256 January 2016 - Gryffe Advertizer

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Devils in the Making: Glasgow
School of Art & the Collection
Until 28th February at the Gallery of Modern Art Royal Exchange
Square, Glasgow City Centre G1 3AH
Opening Hours: Mondays: 10am - 5pm; Wednesdays: 10am - 5pm; Fridays:
11am - 5pm; Sundays: 11am - 5pm
This is a free event!
Tel: 0141 287 3050
Exploring Glasgow Museums
Contemporary Art collection
through connections with
Glasgow School of Art, this
exhibition includes artists
such as Christine Borland, Jim
Lambie, Roderick Buchanan,
Victoria Morton & Simon
Starling.
Billy Connolly Exhibition
Until 18th February at the People’s Palace and Winter Gardens
Glasgow Green, Glasgow City Centre G40 1AT. Tel: 0141 276 0795
Opening Hours: Mondays: Closed; Wednesdays: 10am - 5pm; Fridays: 11am -
5pm; Sundays: 11am - 5pm
Best known as a comedian,
not many people know
that the ‘Big Yin’ is also an
artist. Connolly describes
the process of drawing
as meditative, where his
inspiration comes from being
alone on a page. Also includes
rarely displayed objects from
the Collections.
This is a free event!
The 11 strong all-female management team at St Vincent’s Hospice in
Renfrewshire is celebrating today after being given the chance to learn from
some of the country’s top businesses, including Chivas Brothers – Pernod Ricard,
Q Hotels Cameron House Lodges and Scottish Enterprise, as part of a £60,000
leadership training programme which was generously gifted to the hospice by
Stirling-based consultancy, The Leadership Factory.
It is believed to be the first donation of its kind to a
hospice in Scotland.
Over the past six months, the St Vincent’s Hospice
management team has benefited from over 600 hours
of time and expertise from a total of 28 consultants
and business mentors, providing a mix of workshops,
coaching and mentoring.
Kate Lennon, Chief Executive of St Vincent’s Hospice,
said: “We feel very fortunate to be the recipients of
such a unique gift. We have learned so much about
ourselves and our business and the way in which we
can work together more effectively for the benefit of the
hospice and all those whose lives are touched by the
care services we deliver.
The team at the Leadership Factory
has been outstanding throughout the
programme, and their expertise together
with the commercial advice and guidance
gained from the network of business
mentors has been invaluable. We feel
truly honoured that directors and senior
management from some of Scotland’s top
businesses and organisations, including
Brewdog Bars, Cancer Support Scotland,
Chivas Brothers - Pernod Ricard, Flex
Medical Solutions, Jumpstart UK, Lindsays,
McDougall Johnstone, ML Photography,
Q Lodges at Cameron House, Scottish
Enterprise and Tractus, should give up their
time to share their knowledge with the team
at St Vincent’s Hospice.”
A Century of Style: Costume
and Colour 1800-1899
Until 14th February at Kelvingrove Art Gallery And Museum, Argyle
Street, Glasgow West End G3 8AG. Tickets: £5/£3, Under 16s FREE
Opening Hours: Mondays: 10am - 5pm; Wednesdays: 10am - 5pm; Fridays:
11am - 5pm; Sundays: 11am - 5pm; Tuesdays: 10am - 5pm; Thursdays: 10am
- 5pm; Saturdays: 10am - 5pm.
This beautiful exhibition of 19th-century clothing comes from Glasgow
Museums’ collection of European costume. Showcasing some rarely seen
examples of womenswear, menswear and children’s clothing, it considers how
such clothes were made and where they were sold, as well as revealing the
stories of some of the people who wore them.
The displays feature dresses and outfits made with delicate embroidered cottons
and elaborate woven silks,
as well as beautiful wedding
dresses and opulent
evening gowns. Leading
Glaswegian department
stores and dressmakers
are represented in the
exhibition, alongside an
exquisite beaded couture
dress from Paris. There
is also a wide range of
accessories on show,
including delicate jewellery,
bonnets, colourful shawls,
purses and even a metamorphic parasol.
Inventions such as sewing machines, aniline dyes and paper patterns helped
to revolutionise the fashion industry, allowing for the mass production of
garments. Magazines with hand-coloured fashion prints spread the news of
what was in and out of fashion and helped to fuel demand. That demand was
met by the large warehouses and department stores that began to dominate
the shopping streets of major cities, including Glasgow.
There are currently no long term displays of this part of the costume collection
in any of our museums, meaning this exhibition offers a fantastic opportunity to
see some fabulous and rarely shown gowns, accessories and jewellery.
Gift of Knowledge for Hospice’s all Female Management Team
Reni Onayemi of Scottish Enterprise,
Linda Lawrie Community Nursing
Manager at St Vincent’s Hospice and
Stuart Robinson of Scottish Enterprise
Victoria Russell of The
Leadership Factory
and Kate Lennon, Chief
Executive of St Vincent’s
Hospice
While many businesses help to fundraise for
charities by scaling Ben Nevis or abseiling down
buildings, this is believed to be the first time a
Scottish hospice has been gifted a development
support programme for its management team
with the opportunity to gain invaluable commercial
skills from top industry professionals.
The ambitious project was the brainchild of
Victoria Russell, Principal Consultant at The
Leadership Factory, Scotland’s fastest growing
business management consultancy:
“The idea to offer our time and expertise rather
than simply participate in fundraising activities
came about after speaking with St Vincent’s
Hospice Chief Executive, Kate Lennon. Kate was keen to put a leadership
programme together to help her team develop and implement a new strategy for
the hospice but with a limited budget, the programme would only have been able
to scratch the surface of what was required.
After speaking to The Leadership Factory directors, Andy Kelly and Brian Glennie,
we agreed to donate a full-service programme and we’ve been very fortunate
to be able to tap into
our extensive network of
business professionals,
all of whom have been
delighted to gift their time
and expertise for such a
worthy cause.”
Joe Arciero of Chivas Brothers Pernod Ricard surrounded
by the managers of St Vincent’s Hospice and their
mentors
Joe Arciero, Sourcing Director of
Chivas Brothers Pernod Ricard
and Elaine Rae, Family Support
Service Manager at St Vincent’s
Hospice
For further information,
please contact Lesley
Miller, Fundraising &
Communications Manager
at St Vincent’s Hospice on t:
01505 705635 m: 07552
127109 or e: Lesley.miller@
svh.co.uk