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The Glasgow School of Art’s unique printing and typesetting facility The Caseroom celebrates 60 remarkable years, preserving traditional craft while encouraging contemporary innovation, with exhibition of staff and student works

Posted on: Jan. 30, 2025
The Glasgow School of Art’s specialised printing and typesetting facility The Caseroom, part of the GSA’s School of Design, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2025 with an exhibition The Caseroom: 60 Years of Letterpress etc. at The Glasgow School of Art. The exhibition will bring together works by current and former students as well as staff and a wide range
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Author, curator and antiques expert Jeremy Cooper donates significant part of his collection of rare 1990’s British art ephemera to The Glasgow School of Art

Posted on: Jan. 28, 2025
Jeremy Cooper, the British novelist, author, art historian, and former antiques dealer has donated a collection of rare artist’s ephemera to The Glasgow School of Art Library.     This unique personally curated collection is principally focused on the Young British Artists (YBAs) of the 1990s and early 2000s, including materials related to Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George,
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Glasgow School of Art graduate wins prestigious Centenary Tartan design competition

Posted on: Jan. 27, 2025
Claire Fowler, a BA (hons) Textile design graduate of The Glasgow School of Art, has won a prestigious design competition by Mac Mic Group to create a bespoke tartan design as part of the company’s centenary celebrations.   Mac Mic Group announced its collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) on the Mac Mic Centenary Tartan Project on Friday
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Glasgow School of Art graduate’s work underpins groundbreaking UK-first surgery on previously inoperable tumour  

Posted on: Jan. 21, 2025
Lisa Ferrie, a Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy Master’s graduate from the School of Innovation and Technology at The Glasgow School of Art, has, working with surgeons at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, contributed to the research development of a groundbreaking new surgery that allows for the successful removal of a tumour through the eye socket.  The procedure, known as
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10th Annual Winter School, hosted by the School of Innovation and Technology at The Glasgow School of Art, brings together brightest minds from across the world to apply innovative solutions to ecological challenges 

Posted on: Jan. 13, 2025
International experts from across Europe and Asia are joining with The Glasgow School of Art’s School of Innovation and Technology (S.I.T.) for the first phase of the 10th anniversary edition of the annual GSA Winter School, which runs from 13th to 17th January.  The second phase of the Winter School will take place, on site, at the GSA Highlands campus on
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Bet Low: An Island on Your Doorstep, the largest collection of Low’s works seen this century, opens 11th January at Reid Gallery

Posted on: Dec. 16, 2024
This timely centenary exhibition bringing together over 60 works by Scottish painter Bet Low (1924-2007) has been supported by the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund.   The centenary of the birth of the Scottish artist Bet Low RSA RSW RGI D.Lit.(1924-2007) is to be marked in both Glasgow and Orkney through a collaboration between the Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art
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The Glasgow School Of Art launches multi-faceted 2025 Christmas cards, celebrating the past, present, and future of the GSA

Posted on: Dec. 09, 2024
This year, The Glasgow School of Art’s Christmas cards are a multi-faceted digital and physical response to themes of family, community, collaboration, tradition and innovation. A film, and specially printed cards from the GSA’s Caseroom as part of a year of events celebrating 60 Year anniversary, were presented at an event at the Reid Auditorium on the 9th December.  
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Mackintosh School of Architecture student receives High Commendation in prestigious Royal Institute of British Architecture Awards

Posted on: Dec. 06, 2024
Callum Geddes Symmons, a Stage 5 Master’s graduate from the Mackintosh School of Architecture, who is continuing his studies on the Masters by Conversation course, has received a High Commendation in the highly prestigious RIBA President’s Silver Medal category at this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects Awards ceremony, held on December 4 in London. The RIBA Silver Medal is
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Glasgow School of Art Graduate Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize 2024

Posted on: Dec. 03, 2024
Turner Prize announces seventh Glasgow School of Art Graduate as winner in the 40th anniversary year of prestigious world-leading visual arts award.    The 2024 Turner Prize has been awarded today 3rd December to Jasleen Kaur, a Silversmithing & Jewellery graduate from 2008, who was nominated for her solo exhibition Alter Altar at Tramway, Glasgow.  The winner of the £25,000
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Glasgow awarded status as a UNESCO Learning City in recognition for outstanding achievements in lifelong learning.

Posted on: Dec. 03, 2024
Glasgow has been revealed as a UNESCO Learning City in recognition for outstanding achievements in lifelong learning, and is the only city in Scotland to receive this honour.   The award was announced on Monday 2 December 2024 alongside 9 other world cities at a ceremony to kick start the Sixth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 6) in Jubail,
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