‘Mo Chridhe’: Katie Forbes on sharing the Gaelic Language with Modern Scotland

Katie Forbes sits down with Antagonizine to discuss her art, her love for the Gaelic Language and the family that inspired it.

What does Gaelic look like splashed across the walls of Glasgow? 

Inspired by her stepfather's late mother – who she refers to as Granny Annie – and her native language, mural artist, Katie Forbes, brings the language to life with vivid colours and eye-catching designs, along with phonetic spellings to truly reach and include anybody. Katie felt drawn to learning Gaelic and truly embraced the rural Scottish side to her artistic ideas.