Thursday Talks: The Architects of the Scottish Cinemas 04 July 2019, 6pm for 6.30pm £10 GAC Members, £12 General Public, £5 Students Gordon Barr and Gary Painter are well known for their knowledge of the history of Scottish cinema architecture. On 4th July they will take a closer look at some of the cinema architects, […]
Thursday Talks: The Glasgow Jewish Institute Players Thursday 06 June, 6pm for 6.30pm £10 GAC Members, £12 Non-members, £5 Students The Glasgow Jewish Institute Players was a remarkable community-based theatre group, active from 1936 to 1960, that established an ambitious new model of non-professional theatre in Scotland. Under its charismatic founder, the director and […]
Thursday Talks Mounting an Exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland – from Concept to Opening Speaker: Dr Patricia Allerston Thursday 04 April, 6pm for 6.30pm £10/£12 Non-members please book via eventbrite Dr Allerston is Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Scottish National Gallery. She is a trained historian whose research on the second-hand […]
Thursday Talks Storm in a Teapot – Russian Propaganda Porcelain Speaker: Maggie Monaghan Thursday 05 September, 6pm for 6.30pm £10/£12 This lecture covers the history of this rare propaganda porcelain, produced as a result of the 1917 Russian Revolution. It describes where and why the porcelain was made, its distribution […]
In addition to the prizes awarded in Edinburgh late last year, the Glasgow Art Club has announced two further prizewinners during a very busy opening event held at the Club. Eric Robinson received the GAC Photography Award for his piece entitled The Instrumentalists: I was first a designer and then a teacher who continued to design […]
Dear Member, We are engaging with members and taking into consideration that there are those of you who do prefer the more traditional lunch. With this in mind, we are delighted to have the very talented Phil Knox, sous chef at One Devonshire Gardens, with us for a short period. Phil will be offering a […]
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POSTPONED – This talk will be rescheduled later in the year. Thursday 07 February, 6.00pm for 6.30pm £10/£12 Non-Members please book via eventbrite Join us to hear a brief history of Glasgow’s iconic Citizens Theatre as well as an overview of its current activities including details of its redevelopment project. Speaker […]
‘Ancient Inspiration for Modern Living: Alexander Thomson and Owen Jones’ Dr Ailsa Boyd Thursday 01 August, 6.00pm for 6.30pm £10/£12 Non-members please book via eventbrite Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson (1817-1875) and Owen Jones (1809-1874), were architects and designers based in Glasgow and London respectively. Almost direct contemporaries, they were known for their innovative adaptations of the […]
A BLAST FROM THE PAST A donation of some 137 back catalogues from the RGI’s Annual Exhibitions has been presented to our Archives at the instigation of RGI Past President, Karin Currie, with the endorsement of fellow PPRGIs Gordon Macpherson, Evelyne Anderson, Kenneth Chrystie, Eric Hagman and Lord Macfarlane. While the RGI’s main Archive is […]
