Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Rumpus Room

A handpainted postcard depicting a field with a group of flowers with faces and bodies dance whilst holding hands in a circle, whilst another plant watches them.
artist unknown, Loose Tomatoes, Date unknown
Found postcard hand painted
A white house which is surrounded by a lush garden and plants in planters.
Saffa Khan, Hussein Mitha, Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker, Holly White, Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard, 2024
Installation view, Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Eoin Carey
Above a gate the word 'Community' is spelled out in letters. Behind is a tree and clouds in the sky.
Saffa Khan, Hussein Mitha, Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker, Holly White, Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard, 2024
Installation view, Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Eoin Carey
A close up of a string of bells that are hanging over green plants.
Saffa Khan, Hussein Mitha, Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker, Holly White, Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard, 2024
Installation view, Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Eoin Carey
A collage of paintings and artwork are displayed on a wooden wall, with scattered sunlight coming through.
Saffa Khan, Hussein Mitha, Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker, Holly White, Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard, 2024
Installation view, Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Eoin Carey
A close up of a string of bells that are hanging over green plants.
Saffa Khan, Hussein Mitha, Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard, 2024
Installation view, Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Eoin Carey
An artwork of a hand hangs from a wire frame, above plants below.
Saffa Khan, Hussein Mitha, Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker, Holly White, Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard, 2024
Installation view, Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Eoin Carey
A large yellow cleaning sponge that has been decorated with different coloured paints, assorted types of tape, and mini human figurines.
Punk Sponge
Collaborative artwork by various young artists
Courtesy of Rumpus Room
A group of people attending an event in a garden
Nadia Rossi, Angel Walker, Hussein Mitha, Holly White and Saffa Khan, Loose Tomatoes In The Back Yard Solstice Gala Day, Sat 22 June 2024
Rumpus Room, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artists. Photos: Eoin Carey


DIY Kiln Building. Close-up photography of three people's hands carrying bricks to add to a small outdoor brick kiln. The kiln sits on concrete with sand around its base, with metal trays and a circular brick section visible.
Morven Mulgrew, DIY Kiln Building, Rumpus Room, 2020

Photograph: Rumpus Room
Community. Photograph of a metal sign above a gate reading "Community," decorated with a small metal potato shapes growing around the letters. The metalwork is painted pink, green, and yellow and appears against a bright blue sky and a tree in full blood.
Holly White, Community, 2024, Rumpus Room

Photograph: Eoin Carey
Yard School. Photograph of children and adults sitting together outside in the sunny yard at Rumpus Room. Wooden crates, painted cardboard boxes, and other materials are scattered around them.
Yard School, Rumpus Room, 2022

Photograph: Rumpus Room
Summer Solstice Celebration. Photograph of people gathered in the yard at Rumpus Room. Some talk while others play intstruments, and drinks are served under a shelter with a Palestine flag flying above it.
Summer Solstice Celebration, Rumpus Room, 2024

Photograph: Eoin Carey

Rumpus Room is an artist-led initiative working in collaboration with children and young people on art and social action projects. The studio is co-run by artists and young studio members, hosting a programme of art and social action, developed with, for and by children and young people in Govanhill and across Scotland.

Projects

  • 2024
    Rumpus Room
    Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard
    Rumpus Room Yard
  • Programme
    Rumpus Room
    A Very Human Thing To Do
    The Bowling Green Together, 49 McCulloch Street, G41 1SU
    Summer Solstice Celebration. Photograph of people gathered in the yard at Rumpus Room. Some talk while others play intstruments, and drinks are served under a shelter with a Palestine flag flying above it.