A new mixed media exhibition is showcasing artwork created by young people in Glasgow.
Stories from Glasgow, which is on display until February 25 at South Block Gallery, celebrates the city’s “diverse and too often overlooked narratives” and brings together collage, screen print, photography, sound, poetry and graffiti.
The mediums were chosen for their accessibility and roots in community expression, and the exhibition was developed through a series of workshops delivered across Calton, Govan and Govanhill between August and September last year as part of Glasgow’s 850 celebrations.
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Deni Smith, arts and culture development worker at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, was the project manager and arranged all the workshops which took place.
She said: “The workshops covered a range of different activities and methods of making art that were chosen because they were accessible for a one-off session.
“We had screen printing, graffiti, collage photography and soundscaping where everyone used their own devices to record various sounds of Glasgow in their local area.
“It was really great.”
Calton, Govan and Govanhill are three of the city’s booster wards.
The wards are ten specific areas of the city that have been identified as experiencing the highest levels of child poverty and are the focus of targeted, preventative interventions led by the Glasgow Child Poverty Programme.
The wards each carry their own histories of resilience, transformation, and tension, with the artworks emerging directly from those contexts.
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Participants worked closely with Glasgow-based artists and practitioners, with workshops facilitated by Alice Dansey-Wright, Eoin Carey, Ross B-Side, Print Clan CIC, and The Sound Lab.
The workshops were promoted to the local community and care-experienced young people and there were around 22 participants in total.
Deni said: “We had young people from all different backgrounds and quite a wide age range, as well as some young people who have lived experience of care.
“Others found out through their high schools and actually travelled quite a distance to be in the local area and it was nice to have such a variety.”
Deni says the exhibition “looks great” and says anyone who thinks community art is “not all too valuable” will have their minds changed by the exhibition.
She said: “There’s a wide variety of artworks on display and it’s a really professional exhibition.
“We’ve been working alongside Leo Hajduki and Amy Milner, who have been the curator and producer for the project.
“We’ve also got a professional technician in to make sure that everything is spaced to the nth degree.
“There’s so much that’s gone into it.
“Community art is often pushed to the side and thought of as not all too valuable, but I think people who might come and attend this exhibition will have their minds changed.
“I’m really proud of all the young people.”
Stories from Glasgow will be at South Block Gallery, 60-64 Osborne Street, until Wednesday, February 25.
You can find out more at www.storiesfromglasgow.co.uk
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