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FlOW ISSUE 10Cover Image:There will be no miracles here,installation view at Mount Stuart.Nathan ColeyPhoto: Kenneth HunterWe√comeWelcome to Issue 10 of Flow.Nathan Coley’s work, pictured on the front of this issue of Flow, makes a bold declaration – Therewill be no miracles here. However, the word miracle is derived from the Latin word miraculummeaning ‘something wonderful’ and had we commissioned Nathan to produce a similar piece ofwork for the School, he could have boldly declared There are miracles here – there is ‘somethingwonderful’ here.We try to share the ‘something wonderful’ that is The Glasgow School of Art in every issue of Flowand this issue is no different, sharing with you the successes and achievements of our students,alumni and staff, but also some of the challenges that the School is facing and the creative waysin which we are addressing them. This issue looks at scholarships and the co-curriculum.Throughour responses to these challenges, we are not only building on our tradition of access, but arecontinuing to produce graduates who are professionally orientated and socially engaged.As you read this issue, think about the wonderful, think about the School and think about howyou can be part of something wonderful at The Glasgow School of Art.STOP PRESS!TURNER PRIZE NOMINATIONEnvironmental Art graduate, Nathan Coley (1989), has been nominated for the 2007 Turner Prizefor his solo exhibition at Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute (cover), the public installation, CamouflageChurch, at Spain’s Santiago de Compostela and his contribution to a group exhibition at theMuseum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade.The winner will be announced on 3 December 2007.SCOTTISH DESIGN AWARDSCongratulations to GSA graduates Gareth Hoskins, Robin Lee,Alan Dunlop, Craig Wilson, LynnDevine, Janice Kirkpatrick and Ross Hunter of Graven Images, and Emlyn Firth and Stuart Gilmourof Stand, who all walked away with awards on the night.CONTENTSPAGEWelcome 2Making Waves 3GS≤A News 6Egalitarian Education for the Talent of Tomorrow 7Tackling the Vocational Vacuum 10GS≤A News 12Alumni News 13Donors and Sponsors 15Events 16Published by: The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street,Glasgow, United Kingdom G3 6RQTelephone: +44 (0)141 353 4500www.gsa.ac.ukEdited by:Wry Poetic and Liz BreckenridgeCopywriting:Wry PoeticDesign: Third Eye DesignPrint: Beith PrintingPrinted on: 90gms Tauro© The Glasgow School of Art, 2007An electronic version of this publication is available at www.gsa.ac.ukIf you require a copy in an alternative format please contact theMarketing & Development Office on: +44 (0)141 353 4710 or at marketing@gsa.ac.uk>BRIEFINGHot 50Design Week magazine hasput the GSA into its HOT 50honours list of people andorganisations that have madea significant contributionto design.The magazine describesthe GSA as a leader in thefield of design education andcommends the School forengaging in ‘socially relevantdesign rather that just creatinga product’.SIE Success for Red ButtonFor the fourth year in succession,GSA students have won prizesin the Scottish Institutefor Enterprise NationalUndergraduate BusinessPlan Competition.Third year Product DesignEngineering students, JamesBrown and Nicky Pang – andGlasgow University’s AmandaYoung – from Red Button Design,won the first prize of £16,000 foran innovative Reverse OsmosisSanitation System (ROSS).ROSS is a water sanitation,transport and storage devicespecifically tailored to suit thedemands of poverty strickendeveloping countries and enablesindividuals to collect water andsanitise it for drinking or bathing.This is the second year insuccession that GSA studentshave won first prize and thefourth in a row that GSAstudents have been placedin the top three.OBE for architectureprofessorProfessor Colin Porteous, SeniorResearcher in the MackintoshSchool of Architecture, has beenawarded an OBE in the NewYear Honours list. Colin washonoured for his services toarchitecture.Olympic Medals UnveiledThe 2008 Olympic Medals havebeen unveiled by their designer,Professor Xiao Yong, of partnerinstitution The Central Academyof Fine Arts in Beijing – withwhich the GSA operates a jointinternational programme.Made of gold and jade, themedals symbolise nobility andvirtue, and represent traditionalChinese values of ethics andhonour. Noble and elegant, themedals are a blend of traditionalChinese culture and GreekOlympism.2WELCOME
ISSUE 10 FlOW1 HotelRoss Watkins2 Ross WatkinsMaking wavesA GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART EDUCATION INFORMS ITS STUDENTS WITH A UNIQUELEARNING EXPERIENCE. FLOW CAUGHT UP WITH FIVE GRADUATES WHO HAD THECHANCE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL WITH THE SUPPORT OF A SCHOLARSHIP.The GSA makes a huge contribution to thecultural, social and economic life of Scotlandand its national and international reputation.The GSA contributes culturally:> By helping to transform Glasgow from apost-industrial city to a vibrant cultural capital.> By establishing the reputation of Glasgow,and Scotland in general, as a worldwide centrefor the visual arts.The GSA contributes socially:> By making sure that the GSA buildings,collections, summer schools, exhibitions andclasses are not only available to studentsand staff – but are also accessible to thepublic as a whole.> By encouraging students and staff tointeract and work with the local community.> By educating generations of people tounderstand and appreciate arts and culture.The GSA contributes economically:> By helping to fuel the creative industriesin Scotland through its graduates and throughits research and innovation.> By developing graduates with highly-refinedcreative skills and abilities. GSA graduates don’tonly become artists, designers and architects theyalso become successful business professionals,community leaders, civil servants, teachers andgovernment ministers.The GSA contributes educationally:> Through research that influences world cultureby generating new knowledge through creativityand conceptual thinking.> By maximising the benefits to both staff andstudents by making the most of potential linksbetween teaching and research, ensuring thecontent of our programmes are continuallyupdated and enhanced.> By developing new programmes at postgraduatelevel which provide opportunities for progressionfrom undergraduate study, through postgraduateto doctoral study.1Name: Ross WatkinsProgramme: Textiles (2003),3D Motion Graphics (2005)Current role: Edit Assistant at IWC MediaScholarship: GSA Postgraduate BursaryWhat’s your favourite part of your current role?My job revolves around supporting TV editors and directorsat the post-production stage. I enjoy having a hand in theprogramme-making process as it all comes together.Whenprogrammes come in we digitise the tapes into the Avidsystem. It’s an excellent job for learning and being thrownin the deep end, this job is definitely the best way to get into being an editor.What do you think The Glasgow School of Art’scontribution is/has been to Glasgow and beyond?The Art School has drafted hundreds of talented youngpeople into the creative industries and of these people,most will remember things like school trips to the OpenDay or Degree Show as the moment they thought it waspossible to consider making artwork for a living. I think therole the Art School plays in the first place is to get themhooked on this idea early enough.What difference has being awarding a scholarshipmade to you?The scholarship paid my entire postgraduate fee – without itI couldn’t have even come close to raising the funds to studythe course I wanted.The course was £3900 per year for twoyears. I was awarded £5000 per year so it also gave me achunk of money each year for subsistence. My job was set outfor a graduate in a course in moving image production. Beingon the postgraduate course is the number one reason I gotthis job.What advice would you give students receivinga scholarship?Once you get the scholarship you should want to do it justice.You should be spurred on by the faith that others have shownin your work.2What is your fondest memory of the GSA?The street parties are definitely right up there although itseemed to rain every year and still does.That, and a certainfellow textiles student setting the fire alarm off trying to doan all-nighter in the print studio, much to the delight of thejanitors at the time.MAKING WAVES3
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