The Brief

To bring together a group of local volunteers to work together to research and catalogue 14 boxes of industrial Scottish Pottery donated to MIG as a ‘starter pack’ for the Scottish Pottery Museum (SPM). To install, curate and host an exhibition from chosen pieces of pottery and to visit other cultural venues to inform and develop our planning for the SPM.

What we did

We successfully applied for funding for the Culture Scouts Programme and invited members of the local community to work with us. We created a programme of meetings and events and sought support from the Hunterian Museum and Scottish Community Archives

What we made (so far)

• opportunities to learn and develop knowledge about Glasgow’s pottery industry

• first visit outside Glasgow to meet with one of the curators at the V&A Dundee

• date of 28th March 2025 for the opening of the first pop-up exhibition on site at Stockingfield Ceramic Art Park