The talk is free and will take place on Zoom. Reserve your place at the link below to learn more and receive a joining link.
We hope to see you there!
Image courtesy of RGU Art & Heritage Collections. Photograph by Angus McLeod, Gray’s School of Art, c1966.
Through stories and memories, our speakers will explore the history and evolving identity of Gray's School of Art as well as the set-up of the exhibition "Never Make a Head Bigger than a Melon," on show at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Talks by Judith Winter, Robbie Bushe RSA and Marie-Chantal Hamrock.
New event: Gray’s School of Art: 140 years
Thursday 2nd April, 7-8pm, Online
We are delighted to host an online event to celebrate 140 years of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.
For those that could not attend, some of the papers will become part of the next volume of the Scottish Society for Art History Journal – keep your eyes peeled for more info later this year! You can always check out the previous volumes in the meanwhile.
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We also heard from former President of the RSA, artist Joyce Cairns, and we concluded the two days with a guided tour of the exhibition 'Origin Stories' led by Head of Collections Sandy Wood.
The papers presented covered aspects of the RSA's history, reflections on current and past academicians as well as the artists, disciplines and styles that were rejected by or challenged the academy.
We had a great time at this year's SSAH conference – thank you to everyone involved in organising, our partners at the RSA, and all our wonderful speakers!
This year's conference is on 5-6 February, in the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The National on the Mound, Edinburgh.
Full conference programme
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Tickets
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See you there!
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Our annual conference is less than a month away!
We are looking forward to this year's conference, "Scottish Art and the Academy" in partnership with the @royalscottishacad.bsky.social as part of RSA200: Celebrating Together - a series of events to mark the Academy's 200th anniversary in 2026
‼️ There's still time to apply for funds to support research on Scottish art history & art located in Scotland.
🖼️ Grants available of up to £400 to support art historical investigation & practice-led projects.
📅 Closing date: 31 October
More details on our website:
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Art Herstory's Monkshood Note Card
Artist: Alida Withoos
Artwork held at: Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
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This autumn, we offer a 35% discount on all cards reproducing works by Dutch or Flemish women artists! The cost of this card, usually $3.95, is now $2.57 (w/ free shipping).
‼️ Funding opportunity ‼️
Are you an art history researcher based in Scotland or developing a project on Scottish art history?
SSAH has research grants available of up to £400 to support research costs, which also applies to practice-based projects.
📆 Deadline 31st October.
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📚 Less than a week to go #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb! In partnership with @natlibscot.bsky.social
📃Join us for an exciting programme incl Petra Poncarová, presenting on The Visual Dimension of Ruaraidh Erskine’s Magazines.
🎫 £35 General / £25 Concession
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📚 #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb with National Library of Scotland.
📄 Join us to learn about the notebooks of Scottish Symbolist John Duncan from Nina Reid.
🎫 £35 General/£25 Concession
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Image: John Duncan, The Riders of the Sidhe, 1911 (Dundee Art Galleries and Museums).
📚 #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb, in partnership with National Library of Scotland.
🧚 Keava McMillan will present on Illustrating Imagination: Cecile Walton’s Fairytales.
🎟️ £35 General / £25 Concession
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Image: Cecile Walton, The Little Mermaid, 1911.
Image: David Harding and Douglas Young, Poetry Path (Last Lauch), 1974.
📖 #SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 February in partnership with National Library of Scotland.
📃 @demetrius-art.bsky.social will present on text within the work of Scotland's postwar New Town artists, enriching the city through public art.
🎟 General £35/Concession £25
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#SSAHArtTextConference 6-7 Feb in partnership with National Library of Scotland 📚
Join us to learn about writing art in healthcare settings from Ainize Moschynski & Enxhi Mandija.
Full programme:
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🎫 General £35 / concession £25
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Image: Irene Aldazabal, Polyphony, artist’s book, 2022 (University of Dundee Museums, © the artist).
📖 Art & Text conference, in partnership with National Library of Scotland 6-7 Feb
📃Join us for a fascinating programme, incl Matthew Jarron presenting on Word and Image in the University of Dundee Museum Collections.
🎟 General £35
Concession/SSAH member £25
Book here:
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I am giving Richard Emerson's paper The School is Half Fergus: J D Fergusson & the Margaret Morris School on his behalf at today's @ssahistory.bsky.social & Culture Perth & Kinross's Fergusson at 150 seminar at Perth Art Gallery. Morris's painting with his Goat sculpture below: bit.ly/4g0YbNf
I shall be giving the paper 'Beyond the Scottish Colourists: John Duncan Fergusson at 150' at the @ssahistory.bsky.social & Culture Perth & Kinross seminar 'John Duncan Fergusson at 150' at Perth Art Gallery today. Info: bit.ly/4g0YbNf Photo: Me with Fergusson's Standing Female Nude by Alex Robson.
Scottish Colourist painter JD Fergusson and his wife the founder of the Margaret Morris Dance Group are the subject of a conference later this month from @ssahistory.bsky.social :
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The John Duncan Fergusson at 150 symposium, organised by @ssahistory.bsky.social & Culture Perth & Kinross + support from the J D Fergusson Art Foundation will now tbe held on 18 January. Info: bit.ly/48dCEyz Image: Fergusson's Xmas Time in the South of France coll & (c) Culture Perth & Kinross
🌲 Looking for a Christmas gift for an art lover?
💫 SSAH Journal: Forty Years of Art and Art History in Scotland (1984-2024) is the perfect gift!
Available to purchase @artukdotorg.bsky.social:
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Bet Low, The Isles of Eigg, Skye, Rhum and Muck (From Muck), year unknown. © the artist’s estate. Image courtesy of Lyon & Turnbull.
🔵 Today 🔵
SSAH 40 Online Journal Launch 7-8pm
Join us to hear from journal contributors on the legacies of key Scottish artists of the last 40 years
🎫 Free:
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TONIGHT! On-line launch of @ssahistory.bsky.social 2024 journal 40 Years of Art & Art History in Scotland 1984-2024 To attend: bit.ly/3OZiDmw To buy cooies: bit.ly/49uYUnY Image #1: Cover with Calm Water by Bet Low, #2: 1st page of my article Beyond the Scottish Colourists: J D Fergusson at 150
Image: Charing Cross, Bet Low, 1946-47. © the artist’s estate. Image courtesy of Lyon & Turnbull.
During the 40s & 50s, Cowcaddens and the Port Dundas canal were among Bet Low's preferred Glasgow sketching spots.
Can you recognise the central Glasgow location of this sketch?
Join us 16 Dec for our online journal launch, celebrating 40 years of SSAH.
🎫 Free to book:
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