Bust of John Gray, School Founder. Gray's School of Art is an art school located in Aberdeen, Scotland, presently - since 1966 - in the Garthdee grounds of the Robert Gordon University. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 719 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Fraser Denholm I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Art school is a colloquial term for any educational institution (whether secondary, post-secondary/undergraduate, or graduate/postgraduate) with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, and sculpture. ...
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Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
The Robert Gordon University (often known as RGU) is a modern University located in Aberdeen, Scotland, with an emphasis on providing high quality higher education and research from undergraduate to doctorate level. ...
Gray's was inaugurated in 1885 as the Gray's School of Science and Art, with its name a nod towards that of its founding father, sometime local businessman, pillar of the free church and community philanthropist John Gray (1811-1891). The original site, at Schoolhill, permitted the fine art buildings visual coherence with the neighbouring art gallery, as was Gray's wish. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The art school's subsequent befriending of the Garthdee Estate, then two miles out of Aberdeen, heralded a movement in that direction by the closely allied Robert Gordon Institute of Technology, of which Gray's was, and still is, a constituent - prior to its elevation to university status in 1992. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...
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1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
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In the mid sixties, the School was relocated to the Garthdee Estate to a function-built Modernist building which marked the beginning of RGIT's redevelopment of Garthdee. The School has three floors and designed in a U formation with the large front facade and two wings. This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. See also: Modernism (Roman Catholicism) or Modernist Christianity; Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ...
The ground floor on the main facade houses the Printmaking Studios and workshops as well as administrative offices, a Mac-filled Computer Lab, photocopiers and Textile Printing workshops. The East wing houses a Photographic Studio, The School Art Shop, Refectory and The large First Year Hall. The West Wing is a near identical Inversion of the East, although this side houses Ceramics, Jewellery and 3D Design workshops as well as Life Model changing rooms and two Large Open-Plan Sculpture Studios. Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. ...
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A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ...
The Wings only have one floor, however underneath the Sculpture and First Year Studios built into the hill on which the school stands, are two general wood and metalwork workshops.
Gray's School of Art Foyer The First Floor houses Second and Third Year Painting Studios, Visual Communication studios, Textiles Studios, Life Drawing Rooms and The Head of School's Office in the East and the Printmaking Staff Room in the West. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 648 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Fraser Denholm. ...
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Visual communication is the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon. ...
The Smaller Second Floor until recently exclusivelly housed the Fourth Year Painting Studios, however in the last two years two rooms have been lost to the new PEM course (Photography and Electronic Media.) PEM may stand for: Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail Proton exchange membrane as in fuel cell, applications include use in proton-exchange fuel cells, used to manipulate hydrogen for energy conversion. ...
In the early nineties "Temporary" Portacabins were put in place to house the growing number of students, they still stand today housing 3D Design Studios, Design For Industry Studios, Critical and Contextual Studies, and the MFA Programme Studios.
In the Centre of the School is a grassy Quadrangle with seating, and two ponds. In warmer weather the quad is used as a lunchtime hangout for the students. quadrangle is a good name for a mathlete team. ...
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Areas of Study
Grays teaches a wide range of Fine Art and Design Subjects. It employs a General First Year where students get a taster of each subject area before choosing which area they want to specialise in from Second to Fourth (Honours) Year.
Subject Areas:
Fine Art: Sculpture Printmaking (The only stand-alone printmaking course out of the four Scottish Art Schools) Painting PEM (Photography and Electronic Media.)
Design and Craft: Visual Communication 3D Design Textile and Surface Design
Degree Show
Grays, along with tradition of Art Schools, holds an Annual Degree Exhibition which gives the Students a cance to culminate their years of study with a Public exhibition to show their work. The Show always runs head to head with the Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh College of Art Degree Shows. 194. ...
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Community
The small size of Grays gives rise to a strong community and social network between current students and alumni, Grays being a strong force in the Aberdeen Visual Arts Scene, the General First Year allows students of each year to get to know each other and maintain friendships across disciplines as they move through the school.
Gray's is often perceived as the "Underdog" of the Four Scottish Art Schools, which drives it's students to work hard to prove themselves and take a great deal of pride in their Art School. Every year at the Royal Scottish Academy Student exhibition Grays Students make T-Shirts to symbolise their affinity with the school.
T-Shirt slogans to date have been:
2003: Grays Pride 2004: Grays Matter 2005: Bona Fide 2006: By The Power of Gray's School
Notable alumni
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Donnie Munro (born August 2, 1953, Isle of Skye) is a Scottish musician, and former lead singer of the band Runrig. ...
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