Glasgow West End: All the news about Art and Artists in the West End from Lynne Scobbie

Art Exhibitions in Glasgow and the West End.

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Paintings on Railings 2008

Paintings on Railings 2008 (13th Season) will be held on the Botanic Gardens railings, Queen Margaret Drive on the West End Festival weekends.

ONLY :
Saturday 14/Sunday 15 (Parade Day), Saturday 21/Sunday 22 and Saturday 28/Sunday 29 June.

To participate please contact Lynne on 0141 339 3582 or 07779977612 for information

IncludesArt by Garry Conway

The Glasgow Group

Glasgow Artists' Co-operative celebrates 50 years annivesary with a series of exhibitions throughout the year. Commencing 28th June in Glasgow Concert Hall and 29th June various galleries in Glasgow.
Full details

Montgomery's Café

Presents
CHE CAMILLE

Please join us for a special Fashion Show
preview Sat May 3rd
7:00pm-9:00pm
Show starts at 7:30
exhibition runs through June 29

designers; Rose, Olena Whiting, Hetty Rose, Judy Clark, Zanna Malahova artists: Judy Clark, Christine Clark

Offshore Gallery

Gibson Street, G12
Exhibition by Duncan MacDonald
19th - 23rd May Duncan Macdonald is a Glasgow based Illustrator and Graphic Designer, working extensively in the Music and media industries. He is currently a Senior Designer and Art Director at Central an award winning Glasgow based design agency.

This show will feature a selection of new work for sale and the artist will be taking a limited number of commissions on request throughout the duration of the show.

Birth Rites

Art Exhibition Glasgow Science Centre 2nd June, 2008 - can you lend a hand with preparations: More information.

Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art

11th - 27th April, 2008.
The Gi Festival is the city of Glasgow’s curated and commissioning Festival of Contemporary Visual Art. It aims to provide a platform for the best of contemporary visual arts, including newly commissioned work by respected and established artists as well as fresh work by emerging talent, shown in grassroots spaces across the city for the first time.
Programme

Harald Turek: Hinterland

CCA Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD from 11th - 27th April
Images of kitsch by the Glasgow-based German artist including: photography, performance, video and installation.'Part of Glasgow international 2008'
Telephone:0141 552 2540
Plein Aire a Painters Retreat in Macedonia

Wendy Kershaw

West End artist Wendy Kershaw won Best in Show at the prestigious annual Orton Cone Box Show hosted by Baker University in Kansas.

Wendy was one of only 2 non-American artists honoured at the show, now almost 40 years old, and her work will be featured when the show tours to NCECA, America's largest ceramics conference. Orton Cone Box Show announcement
www.wendykershaw.org

Montomery's Cafe,

9 Radnor Street

Hilde Nash and Stephen O'Neil
Exhibition runs from From: 7th March - 27th April. 2008
Opening night, 7th March, 6.30-8.30pm

New work in the Space

Starts Saturday 16th February, 2008

Canbined exhibition brings together 22 pieces of work of different shapes and sizes to promote the fact that art is in us all.

A Community art project based on revitalising the artist that lies within everybody. Introduces a new method of being creative with friends, family and acquaintances. Brought together by project coordinator Jennifer Hesnan.

Open daily from 8am - 10 pm

Offshore Space
3/5 gibson Street,Glasgow G12

'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton' and 'Whistler Pastels'

Both open to the public from Friday 25 January, 2008 - 17th April, 2008.

The Hunterian is the only Scottish venue to show 'A Victorian Master', which comes from the unrivalled collection at Leighton House Museum, London. 'Whistler Pastels' comes from the Hunterian's internationally important Whistler Collection and has been mounted to complement 'A Victorian Master'.
Whistler Pastels - further information....
Drawings by Lord Leighton. More information....

Glasgow Arts Circle

Fridays fortnightly (7th Dec)
George Square, City Centre.
Meet outside Cafe Nero, every Friday to write, draw, collaborae and share ides. For writers, artists, photographers and other arty types. Relephone: 07972 521201.
Free

Drawing Room Exhibitions

Drawing Room, 1055 Sauchiehall St, Telephone: 0141 339 2999

The first in a series of monthly art exhibitions on Wednesday, 14th November. The ‘Drawing Room Exhibitions’ showcase emerging local artists with a focus on contemporary fine art. The aim is to make art more accessible to people who might normally shy away from traditional art galleries.

Saskia Coulson who is a recent graduate of Glasgow School of Art will be the first artist to be showcased under her ‘Sugar Slum’ collection.

A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton

The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ
From 25 January - 17 April 2008.

The Hunterian Art Gallery will be host to the only Scottish showing of this important exhibition of the work of one of the most successful British painters of the 19th century. The exhibition comes from the unrivalled collection at Leighton House Museum, London.
Tel: 0141 330 3310 Fax: 0141 330 3617
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Web: www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk

"The Road less Travelled"

Winter Workshops at the Mackintosh Church

Mackintosh Kids' Club with art themed workshops and activities - further information.

The Goat

Digital artist Michael Murray has designed some interesting art work for The Goat,1287 Argyle Street, Yorkhill. -

'a kind of puzzle/visual feast to get a bit of customer involvement in the picture. Basically there are over ten references to goats in it so the viewer has to look and look again in order to find all of them'.

Pop into The Goat and see if you can solve the puzzle
Michael can be contacted at: 07989426189

Mini Craft Fair

The Bullwood Project run a Mini Craft Fair at the Hopkirk Building in the Botanic Gardens on the first Sunday of every month until Dec 2008
Further information:www.bullwoodproject.co.uk

Napiershall Street Studios: Room 15/19 Group Show 2007

17-23 June 2007 (M-F 5-8 pm, Sat. 2-6, closed Sunday) Free Entry.
More information about the event and the studios.

Christo's Gallery

595 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12.
Telephone: 0141 579 0004
New

The Annan Gallery, 164 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6LL
Telephone: 0141 332 0028, gallery@annanart.com

Glasgow Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre

Regular art exhibitions including works for sale. The Centre is open from 11am - 4pm seven days - admission free. The Visitor Centre has been formed in the ground floor of the original Curator's House. If you are interested in discussing space availability please contact Ewen Donaldson, General Manager, on 0141 276 1614.

Painting Classes for Beginners

either Tuesday afternoons or evenings or Thursday afternoons or evenings in the West End. (Thursday evenings full at present) For more information 'phone Lynne on 07779977612

Local Artists:

Glasgow Group - Artist's Co-operative Founded 1957 - promotes the visual arts in the West of Scotland. http://www.glasgowgroup.co.uk

further information available from Ken Palmer, 23 Oakfield Avenue, G12 8JF

Take a look at http://www.tcweb.co.uk/inkblot (in association with http://www.artinscotland.com) to see works by Lynne Scobbie FRSA and Frank Houston DA - works include oils, acrylics, watercolours and inkwork. Lynne and Frank are regular Paintings on Railings Exhibitors.

Martin Oateshttp://www.fountaingallery.zetnet.co.uk

Another prolific and diverse artist is Henry Robertson who also exhibits at Paintings on Railings. Take a look at Henry's website where you will also find further information on Paintings on Railings artists - http://www.inkspot.scriptmania.com

Jump in to look at the amazing photographs taken by Colin Ross at http://www.therowan.com.

Take a look at http://www.artinscotland.com - a very interesting site with continually changing artists (some artists included on this site can be found at Paintings on Railings Open Air Art Fairs - see above for dates) curated by Ali Abubakar whose own work features. There are a growing number of associated sites see: http://tcweb.co.uk/scottish galleries - and more to come soon.

For all your framing requirements - The Framing Workshop, Clarendon Place, St George's Cross. Moira Burke does an extremely good job at extremely good prices. A visit to her shop is always a pleasure - see for yourself. 2004 is the second year The Framing Workshop has sponsored and supported Paintings on Railings - many, thanks.

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