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Poster for a series of talks on 'Materials And Methods Of The Painter'

This poster advertised a series of talks held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre between the 25th of October and the 29th November 1982. Five talks were given by Donald Forbes of the Conservation Department and The National Galleries of Scotland. These talks were obligatory for second year drawing and painting students to attend.

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Poster for a film screening of 'Mechanical Ballet'

This poster advertised a slide film and sound show of Bruce Lacey's Mechanical Ballet. Lacey is an eccentric character known for working with sculpture, sound and performance and has been featured in a number of British films including the Beatles' film 'Help'. The screening was held in The Haldane Building on the 15th of April 1971. Lacey screened a number of stills from his ICA exhibition during this event.

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Tracing paper overlay for the poster for the film screening of "Mechanical Ballet"

This overlay accompanies the poster for the screening of Bruce Lacey's "Mechanical Ballet" which can be found under reference number GSAA/EPH/10/162. Lacey is an eccentric character known for working with sculpture, sound and performance and has been featured in a number of British films including the Beatles' film 'Help'. The screening was held in The Haldane Building on the 15th of April 1971. Lacey screened a number of stills from his ICA exhibition during this event.

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Poster advertising the Product Design course at The Glasgow School Of Art

This poster advertised the undergraduate BA Honours in Product Design course offered at The Glasgow School of Art. The back of the poster answers a number of questions potential applicants might have had, including: Why Glasgow? Why Glasgow School of Art? What are the aims of the course? Will it appeal to me? What are the career prospects? How can I apply? What entrance qualifications do I need? The front of the poster states "There has never been a greater need for product design graduates to take up their crucial role in guiding the future prosperity of society, commerce and culture. The Department of Product Design at Glasgow School of Art is well placed to answer this exciting challenge, offering a rich programme which has earned an international reputation for producing versatile, creative designers."

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'The Architecture of Unbaked Earth: Its Traditions and Future'

This poster advertised an exhibition of photographic works showing the architectural properties of unbaked earth. The exhibition was held in association with the French Institute and ran from the 25th of Februrary to the 17th of March 1983 in the Bourdon Building and the Green Room.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art degree show

This poster advertised The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show which showcased the work of graduating students in 2001. Undergraduate students exhibited in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art while the Masters of Fine Art students exhibited in Tramway, a local arts centre. The degree show ran from the 23rd to the 30th of June 2001 and was sponsored by Beat 106 radio station.

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Poster for the embroidered and woven textiles degree show

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by graduating students from the embroidered and woven textiles department as part of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show in 1983. The exhibition was held in the Newbery Tower from the 11th to the 21st of June.The image on the front of the poster shows the exhibiting students standing in the Loggia space at the top of the Mackintosh Building. The reverse of the poster is annotated with 'Sarah son'.

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Poster for the furniture, interior and product design degree show

This poster advertised the furniture, interior and product design degree show in 1983. The exhibition showcased the work of graduating students from each of these courses and was held in the Newbery Lounge in the Newbery Tower at The Glasgow School Of Art. The image used on the poster shows the exhibitors sitting on the steps of the Mackintosh Building.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art Fashion Show entitled 'Follow This Pattern'

This poster advertised the 2005 Glasgow School Of Art Fashion show. The event was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on The Glasgow School Of Art campus with performances running daily from the 1st to the 5th of March. Tickets for the event were priced at £5 with a discounted offer of £3 for concessions.

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Poster for a lecture by Louis Hellman

This poster advertised a lecture by illustrator and architect Louis Hellman. Hellman is known for his satirical illustrative drawings that comment on current architectural trends. The lecture was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre at The Glasgow School Of Art and was advertised as "an illustrated talk on architecture and cartoons".

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item is the top left section of a large scale poster advertising lectures given by Bob Godfrey and Joe McGrath during The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities week. Bob Godfrey is best known for his animated cartoons such as Roobarb and Custard and Henry's Cat. Joe McGrath is a Scottish director famous for his films Casino Royal and The Magic Christian. The entire poster would have been one of many displayed on huge billboards on Renfrew Street to advertise events happening during each of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities weeks.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item is the bottom left section of a large scale poster advertising lectures given by Bob Godfrey and Joe McGrath during The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities week in 1971. Bob Godfrey is best known for his animated cartoons such as Roobarb and Custard and Henry's Cat. Joe McGrath is a Scottish director famous for his films Casino Royal and The Magic Christian. The entire poster would have been one of many displayed on huge billboards on Renfrew Street to advertise events happening during each of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities weeks.

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Poster for the Sculpture and Environmental Art Degree Show

This poster was designed to advertise the 2011 annual degree show. The image on the front of the poster shows all the graduating students exhibiting that year. Names included: Alice Steffen Lucy Livingstone Gillian Mairi Alexander Amy Cowell Sinead Young Any Dolan Alicia Matthews Amy Malcolm James Stephen Wright Lorraine Hamilton Ashanti Harris Silvia Sellitto Hannah Brackston Ricahrd McMaster Beth Dynowski Katie Joice Callum Angus Bell Kath Aird Lightbody Dereck Mitchell Lou Prendergast Romany Dear Hazel Moore Emily Ilet Emily Roo Erin Stevenson Jamie Clements Katy Wallwork Joe Sloan Julia Scott Euan Ogilvie Kari Corbett Lucy Eleanor Freeman On the reverse of the poster a small image of each individual student's work is shown.

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Poster for a performance of 'Alice In Wonderland' at The Glasgow School Of Art

This poster advertised an experimental dramatisation and adaptation of Alice In Wonderland written by Malcolm Lochhead and Joan Palmer. Performances were held in The Glasgow School Of Art's lecture theatre and ran from the 11th to the 15th of March 1968. Tickets were priced at £6 with a discounted price of £3 for concessions.

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Poster for a talk entitled 'Landscape Photography' given by Thomas Joshua Cooper

This poster advertised a lecture by Thomas Joshua Cooper which was organised by The Glasgow School Of Art's graphic design department. Cooper works at The Glasgow School Of Art as head of fine art photography and is regarded as an authoritative figure in his field. The talk was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre within The Glasgow School Of Art on Friday the 29th of October 1993.

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Thomas Joshua Cooper: Photographs 1970-1982 and Selected Inspirations'

This poster advertised an exhibition of photographs by Thomas Joshua Cooper. The exhibition was held in The Mackintosh Museum at The Glasgow School Of Art from the 23rd of November to the 3rd of December 1982 and included work by Cooper made between 1970 and 1982. The exhibition also marked the beginning of Cooper's career as a photography lecturer at The Glasgow School Of Art.

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'The Royal Society For The Encouragement Of Arts'

This poster advertised an exhibition organised by The Royal Society For The Encouragement Of Art Manufactures and Commerce that was held in The Mackintosh Museum at The Glasgow School Of Art from the 5th to the 16th of October 1987. The poster was designed by The Small Back Room and was printed by APT Photoset Limited using an offset printing press.

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Poster advertising the MA Design course at The Glasgow School Of Art

This poster advertised the masters course in design offered by The Glasgow School of Art in the mid 1980s. The poster details the objectives and benefits of studying for a postgraduate qualification at The Glasgow School Of Art, including the multidisciplinary opportunities available, the different course options, the Mackintosh legacy and the Glasgow style. The design of the poster suggests it could also have been used as a promotional leaflet. This particular copy has an Irn Bru sticker attached to it that dates back to the 1980s.

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Poster for the graphic design with illustration and photography degree show

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by graduating students from the graphic design with illustration and photography department which was exhibited as part of The Glasgow School Of Art degree show in 1994. The exhibition was held in the Foulis building at The Glasgow School Of Art from the 25th of June to the 1st of July. The image used on the poster was an illustration by Helen Stephens and the typography was created by Marie There Cassidy and Nadine Lewis, all of whom graduated in 1994.

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Poster advertising the 'New Master Of Design Course'

This poster promoted the new one year long Master of Design course offered at The Glasgow School Of Art. The course offered a variety of creative disciplines including ceramics, embroidered textiles, graphic design with illustration and photography, interior design, printed and knitted textiles, product design and silversmithing and jewellery. It ran from January to December and was split into four terms of study with each student's programme tailored to their statement of intent.

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Another Island'

This poster advertised an exhibition of photographic prints by photographer Andy Stark, who is currently the head of photography in the communication design department at The Glasgow School Of Art. The exhibition was held in the Podium Gallery in the Bourdon Building at The Glasgow School Of Art between the 6th and the 27th of October 2003. The poster was designed by Vanilla Design.

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Poster for a film screening of 'Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia'

This poster advertised a screening of Sam Peckinpah's 1974 film 'Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia'. The screening was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on The Glasgow School Of Art campus with tickets priced at 30 pence. Also showing that night was Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's 1934 film 'It Happened Here'. The reverse of the poster is annotated with "Colin Carruthers Graphics '79". There is another poster advertising this event in The Glasgow School Of Art poster collection under the reference number GSAA/EPH/10/83.

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Poster for the Master of Fine Art degree show

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by students graduating from the Master of Fine Art course as part of The Glasgow School Of Art's 1984 degree show. The image used on the poster was photographed by Jim Oakes and shows the exhibiting students standing on the fire escape steps of the JD Kelly building at The Glasgow School Of Art. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed by David J Clark Limited. The exhibition ran from the 15th to the 21st of June.

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Section of a poster advertising a series of film screenings at The Glasgow School Of Art

One third section of a poster advertising a series of films that were shown in The Mackintosh Lecture Theatre at The Glasgow School Of Art. Screening were documentaries about artists including Mackintosh, Rousseau, Klee, McLaren, Giacometti, Hamilton, Paolozzi, Jones, Kitaj, Bosch and Spencer as well as a film entitled 'A Short Vision'. This section screenprinted using four layers of CMYK inks.

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Poster for Charles Rennie Macintosh exhibition entitled '20 chairs - 100 years'

Poster features a grey Mackintosh portrait focusing on his moustache, grey and orange in colour. Also features line drawings of Mackintosh chairs. The exhibition of twenty Mackintosh chairs from the Glasgow School of Art's collection formed part of the opening celebrations at Norway’s newest cultural attraction, the Jugenstilsenteret (Art Nouveau Centre), in Ålesund, from the 6th June to 12th Oct 2003. Similar to Glasgow, this city is one of the founding partners of the EU-funded Réseau Art Nouveau Network. The School’s contribution was hoped to inspire further cultural and artistic ties between the two countries.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art's Activities Week: Tuesday

This poster advertised events which took place on the Tuesday of one of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities weeks. Events on that day included a lecture by animator Jonathan Hodgson, jazz concerts performed by Ayrshire Jazz Band and Frank Pantrini Quintet, a screening of a film entitled 'Jazz in the Thirties' and a cabaret which was advertised as "Cabaret of a different kind".

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Poster for a lecture by Lutz Becker

This poster advertised a lecture given by filmmaker Lutz Becker who is known for his political and art documentaries. He is also considered to be a contemporary of Derek Jarman. Becker is most famous for finding missing home videos of Adolf Hitler's girlfriend Eva Braun which give an insight into Hitler's personal life. This footage was edited by Becker and used in the World War II documentary series 'The World at War' in 1974.

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Poster for an exhibition of Bridget Riley's drawings

This poster advertised an exhibition of drawings by Bridget Riley which was held in the Newbery staff lounge in the Newbery Tower at The Glasgow School of Art as part of the school's annual activities week. Riley is well known for her optical illusion paintings and is considered a leading figure in Op Art. During activities week, large bill boards on Renfrew Street displayed posters made by staff and students that advertised the week's events. Many of these posters can now be found in The Glasgow School Of Art's Poster Collection. An image of this particular poster can be found in the 1973/74 prospectus catalogue on page 21.

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Poster for an exhibition of work by Bud Neill entitled 'Scotland Forever and Isaac Wolfson'

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by the Scottish cartoonist Bud Neill. Neill studied at The Glasgow School of Art and is known for his cartoon strips which featured in a number of Glasgow newspapers. His work often played on Glasgow humour, with notable characters such as Lobey Dosser and the Sheriff of Carlton Creek. The exhibition was held in the Newbery Lounge in the Newbery Tower at The Glasgow School Of Art. The exhibition title refers to Isaac Wolfson who was a Scottish business man and philanthropist known for his successful mail order service.

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