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Yardworks Festival 2023 is now on sale, and we cannot wait for another incredible weekend of colour, creativity, collaboration, skating, painting, workshops, street food, bars, music and everything that happens in between. The concrete playground that is the Galvanizers Yard will once again be transformed into a vibrant, riotous open-air art gallery as some of the biggest urban artists from across the globe, as well as the local talent bursting out of our city, will pile in to create murals in real-time. As always, families (and dogs) are very welcome, and there’ll be tons on to occupy all ages, from Mia McGregor’s interactive Cubes to painting workshops, face-painting, baby-and-toddler-disco Mini Manoeuvres and a half-pipe. This year we have something extra special lined up, as we’ll be officially launching the Yardworks Studio. On Saturday 6 and Sunday 7, you’ll get a chance to have a swatch at the UK’s first dedicated studio for urban art — a purpose-built hub that will provide a home for hundreds of artists, youth organisations and community projects to create work in. With an artist list so far including the likes of Jay Kaes, .EPOD, Morf, Aches and KMG, keep your eyes peeled for many more announcements coming over the next two months. This year’s artists so far (A-Z): ACHES, AROE, Box Vincent, Danny Rumbl, Drik The Villain, Easi, EKTO, .EPOD, Etnik, INSANE51, Jay Kaes, KMG, Mak One, Marcamix031, Molly Hankinson, Morf, Philaico Mei, POSEA, Rask, SAIR MAX, Saturno, SledOne, Smug, Ster, TONES, VOID ONE, VOYDER, WOSKERSKI /////////// Find out more: bit.ly/Yardworks2023 /////////// Book tickets: bit.ly/Yardworks2023Tickets

Last year’s miniature edition of the Yardworks Festival: huge hit with the kids. As well as providing you with a day out that is going to entertain you and them (and comes with a bar), as usual we have tons lined up specifically for babies and older children, namely: - Mini Manoeuvres: a baby-toddler-adult disco in the Warehouse (with outdoor seating, food and drink on hand) - The Cube project: Europe’s largest participatory art project, where children make their own designs - Sawdust sandcastles: self-explanatory - Ice cream van: self-explanatory Please bear in mind you’ll need a separate ticket for Mini Manouevres, which includes entry to Yardworks too — and Sunday has now sold out. See their page for more. Also, we’re aware they are different to children, but dogs are also very welcome. Yardworks Festival | 18-19 June | bit.ly/YardworksTickets

Obviously Yardworks is all about the street art, but you’ll also need to be fed and watered, so here’s what we have in terms of street food: Gourmet woodfired pizzas from Nomad Wood Fired Pizza Nachos, burgers and more from The Fat Flamingo Thai-Weegie street food from Padtaye Next level mac and cheese from Mac Man Plus, the obligatory ice cream van Fully stocked bars from us, and a new outdoor terrace area so you can get a family-friendly, dog-friendly seat in the sun. Yardworks Festival | 18-19 June | bit.ly/Yardworks2022

What a MASSIVE RELIEF that Art Car Boot Sale is back. It's always been one of our favourite weekends of the summer and it feels very good to be hosting again. The list of artists is looking very nice indeed, and this is just for starters. Keep an eye on their Insta — @ artcarbootsale_glasgow — for others. If you’ve not been before, it’s a huge contemporary art market with artists selling their work from car boots, vans, bikes, skateboards… It’ll run Sat 25 and Sun 26 June, and we recommend booking in advance. Just in case. Exhibiting artists include: Marietta Mavrokordatou (London), Beth Shapeero, Aga Paulina Mlynczak (16 Nicholson St), Ilana Halperin, Daisy Richardson, Toby Paterson, Claire Barclay, Kate V Robertson, Natsumi Sakamoto (16 Nicholson St), Fraser Taylor, Calum Craik, Kate Owens, Reka Ferenc, Laura Aldridge, Sam Ainsley, Rachel Duckhouse, Lotte Gertz, Leontios Toumpouris, Rachel Duckhouse, Luke Fowler Exhibiting organisations include: Patricia Fleming Gallery, SWG3, Sculpture Placement Group, Fruitmarket Editions (Edinburgh), Jim Lambie, Gabecare Tessa Lynch and Rachel Adams, Bibliotheek Books Saturday tickets: https://bit.ly/ArtCarBootSaleSat Sunday tickets: https://bit.ly/ArtCarBootSaleSun Patricia Fleming Gallery

Peter Manning - aka Prefab77 - tells us about his life and his (stunning) work. We're launching right now in our Yard Life Gallery - swing by before 9pm for drinks/chat/art, or visit across the next month. It will be well worth the trip. Yardworks #glasgowstreetart #streetartglasgow #glasgowwestend

Yardworks x G.R.I.D: Get Into Graffiti workshop
Last week we held some free street art and graffiti workshops for young people as part of our Yardworks x G.R.I.D. programme. We're now looking for young people living in the G3, G11 and G51 postcodes who are interested in learning more about street art to come to our next drop-in workshop on Saturday 16 April from 12-4pm. No experience necessary, and all materials are provided - all you need to do is turn up. It's totally free, but please register in advance here: https://bit.ly/GetIntoGraffitiworkshop

We’re very, very happy that, thanks to funding from Inspiring Scotland and Awards for All, we’ll be able to continue our work in Govan for another 12 months. Our Yardworks artists have been working with children and young people in Govan on developing street art skills - which goes hand in hand with increasing confidence and forming relationships. We’ve delivered more than 55 hours of creative workshops in the community and engaged over 150 people in creative events, workshops and talks. Thanks to this reinvestment, we’ll be able to carry on. So, watch this space for some pretty exciting mural installations coming to Govan… and watch the video to see how we celebrated the end of the project, with a very special mini-edition of the Yardworks festival. We’d like to deeply thank all of the brilliant partners, artists and participants who made all of this possible - here’s to more good stuff coming soon. Govan Housing Association Elderpark Housing Association

Southsiders: there is a new mural at Shawlands Shopping Centre created by some of our Yardworks street artists and a group of impressively creative, quick-learning and wide-hearted young people from Shawlands Academy, celebrating diversity in their local community. Children are the future and all that, eh? Hearts = spent. Totally brilliant project. If you're walking past let us (and them) know what you think.

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Yardworks 2019 Aftermovie