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October ONLINE LECTURE: “Women Artist and their Work at Kelvingrove Art Gallery”

Monday 28th October 2024 at 2pm

Online using Zoom | £5
email: admin@friendsofglasgowmuseums.org to book a place.

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03 October 2024
Join us for our October Online Lecture : "Women Artist and their Work at Kelvingrove Art Gallery" given by Barbara Daly
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum has one of the finest collections in the country. Among its many splendid...
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16 September 2024
Join us for our September Online Lecture by Sarah Rothwell: "A Passion for Glass - The Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole Privete Collection of Modern Glass"
National Museums Scotland was generously donated over 300 pieces of art and studio glass by the passionate...
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30 July 2024
Join our August Online Lecture - Discovering Degas: Collecting in the Time of William Burrell
Image Credit: Glasgow Life Museums Pippa Stevenson-Sit will give a Zoom online presentation on Tuesday...
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14 June 2024
Join our Online June Lecture - Personal Values in Public Collections: the Charles William Stewart costume collection by Dr Emily Taylor
This talk will explore how individual donors to public collections influence and are influenced by their...
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06 May 2024
Join our online May Lecture: "Phoebe Anna Traquair and the Art of Craftsmanship" given by Elizabeth Cumming
This talk explores the many achievements of Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936), now recognised as a key...
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15 April 2024
Join our April online Lecture on "City Streets, Scottish Islands and Silhouetted Hills: Bet Low(1924-2007), Art and Life" given by Hildegarde Berwick
2024 is the 100th anniversary of Bet Low’s birth. Bet was born in Gourock and from 1945 Glasgow became...
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14 March 2024
Join our March online lecture: ED JOHNSON -"Stained Glass Collections at the Burrell" on Tuesday 26th March at 2pm!
The Burrell Collection’s holdings of stained-glass are nothing short of world class. Acquired throughout...
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25 February 2024
Join our online February Lecture, "Women of Note" this Tuesday 27th February at 2pm!
MARION MAUDSLEY – Women of Note The talk will focus on the lives of Mary Somerville and Nan...
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01 February 2024
Join Us at the Hunterian Art Gallery for the "Stage and Screen" Exhibition on Monday 19th February 2024 at 10.30am!
“Stage & Screen” features works on paper from the James L Gordon Collection, on show in Scotland for...
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08 January 2024
Join Us for our first Online Lecture for 2024 on Tuesday 30th January at 2pm! Carolyn Foran will give a presentation on the Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition
Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition for Children was first established in 1904 and continues to this...
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31 October 2024
Friends enjoy celebrating our 80th Anniversary with a Drinks Reception and Special Organ Recital at Kelvingrove!
On Tuesday 29th October, over 60 Friends were at Kelvingrove Art Gallery to attend a special 80th Anniversary...
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13 October 2024
Creative Friends enjoy a fun Drawing Session at Kelvingrove last Friday!
We were delighted that Carolyn Foran, the Education Officer at Kelvingrove, offered a small group of...
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30 September 2024
FoGM sponsors the highly successful 2024 Annual Art Competition for Young People Prizegiving at Kelvingrove!
Caroline, Carol and Barbara from the FoGM Committee were delighted to attend the 2024 Annual Art Competition...
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28 August 2024
Friends Visit the Discovering Degas Exhibition at the Burrell Collection!
Our August speaker in the FoGM Zoom Lecture Series 2024 was Pippa Stephenson-Sit, Curator of European...
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21 June 2024
Friends Celebrate FoGM's 80th Anniversary with lunch at Kelvingrove!
100 Friends and their guests celebrated FoGM’s 80th Anniversay with a Drinks Reception and Lunch...
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20 February 2024
40 Friends and their Guests enjoy a visit to the Stage and Screen Exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery
40 Friends and their guests were given a conducted tour of the Hunterian Art Gallery’s current...
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11 December 2023
120 Friends and their Guests enjoyed their excellent Annual Christmas Lunch at Kelvingrove!
Another Successful FoGM event! 120 Freinds and their Guests had a thoroughly enjoyable start to the...
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05 November 2023
Friends Enjoy a Talk and Tour of the 2023 Art Competition for Young People!
Last Thursday, a group of Friends thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the history of the Annual Art Competition...
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04 October 2023
Friends Visit the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow Yesterday!
Nearly 60 Friends and their guests had a thoroughly enjoyable tour of the Royal College of Physicians...
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01 October 2023
FoGM congratulates all the wonderful Prizewinners of the 2023 Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition!
Caroline, our Chairperson and Julie, Gail and Barbara from the committee, attended the 2023 Glasgow Museums...
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