Postgraduate Open House 2023 - Full Programme

TIMETABLE

Registration: 10am onwards at the Reid Building

Please register at the Reid Building before joining your chosen events. Here you will be able to pick up your visitor pack and pass.

POSTGRADUATE 5 MAY 2023

10.00-16.00

Centre for Advanced Textiles (CAT)

REID BUILDING

Marketplace Refectory

The Marketplace, Reid Refectory

The Marketplace is the central hub to meet other prospective students along with staff from Admissions, International Exchange, GSA Careers, Student Support Services, Student Societies, Sustainability,

At The Marketplace you will be able to chat to staff from departments across the School; ask the questions you have about living in Glasgow, studying here and making your application; and get an understanding of the wide range of support and facilities available to students at The Glasgow School of Art.

Ground Floor Centre for Advanced Textiles Demonstrations and Sample Sale

Join the Centre for Advanced Textiles (CAT) team for a technical demonstration and sample sale. Digital textile printing technology allows designs and images to be printed straight from the computer screen onto fabric. CAT are a specialist team based at The GSA specialising in digital textile print. Their clients include students, commercial businesses, and the public, and they produce fabrics for fashion, interior furnishing through to wall hangings and artworks.

Drop in to their studio throughout the day to meet the staff and see the printing process in action. Fabric samples will also be on sale.

10.00-16.00 Archives and Collections

10.30

School of Simulation and Visualisation

Window on Heritage Ground Floor

General Seminar Room

2nd floor

Drop In: Archives and Collections

Join the GSA Archives and Collections team in the Reid Building to find out about the special collections we hold and how students use these collections in their study at the GSA.

Programme Talk: Postgraduate Study in Sound and Visualisation

Join us in the Reid Building for a session exploring our specialist programmes for postgraduate study options in the School of Simulation & Visualisation. Postgraduate programmes include Sound for Moving Image; Heritage Visualisation; Medical Visualisation & Human Anatomy; and Serious Games & Virtual Reality.

This talk will give you an insight into the different programmes offered in the school, examples of student projects, and will look at graduate destinations beyond study. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask staff any questions you have about the courses.

Staff from the School of Simulation and Visualisation will be in the Reid Marketplace throughout the day.

10.30/12.30/ 13.00/15.00

School of Design Susan Lee Kidd, James Stephen-Cran, Daniel Fradgley, Simon Tang (F&T Class Rep), Brian Cairns, Peter Locke, Dave Lodger, Craig Whittet and Stuart Bailey

Reception

Studio Tours: School of Design

Join our Student Ambassador team for a tour of the Reid Building, the main teaching building for all postgraduate courses based in the School of Design. The tour will include all workshops and studio spaces relevant to our Postgraduate courses including Fashion and Textiles; Communication Design; Interior Design; and Product Design Engineering.

You will have the opportunity to speak directly to programme staff and students in studio and view student's work. Please note that Interior Design staff will only be available for the 10.30 - 12.30 tour.

Tours depart from the Reid Reception in the Foyer.

BOURDON BUILDING

11.00

Mackintosh School of Architecture (MSA)

Lecture theatre Ground floor Talk: Introduction to Stage 4 Architecture

This talk will explore what you can expect from the diploma course at the Mackintosh School of Architecture (MSA). It will consider the value of studying architecture in an Art School context and give you an insight into how MSA approach teaching future architects in the Anthropocene. Alongside this there will be contributions from teaching staff on the importance of history, theory and technology, as well as making and drawing in architectural education.

Throughout the day you can view films of student work from the course.

12.00

Mackintosh School of Architecture (MSA)

Lecture theatre Ground floor Talk: Studying Architecture at Masters Level at the GSA

The talk will explore what to expect from the Masters course at the Mackintosh School of Architecture. It will examine the approach to teaching and research within the department at the GSA as well as giving you a chance to ask staff questions and find out more about the course.

Throughout the day you can view films of student work from the course.

13.00/14.00/15.00

Mackintosh School of Architecture (MSA) Hazel Wallace

Lecture theatre Ground floor Studio Tours: Mackintosh School of Architecture

Take a tour of the MSA facilities within the Bourdon Building, including our studio spaces and specialist workshop facilities. The meeting point for studio tours is the ground floor of the Bourdon Building.

THE HUB

12.30-14.00

Transport departs: Reid Building at 12.15

School of Simulation and Visualisation

The Hub Studio Tour Simulation and Visualisation at the Hub in Pacific Quay

Following the talk at the Reid Building, transport will be available to take you to the SimVis studios at The Hub at Pacific Quay. Transport will depart from the Reid Building in Garnethill at 12.15pm.

At the Hub there will be sessions including a welcome talk from Dr Daniel Livingstone at 12.30pm followed by a tour of the facilities and practical demonstrations of the specialist equipment and lab space which students in the School utilise for postgraduate study.

Transport will be arranged to take you the main campus following the tours and demonstrations.

BARNES BUILDING

School of Fine Art

12.30-14.00

Professor Rebecca Fortnum, Professor Henry Rogers, Dr Laura Haynes, Dr Karen Di Franco, Mick McGraw

Lecture theatre Barnes building Programme Talk: Postgraduate Study in the School of Fine Art

The School of Fine Art will be holding talks with Programme Staff as well as the Head of School of Fine Art, Rebecca Fortnum, on the postgraduate programmes offered in Fine. These include the Master of Fine Art (MFA), as well as the Mlitt Fine Art Practice; Mlitt Art Writing and MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) programmes. The talks will give you an insight into the programmes on offer here at the GSA for postgraduate study in Fine Art disciplines, and will give you a chance to meet programme staff and ask questions.

STOW BUILDING AND BARNES BUILDING

Professor Rebecca Fortnum, Professor Henry Rogers, Dr Laura Haynes, Dr Karen Di Franco, Mick McGraw

Stow Building and Barnes Building

Studio Tours and Staff Drop-In: School of Fine Art

Drop-in to the Stow and Barnes building to speak to programme staff and tour the studios and workshops. Staff from specific programmes will be availble in the following locations:

→ Master of Fine Art (MFA) - Stow Building, second floor

→ MLitt Art Writing/ MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) / MLitt Fine Art Practice - Barnes Building.

Blythswood House & Market Place

Halls of Residence Tour

At The Glasgow School of Art, we have two Halls of Residence which incoming students can apply to – Margaret Macdonald House and Blythswood House Halls of Residence Join us for a tour of our accommodation. The tours will start at the entrance to Margaret Macdonald House in Garnethill and together you will walk through Garnethill to Blythswood House Halls, finishing with a visit to a student flat and a question-and-answer session with our Accommodation Team.

Blythswood House Halls of Residence

Halls of Residence Pop up café and Information Stand

The accommodation team at Blythswood House will be running a pop-up café for Open House. There will also be an information stand based in Blythswood House throughout the day with members of our ResLife team who can answer your questions and chat to you more about life in Halls. Drop by for a cup of tea and a chat.

Blythswood House Halls of Residence

Programme Talks: The School of Innovation

Visit the Haldane, Glasgow base for the Innovation School, to meet staff and tour our studios here. You'll get the chance to hear more about applying for and studying on the MDes Design Innovation and Master of Research at the GSA. For disciplines which are taught on our Highland Campus in Altyre, this will also be a good chance to meet staff and find out more about life and study in the Highlands.

Staff from the School of Innovation will be available in the Reid Building Marketplace throughout the day too.

09.30-10.30

School of Design James Stephen-Cran, Daniel Fradgley and Simon Tang

ONLINE EVENTS

https://gsa-ac-uk.zoom. us/j/99567619325?pw

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Programme Talk: Fashion and Textiles

Join this online talk (held via Zoom) to find out more about the MDes Fashion and Textiles programme. This will be a chance to find out more about the course, meet staff, see student work from the course, and ask any questions you have about the course and studying in Glasgow.

09.30-10.30

School of Design Brian Cairns and Peter Locke

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Meeting ID

950 037 3861

Passcode 562242

Programme Talk: Communication Design

Join this online talk (held via Zoom) to find out more about the MDes Communication Design programme and the different pathways offered in Photography, Graphics and Illustration. This will be a chance to find out more about the course, meet staff, see student work from the course, and ask any questions you have about the course and studying in Glasgow.

09.30-10.30

School of Design Dave Lodger https://gsa-ac-uk.zoom. us/j/92025820785?

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Meeting ID

920 2582 0785

Passcode 948884

Programme Talk: Interior Design

Join this online talk (held via Zoom) to find out more about the MDes Interior Design programme. This will be a chance to find out more about the course, meet staff, see student work from the course, and ask any questions you have about the course and studying in Glasgow.

09.30-10.30

School of Design Craig Whittet and Stuart Bailey https://gsa-ac-uk.zoom. us/j/95531777531?

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Meeting ID

955 3177 7531

Passcode 481926

Programme Talk: Product Design Engineering

Join this online talk (held via Zoom) to find out more about the MSc Product Design Engineering programme. This will be a chance to find out more about the course, meet staff, see student work from the course, and ask any questions you have about the course and studying in Glasgow.

09:30-11:00

School of Fine Art Professor Rebecca Fortnum, Professor Henry Rogers, Dr Laura Haynes, Dr Karen Di Franco, Mick McGraw

Join Zoom Meeting https://gsa-ac-uk.zoom. us/j/2759598360

Programme Talks: Postgraduate Study in The School of Fine Art.

The School of Fine Art will be holding talks via zoom with Programme Staff as well as the Head of School of Fine Art, Rebecca Fortnum, on the postgraduate programmes offered with Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art. These include the Master of Fine Art (MFA), as well as the Mlitt Fine Art Practice; Mlitt Art Writing and MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art). The talks will give you an insight into the programmes on offer here at the GSA for postgraduate study in Fine Art disciplines, and will give you a chance to meet programme staff and ask questions.