2025-2026

Strange Studio is currently running drop-in sessions that provide a welcoming environment for people of all ages to explore art, culture, and heritage through artist led workshops and self-directed practice. These sessions encourage curiosity, experimentation, and connection, ensuring that making, learning, and creating are accessible to all. They are also your chance to check out the studio, ask questions, and share your input on the community space, helping shape its future!

The main facility will be reopening in April 2026 at The Pipe Factory. Strange Studio will continue outreach in the G31 and G40 communities through partnerships with local organisations and further education colleges, particularly aiming to amplify the voices of residents in Calton and Dalmarnock.

The program uses creative workshops, co-production, peer-led projects, and open learning to build participants' confidence and develop creative and critical skills. Its mission is to engage marginalised communities, enhancing career prospects and broadening opportunities through sustainable, long-term projects, including the possibility of formal recognition for participants’ work.

It collaborates with contemporary Glasgow-based artists, museums, galleries, studios, and other key cultural institutions. Developed with schools, educators, and local organisations, the program establishes strong, long-term relationships for ongoing support beyond individual mentorships. Strange Studio fosters self-esteem, confidence, and positive mental health by creating a supportive space where participants are listened to.

Strange Studio will operate as a permanent facility at The Pipe Factory, facilitated by practising artists and supported by local students. Participating students will also transition into facilitation roles over time.

It also serves as an umbrella for specialised programs like Strange Exchange and the Artist-in-Residence/Murmuration initiatives.