North East Glasgow

Creative Communities in North East Glasgow

• Calton: John Binnie, Robin Mitchell, Tina Freeland

  Ward 9

  Lead artist John Binnie (Playwright/director), together with musician Tina Freeland and photographer/designer Robin Mitchell, have worked as Artist in Residence for the Calton area since Phase 1:

  Photo shows Robin (far left), Tina (centre) and John (far right) with participants in a Calton residency project.

  More info

  Visit Robin Mitchell's website>

   

   

  
  
  

• Springburn: Mandy McIntosh

  Ward 17

  Mandy McIntosh has been the Artist in Residence here from the initial phase of the initiative.

  Her work has been exploring ideas of civic space and public sculpture, and where and how residents can be part of how public art is made.

   

• East Centre: Licketyspit

  Ward 18

  The early years theatre company Licketyspit is a recent addition to the programme, taking over from poet and performer Skye Loneragan, who led activity in this ward through Phases 1 and 2, along with her colleague Stewart Ennis.

  Here's a short video about their work: 

   

  Find out more

  Visit Skye's website> 

  Visit Licketyspit's website>

   

• Shettleston: Rebecca Fraser

  Ward 19

  Rebecca's residency continues her ongoing local project 'Today Museum Parkhead':

  'My creative practice is rooted in placemaking- I live and work alongside my community in the Shettleston ward- sharing stories, learning and making art together.'

  Find Out More

  Visit the project website>

  Follow Rebecca on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @parkheadartist

  And the project on Instagram and Facebook @todaymuseumparkhead

• Baillieston: Platform and Nevis Ensemble

  Ward 20

  Arts venue Platform and Nevis Ensemble will lead activity in Baillieston for 'Phase 3.'

  Music will be the focus of this residency, as it was in phase 2, led by their predecessors, The Bit Collective:

   

  Nevis Ensemble come to this ward after delivering activity in Drumchapel and Anniesland. 

   

  Find out more

  Visit the Nevis Ensemble website>

  Visit The Bit Collective website>

   

• North East: Walker & Bromwich

  Ward 21

  
  Walker & Bromwich have been working with communities across the North East Ward to explore radical themes of the lost East House Mosaic (1983-04) using collage, painting, drawing and digital collage techniques to develop new collective artworks inspired by the mosaic: 

  Find out more

  Visit their website>

  Follow them on Facebook and Instagram and Twitter @WalkerBromwich 

   

• Dennistoun: Alasdair Satchel and Tim Morozzo

  Ward 22

  Alasdair has been working with members of the community to make podcasts about life in the area, while Tim has been photographing the participants to capture this moment in time. 

  Alasdair is enhancing Gaelic elements of his residency with support from the GUIR! programme, which is an incubation scheme for Gaelic Artists. 

  Find out more

  Visit Alasdair's website>

  Visit Tim's website>  

  Follow Alasdair on Facebook @alsatch

  and both artists on Twitter
  @alsatch @Ozzormit

  Find out about one of Alasdair's previous podcasts on Instangra @what_we_do_in_the_winter