A community of artists
Glasgow Sculpture Studios supports a vibrant community of professional artists who focus on innovative sculptural techniques and practices.
This wide-ranging community are at varying stages of their careers, from emergent and recent graduates through to established artists whose practice is recognised at the highest level; from representing Scotland at the Venice Biennale, being nominated for the Turner Prize to winning Becks Futures.
View a list of artists who are current studio holders.
Studio Accommodation
If you're interested in applying for Studio Accommodation please e-mail info@glasgowsculpturestudios.org
Becoming a member
To become part of the community, you must apply for Membership and pay an annual subscription fee.
- £45
Artist Membership is for professional practicing artists with a sculptural/materials-based practice, who require access to dedicated areas for the exploration and fabrication of artworks.Find out more: Artist membership benefits (.doc)
- £35
Associate Membership is for artists, curators, writers, academics, historians, academics who do not require access to production facilities, but wish to tap into the intellectual dissemination of contemporary sculptural practices promoted and provided by the organisation.Find out more: Associate membership benefits (.doc)
Membership entitles you to access:
- Our production facilities and temporary, flexible project spaces. We have dedicated areas for the exploration and fabrication of artworks that include wood, metal, resin, plaster, ceramics, paper and stone
- Our Research Resource, IT Suite and library (including publications, DVDs etc. on contemporary art, art theory and technical processes)
- Communal social areas include the kitchen to meet other members
- Staff advice and expertise in the curation, commissioning, project management, and fabricating of artworks
- A fortnightly opportunities e-mail and newsletter along with invitations to all our events including curated exhibitions, talks and symposia
If you wish to find out more about becoming a member, please e-mail info@glasgowsculpturestudios.org
Glasgow Sculpture Studios production facilities include the following:
Wood workshop – radial arm circular saw, pillar drill, wood lathe, band saw, sanding machine, planer thicknesser and 3 meter table saw.
Metal workshop – piranha iron worker, cold saw, mig welding, oxy-acetylene cutting & welding equipment, guillotine, box bending machine, mobile gantry & hydraulic lifter, pillar drill & chop saw.
Spraying and resin – fume extraction, basic temperature control.
Ceramics – large kiln and basic facilities
Stone – air chisels, flexible dust extraction, lifting gear & crowbars
If you wish to find out more about any of the above please e-mail your queries to info@glasgowsculpturestudios.org
Our programme includes production and research residencies, curated exhibitions, talks, symposia, off-site and artist-led projects and events. Current and future partnerships include Cove Park, Lowsalt, RMJM, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum and The Glasgow School of Art.
Production Residencies
Production residencies are aimed at contemporary visual artists, who are working nationally and/or internationally for whom a change of scenery might offer fresh inspiration; offering the artist/s a dedicated studio and access to all Artists Facilities and Artists Support Programmes with a view to realising a major project or body of work that is disseminated as part of the Public Programme in the gallery.
Research Residencies
Research residencies support a writer, scholar, academic, curator or researcher working nationally and/or internationally, to support existing projects and the development of new ideas over a sustained period of time. This residency format is key to GSS' commitment to enabling the dissemination of contemporary sculptural practices and creative exchanges between visiting resident practitioners and in-house artists as well as the public.
Exhibition programme
Our new gallery space opened in October 2008 with Beagles & Ramsay's GOOD TEETH the result of a three month Production Residency at GSS. Our second Production Residency artist was Siobhán Hapaska whose work is currently on display in the main gallery.
For her first solo show in Scotland Hapaska has created three large-scale sculptures which continue her subtle exploration of themes of conflict and resolution, both domestic and political, juxtaposing natural and synthetic materials that include Scottish deerskin, stainless steel, LED lights and fiberglass. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Hapaska now lives and works in London.
Our 2008-09 Graduate Fellow Carla Scott Fullerton also presents new sculptural work in our project gallery. Fullerton was awarded the Fellowship in the Summer of 2008 her work combines a variety of materials such as poured concrete, wood and metal to produce sculptural forms evoking architectural associations. The Graduate Fellowship has also provided Fullerton with the opportunity to embark upon the production of her first large scale outdoor work constructed from rebar and over two tonnes of concrete.
AHM Ainsley Harding Moffat
AHM are currently halfway
through their two year Research Residency. AHM have been working
on a series of online conversations with GSS Members and other key cultural
figures within Scotland, and are developing an international symposium
in partnership with GSS and Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA),
which will take place in Autumn 2010; the first time the main exhibition
space of GoMA will be used for public debate, discussion and dissemination
of ideas.
AHM are Sam Ainsley, David Harding, Sandy Moffat, three of Scotland’s cultural figures who are recognised individually as having contributed enormously to Glasgow as a leading centre for contemporary art, to the city’s cultural life in general, and as promoters of Scotland’s art and culture around the world.
http://theahmblog.blogspot.
If you wish to discuss any future collaborations or partnership opportunities please e-mail amy@glasgowsculpturestudios.org
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Photo credits:
Top, left to right: Laura Aldridge, Alex Gross, Calum Stirling & Clara Ursitti
Bottom, left to right: Calum Sinclair, Andrew Sunley Smith in conversation with Ross Birrell, Russell Lamb & Laura Aldridge exhibition opening Glasgow Sculpture Studios Gallery
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