North West Glasgow

Find out about Creative Communities in the North West of the city

• Anderston and City: Donna Rutherford

  Ward 10

  I have worked with devised performance and video for 30 years, incorporating personal storytelling, social history, psychology, humour and memory. 

  During Creative Communities' Phase 1, I worked primarily with the stories of older women, also in Anderston and City.  With Phase 2 I shall encourage younger participants to think of themselves as archivists of their own life story.

  Find out more

  Visit Donna's website> 
  
  And follow her on:
  Facebook @donna.rutherfordartist
  
  Instagram @donskidoll
  
  Twitter @KinDonna

  and Snapchat>

• Hillhead: Janie Nicoll

  Ward 11

  'I originally trained in painting but currently work across a range of media, including installation, photography, film, digital imaging, collage, printmaking, and assemblage.

  I am interested in making artworks out-with regular gallery spaces and exploring possibilities created through collaboration or interaction with other people.'

  Find out more

  Visit Janie's website>

  And follow her on Facebook and Twitter @JanieNicoll
  and Instagram @janie.nicoll

  Visit the In Kind website to find out about another research project Janie is involved in. 

   

  image: 'LookingForwardLookingBack', newspaper, glue on Fabriano paper.

• Victoria Park: In The Making Glasgow

  Ward 12

  In The Making Glasgow is Lynsey Wells, Sara Pinto and Jennifer Olley. 

  What has been your anchor through the lockdowns of 2020? We will explore the things have anchored us during this shared experience of having to stay apart. We will invite the residents of Ward 12 to join us in making artwork that reflects on, celebrates and commemorates the things that have given us hope and helped us through.

   

  Find out more

  Visit Sara's website>

  and the project Instagram page @anchorlabglasgow
  #whatsyouranchor #whatanchorsyou
  #theanchorlab
  
  

  Visit the website for The Studio, a club for ages 9-18 in Anderston and Partick which In The Making Glasgow supports, 
  and their Instagram page 
  @studioclub5678

• Garscadden/Scotstounhill: Ignite Theatre

  Ward 13

  Locally-based Ignite Theatre will continue the work they did in their Phase 1 Creative Communities residency, when they offered practical workshops in filmmaking to empower people across Garscadden and Scotstounhill to have a voice in their community.

  An intergenerational approach saw workshop participants ranging from 18 - 80 years old telling stories which they felt had been previously overlooked.

  Find out more

  Visit the Ignite Theatre website>
  
  

• Drumchapel/Anniesland: Nevis Ensemble

  Ward 15

   

  Nevis Ensemble is a legacy project of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, and exists to take music to everyone, everywhere, through fun, energetic and meaningful performances.

  During their Creative Communities Artist in Residence programme, Nevis musicians will create, collaborate and perform with and alongside residents of Drumchapel and Anniesland, through a number of projects that will put the orchestra in the heart of the community.  

  Find out more

  Visit the Nevis Ensemble website>

  Follow the orchestra on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
  @nevisensemble

   

  
  Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

• Maryhill: Louise Nolan

  Ward 15

  'I have lived in Maryhill for 26 years and this residency brings me back to the ever-regenerating Ruchill/Maryhill where I started my work life in 1998.
  
  During the residency I’ll be busy running an online art journaling project for adults impacted by the isolating effects of Covid-19, making a series of commemorative ceramic plates, and setting up a new community interest company in Maryhill so we have a creative legacy beyond the residency for the area.'

  Find out more

  Visit Louise's website> 

  Follow her artist accounts on:
  Facebook and Instagram @LouiseNolanWorks
  Twitter @LouiseNolanWork

  Join the online communities for this project: 

  Facebook group 'Maryhill Together'>

  Instagram @maryhilltogether
  #maryhilltogether

  Twitter @Maryhilltogeth1

• Canal: Saffy Setohy

  Ward 16

  I am an artist from a dance background, and have lived in Glasgow by the canal for 6 years. During my residency I will be facilitating a co-designed participatory project with local womxn (women) in the community, responding to the canal as a site of regeneration and re-wilding as an ecological and personal practice.

  Find out more

  Visit Saffy's website>

  Follow her on Facebook 
  @saffysetohydanceartist

  and Twitter @Saffy_dance

• Partick East/Kelvindale: Tricky Hat productions

  Ward 23

  Tricky Hat will be returning to their residency in Partick East and Kelvindale, where, in phase 1, they posed the questions: 

  'What does art mean to you? What art would you like to see where you live?'

  The results they filmed became a multimedia theatre piece performed at Partick Burgh Hall.