Working alongside communities in Canal Ward, Changing Channels  explored the regeneration of the Forth and Clyde Canal, and our changing relationship with it, through experiencing the place with all our senses. There were two main elements to the project: 

• an online workshop series in collaboration with a group of local women of all ages. The workshops were accompanied by activity packs designed by Margaret and Saffy, designed to invite new ways of experiencing the local canal environment through the senses and mindful creative practices. During the workshops there were discussions about tensions and dialogues between nature and the urban environment, regeneration, gentrification, rewilding and care

• a school workshop series at Hamiltonhill Claypits with class P6 from St. Theresa’s Primary School in Possilpark. The workshops explored our relationship with the environment and how we can care for it through sensory exercises, meditation, historical research and tree planting, engaging the children’s own sense of connection with their local environment

These explorations generated drawings, writing, photography, rituals and collections of objects, curated at Lambhill Stables for the community to enjoy and reflect alongside.