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Project Ability is having an exhibition to celebrate Glasgow’s 850 years of history.

Glasgow 850

Project Ability gallery

7 June – 19 July

• The deadline for submitting work is Friday, 2 May.
• All submissions to be made by email, submission form below.*
• Artists will be notified by email on or before 9 May if their work has been selected.
• All accepted work must be delivered to Project Ability by Friday, 23 May.

FAQS:

• Maximum of 3 submissions per artist
• The theme is Glasgow
• Any medium can be submitted
• Any artist working anywhere is welcome to submit.
• Artists are responsible for carriage costs to Project Ability.
• Project Ability covers return carriage costs.
• Project Ability has a commission on all sales of 50%.

If you have questions, please email exhibitions@project-ability.co.uk, or ring 0141 552 2822.

Please email your Submission Form (click below to download) along with photos of the work to exhibitions@project-ability.co.uk

*If you don’t have access to email your submission please ring the gallery 0141 552 2822

TecTonic Night Summit
Thu 29 May, 5 – 10pm
BAaD

​TecTonic Night Summit is an experiential, collaborative celebration of creativity, innovation and community.​TecTonic Night Summit is an experiential, collaborative celebration of creativity, innovation and community.

​​A mix between a conference and a live community gathering, it promises to be an inclusive, energised and vibrant showcase of people, ideas and connectivity within Scotland’s diverse business community and entrepreneurial ecosystem, as part of Glasgow Tech Week 2025.

The EDIT Market

Dates: Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th April / Saturday 31st May & Sunday 1st June / Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June  

Location: House of Toad CIC, 23 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6AP

Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Nestled just steps from Kelvingrove Park, The EDIT Market will transform the beautiful House of Toad CIC into a celebration of Scotland’s most creative independent businesses. It will showcase a carefully selected lineup of local makers, artists, and designers offering everything from handcrafted fashion and jewellery to eco-friendly skincare, artisan food, vintage finds, and contemporary art.

The event is organised by the same team behind Super Market Events and Super Market Virtual, Glasgow’s popular pop-up markets, and will feature some of the best independent businesses in Scotland. It’s the perfect addition to your weekend plans in Glasgow!

For further details, or information on how to apply as a stallholder, please visit theeditmarket.com.

We’re back from a short break and excited to share the latest news from our ever growing creative community.

Got something you’d like to shout about? Get in touch at info@creativeglasgow.co.uk

We’re excited to confirm that we’re taking our regular monthly members’ meet-ups to new locations around the city, and our next stop is Bridgeton in the East End!

Join us on Thursday 24 April as we explore Bridgeton’s studios and workspaces and hear directly from the creative professionals who make this area so vibrant. We’ll meet at Bridgeton Bandstand (outside Bridgeton Station) at 2pm, where we’ll begin a short walking tour.

Featured members this month:

• Musician, music educator and producer Bruce Wallace will share their work at independent recording studio, Studio 257. Based in Abercromby Street business centre, they have been responsible for producing the likes of Billy Nomates, Lucky Briar, and Under-Volt, providing high-quality, professional, accessible and affordable recording facilities for a range of musical outfits.

• Trudi Donaghue, founder of Wild and Kind CIC, will give us a tour of the co-working space and social enterprise set up to support neurodivergent creatives and social entrepreneurs. Highlighting their coworking facilities, training programmes and workshops, Wild and Kind CIC will share how they work to create more equitable and inclusive arts and social enterprise sectors in Glasgow.

• Professional tailor and dressmaker Alis le May of Clothworks Glasgow, based in Rogart Street Studios, will share their work exploring clothes making and mending as a means to encourage and support individual and community empowerment.

• Finally, we’ll pay a visit to the home of established dance company Indepen-dance, where we’ll hear from Artistic Director Karen Anderson. Indepen-dance are an inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people of all abilities and ages, offering weekly classes across the city, outreach, training and volunteer opportunities. Refreshments will be available for Creative Glasgow members, provided by Indepen-dance’s Coffee Hut – a volunteer-led project supported by Glasgow coffee roasters Tin Donkey, all proceeds go directly to the charity.

This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow creative practitioners, artists, and businesses from across Greater Glasgow. You’ll also hear from the Creative Glasgow team about upcoming activity and how you can get involved. Have any questions or want to share your own projects? This is your chance to ask, learn, and network.

The floor will be open for our members to share their work, promote upcoming events, and highlight any exciting opportunities, resources, or collaborations.

This event is free and open to all—so bring your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your creative spirit! We can’t wait to see you there – RSVP NOW

Last month we hosted a symposium event focused on Spaces & Places in the City. The result? A powerful co-created action plan that shines a light on the crucial role of spatial ecology—the relationship between creative communities and the spaces they occupy.

This action plan celebrates the diverse and dynamic creative spaces already thriving in Glasgow, while also highlighting some pressing, unmet needs:
– Access & affordability
– Practice-specific infrastructure
– Long-term sustainability
– Grassroots training & support

Key recommendations include:
– Mapping creative spaces
– Conducting targeted sector research
– Supporting knowledge exchange & training
– Strengthening advocacy and partnerships
– Prioritising equity and accessibility in all spaces

Creative Glasgow is ready to help lead the charge—working in collaboration with artists, cultural organisations, policymakers, and local communities to bring this vision to life.

Any comments? Get in touch at info@creativeglasgow.co.uk

Welcome to the latest issue of Creative Glasgow’s newsletter featuring updates, opportunities, and all the latest happenings from Glasgow’s creative community.

If you have news, events, or opportunities you’d like to share, we’d love to hear from you – just drop us a message at info@creativeglasgow.co.uk.

Please note that the Creative Glasgow team will be taking a short break over the next few weeks – we look forward to returning for our next Members Meet on Thursday 24 April!

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain to join us last Thursday for our March members meet. We heard from the creative business owners based in and around The Cooperage in the Southside including Some Great Reward, Seamster Vintage, Inkling, Hot Pink Press, Wild Gorse Pottery and BAWN. 

We were thrilled to meet so many new members and see such a buzz of energy, with everyone making meaningful connections and exploring exciting collaboration opportunities in real time. It’s moments like these that remind us how powerful our creative community can be!

We’re excited to confirm that we’re continuing to take our Last Thursday monthly members’ meet-ups to new locations around the city, and our next stop is Bridgeton in the East End! 

On Thursday 24th April, join us as we explore Bridgeton’s studios and workspaces and hear directly from the creative professionals who make this area so vibrant. We’ll meet at Bridgeton Bandstand (outside Bridgeton Station) at 2pm, where we’ll begin a short walking tour.

• This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow creative practitioners, artists, and businesses from across Greater Glasgow. 
• You’ll also hear from the Creative Glasgow team about upcoming events and how you can get involved. 
• Have any questions or want to share your own projects? This is your chance to ask, learn, and network.

Following the tour we’ll encourage our members to share their work, promote upcoming events, and highlight any exciting opportunities, resources, or collaborations.

This event is free and open to all—so bring your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your creative spirit!

Are you a studio, venue, or business based in Bridgeton? We’d love to include you in our tour! Please get in touch at programme@creativeglasgow.co.uk to become a stop on the walk.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting our Developing Creative Lives and Livelihoods event at Civic House. This vibrant showcase brought together an inspiring mix of projects, initiative and individuals who are shaping the future of creative eduction, training and professional development across the city. A huge thank you to all of our incredible panelists for sharing their valuable insights and expertise. Your contributions were truly inspiring! And to everyone who attended, asked questions and helped bring the event to life with your energy and enthusiasm – thank you! 

As part of our Developing Creative Lives and Livelihoods Showcase we also hosted a Student/Graduate SOUP event. Inspired by the Detroit SOUP model, four emerging creatives were given four minutes to pitch their innovative ideas with the audience before a vote for the winning pitch. Helena Powell pitched a project based on sustainable textiles, Anupa Joshy pitched Colour Theory – a new platform designed to amplify the voices of artists and designers from underrepresented backgrounds in Scotland, Betsy King pitched an initiative focused on developing accessible environments that support artistic community and collaboration and Clyde Williamson pitched an idea to create the worlds biggest kilt in collaboration with Refuweegee. 

And the winner was… 

Clyde Williamson! He was awarded £200 for his winning pitch which he hopes to use to source fabrics for the project. Congratulations Clyde, we can’t wait to follow this project as it progresses!