Who we are

Nyla Noor is a Queer South Asian artist based in Glasgow, carrying the languages, colours, and contradictions of a Scottish-Pakistani upbringing. Their life has been shaped by fault lines: between queerness and tradition, tenderness and survival, and by learning to move between worlds through masks and code-switching. These shifting identities became their earliest form of storytelling. Nyla seeks to unearth silenced narratives, weaving truth into artistic forms. Away from their practice, they nurture plants, build QTIPOC community connections, grounding their life and art in community, honesty, and the refusal to disappear.

My name is Orla and I use they/them pronouns. I am a queer and transmasculine, mixed-race person living in Glasgow. I love reading, writing and being outside or by the sea, noticing small things in the every-day. I am currently studying woodworking, and write in my spare time. I am interested in how language interacts with the self, and how both the self and language become other in the process. I am always inspired by physicality and form, the emerging posthuman world around us, by queerness and transition.

Hi, im a visual artist who loves to create characters with epic designs and rich stories!

My names Charleigh i am a creative practitioner from North Ayrshire. I develop and deliver workshops through my project Elemental where I use nature and art for well-being. I work with Project Progress an anti-bigotry project aimed at tackling discrimination in Scotland using art for activism. I am passionate about social justice especially for marginalised groups and youth empowerment. I want to create opportunities for young people from working class and disadvantaged backgrounds to explore and enjoy art, helping them feel welcomed and empowered being creative, and being in creative spaces where they might not always have felt they belonged

I am a non-binary writer and visual artist who focuses on identity, activism and lived experiences from the mundane to the peculiar. My creative practice covers everything from poetry and workshop design to illustration and textile arts (and much much more). I strongly believe the arts should be as accessible and open for everyone and aim to do as much as I can to help achieve this. 

Hannah Hunter is a filmmaker from Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, whose work embraces Scotland’s diversity and creative talent. Her films touch on womanhood, rural living and the ever-changing experience of being Scottish.

Allan Othieno is a Glasgow-based actor, writer, and filmmaker working across stage, screen, and audio. He has collaborated numerous times with Scottish Opera, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Citizens Theatre and other major arts Institutions. Allan's creative work is rooted in meaning and community impact. Alongside performance, and film making, Allan leads drama workshops for young people across Glasgow, including work with disadvantaged groups to nurture talent. 

I am a non-binary disabled artist who found solace in the wild Orkney wind. Being dyslexic, i always struggled with my words and art has become another language for me. One that i think anyone can use, but not everyone has access to too. In between paid jobs, organising local drag shows, studying art and doing the odd volunteer conservation job, I draw, take photos and play with clay. I like using various mediums together to tell tales of the magic and pain of existing in a sick trans body and the fragile beauty in all creatures.