Festive Pop-up Delights
This Thursday we are having our [now] annual Festive Pop-up Delights at the #ThursdayExchange. We have been having lots of fun planning and preparing for the evening and it’s now… Read more Festive Pop-up Delights →
Rule of Thumb
Today is International Human Rights Day and the final day of the UN 16 Days of Action to eliminate violence against women. I wanted to mark this day by updating our blog archive with the information on Rule of Thumb – our social justice programme on violence against women, which ran from 2004 -2005. Following on from Sanctuary in 2003, this programme developed the work at GoMA on social justice and elbowroom, the lead-in exhibition, opened on International Human Rights Day in 2004. Work on Rule of Thumb had begun… Read more Rule of Thumb →
The “New Girl”
[gigya src=”http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649″ width=”500″ flashvars=”offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=/photos/glasgowmuseums/sets/72157637309462134/show/&page_show_back_url=/photos/glasgowmuseums/sets/72157637309462134/&set_id=72157637309462134&jump_to=” allowFullScreen=”true” ] Slideshow from the Saturday Art Club 2 November 2013 (including Play me I’m Yours Glasgow) In June 2013 when dissertations had been handed in, exams had been graded and Graduation Day loomed it was time to revaluate the goals that I had for the last four years. I no longer had the excuse of essays and exams and now had to tackle the scary concepts of my ‘next step’ the ‘career path’ and just the ‘becoming a full functioning adult’ in general. My degree… Read more The “New Girl” →
HearAfter, a sound installation by Nichola Scrutton
A few months ago I had arranged an exploratory meeting with Nichola Scrutton to talk about her proposal for HearAfter. Nearly two hours later and after an incredibly interesting conversation… Read more HearAfter, a sound installation by Nichola Scrutton →
The Big Craft Giveaway at GOMA Saturday 21 September 1.00pm-4.00pm
The Big Craft Giveaway is funded by Creative Scotland and the aim of the project is to introduce a wide variety of people to craft. The ceramicist Morgane Deffense worked… Read more The Big Craft Giveaway at GOMA Saturday 21 September 1.00pm-4.00pm →
Walking Tour: Glasgow’s Hidden Art
GOMA led a walking tour around Glasgow City Centre to discover sculptural gems, both old and new. All the people present were part of Glasgow Health Walks network – Free walks up to an hour long led by volunteers – http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/healthwalks Health Walks deliver an array of social benefits including making people fitter, healthier and improving their mental health. We were very lucky with the weather and started the tour at the Gallery of Modern Art, moving on outside to the statue of the Duke of Wellington by the artist… Read more Walking Tour: Glasgow’s Hidden Art →
A Picture Show, Gallery 2
Glasgow Museums is a vast organisation with colleagues spread across the venues in the city. Catching up can sometimes be particularly hard to do outside of formal meetings, but sharing… Read more A Picture Show, Gallery 2 →
Little Sparta – the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Little Sparta – the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay GoMA’s Learning team made a visit to Little Sparta at the end of June to gain further insight into the work of the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. The new display of his work is now open in Gallery 3: Poet, Artist, Revolutionary. Little Sparta is situated in the Pentland hills, near Edinburgh and is approximately a 50 minute drive from Glasgow. We were very lucky with the weather on the day of our visit and this allowed us to explore the… Read more Little Sparta – the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay →
GoMA Summer Learning Programme
With the school holidays just starting (as has the traditional wet Scottish summer) we thought we had better get our programme out there for the next few months. Information on… Read more GoMA Summer Learning Programme →