Through free exhibitions, an open archive, drop-in creative sessions, a library and a ceramics studio, you can learn new skills, tell the stories that matter to you, and take part in shaping what happens.
Exhibitions
Local heritage and history, brought to life with residents, schools and community groups.
Strange Field's supports exhibitions made together with local residents, community organisations and schools - combining oral history, archive research and creative workshops before culminating in a free public exhibition at French Street or The Pipe Factory.
Past projects have documented ten years of change in Dalmarnock since the 2014 Commonwealth Games with photographer Chris Leslie, brought East End architecture to life as wearable heritage garments with Clothworks, traced the building's own history as a weaving and dyeworks through sound and image with artists Marie-Claire Lacey and Adam Stearns, and marked the centenary of East End-born artist George Wyllie with local schools and Leverndale Hospital with artist Willie Sutherland,
Every exhibition is free to attend.
Have a story, archive or piece of local heritage you'd like to see explored? Get in touch.
Calton Creatives
An open, co-curated community programme in Calton - exploring local history and trying out new creative activities.
What began as a heritage textile project, connecting older residents to Glasgow's rich weaving history has since grown into something broader and more open.
Today, Calton Creatives is a space for exploring Calton's social history more widely: the people, places, and everyday memories that make up the area, alongside whatever creative activities the group wants to try. Sessions might involve textiles, but just as easily could take in storytelling, printmaking, photography, or something else entirely - the direction is set by participants, not a fixed programme.
The project is open to anyone connected to Calton, at any age. Some people join to share memories and local knowledge, others come to learn a new skill or simply spend time with others in the area. Sessions are relaxed, hands-on, and shaped as much by conversation as by making.
We will continue to share what the group creates - through informal gatherings, and public exhibitions and events at The Pipe Factory when it reopens in 2027.
For more information, or if you'd like to get involved, contact us.
Special Events
From roller discos to ghost tours, Doors Open Day to club nights - look out for one-off events at French Street and The Pipe Factory.
Alongside our regular exhibitions and programmes, Strange Field hosts a changing calendar of one-off special events across both French Street and The Pipe Factory - family roller discos, Christmas markets, ghost tours, Doors Open Day, heritage talks, film screenings, creative workshops, and music spanning classical recitals to club nights. Keep an eye on our what's on page and mailing list so you don't miss one.
Radical Archiving
Community-led archiving across two of Glasgow's East End heritage sites.
Radical Archiving is a community project preserving and reinterpreting the histories of the Pipe Factory and the Barrowfield Weaving Factory. Through drop-in sessions, volunteering and special events, anyone can get involved in collecting, cataloguing and exploring the stories of Glasgow's East End - no experience needed.
Saturday Sessions
Free drop in creative workshops for adults and families.
Strange Exchange Saturday Sessions is a free series of open creative workshops for adults and families, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Each session is led by an artist, educator or writer working with repurposed materials or experimental approaches to creative learning, sparking conversations around materials, spaces, heritage and storytelling.
These are playful, drop-in sessions. No booking required. Come to make something, meet people, and get to know the space.
Check our what's on page for upcoming sessions.
Kiln Klub Open Days
Free drop in sessions. Open to everyone. No experience required.
Kiln Klub events are designed to welcome people of all backgrounds and abilities, serve as a platform for experimetnal sculpture, and invite participants to explore The Pipe Factory's heritage through clay and ceramic processes.
Open Days are free, drop-in sessions open to everyone. This may vary from a more laid back, drop in, ‘making’ sessions to a more developed and guided workshops. No experience needed, no booking required. Come and make something.
Check our what's on page for upcoming dates.
Contact Us
Telephone: +44 141 554 0563
E-mail: programme@strangefield.org
Address: 105-109 French Street, Glasgow, G40 4EH
Strange Field is a registered Scottish Charity SCIO number SC052132