Sunday, December 16, 2007

greenmuseum.org


a nonprofit, online museum of environmental art, advances creative efforts to improve our relationship with the natural world.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Goma goths banned - heaven knows they're miserable now



In a bid to move the youngsters on the council have cordoned off steps between Borders bookshop and the Gallery of Modern Art (Goma) - a favourite goth gathering point. Security guards have been brought in to supervise the area. A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: "Royal Exchange Square is one of the jewels in Glasgow's crown. The Scotsman


Does anyone else think this is a bit over the top?

Friday, December 07, 2007

The Mystery of Picasso

To keep the whole drawing thing going a little longer, I thought everyone might enjoy this small film of Picasso doing what he does best.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Rebelland: wan way in, nae way oot




New work from the Blind Faith artist and writer in residence. Anthony Schrag and Mag Gibson
12th December, 7:00 - 9:00
The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

Ariki Porteous and Paul MacInnes


Intermedia gallery / 350 Sauchiehall Street
December 15 - 12 January
Open Saturday 15th December 7:00-9:00

'Big Things on the Beach'


“Big Things on the Beach” wishes to commission a new temporary artwork for Portobello’s beach and environs. The artwork will aim to engage with the local community and build on the Trust’s successful commissioning programme since 2004.

Expression of Interest by 2.02.08
Three short listed artists will be given £250 to develop their proposals for interview. If interested please send a covering letter outlining your interest, approach and initial idea for this commission with a provisional budget, your CV including 2 referees, artists statement and 6 images of previous work (hard copies please) to.... see website by clicking image.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

The Gorbalites



A public film screening of 'The Gorbalites', a new piece of work by artist Neville Rae. The film will be projected onto the Gable end of the Stirlingfauld High-Rise Flat this Sunday from 6pm-8pm.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Karla Black


Karla was invited in today by our second year to give an artist talk and do some tutorials. click on the image to see more of Karla's work on the Marymary gallery website.

Convulsive Illustration

Georg Barber • Silvia Battista • Arne Bellstorf • Anna Bhushan Thea Brine • Sue Coe • Douglas Dent • Anke Feuchtenberger Line Hoven • Peter Kuper • Stewart Mackinnon • Brothers Quay

• Preview Friday 9 November 7pm
• Exhibition Dates 10 November - 8 December
• Gallery Open Tuesday - Saturday 12-6pm

Monday, October 29, 2007

WORLD COMMUNITY ARTS DAY 17th Feb 2008



After the initial success of WCAD 2007, join communiversity.org.uk in 2008 by marking the day with community event and contributing to their website.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Leonhart Fuchs De Historia Stirpium



To celebrate the completion of Christine Borland's 'To be Set and Sown in the Garden' 2002, based upon the design of a medieval physic garden, Glasgow University published on line, Leonhart Fuchs' De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (or, Notable commentaries on the history of plants) which was first published in 1542. A massive, folio volume, this landmark work describes in Latin some 497 plants, and is illustrated by over 500 superb woodcuts based upon first-hand observation.

visit pOstage



pOstage is setting up an international mail art project.....and for this wants YOUR postal address! If you would like to take part in this and find out more about other 'Mail Art' events and projecst, follow the image link above.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Aphrodite Project


The Aphrodite Project is a series of new media artworks inspired by the cult of Aphrodite. Started by Norene Leddy in 2000, The Aphrodite Project consists of three multi-media artworks: Sanctuary, Platforms, and Kestos Imas, a work in progress.

Cornelia Parker takes you on a gallery tour



Take a video tour of Cornelia Parker’s current show, Never Endings at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery courtesy of the BBC

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Cath Keay – 1000 Tides



Cath will be running a casting project with our first year students early next month. keep an eye on the blog and our Flickr site for images from the project.

Cath Keay’s doctoral project builds on her previous, long-running work on bees and wax sculpture to investigate ways in which art and the natural world can interact, exploring dynamic natural processes that can influence the final form of a sculpture. Keay’s sculptural works provide a basis for animal colonisation in natural environments (a wax architectural sculpture in a beehive; terracotta text sculptures in the sea); over time it is possible to investigate the way in which these animal forms adapt to and alter the artworks, creating beauty in nature’s response to human intervention. Her work highlights the role of nature as collaborator in the creation of the artistic product.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Anthony Schrag


body intelligent – that which is understood phenomenologically before it is understood mentally or intellectually

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

glimmers in limbo



113 -117 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD
(entrance in New Wynd)

18 – 27 October 2007

18 October, 6.30 – 9pm: preview and live performance
(invite only)
19 - 21 October, 2 – 7pm
22, 23 October, closed
24, 25 October, 2- 7pm
26 October 2 – 9pm
27 October 2 – 6pm

Four interventions interleave layers of the Britannia Panopticon building’s histories with its present, fragile existence, and uncertain future, in Glasgow’s regenerating Merchant City district.

Mark Melvin


What can be seen in Mark’s work throughout is a preoccupation with the work as process, and in turn looping, sequence and rhythmic iteration have been prominent in their construction. Repetition is evident in his practice and he often experiments with various cycles and levels of repetition, be it a discussion of the habitual and routine, investigations into recollection and memory or the use of music, the art of iteration.

Year_07 Art Projects



Showcasing 58 international galleries exhibiting young and established artists in the rich architectural setting of Country Hall, London.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Exhibition Talk & Live Music @ the collective



Thursday 25 October. The Collective has a free exhibition talk between 7-8pm where Kirsten Body will discuss Holly's McCulloch exhibition and the New Work Scotland Programme application process.
Stay on for£3 for the 8-10pm Live music session organised by Little Pebble. Ziggy Campbell and Amy Duncan play live at the Collective .

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Holly McCulloch



PREVIEW  - ALL WELCOME. FRIDAY 28 SEPT, 7 - 9PM

First up for Collective's New Work Scotland Programme 2007 (NWSP) is Glasgow School of Art graduate, Holly McCulloch. NWSP lies at the heart of Collective's Professional Development Programme and creates a dedicated three month period for the support and development of new artists in Scotland through exhibiting, writing and event opportunities.

Holly's exhibition features new work as part of an ongoing project where six basic colours of six dresses form the starting point for an investigation into the social and political meanings attached to colour. The drawings, sculpture and video featured in this installation describe the hierarchical statement of the colours in a mimicry of bureaucratic systems and institutional structures.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Nick Evans



The Glasgow-based sculptor Nick Evans’ recent solo show at Sorcha Dallas involved an unusual foray by the artist into almost total abstraction. Though the ‘Primitivist’ aesthetic of classical modernism had been strongly present in Evans’ past sculptures, his older works also incorporated conspicuous figurative elements (referencing Cubist-style nudes, for example). more


(IMAGE: “Dear Green Place 4” Jack Cunningham)


Jack Cunningham – Contemporary Narrative Jewellery

Dates: Thursday 20th September – Friday 28th September

A contemporary studio jeweller, Jack Cunningham has for some years specialised within the genre of narrative jewellery, being that which communicates or tells a story through the use of visual imagery. This exhibition, by the Head of the Silversmithing & Jewellery Department at The Glasgow School of Art, the culmination of 6 years part-time doctoral research, this exhibition explores all aspects of Cunningham’s practice based work process and contextualises his output within a European framework.

Monday, September 17, 2007

The big draw



The Campaign invites everyone to join in, using drawing to engage with the past, present and future. The eighth Big Draw runs from 1 to 31 October 2007, with a special focus on Saturday 13 October. Any drawing event in October can be registered as part of this programme.