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38 | www.westendermagazine.com Artist-In-Residence Pascale Steenkiste WORDS NICOLA MAULE MAIN IMAGE GREGOR REID
www.westendermagazine.com | 39 An Energetic Day at the Studio ©Pascale Steenkiste Standing in the light filled clubroom of Partickhill Bowling and Community Club, the sandstone tenements of Crown Mansions on North Gardner Street overlooking the pristinely cut grass, I think of a bygone age – when the dress code for lawn activities such as tennis was white ‘slacks’ for the gentlemen and ankle length skirts for the ladies. Indeed the clubhouse and grounds developed in 1905 were also originally home to a couple of tennis courts, now the row of windows along the length of the building offers pristine viewing of the deep green lawn that proudly facilitates bowling as its primary sporting pursuit. While admiring the open space beyond the glass a bride and groom sweep past the gates towards the top of Gardner Street for photographs. ‘That happens quite a lot,’ I am informed by Margaret Renwick, a member of the club and it serves to remind me not only of how iconic this particular street is but also that this part of Glasgow with its grid patterned arrangement of roads and rising tenements, against the autumn colours displayed in the trees and light of that moment makes for a pretty and romantic scene. The purpose of my visit is to meet with painter Pascale Steenkiste who has taken up the position of artist-in-residence - something that is perhaps very unique in the wider workings of a bowling club but according to community convener Michael Hough, a natural progression from previous activities and relevant in their wider ambition to encourage the community to use and engage with the club facilities. ‘The idea of involving the club in art started with a collaboration with Hyndland Secondary School Art Department, which resulted in the display of over 20 drawings and painting by S2 pupils all depicting various aspects of bowling in a local setting. Soon after that we had the idea that others might also like to display their work,’ he tells me. Steenkiste was born in Ostend, Belgium but moved to Glasgow in 1986 to work as an au pair for two young children before marrying and raising her own family in the
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