Glasgow School Of Art

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Glasgow School of Art

Established	1845
Type	Art school
Students	1740
Undergraduates	1600
Postgraduates	140
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Director	Seona Reid
Affiliations	University of Glasgow,
Website	www.gsa.ac.uk

Glasgow School of Art is one of four independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow.

History

It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, one of the first Government Schools of Design. In 1853 it changed its name to the Glasgow School of Art. Initially the School was located at 12 Ingram Street, but in 1869, it moved to the McLellan Galleries. In 1897 work started on a new building to house the School on Renfrew Street. The building was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the first half of the building was completed in 1899 and the second in 1909.

Campus

Western facade of GSA's Mackintosh building

The School is situated in a compact campus, spread across 10 buildings, in the centre of Glasgow, north of Sauchiehall Street.^[1] With the exception of the Schools digital design studio which is situated within the House for an Art Lover, in Bellahouston Park on the southside of the city.

The Mackintosh Building - or "The Mac" as it is colloquially known by staff and students - is the heart of the campus and continues to be a functioning part of the school. It primarily houses the Fine Art Painting department, the Interior Design department, first year studios and administrative staff. It also houses the Mackintosh gallery which holds many different exhibitions throughout the year. The gallery is the only part of the Mackintosh building open to the general public, all other areas are of the school are only viewable by guided tour. An exception to this rule is the Degree show where all the studios within the Mackintosh building are opened to allow people to view the graduating years final artworks.

Directly opposite the Mackintosh Building are the Newbery Tower, Foulis Building and Assembly Building. The Newbury Tower houses the Textiles, Jewellery & Silversmithing departments and the Refectory cafeteria, actually a second branch of Where the Monkey Sleeps, a vibrant city centre cafe and restaurant run by three ex-graduates. The Foulis plays host to the Product Design Engineering, Product Design, Visual Communications departments and the Centre for Advanced Textiles.

The Richmond Building is home to the Fine Art photography department which was founded by Thomas Joshua Cooper in 1982. The BA (Fine Art) Photography course was the first of its kind in Europe.

Connected to the Richmond Building is the John D. Kelly Building which houses the printmaking department, as well as the first year design programme.

The Mackintosh School of Architecture and the school's Library are situated in the The Bourdon Building.

The Barnes Building on West Graham Street is the base for the MFA and Sclupture and environmental art studios.

Expansion

Currently, the school board are planning on developing the current Garnethill campus. The Mackintosh building will still be centrepiece of the campus, though there are plans to sell of some of the more peripheral buildings and to re-develop the Newbury site.

Students

The Glasgow school of art has a diverse student population. Of its 1,600 students, almost 20 per cent are from outside the UK. ^[2]

On December the 18th 2002 the funding councils published figures which placed Glasgow School of Art second in the country as having the least number of students from a working class background. With just 7% of its students coming from social classes IIIm, IV and V (skilled manual, semi-skilled or unskilled workers), the figures put it above Oxford and Cambridge in terms of exclusivity. ^[3]

Bob Hardy of Glaswegian band Franz Ferdinand pursued a career here before joining Alex and company.

Student Unions and representation

Architectural model of the Glasgow School of Art.

The Assembly Building houses the Glasgow School of Art Student Association's Administritive offices. Known by many of the staff and students as "The Vic" due to the remains of a Victorian cafe, called The Victoria cafe, saved from beneath a condemned building in the 1960's.

Students from other institutions often refer to the building as "The Art-School", which often refers to the gigs and club-nights that run by the GSASA.

The GSASA also has different societies including the Mural society, LGBT society and Cinema Society.

The SRC is a body of students elected by fellow students. They meet once a month with different sections of the school to discuss issues affecting the students.

References

1. ^ "Glasgow School of Art", HERO, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.2007">
2. ^ "Glasgow School of Art", The Independent, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.2007">
3. ^ "Glasgow 'posher' than Oxbridge", Guardian Unlimited, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.2002">

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Glasgow
Gaelic - Glaschu
Scots - Glesca, Glesga

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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"
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University of Glasgow (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu, Latin: Universitas Glasguensis) was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
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Garnethill is a predominately residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland

Located in the city centre, the area borders Cowcaddens to its North, Sauchiehall Street to its South, Cambridge Street to its East and the M8 motorway to its West.
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The McLellan Galleries are an exhibition space in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Built in 1856, the Galleries are named after their founder, Archibald McLellan (1795-1854), a coach builder, councillor and patron of the arts.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh (June 7, 1868 – December 10, 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, and watercolourist who was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main exponent of Art Nouveau in Scotland.
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Sauchiehall Street is one of the main shopping/business streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street, it forms the 'Golden Z' in Glasgow city centre, containing the majority of Glasgow's high street and chain stores.
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House for an Art Lover is based on a concept design produced in 1901 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh with his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The building is situated in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland. Construction began in 1989 and the house was finally opened to the public in 1996.
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Joshua Thomas Cooper Born in California, United States in 1946 is one of the world's most respected photographers.

He currently resides in Glasgow, UK where he founded the Fine Art Photography Department at the Glasgow School of Art in 1982.
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The Mackintosh School of Architecture is one of the three schools which makes up the Glasgow School of Art, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow, Scotland. The Mackintosh School of Architecture is the GSA's only academic school concerned with a single discipline.
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Robert Hardy (born Robert Byron Hardy, 16 August 1980, Gomersal near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) is the bassist for the Glasgow band, Franz Ferdinand.

Hardy came to the Glasgow School of Art from Bradford in West Yorkshire in order to study painting.
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Franz Ferdinand are an award winning rock band, from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2001 and named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the band consists of Alex Kapranos on lead vocals and
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