The Glasgow School of Art is awarded The 2024 Ladislav Sutnar Award in The Czech Republic
Posted on: Nov. 06, 2024On Wednesday the 6th November The Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia (Sutnarka) in Pilsen, The Czech Republic, presented the Ladislav Sutnar Prize to Prof. Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow School of Art, American designer Debbie Millman, and the Japanese periodical IDEA Magazine. The GSA joins previous exceptional individuals and institutions who
The Glasgow School of Art signs new partnership with Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart, expanding European collaboration and pioneering distinctive new approaches to practice based research.
Posted on: Oct. 31, 2024The Glasgow School of Art hosted a delegation this week from Baden-Württemberg (a state in southwest Germany bordering France and Switzerland) which included Members of Parliament, political administrators, scientists, policy officers, university representatives, and press from both Baden-Württemberg and Glasgow. Prof. Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow School of Art, welcomed the delegation, including meeting Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for
Marlene Smith’s ‘Ah, Sugar’, a co-commission for Reid Gallery with Cubitt, London
Posted on: Oct. 31, 2024Ah, Sugar is a solo exhibition by Marlene Smith that brings together newly-commissioned photographic and sculptural work that demonstrates the artist’s ongoing interest in the material and bodily qualities of artistic practice. The show is curated by Cubitt Fellow Seán Elder, who is a Glasgow School of Art Curatorial Practice (Visual Art) graduate. The show was first shown in London at Cubitt, and now
Research Associate at The Glasgow School of Art named in Community Innovation Practitioner Awards 2023-24.
Posted on: Oct. 10, 2024UK Culture and Community Cohesion: Community Innovation Practitioners reveal results of UKRI inclusive innovation funding award. Gaston Welisch a Research Associate at The Glasgow School of Art and Masters of European Design (2019) was announced as one of five recipients of the Community Innovation Practitioner (CIP) Awards 2023-24. AHRC Creative Communities is a £3.9m major research programme based
The Glasgow School of Art and Tsinghua University Renew Partnership, Strengthening Academic and Cultural Ties
Posted on: Oct. 10, 2024Professor Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow School Art, has re-signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Professor Sai Ma, Dean of Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts & Design. Tsinghua University in China is a long-standing partner of The Glasgow School of Art, first signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in 2009. The re-signing of the MOU and a
PRESENT TENSE : A new exhibition by artists, long-time collaborators and School of Fine Art tutors SMITH/STEWART.
Posted on: Sep. 21, 2024PRESENT TENSE is a new exhibition by artists and long-time collaborators SMITH/STEWART. Since the mid 1990’s Stephanie Smith and Eddie Stewart have been making work together as SMITH/STEWART. They work and live in Glasgow and both teach in The School of Fine Art. Their work explores interdependence and the relationships we have with one another. They make sculptural installations, with a primary emphasis