On Tuesday 29th October, over 60 Friends were at Kelvingrove Art Gallery to attend a special 80th Anniversary Drinks Reception accompanied by a selection of delicious finger food and celebration cake with tea and coffee in the North Gallery. Afterwards we were entertained by organist William Hutcheson playing a tremendous selection of musical pieces on […]
We were delighted that Carolyn Foran, the Education Officer at Kelvingrove, offered a small group of Friends the opportunity to experience a practical art class similar to the ones offered to the young people entering the Annual Art Competition. Our group of 15 members thoroughly enjoyed the warming up drawing exercises before finding an object
Creative Friends enjoy a fun Drawing Session at Kelvingrove last Friday! Read More »
Caroline, Carol and Barbara from the FoGM Committee were delighted to attend the 2024 Annual Art Competition for Young People Prizegiving Event at Kelvingrove on Thurday 26th September. The Central Hall in Kelvingrove was full of very excited children and their friends and family as they waited for their name to be called so that
Our August speaker in the FoGM Zoom Lecture Series 2024 was Pippa Stephenson-Sit, Curator of European Art for Glasgow Museums and co-curator of Discovering Degas: Collecting in the Time of William Burrell, which is currently running at the Burrell (until 30th September). Following on from Pippa’s lecture, a group of Friends took the opportunity to visit the
Friends Visit the Discovering Degas Exhibition at the Burrell Collection! Read More »
100 Friends and their guests celebrated FoGM’s 80th Anniversay with a Drinks Reception and Lunch in the Kelvingraove Art Gallery Cafe this week. It was wonderful to mark such an important milestone in the history of the Friends of Glasgow Museums in such an enjoyable way. We thank all our wonderful members for all their
Friends Celebrate FoGM’s 80th Anniversary with lunch at Kelvingrove! Read More »
40 Friends and their guests were given a conducted tour of the Hunterian Art Gallery’s current temporary exhibition, Stage and Screen, on Monday 19th February. The curator of the exhibition, Joseph Sharples, introduced the group to the collection and it’s collector, James L Gordon. Over 400 items were on display and Joseph picked out the
Another Successful FoGM event! 120 Freinds and their Guests had a thoroughly enjoyable start to the Christmas Season with their Annual Lunch held in the cafe at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum last week. After a drinks reception, everyone found their places at their tables where they enjoyed a delicious three-course meal with wine and
Last Thursday, a group of Friends thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the history of the Annual Art Competition for Young People from Carolyn Foran, Museum Education Officer, followed by a tour of this year’s prizewinners’ work on display in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. We were fascinated and very pleased to see such high quality and
Friends Enjoy a Talk and Tour of the 2023 Art Competition for Young People! Read More »
Nearly 60 Friends and their guests had a thoroughly enjoyable tour of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in St Vincent Street yesterday. Our visit started in the magnificent College Hall where we were meet by our guides Clare and Kirsty. We given a short history of the RCPSG which was founded in 1599.
Friends Visit the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow Yesterday! Read More »
Caroline, our Chairperson and Julie, Gail and Barbara from the committee, attended the 2023 Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition Prizegiving Ceremony at Kelvingrove Art Gallery last Thursday, 28th September. The Prizegiving Ceremony, catering and all the prizes were sponsered by a grant given by the Friends of Glasgow Museums. When we arrived the atmosphere was
