deliver our work.
  • We champion the principles of Fair Work, creating an inclusive working environment and ensuring all programme contributors are fairly remunerated.
  • Our work is rooted in social justice, striving to build a more equal, inclusive, and representative creative and cultural sector in Greater Glasgow.
  • We integrate environmental sustainability into every aspect of our work, contributing to a greener creative and cultural sector.

Learn more about our commitments to:

Creative Glasgow is a company with charitable status, registered in Scotland with OSCR. Charity Number: SC053016.

Meet Creative Glasgow’s Team

Rosemary James-Beith

Executive Director

Rosemary (She/Her) has been contributing to Glasgow and Scotland’s creative and cultural sectors for over 15 years with organisations in both employed and freelance capacities including Glasgow Life, SCAN, Craft Scotland, Panel and University of Glasgow. She joined Creative Glasgow in November 2024, supporting the organisation to develop and deliver an ambitious inaugural programme – cementing its role and recognition in the city as a force for sector support and development. 

In January 2026 Rosemary transitioned to Executive Director, overseeing the organisation’s strategy, partnerships, and creative programmes.

Tie Macbeth

Finance and Admin Manager

Tie joined Creative Glasgow in November 2024 as our Administrator, bringing over 15 years of experience in arts administration. She’s worked in a variety of roles across operations, finance, sustainability, creative learning, production, and events, with well-known Glasgow institutions like CCA (2014-2024), King’s Theatre & Theatre Royal (2008-2014), and Glasgow Comic Con (2010-2024).

Passionate about both the creative and practical sides of the arts, Tie is excited to help support and connect Glasgow’s vibrant creative community.

Jessie McGoff

Digital Comms Specialist

Jessie joined Creative Glasgow in November 2024, overseeing the digital communications strategy and social campaigns.

Jessie is a communications and marketing specialist with a background in contemporary art and cultural programming. In their role as Communications Manager at CCA Glasgow, they led strategic communications, developed inclusive marketing practices and worked with a range of cultural organisations in the city. They currently also work with performance art festival Take Me Somewhere and Scotland’s silent film festival, HippFest.

Our Board

Jane Gordon

Acting Chair

Malini Chakrabarty

Greer Pester

Darshan Kundi

Rachel Aisling Smith

Tarka Heath

The Latest

We’re recruiting!

We’ve announced two roles that we’re now seeking applications to fill: a freelance, fixed term Researcher and a voluntary Trustee position.

 

We’re recruiting!

We’ve announced two roles that we’re now seeking applications to fill: a freelance, fixed term Researcher and a voluntary Trustee position.

 

From SOUP To Success

We ADORE seeing good things happen to our members, and even more so when we played a small part in it.

Last year, Anne Yeomans pitched her project ECHO @echo_theatre_project at our SOUP event: a dark comedy play inspired by Greek mythology, following a singer-songwriter cursed to only perform covers. She recently got back in touch, and we couldn’t wait to share what she had to say:

“My writing partner, Sarah Marie Mooney, and I found the Creative Glasgow pitching event, SOUP, to be a pivotal moment for our project. Beyond the professional development, we truly valued the community of like-minded creatives we met through the process. That momentum was a direct contributor to our successful Creative Scotland Open Fund application. We are now officially in R&D, and we owe a huge thank you to Creative Glasgow for helping us kick start this journey!”

From a pitch at SOUP to a funded project in development. If you’d like to help us keep creating spaces where Glasgow’s creatives can grow and thrive, you can donate here.

The Basic Income for Artists Scotland open letter

Over 300 artists, arts organisations, academics, think tanks and campaigners have signed the open letter. To ensure the success and long-term impact of any pilot, we call for:
  • Meaningful consultation and co-design with artists and creative workers
  • Cross-party engagement and support, to ensure stability beyond electoral cycles
  • Collaboration with key institutions, including creative unions, cultural bodies, funders and sector organisations
  • A focus on accessibility and inclusion, ensuring that the pilot reaches those most affected by financial insecurity
Add your name. Tell Scotland’s political parties and cultural institutions to deliver a basic income for artists – sign here!

Introducing Glasgow’s new MSc in Global Cultural Enterprise

The University of Glasgow has launched a new MSc in Global Cultural Enterprise, a postgraduate degree designed for the next generation of cultural leaders, creative industry professionals and arts managers. Combining critical thinking, practical industry experience and real-world partnerships, the programme prepares students to work across arts organisations, media, cultural policy and the creative economy.
The MSc runs 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time, and is open to graduates from any background as well as candidates with relevant professional experience. Teaching starts in September 2026 applications now open.

May Highlights and June Events

Welcome to summer!

We hope you’re all enjoying the Glasgow sunshine!

We had an energetic May! The second in our Culture Matters series explored what kind of cultural legacy the 2026 Commonwealth Games could leave behind. It was a busy event, with contributions from Gayle MacPherson (Professor of Events and Cultural policy at the University of the West of Scotland), Christiana Bissett (Arts Producer with Glasgow Life), Raidene Carter (Artistic Director and co-CEO of Arts Admin), Simon Stewart (Arts and Heritage Manager at Govanhill Baths) and Phil Batty of the Glasgow 2026 Organising Committee. They were hosted by Dr. Katherine Champion, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy at the University of Glasgow. Thank you to all the contributors and to the brilliant audience for bringing their insights and questions!

May was also the month of Pitch Pot! It was an incredible, lively night where we heard from eight pitchers and the room voted on their favourite. Coming out with the first prize (a £1000 grant partly raised through ticket income) was Glasgow Glass Studio, who will use the pot to develop a new dedicated education and visitor space for heritage craft. In second place, Ese Johnson from Mind to Matter Ceramics who will use his share of the pot towards producing an Afro-Caledonian exhibition spotlighting Black artists in Scotland. All eight pitchers will recieve ongoing support and mentorship from Creative Glasgow as their projects develop. Thanks to our funders over at the Economic Development Dept at Glasgow City Council for making the event possible!

Here’s looking ahead to June:

The third CULTURE MATTERS event on 12th June will ask a hot-button question: does Scotland need a basic income for artists?

Later in June we’re joining forces with Glasgow 2026 Legacy Network to co-host a FREE Summer Social on 23rd June in Civic House!

Creative Glasgow Privacy Notice

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:

  • Visit our website at http://www.creativeglasgow.co.uk, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
  • Use Creative Glasgow, a membership organisation for the creative and cultural sectors in Greater Glasgow. Creative Glasgow is a Limited Company with Charitable Status, registered in Scotland with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) (SC053016).
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including our marketing activities and events

 

Questions or concerns?

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.

How do we process your information?

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:

  •  Consent: we may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Performance of a contract: We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations to you, including providing services to you.

Creative Glasgow are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of this Privacy Notice. We determine the means and/or purposes of the data processing we perform.

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).

How do we keep your information safe?

We only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required by law (for example for accounting, reporting or other legal requirements). We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. If this occurs we have a legal obligation to inform the Information Commissioner https://ico.org.uk/

What are your rights?

You have the right, under the UK GDPR, to (1) request access and obtain a copy of your personal data; (2) to request rectification or erasure; (3) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (4) request data portability to another service; and (5) not to be subjected to automated decision-making.

How to contact us?

For any questions relating to our storage or processing of your personal data please contact us at admin@creativeglasgow.co.uk

Or write to us at

Creative Glasgow
Civic House
24 Civic Street
Glasgow
G4 9RH