Bram Stoker medal

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Awarded for the best imaginative work of the year. Bram Stoker was an Irish novelist, known especially for the Gothic horror novel Dracula. Stoker was a friend of Francis and Jessie Newbery. The Newberys met Bram Stoker as well as Charles Rennie and Margaret Macdonald at a Glasgow Theatre in 1896. After the play, Newbery invited the Stokers and Mackintoshes to GSA, and Stoker mentioned he was working on a vampire novel. The Newberys offered their cottage at Cruden Bay in the North East of Scotland to Stoker to help him finish his novel ‘Dracula’. To repay his kindness, Stoker established the Bram Stoker medal, awarded to the most imaginative piece of work. GSA Director Tony Jones decided to revive the award in 1982, when it was awarded to Steven Campbell.

Past winners include:

1903: David Broadfoot Carter

1904: James Huck

1982: Steven Campbell

1983: Gerry Grams

1991: James McDonald

2009: Eleanor Stewart

2010: Sogol Mabadi

2011: Sarah Amy Fishlock

2015: Heather Lander

2016: Jung Li Foo

2017: Miki Asai

2018: James Dalley

2022: Amy Strzoda

2023: Xintong Guo

2024: Militsa Milenkova

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Bram Stoker medal

Classical scene; three figures. Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ D.Broadfoot Carter 1903". This medal was cast from the original by Roger Millar, Head of GSA Silversmithing and Jewellery, 1990s.

Bram Stoker was an Irish novelist, known especially for the Gothic horror novel Dracula. Stoker was a friend of Francis and Jessie Newbery. The Newberys met Bram Stoker as well as Charles Rennie and Margaret Macdonald at a Glasgow Theatre in 1896. After the play, Newbery invited the Stokers and Mackintoshes to GSA, and Stoker mentioned he was working on a vampire novel. The Newberys offered their cottage at Cruden Bay in the North East of Scotland to Stoker to help him finish his novel ‘Dracula’. To repay his kindness, Stoker established the Bram Stoker medal, awarded to the most imaginative piece of work. GSA Director Tony Jones decided to revive the award in 1982, when it was awarded to Steven Campbell.

Millar, Roger

Bram Stoker medal

Classical scene; three figures. Awarded to David Broadfoot Carter. Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ D.Broadfoot Carter 1903".

Bram Stoker was an Irish novelist, known especially for the Gothic horror novel Dracula. Stoker was a friend of Francis and Jessie Newbery. The Newberys met Bram Stoker as well as Charles Rennie and Margaret Macdonald at a Glasgow Theatre in 1896. After the play, Newbery invited the Stokers and Mackintoshes to GSA, and Stoker mentioned he was working on a vampire novel. The Newberys offered their cottage at Cruden Bay in the North East of Scotland to Stoker to help him finish his novel ‘Dracula’. To repay his kindness, Stoker established the Bram Stoker medal, awarded to the most imaginative piece of work. GSA Director Tony Jones decided to revive the award in 1982, when it was awarded to Steven Campbell.

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Bram Stoker medal

Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ James Huck 1904".

Bram Stoker was an Irish novelist, known especially for the Gothic horror novel Dracula. Stoker was a friend of Francis and Jessie Newbery. The Newberys met Bram Stoker as well as Charles Rennie and Margaret Macdonald at a Glasgow Theatre in 1896. After the play, Newbery invited the Stokers and Mackintoshes to GSA, and Stoker mentioned he was working on a vampire novel. The Newberys offered their cottage at Cruden Bay in the North East of Scotland to Stoker to help him finish his novel ‘Dracula’. To repay his kindness, Stoker established the Bram Stoker medal, awarded to the most imaginative piece of work. GSA Director Tony Jones decided to revive the award in 1982, when it was awarded to Steven Campbell.

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