MENTORING

Nyla will be mentored by:

  • Esraa Husain (any pronouns) is a creative writer, community organiser and researcher based in Glasgow. Their writings are published online and in print in SINK, Lumpen, On the Other Side of Hope, Scottish BPOC Writers Network, Gutter, Somewhere for Us, The Bottle Imp amongst others. Their PhD is in Black Scottish literary studies at the University of Glasgow.

    Their work includes founding U Belong Glasgow in 2020, Community Curator with Curating Discomfort intervention at The Hunterian Museum, Festival Programmer with Scottish Refugee Council, and most recently, Human Rights Participation Officer with Human Rights Consortium Scotland.

NYLA NOOR

Nyla Noor is a Queer Scottish-Pakistani artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses Visual Arts and Narrative Performance. Their work explores intergenerational trauma and radical healing, shaped by fault lines between queerness and tradition, tenderness and survival. Drawing from lived experience, they reflect on queer joy, and the quiet negotiations of cross-cultural spaces.

Alongside their creative practice, Nyla has a background in TV Production working across Gameshows, Factual Entertainment and Indie Documentaries. In recent years, their focus has shifted toward Community Arts. Nyla facilitates accessible creative workshops and projects, using somatic art therapy and lino printing to create space for shared expression. Their creative process is rooted in QTIPOC+ community connection and raw emotional honesty, aiming to foster dialogue around shared and often unspoken experiences.

  • Veronique AA Lapeyre is a Scottish Mauritian cultural leader working across strategy, communications, and programming. With over 18 years’ experience, she supports Scotland’s arts sector through inclusive, collaborative, and future-focused practice. She is the Director of Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN), serves on the steering group of Culture Counts, and founded Project Zanana, a practice-led BPOC-centred project.

    A trained coach and facilitator, her work is rooted in anthropology, cultural production, collectivism and obsession with archiving and storytelling as the seeds for our future.