The Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Art Prize and Exhibition 2026
23 October – 28 October, 2026
The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8TS
The Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Art Prize is an annual Glasgow student art competition open to students in the Clydebank area.
The JMM Art Prize’s mission is to continue the legacy of Jackie Marno-McGoldrick – an artist and art teacher from Clydebank High School who’s mission it was to empower Glasgow’s kids with a creative voice and vision.
This year’s competition is kindly supported by Glasgow School of Art, CASS Art, Partick Thistle FC. & West Dumbartonshire Council.
The Exhibition

Callum Stewart (Jackie’s son) announcing the winners 2024
Alchemy Experiment Opening Hours
Monday – Friday: 8:30 – 18:00, Saturday: 9:00 – 18:00, Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Prize 2024

Callum Stewart and 1st Prize Winner JMM 2024 – Frankie Thom
Some of Art on Display 2024
About Jackie Marno-McGoldrick

Jackie Marno-McGoldrick
Jackie Marno-McGoldrick was a passionate artist and art teacher at Clydebank High School, where she dedicated 19 years of her life to helping children across a broad range of socio-economic backgrounds and educational needs.
Feminism and motherhood inspired her early artistic years; taking pride in being a ‘working class bird’, it was her life’s work to make sure every child had a voice and platform to achieve their best.

Jackie Marno- McGoldrick – working on her last piece of art.
Undoubtedly there are hundreds of children that have gone on to live amazing, creative lives as a result of having Jackie’s passion and determination to help them. This competition is a way of keeping her legacy going and making sure creative boundaries continue to be pushed and explored in generations to come.
“Mum studied art and graphic design at Cardonald College and went on to place first in an International Fine Art Awards for Woman Artists in the 1990s. She then studied at Jordanhill College where she became a teacher. From there she went on to work full-time in Clydebank. The job became the love of her life. Some of the children didn’t have much but she gave them a voice and let them be heard. She was so passionate about teaching art and made sure her students had the correct tools to do the best they could. My step-dad David recalls going shopping with her and the trolley would just be full of the best paint brushes, paper, and pens that she would take to school and give to her students. She received an award from her students in 2019 for best teacher which she was really emotional about. This competition is a way of keeping her legacy going and making sure creative boundaries continue to be pushed and explored in generations to come.”
(Callum Stewart)
(Review Jackie Marno-McGoldrick Prizewinning Event 2024 – Pat Byrne)
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