Arts

Creative studios, galleries, a year-round arts programme and walls drenched with colour: SWG3 is a thriving hub for Glasgow’s vibrant arts and culture scene. Our year-round calendar of events spans everything from design festivals and art fairs to exhibitions and workshops.

Amanda Seibæk exhibition

23 Mar - 28 Apr '23

An exploration into relationships across hemispheres through colour

Danish printmaker and artist Amanda Seibæk brings her Hemispheres exhibition to the Acid Bar on Thursday 23 March. The exhibition, which explores the relationship between a whole, and its parts by focusing in on specific themes, will run until Friday 28 April. 

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Yardworks Festival 2023

05 May - 07 May '23

A celebration of urban art and graffiti

Yardworks Festival returns to transform the Galvanizers Yard and beyond into a riotous celebration of colour, creativity and collaboration from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 May 2023. This year is extra special, as it also marks the official launch of Yardworks Studio, an innovative purpose-built space that will provide a home for hundreds of artists, youth and community organisations to create work in. 

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SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: NATURE'S SONGWRITER

16 May - 16 May '23

A celebration of one of Scotland's most interesting composers.

The internationally-renowned string orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, will come together in SWG3 Galvanizers to celebrate and explore the music of Erland Cooper, in a set curated by Artistic Director, Jonathan Morton.

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Art Car Boot Sale

24 Jun - 25 Jun '23

Scotland's largest contemporary art market

Brought to you by Patricia Fleming Gallery and SWG3, this exciting showcase of contemporary art brings together over 70 renowned artists from across Scotland and beyond, giving you the unique opportunity to meet artists in person as they sell their artwork from the boots of cars, vans, bikes — and the odd skateboard.

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SWG3 ARTS PROGRAMME

Commissioned in partnership with the venue’s charity, Clydeside Initiative for Arts (CIA), the vast majority of our year-round arts programme is a feast of visual art and community events, with an emphasis on contemporary artists and international commissions.

 

URBAN ART

Founded in 2004, Yardworks has grown from a burning desire to champion the often stigmatised practice of street arts and graffiti to a globally-respected, ever-expanding creative programme, connecting and supporting people and ideas from across the Clyde, to across the globe.

 

STUDIOS

From individual artist studios to an open plan design studio, fully-equipped photography studio and more, our studio spaces are a hotbed of creativity, home to a diverse community of local creatives from designers to motion graphics experts to copywriters.

 

PROJECTS

Community consultation workshops to help plan our new garden. A vibrant street arts district stretching across Yorkhill, Partick and Govan, for everyone to be inspired by. A revolving billboard space for artists to make their mark... Explore the creative projects we’re currently working on.