The Dear Green Place that is Glasgow has always had its roots deeply embedded within the visual arts scene.

In trying to define the Glasgow Miracle, which has seen Glasgow-based artists scoop up contemporary art gongs such as the Turner Prize year-on-year, many have talked about the DIY approach taken by the city's artists.

This gallus approach of taking art outside gallery spaces is all over the city this weekend as the second Glasgow Open House Art Festival swings into action. From today until Monday, front doors are being flung open and a welcome being issued to anyone who wants to have a nosey into private homes, gardens, clubs and forgotten-yet-fascinating spaces scattered all around Glasgow.

Talking of Turner Prize nominees, one of them, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd (who changed her name from Spartacus to Marvin Gaye after her 2012 nomination), is one of more than 200 artists taking part. Together with her husband, Jedrzej Cichosz, and toddler son, Dragan, Chetwynd has transformed her rented home close to Queen's Park on the city's south side especially for the festival. All three, including Dragan, have taken a room in the flat and have printed, painted and collaged directly onto the walls and ceiling. There will be a special one-off 'performance', Mega Hammer, tonight at 8pm.

Elsewhere, artist and writer Penny Anderson is holding a fake seance at her home in the east of the city which she describes as an "interactive intervention about memory, loss, the paranormal and fakery".

At Willowbank Bowling Club in the west end, Janie Nicoll is curating a group exhibition themed around lawn bowls while Nives Scotto will be taking her exhibition, consisting of private messages sent by commuters while travelling, to the toilets at Central Station.

Most of the exhibitions and events are rooted in the present with the notable exception of Robert Stewart: A Thoroughly Modern Man. Curated by Stewart fan Keith Moore, at his home in Lansdowne Crescent in Kelvinbridge, ten original artworks by this hugely influential post-war designer will be on show for the duration. The works have come from Stewart's family archive and are mostly unseen by the public.

New for 2015 are several art walks which take the public on a voyage of discovery around the city, including one in the Calton area which references the famous Calton Weavers Strike of 1787, Scotland's first recorded industrial dispute.

According to director Laura Campbell (like co-director Phoebe Barnicoat, a fine art graduate of Glasgow School of Art from 2013), the festival has grown from a small grassroots event to a major curated programme in one fell swoop. The two artists work on a voluntary basis and fund themselves by waitressing at weekends.

"When we put out a call for entries at the end of last year, we received double the number than we had in 2014," says Campbell. "I spent the whole of the Christmas period working my way through the applications. It's been a huge learning curve and it's been fantastic for myself and the small organising committee to see it all coming together.

"Contemporary art is seen as being a bit elitist so this is an attempt to get out into the community and be part of Glasgow in a fresh and inclusive way."

For information about Glasgow Open House Art Festival 2015 (GOH15), go to www.glasgowopenhouse.co.uk. More than 200 artists take part in 44 free exhibitions at 53 venues throughout Glasgow, from today until Monday, noon-6pm