Arts Resource Management Scotland

Exploring the idea of shared storage and resource management software across the Creative Industries in Scotland.

SCULPTURE OPEN CALL

We're looking for sculptures for both indoor and outdoor locations for storage and display. Submit your work.

Team Sculpture engages young people with contemporary art through hands-on workshops and community-based projects. Collaborating with schools like Govan High and Dunbar Academy, participants explore sculpture, build skills, and gain confidence. The programme continues to grow, with an upcoming project at Barnardo’s Gap Homes.

Floating Head

Richard Groom, 1988

Floating Head is a significant artwork from the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival. Crafted by Richard Groom, this 26-tonne floating sculpture symbolises Glasgow’s industrial history. SPG’s efforts to refurbish and display the sculpture highlighted challenges in artwork commissioning, preservation, and ownership.

The Brolly

Maria Gondek, 2023

The unveiling of Maria Gondek’s The Brolly at Platform in Easterhouse was a collaborative effort, initiated in 2021/22 through a partnership between Platform, Blairtummock Housing Association, and SPG. The aim was to develop a new sculpture for exhibition alongside a permanent installation within a community setting.

SPG Club: the community for affordable and sustainable art collection.

Since SPG Club started in 2020, we’ve been growing our community of art lovers, artists and individuals keen to start their own art collections. It’s a community joined by the core purpose of SPG – to make meaningful change in the visual arts.

It’s an informative and affordable way to buy art and sculpture.

Step

Jacqueline Donachie, 2021

Informed by our Floating Head project, we wanted to challenge the art commissioning process, by testing a model that planned the future life of the artwork at a much earlier stage – ideally at the point of commissioning. STEP was the first one of these, which we called an Acquisition Partnership, between artist Jacqueline Donachie and the Glasgow arts and events venue SWG3.

Material Change

Podcast

Material Change is a series of conversations and interviews about the relationship between the visual arts and ecology. In these discussions, we talk to artists, designers, organisations and material researchers working in the context of the ecological emergency.

Circular Arts Network

CAN is a recycling and reuse tool that helps the arts combat the climate emergency. It gives you access to the materials you need for your creative projects by providing a place where materials and resources can be exchanged. CAN stands for Circular Arts Network, it’s an online platform that supports a circular economy within the arts.

The National Theatre of Scotland, National Galleries Scotland, Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh University are among 700+ users who have already benefited from CAN.