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Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

  • DC 073
  • Collection
  • c1940s-2010s

Includes

  • a selection of Christmas cards and other ephemera collected by Conrad McKenna, a former student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, plus typed and handwritten materials used by McKenna to deliver teaching at The Glasgow School of Art
  • correspondence between Conrad McKenna and The Glasgow School of Art and members of staff, and correspondence and printed ephemera regarding The San Gimignano Summer School.

The cards and ephemera have been created by former Glasgow School of Art staff and students and friends of Conrad McKenna, including Gordon Huntly, Rosalind Bliss, Michael Moulder, Peter Sumsion, Michael Healey, Mark Severin and James Cosgrove.

This material may contain sensitive information about individuals that is protected by the Data Protection Act. Until this material has been checked for sensitive information, it will not be available for researchers. Once this Data Protection work is complete the collection will be open for access, however any sensitive information will be closed and inaccessible for 75 years from the date of creation.

McKenna, Conrad

Class of 82

Magazine produced by the Department of Printed Textiles, 1982.

Cover illustration by Susan Ellis. Collage by Norma Kennedy.
Introduction by Jimmy Cosgrove.

Cosgrove, James

13 Printed Textiles Designers

Magazine produced by the students of the Department of Printed Textiles, June 1980.

Cover design by Jane Carroll. Back cover design by Jill Roberts.
Introduction by Jimmy Cosgrove.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen handkerchief

Hand printed silk-screen handkerchief on fine silk twill, 1978. Hemmed with lace in the shape of hearts.

Image shown is a Bank of England pound note appearing from underneath a pink brassiere.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen handkerchief

Handprinted silk-screen handkerchief on fine silk twill. Print on cream background.

Image shows a woman's face with hands over it.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen headsquare

Handprinted silk-screen headsquare or scarf on wool varuna.

Image shows in head with leaves, flowers and birds emerging from it, on orange, pink and white stripes.

Cosgrove, James

Fabric poster - Activities Week Tuesday

Stencilled poster on fabric advertising events for Activities Week including a lecture by Jonathan Hodgson (animator); Jazz music; Film called 'Jazz in the Thirties'; the Frank Patrini Quartet; and cabaret by Three of a Different Kind.

Cosgrove, James

Fabric poster - Michael Vickers

Screen-printed poster on fabric with an advert for a lecture by Michael Vickers headlined 'Carry on caryatids'. Text reads 'First floor lecture theatre. Friday 2.30pm Bourdon Building'.

Cosgrove, James

Headsquare design

Hand-painted design for screen-printed headsquare. Bordered, it depicts two figures with two comets. Pink, orange and grey on a cream background. Unrelated screen printed design on reverse.

Cosgrove, James

Postgraduate Year Sketchbook

Sketchbook labelled 'James Cosgrove' on inside of front cover. Variety of coloured and monochrome designs and illustrations. Several loose works including one Christmas card design.

Cosgrove, James

Sketchbook 1976-1978

Sketchbook including abstract designs, paintings and drawings, including some landscapes and portraits, designs for Christmas card. Loose inserts including life drawings.

Cosgrove, James

EGYPT 1990

Sketchbook, inside cover reads 'EGYPT Luxor - October 12 1990 via London October 11. Sketches, text and tickets. Original copy.

Cosgrove, James

Sketchbook 2006

Sketches of landscapes, figures and still lives. Some portraits and representations of astrological symbols. Includes design for and exhibition of the Estate House Buildings of Govan, possibly to be shown at the Centre for Art and Heritage at the HOuse for an Art Lover.

Cosgrove, James

Pencil drawing

Colour drawing of acrobatic scene. Seven figures depicted performing various acrobatic and circus related activities, including unicycling, dancing and acrobatics.

Cosgrove, James

Comb Paintings

25 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, still life, portraits and abstracts.

Cosgrove, James

Man of Letters

Small-scale painting of the head of a man surrounded by flying birds. With the words "Tambien de Borricas ay mascaras literatos".

Cosgrove, James

Guardian

Small scale painting of head and shoulders of a person in front of hills and buildings.

Cosgrove, James

Posters

Posters from exhibitions of work of James Cosgrove, and his students. Also posters advertising bands and lectures.

Cosgrove, James

Banshee

Poster for the band Banshee. Depicting a mutli-coloured head with open mouth.

Cosgrove, James

Christmas 1981

Double sided Christmas card. Signed "Cosgrove 81". Reads inside "Best wishes for Christmas and New Year, Janet and Jimmy".

Cosgrove, James

Christmas 2001

'Hunterston Angel' Christmas Card. Reads "with best wishes for Christmas and 2002" on reverse.

Cosgrove, James

Christmas 2005

Design 2 Christmas Card. 'Partridge in a pear tree'. Reads on reverse with best wishes for Christmas and 2006, Jimmy".

Cosgrove, James

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