ARMS is a company which includes representatives from across the creative industries, with a collective goal to create new ways for the cultural sector in Scotland to share resources, materials and equipment.
CAN is a platform dedicated to fostering sustainability and creative exchange within the arts. It connects artists, makers, and organizations to share resources, skills, and materials, supporting a circular economy in the creative sector.
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, and organisations like Barnardo’s Gap Homes and Amina.
Originally created by Richard Groom for the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, Floating Head is a 26-tonne sculpture reflecting Glasgow’s industrial past. Sculpture Placement Group’s work to refurbish and redisplay the piece reveals the complex realities of commissioning, ownership, and preservation in public art.
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.
Informed by our experience with Floating Head, STEP tested a new commissioning model—an Acquisition Partnership—designed to consider an artwork’s long-term future from the outset. This pilot involved artist Jacqueline Donachie and Glasgow venue SWG3.
A series of conversations exploring the intersection of visual art and ecology. Through interviews with artists, designers, organisations and researchers, Material Change reflects on creative practice in the context of the ecological emergency.
SPG Loan places sculptural works into public and non-traditional spaces, offering long-term loans to organisations, community groups, and educational settings. The programme supports the visibility of contemporary sculpture while rethinking models of access, display, and care.
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SPG Club brings together a community of artists, collectors and supporters through small-scale commissioned works made for domestic spaces. Focused on affordability and sustainability, the works often use experimental or waste materials—like sheep fleece or milk ceramics—and are shared alongside interviews, studio visits, and behind-the-scenes insight.
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