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MEET THE SPEAKER: JAMIE LAPSLEY

Production Designer Jamie Lapsley has designed the heart-pounding Golden Globe & Emmy-lauded series BODYGUARD for Netflix/BBC and also recently designed the cat-and-mouse thriller WE HUNT TOGETHER for SHOWTIME.

Working between Scotland, London and Europe she’s designed across all genres and budgets, winning accolades for her work alongside being a key collaborator on many award winning features and drama.

Ahead of our event we asked Jamie to share a few thoughts.

CM Glasgow: Perspective is our theme for March. What comes to mind when you think about Perspective?

Jamie Lapsley: There’s an amazing Art Directors Guild quarterly journal called ‘Perspective' which features breakdowns and folio’s from all the current films/shows released and it’s amazingly inspiring to see the details of other designers work.

CM: What are you motivated by? What’s your motivation? Who inspires you?

JL: I love being part of a storytelling machine - the discovery that I get to use design and colour, form, texture to illuminate characters and stories for my collaborators and the audience.

CM: What’s a typical day like for you?

JL: When in production it’s sketching out any ideas for my team, thinking about the what and how of any story element, finding time to do this thinking, and desperately trying to get all the ideas out of my head into other peoples hands who can run with them.  Then home to my partner and our delightfully needy cat and trying to decompress before racing back into the maelstrom the next day

CM: Tunnocks Tea Cakes or Caramel Wafers?

JL: Love a tea cake but (I know it’s an awful thing to say) they’re too sweet. Caramel wafer for the win

CM: Lastly, if you could describe Glasgow in one word, what would it be?

JL: Home ------------ And there you have it <3 To join us Friday, March 29th at 9am at BAM, get your ticket at https://creativemornings.com/talks/jamie-lapsley-on-perspective

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MEET OUR FEB SPEAKER, EUAN ANDERSON!

We're pleased this month to welcome Glasgow photographer Euan Anderson to the stage! Many from the CM Glasgow community will recognise Euan from his work, as well as his time on our volunteer team as our chapter photographer.

Euan is a Glasgow-based photographer, juggling his time among advertising, fashion, and food and drinks photography. With 16 years in the industry, Euan's journey has touched various sectors, from press and journalism to the glitz of fashion and cosmetics advertising.

A Native Glaswegian, Euan is keen on supporting the local industry. In 2022, he opened Cove One Studios, boosting Glasgow's reputation in Scotland as a go-to spot for high-end photoshoots and a place for nurturing new talent. At our event on Friday, February 23rd (register here) Euan will be in front of the camera on stage at ALT agency to talking about social media's impact on how we read the visual images we see daily, including:

How does the surge in the frequency of imagery in our daily lives impact our interpretation of it?

How does this shift in appetite serve as a positive for those in the creative field?

Does it mean a potential loss of local cultural uniqueness?

This is sure to be a topical and fascinating talk! If you've not got your ticket yet, be sure to register as spaces are limited! For those who do not know Euan already, we asked him to share a few things about himself with us:

What are you motivated by? What’s your motivation? Who inspires you?

16 years ago I would have answered I was motivated purely by a passion for photography and the world it opened to me. I was motivated to reach a wider audience to show my work and was inspired by the great photographers, Bailey, Watson and Avedon etc. Nowadays though, the answer to all 3 is my girls, my wife Kim and kids Sophie and Emily. Though the old answer still plays a large part.

What’s a typical day like for you?

Too short. My days change constantly and a lot of the time very quickly and at short notice, The only constant is that it feel like there are never quite enough hours. I run 2 businesses and have young family, so maybe that’ll change someday.

Tunnocks Tea Cakes or Caramel Wafers?

Caramel Wafer every time

Lastly, if you could describe Glasgow in one word, what would it be?

Complicated

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And there you have it! Get your ticket and we'll see you there!

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MEET OUR FEB SPEAKER, EUAN ANDERSON!

We're pleased this month to welcome Glasgow photographer Euan Anderson to the stage! Many from the CM Glasgow community will recognise Euan from his work, as well as his time on our volunteer team as our chapter photographer.

Euan is a Glasgow-based photographer, juggling his time among advertising, fashion, and food and drinks photography. With 16 years in the industry, Euan's journey has touched various sectors, from press and journalism to the glitz of fashion and cosmetics advertising.

A Native Glaswegian, Euan is keen on supporting the local industry. In 2022, he opened Cove One Studios, boosting Glasgow's reputation in Scotland as a go-to spot for high-end photoshoots and a place for nurturing new talent. At our event on Friday, February 23rd (register here) Euan will be in front of the camera on stage at ALT agency to talking about social media's impact on how we read the visual images we see daily, including:

How does the surge in the frequency of imagery in our daily lives impact our interpretation of it?

How does this shift in appetite serve as a positive for those in the creative field?

Does it mean a potential loss of local cultural uniqueness?

This is sure to be a topical and fascinating talk! If you've not got your ticket yet, be sure to register as spaces are limited! For those who do not know Euan already, we asked him to share a few things about himself with us:

What are you motivated by? What’s your motivation? Who inspires you?

16 years ago I would have answered I was motivated purely by a passion for photography and the world it opened to me. I was motivated to reach a wider audience to show my work and was inspired by the great photographers, Bailey, Watson and Avedon etc. Nowadays though, the answer to all 3 is my girls, my wife Kim and kids Sophie and Emily. Though the old answer still plays a large part.

What’s a typical day like for you?

Too short. My days change constantly and a lot of the time very quickly and at short notice, The only constant is that it feel like there are never quite enough hours. I run 2 businesses and have young family, so maybe that’ll change someday.

Tunnocks Tea Cakes or Caramel Wafers?

Caramel Wafer every time

Lastly, if you could describe Glasgow in one word, what would it be?

Complicated ************** And there you have it! Get your ticket and we'll see you there!

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November 3rd a panel from GCAN spoke about Endurance and their experience as participatory arts practitioners

In our first collaboration with Glasgow Connected Arts Network at the beautiful Civic House events space, we heard from four panelists about the impact community engagement and participatory arts can have and the endurance required to work in the space. Our moderator was Jade Sturrock from GCAN, who was joined by Philippa Tomsin, Hannah Justad, and Thai Groucott.

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SIMPLICITY WITH DESIGNER MAKER, CALUM BETTISON

Our September 29th event at the beautiful Bright Signals offices drew a large and diverse crowd for Calum's talk on Simplicity. If you missed the fun morning, you can watch the talk here.

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MEGAN COGHILL OF SAINT TENEU

Our small but mighty event July 28th 2023 at the fabulous event space at Refuweegee featured local bespoke jewelry designer and maker Megan Coghill. Megan shared a behind-the-scenes look at what inspired her to start her company Saint Teneu, her journey as a jewelry designer and maker, as well as the practical aspects of running a small business with an intensive customer service demands. We all came away inspired, thinking about precious stones and the work that goes into the pieces in a different way.

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THANK YOU MARIANNE

A belated, but big thank you to Marianne Vosloo of YardWorks for our May 2023 event at SWG3. As one of the organisers and curators of the YardWorks festival, Marianne gave us both a fascinating talk, but a wonderful tour around the yard with lots of insights into the different artists from around the world and how many of the artists collaborated on site to create the massive and unique pieces.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS FOR APRIL 28th!

We're super excited to announce our April speakers. Storytellers, local PR power couple, and founders of Story Shop Gregor and Scarlett Hollerin will tell us a bit of their creative journeys and what led them to start Story Shop just over three years ago at the beginning of the pandemic in tandem with starting a family. You can see a lot of their personal passions and authenticity come across in the work they've done for the likes of Brewgooder, Scottish Rugby and My Name'5 Doddie, and I for one am really looking forward to hearing about the evolution of their storytelling. We'll be in Story Shop's beautiful and inviting space in Partick this month which includes one of the coolest lights I've seen lately. Keep your eyes on social to find out about our breakfast providers this month and don't forget to get your free ticket as space is limited!

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April’s Theme is Movement.

Next CM Glasgow event is Friday, April 28th! Register

The body in motion is a thing of beauty. Our cells shake kinetic energy through the finely articulated instruments of muscle, ligament, and bone. We blink, we pulse, we dance. Some even pull off feats of human athleticism and daring, from which we can hardly look away.

Movement is a universal state of being. Even at rest, the matter we’re composed of is in motion — subatomic particles whir about at dizzying speeds, to create the sense of solidity. The things that appear still — the earth beneath us, the trunk of a tree above us, is but a trick of the eye. They move slowly but at a staggering scale.

When we move together, we can build social and collective movements. Like a murmuration of swallows, we can form sweeping visions of a world never seen before. Our collective energy directed like a mighty river flowing downstream, taking unexpected and winding turns to carve mountains. Our Wellington chapter chose this month’s exploration of Movement, Hannah Webster illustrated the theme, and Mailchimp is presenting the theme. 

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😍 A look back at our March 31st event at BAM Glasgow with our speakers sign painters 🪧🖌️ Rachel Millar and Hana Lindsay, as well as musical guest mokusla 🎶. 📸 : Lidia Melero

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MEET SIGNPAINTER HANA LINDSAY

Hana is speaking at the CreativeMornings Glasgow event will be March 31st 2023, 9-10:30. Get your free ticket -- Everyone is welcome!

Glasgow signpainter Hana Lindsay is the founder of @suresigns_glasgow . Hana discovered signpainting by being continually asked to do chalkboards and window displays in her hospitality jobs. This is where she found her love for hand lettering and design. She began participating in sign painting workshops and was largely self taught until she took the opportunity to travel to Minnesota in the USA to work with celebrated sign painter and teacher Mike Meyer in 2019. She spent a month traveling across the United States and she returned to Glasgow to put her new skills to the test.

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MEET SIGNPAINTER RACHEL E MILLAR

Rachel is speaking at the CreativeMornings Glasgow event will be March 31st 2023, 9-10:30. Get your free ticket -- Everyone is welcome!

Rachel studied graphic design at Edinburgh College of Art and took a semester abroad at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She took a class on hand lettering which ignited her love of typography and was where she discovered signpainting. She moved back to her home city of Glasgow and worked with Ciaran Glöbel of Glöbel Bros Signs in 2017 before starting taking on her own commissions and studio space. In 2022 she hosted ‘Burds of the Brush’, a weekend signpainters meet for women and non-binary painters which was attended by 44 painters from 9 countries. She is particularly passionate about supporting and celebrating non-male painters in what is still a very male dominated industry and craft.

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MEET OUR JULY SPEAKER: JOANNA SÜSSKIND

CreativeMornings Glasgow HOME event will be July 30th 8:30-10am. Get your free ticket -- Everyone is welcome!

What comes to mind when you think of home? A physical place? A city? Loved ones? Would you ever take the leap and build your own? Like lots of creative endeavours, it seems like a cool idea, but how would you even start? When we saw that this month's theme would be HOME, we could not pass up the opportunity to invite our very own Joanna Süsskind to speak on the theme. Looking at Joanna's experience of jumping into new things, taking risks, and creating cool projects and businesses (life drawing club drawing hundreds of creatives every week All the Young Nudes and creative studio and coworking space Toads Caravan, to name a few), you may not be surprised to know Joanna and her husband Ben are building their very own home in Maryhill (you can follow their Bantaskin Street Barn progress on Instagram).

To help you get to know our July speaker a bit better, we asked Joanna to answer a few CM Glasgow favourites:

1. What does home mean to you?

Home is the most comfortable place, where I can lie around with my dog, daydreaming, playing music, singing Celine Dion far too loudly, cooking or gardening. Home should offer up whatever you need from it. I like to be able to work from home too. I find that to be my most creative and to come up with good ideas for visuals, I need to feel really “at home” and relaxed. Our motto at the coworking space was “Love your work and where you do it”. I always want our coworkers to feel entirely at home, at work, as I know that’s when members are the happiest and can end up staying for many years.

2. What motivates you/what inspires you?

I really love to watch people taking on big challenges. We learn so much from one another. When I see others realise their dreams, it inspires me to do the same, or to aim higher. Whether I succeed or I fail doesn’t matter, but the experiences and journeys are what inform me and give my life it’s texture. I am endlessly inspired by watching people create amazing spaces for themselves. Spaces to work in and spaces to live in. I’ve always been a little obsessed by furniture, art and light and how these things affect the space you occupy and the way you feel inside that space. And ultimately, what you create from that space. Creating “home” has been forever at the core of what I do. From shuffling furniture around my bedroom 3 times a week, to creating a home from home space for people to work from, to designing and building my own home this last year.

3. What is a typical day like for you?

There is no typical! I used to wish this wasn’t the case, but I’ve grown to love the variety and wouldn’t have it any other way. If I’m working with a client on a film, I’m up at 7.30am, out a dog walk with Frank and Madonna, I then cycle or drive along the canal to my studio, then ideally put in a 9-6pm shift at the computer. If I’m working on the house, I usually get up a bit later, make some orders or send some emails, breakfast with Ben, then who knows - It could be tiling, clearing the yard, insulating, cleaning, roofing, fitting windows, designing or sourcing furniture, or dealing with tradespeople and coordinating deliveries. When I’m working on ATYN I get up early and work with the life models, edit the show together for my evening broadcast, try fit in a swim and then from 7-9pm I’m live online with sketchers all over the world! (Oh and I try to squeeze in lunch and dinner!)

4. Tea cake or caramel wafer:

WAFER!

5. Glasgow in one word:

GALLUS

Join us at CreativeMornings Glasgow HOME event will be July 30th 8:30-10am. Get your free ticket -- Everyone is welcome!

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MEET OUR JUNE SPEAKER: HEATHER TOSH

We are absolutely chuffed to have Heather as the speaker for our June 25th event (register here). Heather is the Communications Manager of WEvolution a charity established in 2011 to support women to collectively start their own self-sustaining micro-enterprises in small supportive groups (Self-Reliant Groups). That in itself is amazing and we cannot wait to hear more about it. On top of that, she also founded Huddle, "helping you make good stuff happen" with small accountability groups. Last but not least, Heather is the woman behind the Women Who Fail podcast which has some crackin interviews and helps us look at failure as a normal, productive piece of the way we work--a reminder we could all use!

More about WEvolution

WEvolution is a charity established in 2011 to support women to collectively start their own self-sustaining micro-enterprises in small supportive groups (Self-Reliant Groups).

There are now over 150 SRGs in existence and the model was brought over to Scotland from India where there are millions of these (Self-Help) groups in operation.

SRGs are usually women from similar social and economic backgrounds, all voluntarily coming together to save small sums of money on a regular basis and sell products or services to generate income. They pool their resources to become financially stable, taking loans from their collective savings in times of emergency or financial scarcity, important life events or to purchase assets.

Many of us fail to see ourselves as producers and makers but Self-Reliant Groups help people realise their entrepreneurial potential in a sector that is traditionally reserved for the few, and shows us what we can achieve when we work together. They are also a route to a more inclusive society, helping members feel more in control of their lives - financially and emotionally.

The organisation works with partners across the UK and as far as Rotterdam, all working to grow the SRG movement within their communities.

WEVolution

Site: https://srgmovement.com/

Twitter:  @WEvolutionUK

Instagram: @WEvolutionUK

Huddle

Site: https://letshuddle.club/

Instagram: @lets_huddle

Women Who Fail

Instagram: @womenwhofail

Listen: Apple | Soundcloud | Spotify

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Fancy volunteering with CreativeMornings Glasgow yourself? Drop us a line! glasgow at creativemornings.com

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MEET OUR MAY SPEAKER: LISA KENNEDY

What do you do when a global pandemic hits, the country goes into lockdown and work stops? What does resilience mean when everything you do for work and passion project involves being out with people in real life? Meet Lisa Kennedy: performer, choreographer, teacher, podcast host, and connector of people. During the pandemic the prolific interviewer Lisa has pivoted to virtual interviews, honed her editing skills, and released episodes The Braw and the Brave, her podcast about people & their passions, at a dizzying pace. 

Join us for our Friday, May 21st event to hear Lisa talk about her journey. Register free: https://creativemornings.com/talks/resilience-with-lisa-kennedy

Ahead of the event we turned the tables to ask Lisa a few questions of our own:

What does resilient mean to you?

To take life’s knocks and scrapes with the attitude that failures and pitfalls are what make us stronger and that it’s best to look out for that silver lining or a way forward as it’s always there!

What’s one thing that people wouldn’t guess about you?

I’m a big fearty! Rollercoasters, injections and being upside down are not for me...although I’m trying to be less of a wuss! It’s ironic that my podcast is called The Braw and The BRAVE!

Tunnocks Tea Cakes or Caramel Wafers?

Has to be a teacake but I wouldn’t turn down a caramel wafer if you were offering one!

If you could describe Glasgow in one word what would it be?

Belter!

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We love The Braw and the Brave. If you’ve not heard it yet, you can check it out across the socials, or where you get. your favourite podcasts:

Twitter:  @BrawBrave

Instagram: @thebrawandthebravepodcast

Facebook: The Braw and The Brave 

Soundcloud | Spotify

Fancy volunteering with CreativeMornings Glasgow yourself? Drop us a line! glasgow at creativemornings.com

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THANK YOU SOPHIE!

If you’ve been to any of our CreativeMornings Glasgow events over the last four years, chances are you’ve had a chance to meet our lovely chapter-founding host, Sophie Amono. In fact, if you’re like me, you can absolutely hear the sound of Sophie’s infectious laugh in your head when you see this picture!

Well after four years leading the chapter, Sophie is transitioning from lead host to contributing member of the team. We thought it would be a good time ask Sophie a little about what inspired her to start the chapter, what she’s learned along the way, and any advice she’s willing to share.

What's special about CM?

For me it's been all of the fantastic people I've been able to meet through something as coming together each month for breakfast and chats. Two of my favourite things in life are good food and good chat, add to this my love for all things creativity and it's just a special combo that has meant so much to me over the last six years.

What inspired you to start the chapter?

I think it was a feeling of wanting to find my place in a community that I had no part in yet. Moving from the place I'd call home for most of my life, felt daunting and exciting in equal measures. My first experiences of Glasgow's creative community was a sense of belonging and feeling welcomed -- so it made sense to bring Creative Mornings to Glasgow.

What are some of the highlights from your time hosting?

Oh wow, this is a tough one but it has to be the feeling when you see everyone walk through the door in the morning and the smile you get back when the words 'happy Friday' are shared. There's always this sense of will people turn up and I've hosted everything from a room of ten to a room of over 50. Over the years we've been so lucky to work with some amazing local business, be invited into spaces all over Glasgow and even as far as Paisley, have musicians from South Africa, take place in a sharing meal by Soul Food Sisters, and venture to the Southside, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Women's Library, Whisky Bond, Barras, The Lighthouse, CitizenM, Spaces, and many other amazing community spaces. It will forever be a part of my story of making a new life for myself in Scotland and I'm eternally grateful to every single person I've met along the way as Host.

What advice do you want to share?

Keep having fun and remember to be kind! Life can be hard at the best of times and often a little lighthearted fun and kindness can go a long way. Thank you to the wonderful team of volunteers and creatives over the year who have made it all possible.

Fancy volunteering with CreativeMornings Glasgow yourself?

Drop us a line! glasgow at creativemornings.com

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MEET THE SPEAKER: Chaz Bonnar aka ChazB

How is it April already. With normal time constraints being obliterated by Covid-19 we find ourselves in a time most of us have never experienced before. While that’s awesome in some ways (goodbye daily commute) and not so great in others (hello life in isolation) our next event is a little later than usual.

Or maybe it’s right on time. That’s definitely what our next speaker Chaz Bonnar aka ChazB would venture for. Joining us for our first ever online CreativeMornings event, he’ll be taking on the mighty topic of ‘Identity’. In our usual speaker chat we get to know Chaz ahead of him joining us.

1. As a b-boy you must know some pretty cool moves. What inspires you to keep creating new moves?

Breaking is such a creative art form that the possibilities for experimenting with new movements are endless. The breakthroughs you have when putting together complex movements and the pursuit to try new ideas are what keeps me inspired to dance.

2. If you could describe Glasgow in one word what would it be? 

Brilliant.

3. Tunnock Tea Cakes or Caramel Wafers? 

Caramel Wafers.

4. What is your proudest achievement in your career so far? 

Difficult to narrow it down to one defining moment, as I’ve had plenty of defining moments that gives my work purpose and meaning.

5. Which local legend (dead or alive) would you love to have over for breakfast?

Billy Connolly, definitely!

And that’s a wrap for now from us and Chaz. Get to know him better as he joins us on Friday 17th April.

Tickets will be online on Monday but for now get planning what you’ll be enjoying for breakfast. We’re looking at the ultimate brekkie scrabble and a good ol’ slice of cake.