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Hello blog readers! We know it’s been a while since our last blog, but we’re delighted to be back and getting into the second month

2 February 2022

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The Art of Posters

Posters as a form of graphic design are unique as one of the few genres of art that is created explicitly to be stuck on

21 August 2015

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Dorothy Carleton Smyth – “a living force contained in a human body”

For all you avid readers of the GSA Archives blog and users of the Archives and Collections, you will know that the items and records

19 August 2015

Exhibitions and Events

Duncan Shanks Sketchbooks

Previous GSA Alumnus and staff member Duncan Shanks currently has an exhibition of his sketchbooks on display at The Hunterian Art Gallery at the University

4 August 2015

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A New Record of the Magna Carta

If you have not yet heard, this year Britain marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, an important document in our history that has

30 July 2015

Exhibitions and Events

Meet the Makers of Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014!

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will always be remembered as one of the most successful Games ever. Glasgow as a city came together in a

24 July 2015

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Glasgow Girl Ann Macbeth and a Recent Acquisition

Today we celebrate a recent acquisition in the archive of a fire screen attributed to the notable Glasgow Girl, Ann Macbeth. This object was generously

8 July 2015

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The Science of Art

This week the GSA Archives are looking at some recently discovered materials that cross the boundaries between science and art in celebration of this, the

10 June 2015

Volunteering

To Our Volunteers

This week sees the arrival of the UK’s Volunteers’ week running from 1-7 June. An annual event this week gives organisation’s across the UK the

3 June 2015

Learning and Teaching

Tutorial Tuesday – Browsing by Date!

That is right, another Tutorial Tuesday has arrived! This week we are looking at ways of accessing the GSA Archives and Collections, for those artists

26 May 2015

Conservation

A Year On

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the fire in the Mackintosh Building on the 23rd May 2014. While this was a tragic event in the school’s

22 May 2015

Conservation

The Recovery Project Continues!

It is time for another archive recovery report! At the moment our collections and archives remain in deep storage as we attempt to organise a

20 May 2015

The Blog

Image Eye Candy

The Art of Posters

Dorothy Carleton Smyth – “a living force contained in a human body”

Duncan Shanks Sketchbooks

A New Record of the Magna Carta

Meet the Makers of Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014!

Glasgow Girl Ann Macbeth and a Recent Acquisition

The Science of Art

To Our Volunteers

Tutorial Tuesday – Browsing by Date!

A Year On

The Recovery Project Continues!

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