The Maryhill Integration Network Art Group

The image shows a detail from a collage made of paper cuttings combining decorative elements, blue and white Eyo festival hats (Nigeria), golden domes from the cathedral in Kiev, and details from Renaissance Sculptures.

The image shows a collage made of paper cuttings combining parts of a photograph of the Shawlands cross and a star-shaped form made with colourful decorative elements.

The image shows a collage made of paper cuttings combining images of custard apple, pyramidal monuments, nigerian huts, stones and soil

The image shows a detail from a collage made of paper cuttings combining a cactus tree, a leg of a woman wearing parachute pants, three Matakam huts that can be identified as cylindrical long pointy thatched roofs, a cat and meerkat.

The image shows a detail from a collage made of paper cuttings combining images of mangoes, cacti, islamic ornamental elements and plaster copies of eyes, noses, ears from Renaissance sculptures.

Artwork is displayed on tables and standing alone on a wooden floor.

Sculptures are displayed on a wooden table. In the background there is artwork displayed on the wall featuring written text.

Artwork featuring black and white type is displayed on a wall with blurred sculptures seen in the foreground.

Artwork featuring black and white type is displayed on a wall.

A cut out of a human form is displayed on a wooden floor.

Sculptures are displayed on a wooden table and the floor, with artwork featuring written text on a wall behind.

Beauty Osayomwanbor Nosa, Ehsan Samei, Inna Hordiiko, Maliheh Soleymani, Mehri Abdi, Rabia Waseem, Rezvan Faghani, Sara Abdelnasser, Shahid Mahmood, Sadaf Syeda, Tanisha Sarkar, Tara Gomary, Tomilola Owolabi, Valentina Vodolazska, Valentyna Dolottseva, and Yamam Salman are part of the Art Group of the Maryhill Integration Network, a creative space for people seeking asylum and refugees in Glasgow. Weekly sessions, led by artists Paria Goodarzi and Mousa AlNana since 2021, provide a platform for participants interested in developing skills and accessing creative opportunities by engaging with the local cultural landscape. This forms part of a process of social integration, enabling them to express and incorporate their individual voices, heritage and lived histories into new collective artworks.

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The Maryhill Integration Network Art Group

Monuments for the Present