The
Glasgow School Of Art Degree Show opens – launching new generation of talent to
boost city’s creative industries and contemporary culture
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA)
Degree Show 2023 opens to the public on Friday 2nd of June where a new
generation of students will showcase their creativity, innovation and energy in
what is Glasgow’s largest public exhibition of work from some of the world’s
leading creative graduates. The physical show will run alongside an
expansive digital showcase, which launches live on the 1st June on www.gsashowcase.net
Over 600 students from the GSA’s five Schools will
exhibit work which addresses many of the contemporary challenges they will face
as they start their creative careers – from community and collaboration to
gender, identity and representation, climate emergency to adaptation and
reinvention, landscape and the Anthropocene to health and wellbeing. GSA Degree
Show 2023 presents an impressive breadth of new work which underlines how
innovative thinking and creative, co-designed responses are critical skills
needed across all aspects of our contemporary lives.
The impact of the physical
exhibition, reflecting the global reach of a GSA graduate, is amplified by the
accompanying digital showcase, which allows people from across the world to
engage with the immense creativity coming out of Glasgow. Graduates will
also be able to add to their digital portfolios on the showcase for up to 12
months, offering the opportunity to present their developing professional
practice post-graduation – supporting them to secure new roles and commissions
across the world.
Digital and physical poster
sites across the city highlight the diversity of work in Degree Show
2023. Product Design BDes student Mia Xintong’s Beegnal is an
elegant and innovative device to help communicate with bees by mimicking the
insect’s
vomeronasal organ, allowing humans to perceive the pheromones emitted by bees,
Fine Art Photography student Corrie Jennison’s surreal
and eerie photograph REM explores what makes images ‘dreamlike’ and
encourages viewers to think of their own personal experience of dreaming and James
Epps’ mixed media work spans collage, printmaking, sculpture and short
story writing. HIs piece Snags and Such in Progress plays with the
forms of text, exploring language and colour in a way that refuses to be read
from one set position.
Professor Penny Macbeth,
Director of The Glasgow School of Art said:
“Degree Show is a
celebration of creativity, ambition and hard work, one of the highlights of
both the academic year and the city’s cultural calendar. We are very excited to
be welcoming the City into the Glasgow School of Art to experience the
work of our incredibly talented students.
“Our students create the
most inspiring and dynamic portfolios of work and Degree Show allows them to
show what they can offer the world as they move into the next stage of their
creative careers as professional artists, designers and architects.
“Our physical Degree Show
sits alongside the digital showcase, sharing with a global audience the
individuality and creativity that our students are renowned for worldwide and
celebrating the contribution they make, as part of Glasgow’s creative network,
to the City’s global reputation as a creativity and innovation culture.”
Marc Keenan, Managing Director,
Ocean Scotland said:
Scotland is delighted to support talent from The Glasgow School of Art as part
of this year’s Degree
Show. The partnership will transform Glasgow into an outdoor gallery where
digital art will be displayed throughout the city. Working with young creatives
brings our ‘Art of
Outdoor‘ mission
statement to life and we wish the graduates success in their future careers.”
Degree Show 2023 opens to the public on Friday 2nd of June where a new
generation of students will showcase their creativity, innovation and energy in
what is Glasgow’s largest public exhibition of work from some of the world’s
leading creative graduates. The physical show will run alongside an
expansive digital showcase, which launches live on the 1st June on www.gsashowcase.net
Over 600 students from the GSA’s five Schools will
exhibit work which addresses many of the contemporary challenges they will face
as they start their creative careers – from community and collaboration to
gender, identity and representation, climate emergency to adaptation and
reinvention, landscape and the Anthropocene to health and wellbeing. GSA Degree
Show 2023 presents an impressive breadth of new work which underlines how
innovative thinking and creative, co-designed responses are critical skills
needed across all aspects of our contemporary lives.
exhibition, reflecting the global reach of a GSA graduate, is amplified by the
accompanying digital showcase, which allows people from across the world to
engage with the immense creativity coming out of Glasgow. Graduates will
also be able to add to their digital portfolios on the showcase for up to 12
months, offering the opportunity to present their developing professional
practice post-graduation – supporting them to secure new roles and commissions
across the world.
Digital and physical poster
sites across the city highlight the diversity of work in Degree Show
2023. Product Design BDes student Mia Xintong’s Beegnal is an
elegant and innovative device to help communicate with bees by mimicking the
insect’s
vomeronasal organ, allowing humans to perceive the pheromones emitted by bees,
Fine Art Photography student Corrie Jennison’s surreal
and eerie photograph REM explores what makes images ‘dreamlike’ and
encourages viewers to think of their own personal experience of dreaming and James
Epps’ mixed media work spans collage, printmaking, sculpture and short
story writing. HIs piece Snags and Such in Progress plays with the
forms of text, exploring language and colour in a way that refuses to be read
from one set position.
Director of The Glasgow School of Art said:
“Degree Show is a
celebration of creativity, ambition and hard work, one of the highlights of
both the academic year and the city’s cultural calendar. We are very excited to
be welcoming the City into the Glasgow School of Art to experience the
work of our incredibly talented students.
most inspiring and dynamic portfolios of work and Degree Show allows them to
show what they can offer the world as they move into the next stage of their
creative careers as professional artists, designers and architects.
sits alongside the digital showcase, sharing with a global audience the
individuality and creativity that our students are renowned for worldwide and
celebrating the contribution they make, as part of Glasgow’s creative network,
to the City’s global reputation as a creativity and innovation culture.”
Marc Keenan, Managing Director,
Ocean Scotland said:
Scotland is delighted to support talent from The Glasgow School of Art as part
of this year’s Degree
Show. The partnership will transform Glasgow into an outdoor gallery where
digital art will be displayed throughout the city. Working with young creatives
brings our ‘Art of
Outdoor‘ mission
statement to life and we wish the graduates success in their future careers.”
ENDS
GSA Degree Show 2023 runs from
2nd to 11th June across the GSA Garnethill Campus. The GSA’s Master of Fine Art Degree
Show opens on 1 – 10th June at
Florence Street.
A selection of press use images
can be downloaded HERE.
Please check www.gsashowcase.net for tours, buildings
and opening times throughout the degree show.
For any further info please
contact:
Alan Miller Abnormal PR | e: abnormals@me.com | t: 07970931537
NOTES FOR EDITORS
Degree Show 2023
GSA’s Five Specialist Schools
and their show locations: School of Fine Art (Stow Building), School of
Design (Reid Building), Mackintosh School of Architecture (Bourdon Building),
School of Innovation and School of Simulation and Visualisation (both Haldane
Building).
One show – all preview 1 June,
open to the public 2 – 11 June 2023
Digital showcase of
Degree Show 2023 will launch at www.gsashowcase.net at 4.30pm on 1 June. The
showcase is accessible by our graduating students for 12 months following
graduation to be able to be used as a professional portfolio/ shop window.
2nd to 11th June across the GSA Garnethill Campus. The GSA’s Master of Fine Art Degree
Show opens on 1 – 10th June at
Florence Street.
can be downloaded HERE.
and opening times throughout the degree show.
For any further info please
contact:
Degree Show 2023
GSA’s Five Specialist Schools
and their show locations: School of Fine Art (Stow Building), School of
Design (Reid Building), Mackintosh School of Architecture (Bourdon Building),
School of Innovation and School of Simulation and Visualisation (both Haldane
Building).
open to the public 2 – 11 June 2023
Degree Show 2023 will launch at www.gsashowcase.net at 4.30pm on 1 June. The
showcase is accessible by our graduating students for 12 months following
graduation to be able to be used as a professional portfolio/ shop window.
4th Year Fashion Show Schedule:
Press Show – Thursday 25th May
Prelude: The Glasgow School Of Art Fashion Show Industry Reception
The Art School: GSA Students’
Association, 20 Scott Street Glasgow G3 6PE
Times: 17:30 – 18:30
Public Showings – Friday 26th May
3 Shows – First Show 2 – 3pm then – 5pm-6pm,
8pm-9pm.
The Art School: GSA Students’
Association, 20 Scott Street Glasgow G3 6PE
(GSA):
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA)
is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s leading independent
university-level institutions for education and research in the visual creative
disciplines. Our studio-based, specialist, practice-led teaching, learning and
research draw talented individuals with a shared passion for visual culture and
creative production from all over the world.
one of the first Government Schools of Design, the School’s history can be
traced back to 1753 and the establishment of the Foulis Academy delivering a
European-style art education. Today, the GSA is an international community of
over 3500 students and staff across architecture, design, digital, fine art and
innovation in our campuses in Glasgow and Altyre (in the Scottish Highlands)
and a thriving Open Studio programme delivering non-degree provision to over
1500 students annually.
Art of Outdoor’