The Glasgow School of Art Club

Active: 1893 -

Function: Art club

Policy: A Club for past and present students of the Glasgow School of Art. Subjects were given out and the works criticised monthly during the session. There was also a Vacation Sketching Scheme. Works were judged and awards made by professional adjudicators, and a public exhibition of the sketches was held annually in October. Past students become honorary members and could send in works for exhibition.

Rules: Club subscription (c.1913) was 2/6 annually.
Criticisms given by Director and Professors during school session.

Activities: art classes, criticism of works, discussions, discussions on art, exhibitions (members only), lectures, lectures on art, meetings, musical evenings, sketching excursions, social events

Benefits: advice from fellow members, criticism of work by fellow members, eligible for awards, eligible for exhibition, free entry to exhibitions, grants and prizes, guaranteed inclusion in exhibitions, prizes

Composition: amateur artists, men and women members, professional artists, professional musicians, professional painters, professional portrait painters, professional sculptors, professional writers

Funding types: annual subscription

Citing this record

'The Glasgow School of Art Club', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib6_1221744568, accessed 15 Jun 2021]