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- Learn
more about Charles Rennie Mackintosh in tours led by the GSA’s award-winning
student guides - Express
your creativity with the GSA’s Open Studio short courses - See
and buy work by graduating students in annual Degree Shows - International
artists and designers showcased in the GSA’s free exhibition programme
Images: Mackintosh at the GSA tours, GSA Open Studio Summer courses, exhibition of work by
Prabhakar Pachpute
Prabhakar Pachpute
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featured in the 2018 summer events programme.
featured in the 2018 summer events programme.
The Glasgow School of Art has unveiled a
wide-ranging programme of public events and activities for summer 2018 today, 6 April 2018. The packed programme includes international exhibitions, walking
and building tours, a choice of short courses for both adults and children and
annual Degree Shows.
wide-ranging programme of public events and activities for summer 2018 today, 6 April 2018. The packed programme includes international exhibitions, walking
and building tours, a choice of short courses for both adults and children and
annual Degree Shows.
Learn more about Charles Rennie Mackintosh
As Glasgow celebrates the 150th
anniversary his birth, the GSA offers seven Mackintosh
at the GSA Tours each day this summer. Led by the GSA’s award winning
student guides, the 45-minute tour tells the story of the renowned artist,
architect and designer from his early student days at the GSA through to the
completion of his masterpiece, The Mackintosh Building. The tours also offer
the unique opportunity to see the highlightsof the GSA’s collection of
original Mackintosh furniture and to learn more about the work currently
underway to restore ‘the Mack’.
anniversary his birth, the GSA offers seven Mackintosh
at the GSA Tours each day this summer. Led by the GSA’s award winning
student guides, the 45-minute tour tells the story of the renowned artist,
architect and designer from his early student days at the GSA through to the
completion of his masterpiece, The Mackintosh Building. The tours also offer
the unique opportunity to see the highlights
original Mackintosh furniture and to learn more about the work currently
underway to restore ‘the Mack’.
Offering a more in depth view of the work of
Mackintosh and the importance of Art Nouveau in Glasgow are the GSA’s Mackintosh’s Glasgow Walking Tours.
Running five days a week (Thursday – Monday) at 1pm these 2 hour, 15 minute
tours take visitors across the city centre to see buildings designed by
Mackintosh as well as by the architects who influenced him, and his
contemporaries in the Glasgow Style,
uncovering a number of hidden gems on the way.
Mackintosh and the importance of Art Nouveau in Glasgow are the GSA’s Mackintosh’s Glasgow Walking Tours.
Running five days a week (Thursday – Monday) at 1pm these 2 hour, 15 minute
tours take visitors across the city centre to see buildings designed by
Mackintosh as well as by the architects who influenced him, and his
contemporaries in the Glasgow Style,
uncovering
Express your creativity through Open Studio
Over
the summer the GSA’s Open Studio offers a wide range of daytime and evening
short courses for both adults and children. Courses for adults include
painting, stone carving, sculpture, stained glass making, jewellery techniques,
photography and ceramics as well as portfolio preparation. Courses for young
people, from age 7 upwards, include drawing and painting, comic book design,
textiles and craft, make-up for film & TV and creative sculpture.
the summer the GSA’s Open Studio offers a wide range of daytime and evening
short courses for both adults and children. Courses for adults include
painting, stone carving, sculpture, stained glass making, jewellery techniques,
photography and ceramics as well as portfolio preparation. Courses for young
people, from age 7 upwards, include drawing and painting, comic book design,
textiles and craft, make-up for film & TV and creative sculpture.
Download a copy of the brochure here
Free international Exhibition programme
The
GSA’s free international exhibition programme kicks off with two shows for the
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (20 April – 7 May). The GSA has commissioned
its alumnus Torsten Lauschmann to
create major new solo exhibition for the Reid Gallery which features audio-visual,
photographic and sculptural works. Lauschmann has had a long interest in
automata and automation. At first sight playful, the new works acquire darker
resonances, tapping into current anxieties in popular culture created through
the unexpected consequences of new technologies. In the Reid Corridor GSA
alumna Susanne Nørregård Nielsen shows new drawings on paper inspired by the writings
of influential painter, sculptor textile and furniture designer Sophie
Taeuber-Arp (1889 – 1943)
GSA’s free international exhibition programme kicks off with two shows for the
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (20 April – 7 May). The GSA has commissioned
its alumnus Torsten Lauschmann to
create major new solo exhibition for the Reid Gallery which features audio-visual,
photographic and sculptural works. Lauschmann has had a long interest in
automata and automation. At first sight playful, the new works acquire darker
resonances, tapping into current anxieties in popular culture created through
the unexpected consequences of new technologies. In the Reid Corridor GSA
alumna Susanne Nørregård Nielsen shows new drawings on paper inspired by the writings
of influential painter, sculptor textile and furniture designer Sophie
Taeuber-Arp (1889 – 1943)
The
GSA’s main summer exhibition (23 June – 16 August) is a showcase of work by
three Scottish-based artists – Rabiya Choudrhry, Fiona Jardine and Hanneline
Visnes – who are making new pieces
responding to textiles held in GSA’s Archives and Collections. Each artist has
selected one sample and through a programme of research has tracked its history
in order to present a new story or work from it. Fiona Jardine has looked at a
particular ceremonial textile – the ‘Irish square’ or ‘Donegal square’; Rabiya
Choudhry has investigated Paisley Pattern; Hanneline Visnes has researched the
work of Dorothy Carleton Smyth.
GSA’s main summer exhibition (23 June – 16 August) is a showcase of work by
three Scottish-based artists – Rabiya Choudrhry, Fiona Jardine and Hanneline
Visnes – who are making new pieces
responding to textiles held in GSA’s Archives and Collections. Each artist has
selected one sample and through a programme of research has tracked its history
in order to present a new story or work from it. Fiona Jardine has looked at a
particular ceremonial textile – the ‘Irish square’ or ‘Donegal square’; Rabiya
Choudhry has investigated Paisley Pattern; Hanneline Visnes has researched the
work of Dorothy Carleton Smyth.
The
main show in the Reid corridor this summer (21 June – 19 August) is a series of
new works by Indian artist, Prabhakar Pachpute, commissioned specially by the
GSA in partnership with the CCA and The Drouth. The exhibition is curated by
Viviana Checchia of the CCA, and the works accompany a new book, Political
Animal, by Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at the GSA.
main show in the Reid corridor this summer (21 June – 19 August) is a series of
new works by Indian artist, Prabhakar Pachpute, commissioned specially by the
GSA in partnership with the CCA and The Drouth. The exhibition is curated by
Viviana Checchia of the CCA, and the works accompany a new book, Political
Animal, by Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at the GSA.
This
following exhibition in the Reid Corridor (15-30 September) is posters from the
Art School Film Club. Curated by Marc
Baines of the GSA’s Communication Design department in association with GSA
Archives and Collections, the exhibition features fifty posters created for the
Art School Film Club in the last twelve years alongside posters from earlier
GSA film clubs stretching back to the 1970s
following exhibition in the Reid Corridor (15-30 September) is posters from the
Art School Film Club. Curated by Marc
Baines of the GSA’s Communication Design department in association with GSA
Archives and Collections, the exhibition features fifty posters created for the
Art School Film Club in the last twelve years alongside posters from earlier
GSA film clubs stretching back to the 1970s
For further information on the GSA’s
exhibition programme visit: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/visit-gsa/exhibitions/
exhibition programme visit: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/visit-gsa/exhibitions/
Degree Shows
The
GSA’s annual undergraduate Degree Show, which offers the opportunity to see and
buy work by graduating students, runs from 2 – 8 June across the GSA campus. It
also includes the presentation of final year collections by the latest cohort
of Fashion Design students, which will this year be staged in the raw
industrial setting of the Savoy Tower. After Degree Show the graduands will
showcase their work in a range of events in London including New Designers and
Free Range and, for the first time, on the catwalk at Graduate Fashion Week.
GSA’s annual undergraduate Degree Show, which offers the opportunity to see and
buy work by graduating students, runs from 2 – 8 June across the GSA campus. It
also includes the presentation of final year collections by the latest cohort
of Fashion Design students, which will this year be staged in the raw
industrial setting of the Savoy Tower. After Degree Show the graduands will
showcase their work in a range of events in London including New Designers and
Free Range and, for the first time, on the catwalk at Graduate Fashion Week.
In
early September students following the GSA’s taught postgraduate programmes
will have their showcase. Masters of Design will show their work in the Reid
Building, MLitt and MRes students will have a showcase in the Tontine Building
and MArch. students will present their portfolios in the Bourdon Building.
early September students following the GSA’s taught postgraduate programmes
will have their showcase. Masters of Design will show their work in the Reid
Building, MLitt and MRes students will have a showcase in the Tontine Building
and MArch. students will present their portfolios in the Bourdon Building.
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