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Join Glasgow Museums Curator of Dress, Rebecca Quinton in conversation with the Curator of the Mary Quant exhibition, Jenny Lister from the V&A together with the former Co-Director of Mary Quant Limited, Heather Tilbury Phillips as we discover more about one of the UK's most successful and innovative fashion designers.

05:00 – 03:00 Introductions and the background behind the exhibition

04:00 – 08:00 Working at Mary Quant

08:00 – 12:00 Looking for stories as part of the We Want Quant Campaign

13:00 – 20:00 The Shock of the New – Mini Skirts, Tights and hemlines

21:00 – 23:00 The practicalities of the designs, the collaborations

24:00 – 25:00 The Cosmetics

25:00 – 26:00 The licensing and homewares

26:00 – 30:00 The use of colour and daisy logo

31:00 – 36:00 Mary’s legacy within the fashion industry and favourite outfits


Discover more https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/introducing-mary-quant

The Mary Quant exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum until 22nd October 2023 and tickets can be purchased at https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum/mary-quant-fashion-revolutionary

Glasgow Museum Members can enjoy free and unlimited entry to Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary. To find out more about the benefits of being a Member visit https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/support-us/campaigns/museum-membership

Podcast Image - Kellie Wilson modelling shirtdress and shorts, 1966. Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive

Join Social History Curator, Isobel McDonald in conversation Bangladeshi Association president, Dr Tareq Abdullah and Trustee of the Bangladeshi Association Dr. Saif Khan as they tell us about their wonderful collaborative project researching the story of the Lascars, seafarers who were employed by British Merchant ships during the colonial period.

Timecodes:
00:00 - 05:00 Introductions from Tareq and Saif and what the Lascar plaque is
06:00 - 10:00 Who were Lascars and what did they do
10:00 - 19:00 The Bangladeshi Association Lascar play and the development of this, working with various partners, including Glasgow Museums
20:00 - 30:00 Working with the Bangladeshi community and how this helped people reflect on their own heritage stories
30:00 - 47:00 The other outcomes of the project, including the documentary and reflections on what the various strands of the project have meant and the importance of intangible cultural heritage


Discover More:

Bangladeshi Association Glasgow
http://bangladeshassociationglasgow.com/

More on the Lascar Project
http://bangladeshassociationglasgow.com/index.php/events/251-presentation-on-lascar-research-project

Lascar Presentation at the Museums Association Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fabmveWfL8I

Glasgow Museums - Lascar plaque
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=43212;type=101

Join us in this episode as we celebrate the Young Peoples Art Competition, which has been running at Glasgow Museums for a staggering 119 years!

In this episode hear Glasgow Museums Curator of Decorative Arts & Design from 1800, Alison Brown in conversation with Carolyn Foran, Glasgow Museums Education Officer and Anne Wallace, retired Education Officer on what makes the competition so unique and special to staff and young people in Glasgow and beyond.

00:00 - 05:00 Introduction and what the competition is
05:00 - 10:00 The history of the competition
10:00 - 15:00 The organising, judging and prize-giving, including the special awards
15:00 - 25:00 The legacy of the competition and it's ability to encourage drawing and inspiration

Entries for 2023 are open until 31 May 2023, find out more at the link below

Discover more:
The Art Competition https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/learning/annual-art-competition

Tom Honeyman http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=440434;type=101

Jessie M King http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=5274;type=701

Friends of Glasgow Museums https://www.friendsofglasgowmuseums.org/about-us/our-history/

The new season of the Glasgow Museums podcast opens with a look back at the summer and the John Byrne Exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum.

Join our learning and access team as they get inspired and creative with creative writing in both English and Gaelic!

00:00 - 04:00 - The background story of Scottish playwright and artist, John Byrne, a short introduction from William Doherty, Learning and Access curator at Glasgow Museums (recorded live in the exhibition space)
04:00 - 06:00 - Martin Craig, Exhibition curator on Byrne and Writing
06:00 - 17:30 - Creative Writing workshop with facilitator Rona MacDonald, workshops in both Gaelic and English with participants creating Haikus which were recorded as part of this podcast.

This episode was made possible thanks to the generous support of Scotland's Year of Stories 2022 Community Fund, Museums Galleries Scotland and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Discover more:
John Byrne
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/byrne-john-b-1940

John Byrne at Glasgow Museums
https://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=1525;type=701

Creative Writing Inspiration
https://www.ondemandinstruction.com/newest-post/follow-the-painters-ways-to-use-art-to-stimulate-creative-writing

This episode is edited from a live conversation in GoMA’s exhibition – Domestic Bliss. Katie Bruce, Producer|Curator at GoMA is with Rhona Warwick Paterson an artist and writer based in Glasgow, who has just finished her tenure as GoMA’s Associate Artist, and Tessa Lynch, an
artist based in Glasgow and Rhona’s collaborator on the book – MADE ON THE TABLE.

They also collaborated on the performance Niki/Niki builds a body and the film of this was screened at the book launch.

This episode of the podcast is a slightly different format being recorded in a gallery at GoMA for the launch of MADE ON
THE TABLE on 21 May, and the sound quality might vary due it being a live event.

00:00 - 06:45 Introductions to the talk, the exhibition Domestic Bliss and Rhona Warwick Paterson’s tenure as Associate Artist (2019-2022)

04:45 – 13:00 Rhona Warwick Paterson discusses why she wanted to set up a studio/table in the exhibition Domestic Bliss and the influences behind this.

13:00 – 21:50 The Exquisite Corpse as an invitation to sit at the table

21:50 – 32:30 MADE ON THE TABLE publication and collaborating with Tessa Lynch in a pandemic

32:30 – 41:13 Niki/Niki Builds a Body performance inspired by Nicola L and Niki de Saint Phalle

41:13 – 47:30 Niki de Saint Phalle anniversary of her death (21 May 2002) and her perfume design

47:30 – 50:00 Closing remarks including Niki de Saint Phalle faxes.

Links:
Rhona Warwick Paterson https://www.glasgowsculpturestudios.org/rhona-warwick-paterson

Tessa Lynch http://tessalynch.com/

MADE ON THE TABLE https://goodpress.co.uk/products/made-on-the-table-by-rhona-warwick-paterson

Niki/Niki Builds a Body https://galleryofmodernart.blog/book-launch-made-on-the-table-rhona-warwick-paterson-tessa-lynch/

Domestic Bliss https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/domestic-bliss/

Niki de Saint Phalle http://nikidesaintphalle.org/

Nicola L https://alisonjacques.com/artists/nicola-l

This podcast episode with Sorcha Dallas Gray custodian of the Alasdair Gray Archive and Rhona Warwick
Paterson, an artist|writer based in Glasgow, and GoMA's associate artist (2019 -2022) was recorded in the
Alasdair Gray Archive. A focus for the conversation was the ‘Domestic Bliss’ exhibition currently on  in
GoMA and featuring works from Alasdair’s City Recorder series, but also thinking about the relationship of
how Alasdair worked in his home, how artists work and also the determination of making and living as an
artist in the city.

00:00 – 03:00 Introductions
03:00 – 15:42 Memories of GoMA opening in 1996, but also talking about Glasgow as a place to study art
and how that links to Alasdair Gray’s Lanark.
15:45 – 26:40 Alasdair Gray – City Recorder, collections and archives
26: 40 – 49:45 Generosity, living life as an artist and the importance of creativity in our lives.
49:45 – 58:30 The role of the table in Domestic Bliss and for collaborations with artists

LINKS:
Alasdair Gray Archive https://linktr.ee/thealasdairgrayarchive

Rhona Warwick Paterson https://galleryofmodernart.blog/rhona-warwick-paterson-associate-artist/

Domestic Bliss https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/domestic-bliss/