You can see more photographs of the day here, or go here to see the artists talks from Sunday’s event. Keep reading to find out what the weekend was all about and who joined us.

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WHAT? Day One…events round and about Glasgow, bus ride, special tours, private talks and a soundtrack launch / screening Full listings below.
Day two…tell us who you are, meet other members, have a drink or two on us, go to the pub. Bring a friend. Full listings below.
WHEN? Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of November 2009
WHERE? Glasgow

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We’re taking the online community into the the real world, giving members an opportunity to meet us and each other over the course of two days.

Join us on our bus on Saturday 14th for a tour of some of Glasgow’s lesser and better known creative spaces. Bring yourself and bring a friend. See inside studios, galleries and facilities, meet the people who run them, listen to the people who work and exhibit at them. Then come along to a soundtrack launch and screening at the Panoptican in the evening, all for a feature film that hasn’t been made yet…

On Sunday afternoon we’re having a few glasses of wine at Sloans and listening to a selection of our members talk about what it is they do. After that we all get to join in. Chat around some of the topics that interest you, get your teeth into the issues, delights and problems facing creative people. All topped off with an evening of music, dominos and great beer at the State.

Saturday 14th
>11.30am…have a cuppa & meet the team at Mono
>12pm…Workshop tour: Sarah Raffel shows us around her jewellery workshop and store at Brazen
> 1pm…Artist talk: Colin Gray introduces In Sickness and In Health at Street Level
> 2.30pm…Designer talks:  John Galvin & Joachim King introduce us to their furniture currently exhibiting at Che Camille
> 2.30pm…Artist talk: Michael Thomas Jones introduces Modernista at The Lighthouse
>2.30pm…Exhibition: come with us to see Torsten Lauschmann’s exhibition at Mary Mary
>3.30pm…Artist talk: Afternoon tea & a chat with Erin McGrath about the new exhibition at the GFT’s Cafe Cosmo
>3.30pm…Artist talk: Artist in residence Edwin Pickstone gives a tour of the Glasgow School of Art’s letterpress facility
>3.30pm…Exhibition: PASSING PLACES: Landscapes of Glasgow and Western Scotland by Dan Williams
> 5pm…Gallery tour: Fun Makes Good give us a preview of their upcoming exhibition at Welcome Home
> 5pm…Artist Talk: Jennifer Nicolson talks to us about her exhibition at The Tiny Gallery at Maisonette
> 5.45pm…Meet the Artist: Ciara Phillips introduces her exhibition at Washington Garcia
>5.45…Exhibition: last chance to see Warehouse of Horrors exhibition at +44 141 Gallery
>5.45pm…Studio Tour: Exclusive tour of UK’s only Dolby Premier Mix Theatre at Savalas
> 7pm…Screening & album launch: Dummy Jim, The One Ensemble & Sarah Kenchington at the Panoptican
> AND…you can add your own event to the map. No matter where you are. We’re curating a mini cultural olympiad. Find out more here or see what’s already on the map here.

Sunday 15th
>12pm…Common of Houses Exhibition at George Square
>12.30pm…Scottish Digital Shorts Launch 2010 at GFT
>2pm…This Is… and Who Are You? at Sloans
> 5pm…GSA Mutual present Sunday School at The State

Images by Patrick MacDonald & Suzy Glass

Made in the Shade

My High Frequency Photo by Garry Maclennan   

Neck peice by Jennifer Fraser at Fantoosherie.co.uk  (One of the favorite things of my tour) Earings by Lemonart!

Made in the Shade…Wow! Really beautiful things, not contemporary art but things to look amazing when you attend the events.

Dazed Dorothy

I don’t have he link for this, but please contact me so i can include it! they do commision portrait finger puppets..I think one for Phil Kay is in order. I love them!

jollyjoyness

full scottish breakfast pin, yeah!

 Jennifer Lemon

Beautiful and quite different jewelery;wearable art architectual and hand sewn, Check it out!

HALLelujah curated by Janie Nicoll

 A rare opportunity where Janie Nicoll has put together an intimate and rich exhibition, she invites you into her home for a rather rich experience. The exhibition is beautiful and quiet and I hope I get another chance to go by and have a second look. Thanks Janie.

Left Alex Hetherington

I had a chance to attend the Print studio opening Overlap by Claire Barclay.

The work was a combination of print sculpture and drawing. I am a big fan of Barclay so I guess when I say the exhibition is fantastic I speak for my own eccentric taste. It’s worth going back for a more private and intimate experience with out loads of people swigging Cava.

Vocal Sans by Ciara Phillips and Jane Topping.  Material and bold color make this exhibition something to navigate through and consider your own relationship to the scenarios and installation before you. Not an easy exhibition, so take some time with it.

The Illogic of Repeat by Fiona Jardine and Katy West at GOODD 11 James Morrison St. This is off the well-beaten path of King st but not far. The space itself is a treat to venture through that sets you up for the exhibition at GOODD. Crossing the boundaries of many artistic formats, it’s an exhibition that suggests living in something rather than standing off and postulating. Craft, design and fine art are all elements of this exhibit. I liked it a lot! www.good-d.com

Forest Fringe at the Arches When I arrived it was slightly after 19:00 and people were already engaged in one on one music performance, unspoken word consumption, what could only be described as a debate, hair sculpture, story telling through clothes swapping, message sending… an alternative happening. I spent 40 minutes attending a performance by Deborah Pearson Like you were before

Using video and live performance she took us on a trip back into her past but articulated a something about us all, moments lost, people we were and how we sometimes forget the transition from young adult into full fledge … Adult

Introduced as a work in progress, I enjoyed the subtle and difficult thing she was taking on. Maybe slightly long but it made my friend sitting next to me, laugh and cry…I think that qualifies as success.

Thanks to the performers and all that contributed to the forest fringe…it was a great way to spend the evening.

18/4 there is so much on…I am on a Spin Tour today starting at GOMA ending at the print studio. Last Festival I loved the Spin tours and I already highly recommend them. Opening at the David Dale gallery and the kick off to Atypical Root 5:00-8:00 and then of to Stereo Social Landscape 4:00 to Midnight.