The Art School
Tuesday: 10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 10:00 - 01:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 03:00
Friday: 10:00 - 03:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 03:00
Sunday: -
About The Art School
Open to all: ÔÇó Vic Caf├ę ÔÇó Assembly Hall ÔÇó Project Spaces
The Art School Description
The Art School is a student and artist led venue in Glasgow. We offer space and support for a wide range of artistic and musical practices, hosting gigs, clubs, films and educational events, alongside the regular opening hours of our core social and dining facilities in the Vic Caf├ę Bar. As a non-profit charity, all proceeds made by The Art School go towards funding student exhibitions, projects, and societies, along with contributing to our ÔÇśProgramming
FundÔÇÖ for innovative and emerging artists and events. We are supported by both the Glasgow School of Art and our own commercial activities, and in turn work as a representative body for students at the GSA, advocating for their interests and welfare.
With a building comprised of several mouldable Project Spaces, a large multifunctional Assembly Hall and well-loved Vic Caf├ę Bar, our facilities offer a range of opportunities and resources: helping our communities learn and share skills in ways beyond traditional canons, classrooms and lecture theatres. We try to make everybody feel comfortable and welcome in the venue, and have an on-going and self-critical commitment to accessibility, safe(r) spaces
and actively opposing all forms of discrimination.
History
The Glasgow School of Art StudentsÔÇÖ Association has existed since 1908. It was officially recognised by the Glasgow School of Art in 1941, prior to that the Assembly Building (the buildingÔÇÖs original name) was built in 1927. Work was completed on the building in 1930 by the architects John, Keppie & Henderson.
The Assembly Building was made for all sorts of functions for the school, formal balls, parties, and graduation ceremonies. As the school expanded in the 1950s and 60s, it was used as architecture studios, a mezzanine was installed in the Assembly Hall to accommodate for more students. The space now known as the Vic Caf├ę & Bar was used as studios, accommodating the fashion and textiles department, this usage continued until the building of the Bourdon Building. Around the same time, the tenements on Renfrew Street were demolished to make way for the Newbury and Foulis buildings. The last phase of that redevelopment planned to demolish the Assembly Building, but the school ran out of money. It was at this stage that the school handed over the whole building to the Students Association, which at that time was based in the Haldane Building.
One of the first things to happen during the buildingÔÇÖs occupation was to set up the Vic Caf├ę & Bar in the former textile studios. The project was undertaken by architecture students. The Vic Caf├ę & Bar was fitted with the remnants of the original Victoria Caf├ę on Victoria Road in the Southside of Glasgow, including the wood panel interior, seats, and the original stainglass and vitreous marble Victoria Cafe signage ÔÇöwhich was reinstated in the cafe in 2014.
The next chapter of The Art SchoolÔÇÖs history was initiated by the development of the Reid Building. To make way for the new development the Newbury and Foulis buildings were demolished. Due to the demolition and the extensive work leading up to the opening of the Reid Building, The Art School closed its doors on Renfrew Street and moved to a temporary location on 54 Sauchiehall Street. Work was complete on the Reid Building in 2014, allowing for The Art School to open its doors once again atop Garnethill.
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Ō£©TODAYŌ£© 4-7pm, join us for our monthly Community Meal with Ubuntu Women Shelter!
¤Ź┤Today's meal will have a Irish themed menu celebrating the life of Margaret Skinnider ¤Ź┤
WeŌĆÖre excited to be welcoming Berlin-based LSDXOXO to the Vic Bar, joined by TAAHLIAH whoŌĆÖll be presenting a new live performance, alongside DJ sets by JHM and ńÜܵĪÉ.
Centring sex positive and socially radical narratives, producer and DJ LSDXOXO is an artist that refuses to align with a single genre, creating high energy sets that fuse techno w/ Baltimore club and pop influences. https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/lsdxoxo060 519
... TAAHLIAH is an artist and DJ based in Glasgow. Through the use of visual and sonic manipulation as well as performance, photography and videography; TAAHLIAH creates work which catalyses conversations surrounding issues and narratives attached to racial identity transness gender sadness happiness heart/mend loneliness togetherness sorrow anxiety stress gender non-conformity feminism transfeminism racism homophobia queerphobia and history. https://soundcloud.com/taahliah/mind-body -soul
ńÜܵĪÉ is a submerging DJ and (con) artist who uses the club as one of their primary spaces for exploring themes of collapse, survival and disruption.
Jens Masimov AKA JHMŌĆÖs music & DJ sets strides forward through a portal made out of blaring electronics held together by melting resin. The sound is formed around raw bass-lines and evolving percussion and drums. It's rooted in an interconnected mess of techno, acid and breakbeats and combines the experimental with forward motion. https://soundcloud.com/ŌĆ”/mix-for-please -dont-goa-on-lyl-radŌĆ”
Expect uncompromising, electrifying electronic music.
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¤ź│¤ź│¤ź│ back with our annual Degree Show Party ¤ź│¤ź│¤ź│
Do you believe in life after art school? So do we!
ThatŌĆÖs why weŌĆÖve channelled all of our street-party energy into DRESS REHEARSAL! A fortnight long programme of clubs, workshops and events to celebrate all of your achievements and give you a taste of whatŌĆÖs to come after you fly the nest!
The programme begins with a very special Cabaret and our annual Degree Show Afterparty 2019 on 31st May and closes with graduation party Valediction on June 14th!
... Dress Rehearsal ft. A screening programmed by Scottish Queer International Film Festival Therapets Foraging Walk with Green Hollows Glasgow Bourdon Architecture Anniversary Artist talks by Hardeep Phandal & Rachel Jones Garnethill WomenŌĆÖs Heritage Walk with Glasgow Women's Library Monthly Community Meal with Ubuntu Women Shelter Club night with Lsdxoxo // JHM // Taahliah (live) // ńÜܵĪÉ Events with Scottish Artists Union Gig w/ APOSTILLE // LYLO w/ Jake Gatehouse (DJ) & Raissa 52 Girls (DJ) Alternative Graduation Speech w/ Juliet Jacques
Further details on all events are available on our website, which will be updated over the course of the programme!
https://www.theartschool.co.uk/dress-rehe arsal/
Dress Rehearsal is funded by Glasgow School of Art's Students' Association.
Poster Design by Sharif Elsabagh
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Excited to be a venue for Take Me Somewhere, Samira Elagoz's "COCK COCKŌĆ” WHOŌĆÖS THERE?" on Thurs 23 May and Afro-futurist performance party, Brownton Abbey on Sat 25th May! ¤æĮ¤æĮ¤æĮ
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ŌÜĪ OH141 THIS SATURDAY ŌÜĪ’ĖÅ Tix on sale now for Oh141: Manara, Sarra Wild, Karnage Kills, Akumu µé¬Õżó & Vatsu ! ¤æē https://bit.ly/2DCqwtW | THEIR LAST PARTY TILL SUMMER | 11pm- 4AM CLOSE ¤śÅ also this vid ¤æć¤öź
Ahead of Via App's first live show in Glasgow listen again to them with DEBONAIRŌĆŗ on NTS RadioŌĆŗ.
To celebrate the first in The Art School Presents series there will be a free pint of Tennents for everyone that comes along to The Art School Presents: Via App / ┼Īirokko / Kleft
Advance tickets still available:https://www.musicglue.com/the-a rt-school/events/2019-05-11-the-art-scho ol-presents-via-app-slash-sirokko-slash- kleft-the-art-school
This Saturday! ¤ōƤĦ¤ōĆ live modular set from ┼Īirokko ¤Äø blistering live techno by Via App ŌÜĪ’ĖÅ dark & gritty DJ set by Kleft ¤ÆĮ + free pint of Tennents with every ticket ¤Ź╗
Ō£© This Friday GSA's Painting and Printmaking department invites you to join them as they march from Tontine to Stow to mark the coming together of all Fine Art departments.
The Glasgow Painting Parade is a chance to get your work from the studio onto the street by carrying, dragging or even creating it on route. Meet them outside the Bell Street entrance at 1:30 on Friday 10th May to walk through Glasgow to Stow, and then meet in the Vic after for a post-Parade celebration Ō£©
Please join us for the Monthly Community Meal at The Art School with Ubuntu Women Shelter*
Our upcoming meals are: Saturday May 11th 4-7pm (Celtic themed menu celebrating the life of Margaret Skinnider) Saturday June 8th 4-7pm... Saturday July 13th 4-7pm Saturday August 10th 4-7pm
Assembly Hall The Art School 20 Scott St. G3 6RJ *Please note that this is a women only (trans & non-binary inclusive) event.
Come along to share a meal and learn about ways you can support Ubuntu Women Shelter or be supported by them. The food will be served at 4pm, first come first served! Meals are FREE or pay what you can. All donations will go to Ubuntu Women Shelter.
This community meal is a collaboration between the Ubuntu Women Shelter and The Art School. This event is part of Ubuntu outreach into the community. Ubuntu Women Shelter is set up to meet the emergency and short term accommodation needs of destitute women (trans and non- binary inclusive) with no recourse to public funds. We currently ensure women can be safely hosted across the city and are working to acquiring our own dedicated building to meet this need. Ubuntu's work is reparations work. The needs of the women we support have been overlooked by systemic erasure. Their destitution is normalised. We believe this is one legacy of the unacknowledged historical violence of colonisation. Ubuntu's work is witnessing their humanity.
Each meal will have a themed recipe and will be in celebration of a particular woman's life and our commitment to a world with no borders. There will be an open mic for us to share our stories and reach across borders to envision a kinder more humane world.
------------- Travel expenses and child care can be provided
The Art School is a fully accessible space with a lift and WC for wheelchair users. If you have any questions about accessibility or the event please contact: communitymeal@theartschool.co.uk
Designs by the wonderful Karin Tok
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Friday Night ¤Æ” ¤Æ”
A honey & velvet dance party w/ ISHWAQ, NENA ETZA, MELLOWDRAMATICS & D.I.V.A (junglehussi) ¤Æģ¤Æģ
De miel y piel is a fundraiser (10pm - 3am) for ¤ÉØLa Colmena Cimarrona (The Maroon Hive)¤ÉØ and afterparty for Emilia Beatriz | declarations on soil and honey, opening at CCA Glasgow Fri 3rd 7pm - 9pm ¤Ź»
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Here's the line up for Brownton Abbey, part of Outspoken Arts Scotland Take Me Somewhere programme at The Art School on Saturday 25th May from 8.30pm till late.
https://takemesomewhere.co.uk/brownton-ab bey
Next week we are bringing you Via App for their first live show in Glasgow ¤öŖ
The Art School Presents: Via App / ┼Īirokko / Kleft is the first in a series of three events hosted by The Art School which will have a focus on compelling artistic expressions within the set of a club, mixing perfomances, installations, live music and DJ sets to create immersive experiences.
ŌÜĪ’ĖÅ @oh141_ is LIVE ŌÜĪ’ĖÅtix on sale starting 9pm tonight! ¤æē https://bit.ly/2DCqwtW | THEIR LAST PARTY TILL SUMMER | 18.05 | 11pm- 4AM CLOSE ¤śÅ w/ @manara1766198272 @karnagekills @sarrawild @a.ku.mu @v4tsala | also this vid ¤æć¤öź
Opening Fri 3 May at CCA Glasgow Emilia Beatriz | declarations on soil and honey a filmic installation drawing on ongoing research undertaken between Scotland and Puerto Rico at sites connected by military occupation, land struggle and environmental toxicity.
Preview 7-9pm // FREE // + De miel y piel exhibition afterparty at The Art School
More about The Art School
Tuesday: 10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 10:00 - 01:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 03:00
Friday: 10:00 - 03:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 03:00
Sunday: -