Greer Pester Arts, Glasgow (2026)

29/12/2025

A Wrap on some of the gorgeous fruits of socially engaged creative and community labour this year.

It's a great privilege and pleasure to engage with so many humans and learn and explore so many aspects of the world and society through my working practice as a visual and social artist. Of course it can also be incredibly challenging and exhausting in other ways.But I am feeling gratitude for the creative tools and ways of thinking ,seeing and feeling I have at my disposal to sensitively and playfully process them.

I'm enjoying a well earned break as we turn into the new year. I'm excited to start some new projects with The Children's Parliament in Easterhouse Glasgow and deliver a special ecotones Niki De Saint Phalle -animal and fears -children's wearable sculptures- inspired session at Hauser and Wirth in Somerset as part of Children's Mental Health week in January 2026.

It's difficult to condense my multifaceted practice and life but I want to say thanks to all who've welcomed me into their community folds ,collaborated ,made and contributed with their brilliant big minds ,Hearts and hands.It's been a big year of activity 🍀

Hallelujah for peachy human connections

And mighty blessings for 2026 ✴️

12/12/2025

For the past three weeks I've had a magical time immersing myself into the majestic landscape of the isle of cumbrae as part of my project Bodies of Land ,taking part in a community practice residency hosted . it's been a rich few weeks meeting the generous community, making work ,exploring the built and naturally formed landscape and marvelling at the in-between spaces.My dear pal came out to document,film and muse on the themes, she took these stills of me by Native American rock after a boggy walk across that left us giddy.
This rock was painted by Fern Andy a local hermit and has continued to be marked and repainted not unlike the famous crocodile rock in the main town of Millport from decades before. I was initially drawn to the language between dwellers and the characters and meaning placed on the geological formations on the island in my proposal. Me and the rock had matching eyeliner and my green jacket popped in the hues of autumn. I've absorbed a depth of knowledge and practice that I'm percolating with and excited to reflect on.A delicious way to end the year.

aslandcape

[ID: 3 X photographs of a woman with long brown hair and a light green jacket and pale lilac woolly hat in a green grassy landscape with a rock formation in the background painted like a face with white teeth,a painted black white and red face outline, 1 is closer with more detail and the other two show a wider and more in depth context of landscape]

06/12/2025

Invitation and Details for the final making session on Milport next Wednesday 12-3pm in the Garrison

A closing of a three week residency as part of staying

Tactile Map Making , made and destroyed, reflecting on the residue and impressions of my project Bodies of Land which explores place , community and ecology as artistic practice , working with different local social groups and sourcing inspiring materials from the landscape ,built ,wild and watery to feed into my own artistic practice and socially engaged workshops.

Join us for some informal making and discussions and material exploration around this special experience,lunch and materials provided 🪨🥣

With big thanks to

27/05/2025

This weekend we have our creative connections showcase which is a culmination of the second year of work making and collaborating with an Edinburgh based primary school and .The children have spent time in the gallery ,studio and in their own class rooms making works inspired by the eclectic programme of artist exhibitions over the year including Ibrahim Mahama, Holly Davey ,Barry Le Va and Portia Zvavahera.

Some of these works will be shared this weekend in the Upper Gallery at the Fruitmarket and we're very excited to share what we've made.

An absolute honour working alongside a stellar bill of artists ,facilitators and pals🌻 ,who are endless fountains of tender and loyal support and artistic inspiration ,top women 💓 .brookes

Also shout out to the coordinating and nurturing masters for the project , .kin ✨ +Calum for pulling it all together and making sure everyone is alright in the process.

Come take a peek ,these kids have got gorgeous vision and skills !

Project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation ⛵

[ID: a colourful poster with the image of a child's hand moving a tiny wooden ladder in amongst various colourful trinkets and a string of silver beads on the floor as part of a floor installation.The colourful text creative connections is written at the top with a list of primary schools and details of the exhibition in a yellow graphic square to the right]

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