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This episode of the GSA Podcast discusses the history and ethos of the RRS programme at The Glasgow School of Art, with current programme coordinator Eilidh Akilade joined by artist and GSA graduate Camara Taylor, who first took over the programme in 2017. The discussion includes insight into community engagement, partnership with cross-city institutions, and how organisations can support underrep...

In the lead-up to the MFA Degree Show, we spotlight the Master of Fine Art programme, its emphasis on risk taking, and its rich connection to Glasgow's wider art scene. Host Skye Butchard is joined by programme leader Margaret Salmon, lecturer and former MFA graduate Graham Ramsay - both interdisciplinary artists in their own right - as well as current MFA student Rho Mcguire, who all offer t...

Professor Penny Macbeth, Professor Omar Kholeif and Jenny Brownrigg in conversation. Art Schools are places where knowledge is not simply tought, but passed on, transformed and reimagined.  This short podcast special for the La Biennale di Venezia unfolds across four conversations – moving from personal practice to global questions – tracing how art schools operate as sites and agents of making, t...

In this episode of the GSA Podcast, PhD researcher Michael Collazzo discusses undertaking a practice-led PhD, and what it has afforded him as an artist.  Michael's PhD project centres on the completion of a three-year-long ballpoint pen drawing. Huge in scale and impressive for its intricacy, the drawing is just as important for its process as it is for the end work. In his research, grief is...

In this bitesize episode, we celebrate the start of the festive period with the Silversmithing and Jewellery Christmas Sale, as well as the upcoming Year 4 work-in-progress show. Undergraduate programme leader Anna Gordon is joined by Year 4 student Liatris Bian and Year 3 student Yasaman Basmanesh, who discuss their work and what they hope to get out of the sale.   The S&J Christmas Sale take...

The GSA is marking the centenary of Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay with War and Pieces of a Garden , an exhibition in the Reid Building which explores key moments in Finlay's life and work, and what makes his art resonate in the present day.  Photographer Robin Gillanders is joined by GSA Exhibitions and Cultural Development Coordinator John Farrell and GSA Library and Collections Manage...

In this episode, we speak to the team behind The Centre for Advanced Textiles about its ground-breaking journey and lasting impact on the textile industry. We're also joined by multi-disciplinary artist Fraser Taylor, who speaks about exhibiting Instant Whip at the GSA, nearly fifty years after he first started his studies here.  You can see the exhibition CATALOGUE: 25 years of the Centre fo...

Clearing is a simple way to apply to The Glasgow School of Art, and offers those who not currently have a place to study on an undergraduate course the option to apply for study at the GSA in autumn 2025.  In this episode of The Glasgow School of Art podcast, we hear from David Miller - Team Leader for the GSA admissions team. David talks you through the process of Clearing, how to do it, and what...

Degree Show - the annual exhibition of student work at The Glasgow School of Art - is one of the highlights of the Scottish arts calendar, and as ever our graduating students have put on a show that represents the ingenuity and bold spirit of our creative community. This preview of Degree Show 2025 features background and insights on student work from across the four schools of the GSA.  You can v...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...

ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive.  The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art.  Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing u...