THE COMMON GUILD is a new visual arts organisation based in Glasgow. Established in 2006, its Director is Katrina Brown.

THE COMMON GUILD is dedicated to producing a dynamic international programme of contemporary visual art projects, exhibitions, and events. These include gallery-based exhibitions and ephemeral, non-gallery projects, interventions and collaborations. THE COMMON GUILD is committed to artist-centred practice, including commissioning new works, while offering broad public access to world-class contemporary art experiences and discussions.

THE COMMON GUILD is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation.

KATRINA BROWN is founding Director of The Common Guild and is leading the development of all aspects of the organisation and its programme. From 1997, Katrina was Curator / Deputy Director of the highly successful Dundee Contemporary Arts, opened in 1999 and was responsible for its internationally-renowned programme of outstanding visual arts exhibitions, which introduced a number of significant international artists to Scottish and UK audiences (inlcluding Olafur Eliasson, Ernesto Neto, David Claerbout, Marine Hugonnier, Thomas Demand) as well as supported artists based in Scotland via the commissioning of new works and publications (Christine Borland, Richard Wright, Roderick Buchanan and most recently David Shrigley). Prior to this, she worked at Tate Liverpool and Tramway, Glasgow and was a committee member of Transmission Gallery in the early 1990s.

THE COMMON GUILD receives project support from the Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow City Council.

Scottish Charity No.: SCO21428