Community Art
“Wait for Airdry.”
2025
Claire X. G. & approximately 60 children from Epping North OSHC, ages 5–12
Photographed during a collective creative activity designed and facilitated by Claire. OSHC Children gathered around their mosaic mats while waiting for the works to air dry before returning home.
Claire X.G. is a community art and experience designer. She designs public structures and collective experiences that invite ordinary people into creativity, expression, public display, and human connection.
Her works are often documented during and after the activities she designs, showing participants interacting with temporary installations, collective actions, and shared moments of play and expression. Presented from a public point of view, they use direct and open storytelling. Rather than placing her personal expression above participants, Claire hides her authorial intention within the conditions, structures, and relationships that allow the work to happen.
Her practice reflects the idea of returning the rights of creation, expression, and display to the public. Through community art, she hopes to express the connection between individuals and the public, and to gently extend these connections into everyday life.
“Can I touch it?”
2025
Claire X. G. & approximately 20 children from Epping Kindergarten, ages 3–4
Photographed during a collective creative activity designed and facilitated by Claire. After the children completed the shared mosaic work together, Claire took the piece away for professional grouting, drying, polishing, and finishing. One week later, the work was returned to the childcare centre. With permission from the educators, the children touched their completed artwork together for the first time.
“I’m good at drawing cat.”
2025
Claire X. G., Jasmin(5-year-old) & Ellie(her mother)
Photographed one month after an independent creative camp designed and facilitated by Claire at Wentworth Point Community Centre.
During an umbrella drawing activity, children each created and took home their own painted umbrellas. One young girl painted a cat on hers and proudly said,
“I’m good at drawing cat.”
One month later, her mother photographed her dancing in the backyard with the umbrella on a sunny day, and sent the image to Claire with the message,
“Jasmin really loved her craft day. Have a nice day.”
Prior to the camp, the family and Claire had never met.
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“Will it work?”
2025
Claire X. G.
This image shows Claire testing and designing a special exhibition structure on the floor of her home.
The mosaic works shown in the display will later be created by older adults during community art sessions. The exhibition structure is an attempt to explore how these works might be naturally viewed, touched, discussed, and shared within real community environments — such as community centre halls, café areas, and public lounge spaces.
To ensure safety and adaptability, the entire display was built using only the most basic and controllable materials. Rather than relying on professional lighting, expensive equipment, or complex installation systems, Claire tried to create a sense of object-based beauty using only structure, material, and raw colour.
“Will it work?”Claire spoke to herself.
“Claire Comes Today.”
2022
Claire X. G. & a local childcare centre
During the COVID period, Claire entered a local childcare centre for the first time to run a self-funded community activity she had designed. With the support of two educators, more than 50 children spent four hours creating handmade rings and hair clips for themselves, their mothers, and younger sisters.
Photograph casually captured by an educator during the activity. All children’s faces have been covered with butterfly images for privacy protection.
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