Street Level Photoworks

Founded in 1989 by Glasgow Photography Group, Street Level promotes the creative use of photomedia and aims to make artistic production accessible, both physically and intellectually, to a wide audience. Recognised for its integrated practice, the organisation presents an on-going series of challenging exhibitions; an education and outreach programme; open access facilities and training courses for artists and the public.

The exhibitions programme supports new artistic practices in photography and media art. This includes both emerging and established artists from local, national and international sources. It seeks out innovation at home and prioritises the production of new work made within Scotland, alongside distinctive work from further afield and normally one exhibition per year with an international connection. The gallery programme is constructed around invited artists and those selected from open submission.

The education programme involves a range of outreach work and in-house projects with community groups and agencies working across areas of social inclusion and lifelong learning, plus education services with the voluntary sector, schoolslocal authorities and other arts organisation. The programme seeks to enable the creativity of non-artists and to present their work in the public arena as a result of key projects. Exhibiting artists engaged with the public around themes and techniques of their work will also form a regular element in the programme.

In addition to the above, a number of short training courses in aspects of photography take place throughout the year. A public access darkroom for black and white processing and developing complements this.