Putting Ourselves in the Picture: Our exhibition launches in Glasgow

Putting Ourselves in the Picture: Our exhibition launches in Glasgow

We’re proud to be collaborating with Glasgow Museums on a vital exhibition, Putting Ourselves in the Picture, which aims to address the significant under-representation of migrants in Scottish heritage and capture Scotland’s history as it happens.

The exhibition, which will launch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, on Saturday, 16 September 2023, sharing photographs from two of Migrant Voice’s projects, creates a space where individual stories about moving to Scotland come to life. Alongside portraits of migrants by photographer Karen Gordon, there are also pictures taken by migrants themselves showing their experiences of settling in the city of Glasgow over a period of time.

The exhibition will include sixty photos showing a range of diverse experiences and lives, the impact of immigration on Scotland’s rich heritage, and the feelings of those migrants who have built their lives in the country. It will be showing at Kelvingrove for one year, alongside a public programme of seminars exploring curation and (under) representation of migrants, and stories from migrant communities.

The exhibition is part of our 'Putting Ourselves in the Picture' project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Reserve a spot at the launch event here.

Photo credit: Karen Gordon, photo of Ms Mushaka, part of the upcoming exhibition