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Fashion Revolution Week at Kelvin Hall

Display
21 to 25 April 2026
Six archive film stills showing different aspects of textile production.

Fashion Revolution Week: 'Clo na Tire' - Cloth of the Land

Talk, Screening, Exhibition
22 April 2026, 6:00PM to 7:30PM
A bodice being stitched by hand flanked by photos of Alis Le May and Jen Ballie.

Glasgow Knitwear: Twomax and Knitting in Scotland

Screening, Display
23 April 2026, 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Three people working in a Twomax knitwear factory sewing yellow jumpers.

Cardboard loom weaving workshop

Workshop
25 April 2026, 10:30AM to 3:30PM
Cardboard weaving looms with stripes of coloured yarn.

Irish in Scotland: Between shores

Screening
20 May 2026, 6:00PM to 8:00PM
A still from 'In the Lion's Wake' of three children and a man leaning on railings on a ferry, looking out to sea.

Tomb Raiding Cinema: Scratch video to experimental machinima

Screening
27 May 2026, 6:00PM to 7:30PM
A grainy black and white still of a US Government building.

Mackintosh and the West End

Talk, Screening
10 June 2026, 7:00PM to 8:00PM
A still of a sketch of Mackintosh buildings.

Living with rain in Glasgow

Talk
17 June 2026, 6:00PM to 7:00PM
A young boy standing in the rain wearing a yellow raincoat and holding an umbrella.

Shoebox City crafternoon: WestFest edition

Workshop
20 June 2026, 2:00PM to 4:00PM

Films and adverts for reminiscence

Workshop
23 June 2026, 12:30PM to 2:00PM
Black and white still image from advert for Judy magazine. Three girls crowd around an issue of the magazine.

Films and adverts for reminiscence

Workshop
24 June 2026, 2:30PM to 4:00PM
Black and white still image from advert for Judy magazine. Three girls crowd around an issue of the magazine.

Archive gems: WestFest dementia screening

Screening
27 June 2026, 2:30PM to 5:15PM
Colour film still of three children playing on a beach in Rothesay.