This Week in Scottish Art: 4-10 October
With the launch of several festivals and openings at Glasgow Print Studios, 103 Trongate, Common Guild, Céline and 16 Nicholson Street all through the week in Glasgow there is lots to see.
Tue 4 Oct: Black History Month at St Mungo’s
It Wisnae Us is a popup exhibition at St Mungo’s Church, running until 31 Oct as part of Glasgow’s Black History Month program. The show considers some of the city’s buildings and streets to narrate Glasgow’s history of slavery. Open 10am-5pm Tue-Thu and Sat, 11am-5pm Fri and Sun.
Wed 5 Oct: David Michie at the RSA
Why not visit The David Michie Gift and a collection of his studio works on display at the Royal Scottish Academy on the Mound in Edinburgh. Michie, who passed away last summer, was an artist, exhibitor and tutor at the RSA. On display are colourful paintings of landscapes, gardens, beach scenes and still-lifes from the artist’s travels. Open from 10 am to 5 pm, free admission.
Thu 6 Oct: Previews at Glasgow Print Studio and 103 Trongate
Marc Jennings is Glasgow Print Studio’s featured artist of the month; the show previews today from 6-8pm in the Ground Floor Gallery, and continues until 30 Oct. Come along to see some of the artist’s latest monotypes about a variety of themes, and inspired by collected images and film stills.
LOW LANDS also opens at Glasgow Print Studio from 6pm tonight. The box set of prints includes work by eight artists who have both previously worked at Glasgow Print Studio and received funding from the Bet Low Trust, which awards students or practicing artists scholarships for drawing or painting in Scotland. The title of the show references the connections between the land all eight artists work in, which have been enriched by the late painter Bet Low, a member of the Glasgow Girls and a founder of the Clyde or New Scottish Group of artists.
There are also three more shows opening tonight at Project Ability’s space at 103 Trongate from 6pm. EDIT EDIT in Gallery 1 is an exhibition of experimental films shot in Super 8mm, Americana in Gallery 2 is an homage to a love for all things Wild West, and A Moment Just Past in the T103 foyer is a collection of new works by 40 of Project Ability’s current ReConnect artists.
Fri 7 Oct: Transmission, The Common Guild
Wet Flannel On My Side, Like A Saddle On A Horse at Transmission a show by Angharad Williams, Sebastian Ymai, Orestis Lazouras and Lee Lazano with a variety of photographic, sculptural and mixed media work. The show is free and open today from 11 am to 5 pm, continuing Tue-Sat until 5 Nov.
Sharon Hayes’ In My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You previews today at the Common Guild from 6-8pm. Hayes’ work looks at the voice of the individual in political history; in this exhibition she focuses on women’s liberation, gay liberation and political groups preceding lesbian and transgender liberation by sourcing queer and feminist archives in America and Britain.
Sat 8 Oct: New shows at the Common Guild, Celine and 16 Nicholson Street
Jennifer West’s Flashlight Filmstrip Projections at Tramway continues from 12-6pm this weekend with a live performance at 3pm today. West’s show creates a unique viewing experience during which visitors are invited to flash handheld torches across the gallery activating the filmstrips filling the space. Don’t miss the chance to see Tramway’s beautiful tram depot in a whole new light. Entrance is free, all ages are welcome.
At Céline (493 Victoria Road) from 7-10pm, there's a preview of Arm’s Length Government Body, a new performance piece by Glasgow-based artist Shona Macnaughton. Macnaughton’s work considers Céline’s unique property conditions, "as a private dwelling house which can never be owned by its occupants".
Opposite Tendencies also previews today, from 6pm at 16 Nicholson Street. The exhibition, with photographs and video works by Mads Holm, Scott Caruth and Alice Myers exploring urban and personal space, celebrates the relaunch of Isabella Shields and Tina Bek’s art gallery and collective. We interviewed Bek, Shields and the three artists in this month's magazine – the show runs until 6 Nov, Fri-Sun 12-6pm, admission is free.
Today is your last chance to catch Alice Neel: The Subject and Me and Jess Johnson’s Electrc Panoptic at Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh. Admission is free, the gallery is open from 12-5pm.
Sun 9 Oct: Home and Away
National Theatre of Scotland’s Home Away festival begins this weekend, and runs till Wednesday at Tramway. For its tenth anniversary, the NTS hosts its first participatory festival with ten new theatre performances by current leading international artists and non-professional participants from ten communities both Home and Away. Today the Yuva Ekta Foundation presents Bargad Ki Chhaon Mein (in the Shade of the Banyan Tree) at 7pm, and the National Theatre of Scotland present The Adam World Choir at 8:30 pm. Check out the full programme here, tickets via Tramway, £9 or £6 concession.
Mon 10 Oct: SMHAFF at the CCA
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival starts today at CCA. Book a free ticket here for screenings of J.B. Holmes’ The Centre (1947) and Jini Rawlings’ A Pool of Information: The Search for Positive Health (1993) at 2 pm followed by a discussion. Both films document the effect and legacy of the The Peckham Experiment, which began in the 1930s when two doctors sought to find out whether families would start leading fuller lives when provided with the right environment.
Catch SUPER AWESOME WORLD: A WORK IN PROGRESS, an interactive performance written and performed by Amy Conway and directed by Rob Jones, at 6pm. The piece uses videogaming to explore "what depression is like and what it’s like to fight it". Open to all ages, tickets cost £5, book here.