Overview

Celebrating 35 Years of Photography, Participation + Production

Street Level Photoworks provides inspiring encounters in photography for all; a gallery that is embedded locally and connected internationally; a creative setting to make, engage with, and buy photography in Glasgow.

Visiting
The gallery is free to visit and open Tuesday - Sunday 12 till 5 pm

Facility opening times here

You can download our complete accessibility guide here

Please check the Whats On section of our website or call reception when planing your visit, to ensure we are not in-between exhibitions (this happens for a few days every couple of months.) Opening times in offsite venues vary, please check relevant details.

About Us
Founded in 1989 by Glasgow Photography Group, a collective of photographers passionate about the medium, Street Level's core aim has remained consistent in providing people with a range of opportunities to engage with photography, as artists, participants, audiences, and sector partners. We are a gallery and an open access photographic production facility, committed to quality and equality across all our activity. We provide a high quality artistic programme in the city of Glasgow that is challenging and accessible, local and international, diverse and highly individual.

Our programme’s reach is also extended through a growing partnership network of local, regional and national venues that we provide exhibitions for. We also devise and deliver education and outreach projects, which forge paths for lifelong learning and increase access to the arts for all who want to participate.

We have a retail area selling photographic magazines, self-published zines and books, alongside limited edition quality prints by artists both local and international. Visit our online shop for a selection of the work; a larger selection is available in-house.

Staff
Malcolm Dickson - Director
Malcolm is a curator, writer and cultural producer with considerable experience of supporting artists and building strong local, national and international relationships. As Director he co-ordinates a year-round programme of exhibitions, participatory events, partnerships and exchanges focussed on amplifying the position for Scottish Photography and lens based artists, as well as the strategic direction of the organisation. Significant articles including ‘The Artist as Explorer | Madelon Hooykaas’ (Jap Sam Books, Amsterdam, 2023) and EWVA: European Women's Video Art in the 70s and 80s (2019), REWIND| British Artists’ Video in the 1970s & 1980s (2012) as well as a chapter exploring the formative period of artists-run initiatives in Glasgow in the 1980s, which is included in the book ‘This will not happen without you’. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow with Dundee University, the focus of which is Counter-Histories and giving a voice to marginal voices, especially in relation to Scottish practice.

Iseult Timmermans - Education and Development Coordinator
Iseult has worked for Street Level for over 25 years, developing it’s award-winning engagement programme and supporting members at all stages of their photography career, through our open access facilities. She is driven by a passion for collaborative practice, exploring techniques and ideas with others across a variety of contexts, running long term engagement programmes with a wide range of people; at-risk individuals and those facing barriers to inclusion. She has been active in expanding what a gallery can be, what photography can be, who participates in the creative process and art’s role in and across communities. Sharing skills and ensuring access to the tools of participation and production are at the heart of her role at Street Level. She has a particular interest in early, analogue and alternative processes, which she also teaches for SLP. wwww.timmermans.co.uk

Tiu Makkonen - Facility Assistant
Tiu can generally be found somewhere in the depths of the SLP production facilities Her role at SLP is to look after the day-to-day running of the facilities, equipment, the various needs of our over 100 members and delivering courses to the public to expand our membership. Tiu also handles the photographic documentation of SLP’s main exhibitions and events, as well as conducting gallery tours for visiting groups in rotation with other staff. As a professional freelance and fine art photographer, Tiu works in the fields of portraiture and event photography. Her focus is on themes of LGBTI+ identity, environmentalism, human rights and collaborating with other artists. These topics often dovetail into her work at SLP, where she facilitates workshops for community groups, often for participants from marginalised demographics Her most recent project, ‘Portraits of an LGBTI+ Generation’ which highlights the lived experiences of the older LGBTI+ community in Scotland, has recently been shown in GOMA, Scottish Parliament, and is currently touring in Scottish hospital venues such as Western General and St Johns in Edinburgh.

Donna Maria Kelly - Gallery Assistant
Natalie Dawson - Gallery Assistant & Communications
Louise Murphy - Finance Coordinator (Maternity Leave)
BIll Breckenridge - Installation Technician (Freelance)
Lachlan Young - Image Services (Freelance)
Linda Dale - Cleaner
Natalia Palombo - Freelance Producer
Haneen Hadiy - Freelance

Getting here:
Street Level is based in Trongate 103 which is situated on Trongate in Glasgow's Merchant City area. If you are travelling to Glasgow, you can easily access Trongate 103 by public transport.
By Train: The nearest mainline stations are Queen Street and Central Station. please call 08457 48 49 50 for timetable details. The nearest local train stations are Argyle Street and High Street.
By Subway: St.Enoch is the closest subway station to Trongate 103.
By Bus: Trongate 103 is easily accessible by bus. For full bus, train and subway information, please call Traveline Scotland on 0871 200 22 23 or visit www.travelinescotland.com.
Parking: There are car parks situated on Albion St, King St and Glassford St which are all just a few minutes walk from Trongate 103.

Exhibition Policy
For full details on our exhibition policy including submissions of exhibition proposals see: Exhibition Policy.

Touring Exhibitions
To view our available touring exhibitions please click here.

Environmental and Sustainability Policy
In the delivery of our mission we place environmental sustainability and a green agenda at the core of our operational planning and service delivery. You can view our Environmental and Sustainability Policy here. Street Level has worked for many years on reducing our carbon footprint and making changes to reduce our environmental impact. We are a member of the Green Arts Initiative, Creative Carbon and we have signed up to Creative Carbon Scotland's Green Arts Pledge.

Equality and Diversity Strategy
Street Level Photoworks is an organisation that celebrates diversity, embraces inclusivity, and values the unique contributions of every individual. This is based upon the following principles:
Equality: Ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or those vulnerable or facing social disadvantage on economic or class grounds.
Inclusivity: Foster an environment where everyone feels welcome, valued, and supported, regardless of differences.
Respect: Promote a culture of mutual respect, understanding, and appreciation for the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of individuals.
Fairness: Ensure fairness in all policies, practices, and decision-making processes to prevent discrimination and bias.

Street Level supports the principles and implementation of Fair Work and is an Accredited Living Wage Employer. This embraces the rights of all employees to an effective voice within the workplace.

Networks and Partnerships
We are members of Scotland's Workshops, a unique network of ten visual arts production centres across Scotland, giving world class access to facilities for making and learning through photography.

Street Level runs the digital platform Photography Networks in Scotland which provides information on photography exhibitions and events across Scotland, providing a bigger picture of the sector for audiences and participants, near and far. We are also active members of Photography Scotland, a loose association of the exhibiting and collecting agencies around photography.

Other ongoing partnerships include: Screen Machine; Impressions Gallery (Bradford); Belfast Exposed; Ffotogallery (Cardiff); Artlink (Donegal, Ireland); Photo North (Oulu, Finland); Photoworks (Brighton); Gaia Foundation (We Feed the UK). We work with various estates and archives, including the Maud Sulter Estate; Oscar Marzaroli Collection; and the Harry Papadopoulos Collection, which is held at Street Level.

E: reception@streetlevelphotoworks.org
T: 0141 552 2151

Board Members

Zandra Yeaman is Head of Strategy, Development and Implementation at the Hunterian/Glasgow University, the purpose of which include embedding the practices developed whilst being Curator of Discomfort, which she commenced whilst on secondment from The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER). She brings many years of professional experience working in the social justice and equality field, promoting diversity and inclusion. Zandra has experience leading on initiatives such as Black History Month and the Empire Museum Campaign and providing support for the Glasgow Voluntary Sector Race Equality Network.

For the past 10 years she has worked with the museum sector in Scotland, collaborating with Glasgow Life, the National Museum of Scotland, Paisley Museum and the David Livingstone Centre and has assisted the Scottish arts and heritage sector, helping to question their working practices, involve new audiences and ensure that equality and diversity issues are at the heart of all they do. Internationally, Zandra has collaborated with The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on Trans-Atlantic projects.

Robert Henderson has pursuits in organisational and leadership coaching as well as in Fine Art Photography and says ‘I am a big picture and I think a big heart person’.In addition, having fairly recently graduated from Edinburgh College of Art, he has direct experience of something of the world of practicing art photographers. He participated in Futureproof 2016, participated in New Photographers Guild 2017, undertook an exchange residency in Berlin at Ostrkreuz Association in 2018, the outcomes of which were exhibited in 2019.

‘I have personally benefited greatly from the Street Level Photoworks' ecosystem as well as from its support and mentoring. I would seek to give back and if possible add to the range and scope of Street Level Photoworks value on the local and international levels.’

Arabella Harvey is an Arts Consultant / Curator based in the south east of Scotland. With an academic background in painting, art history and art theory, and Arabella has a particular focus on cultural management and arts engagement in rural areas. She was recently a Curator for Timespan’s Museum of the North redevelopment initiative, and Curator/Developer at NHS Lothian where she is writing an holistic Arts Strategy for a new Community Hospital servicing East Lothian.

She was previously Director of the Peter Potter Gallery in Haddington where she developed and delivered exhibition and engagement programmes that interrogated the interplay between contemporary art and cultural heritage. Prior to this she was Development Of cer for Crossing Borders and Visual Arts & Media Development Of cer for the region of East Ayrshire.

Arabella also sits on the Board of the Scottish Contemporary Art Network. She recently sat on the Visual Arts Review Panel at Creative Scotland and previously worked as a Specialist Advisor to the Scottish Arts Council.

Morag Ramsay is a French, Spanish and TEFL translator, teacher and lecturer with over 30 years experience in international events organisation and education. Also keen photographer, presenter at Radio Buena Vida in Govanhill and community arts volunteer.

Claire Stewart comes from a fine art background, having studied painting at Glasgow School of Art. Following time away from creative practice she discovered her passions for photography and education and have worked for over twelve years as a lecturer of Art and Photography. She is now a full-time lecturer in Photography at City of Glasgow College.

'I feel Street Level is a vital hub to explore and discover new photography in Scotland and many of our former students have benefitted and continue to benefit from the immense support and advice offered by the gallery. Street Level also generously supports the New Photographers Guild, of which I am co-founder alongside photographers Elaine Livingstone and James Pfaff. The NPG is a voluntary mentoring program for recent graduates which seeks to support them in the difficult transition from full time education to the working world.

I am delighted to be on the board and be able to contribute to the future of the gallery and to promote the exciting and diverse range of activities which go on here.'

Arpita Shah - 'Street Level Photoworks has played a key role in establishing my career as a professional photographic artist. The support, opportunities and diverse range of exhibitions Street Level offers has created an extremely positive, nurturing and encouraging environment for the photography scene in Scotland, one that I am so grateful to be part of, and one that I feel incredibly passionate about contributing to and promoting across the UK and beyond. As a photographic artist whose work and research centres on representation and diversity, I offer a unique perspective as a board member, particularly in matters related to equalities, ethics and arts access.

I have exhibited across UK and internationally, so have a growing network of arts organisations and arts professionals that I meet on a day-to-day basis. I am keen to utilise my network in fostering new and exciting conversations that promote Street Level and create new opportunities for potential collaborations.

I am also co-director of Fòcas Scotland a photography initiative CIC set up in 2015 with writer Dr. Katherine Parhar. In 2018 our first project Fòcas: Document received funding from Creative Scotland and British Council Scotland and we exhibited the work of twenty artists based in India and Scotland across 15 venues in both countries; and Body of Land which facilitated and commissioned two female artists, Sekai Machache (Scotland) and Awour Onyango (Kenya) to take part in two residencies across Nairobi and Glasgow and create new work which is being premiered in Scotland during Glasgow International in 2021.'

Vikki Henderson - 'I am a commercial property solicitor with 10 years’ experience, working for a variety of different organisations including charities, pension funds, investors and owner operators and am keen to use the skills I utilise in my daily work in assisting and promoting Street Level. I have an interest in arts and culture outside of the office, although I tend to leave the bulk of the photography in our household to my husband, who is a keen photographer! I am also a volunteer with Gig Buddies Scotland and have been since 2017. Gig Buddies is a befriending project for people aged 16+ with a learning difficulty and aims to link music fans who have a learning disability with a volunteer who shares a common interest.'

Glasgow Photography Group Ltd (known as Street Level Photoworks) is a Scottish Charity SCO 16470, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). Company Registered in Scotland No 113667.

In 2014, the facilities, retail and web developments were supported with investment from The Enterprise Ready Fund, Creative Scotland and The Foyle Foundation.

2024 marks 35 years of Photography, Participation + Production. Support us by making a donation here.

Street Level Photoworks

Overview

Board Members