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New Glasgow Society
1307 Argyle Street
Glasgow G3 8TL

info@newglasgowsociety.org

 

About NGS

The New Glasgow Society (NGS) is a civic society promoting, protecting and raising interest in the City of Glasgow, through campaigning, discussion, projects, talks and exhibitions.

New Glasgow Society is a charity registered in Scotland (no. SC009743)

Registered as a charity 13/09/1965

 

Aims

The aims of the Society are;

To promote, encourage and stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of the city of Glasgow and its surroundings.

To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in the Glasgow region in co-operation with other interested organisations where appropriate.

To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest.

To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, conferences, publicity and the promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.

Support Us

NGS is a charity — if you're interested in finding out more, joining us, or supporting our work, please click here.

Exhibit at NGS

Do you need an exhibition space? If you're planning an event - particularly one which relates to Glasgow in general, the built environment, or issues facing the city, we can help - and sometimes make our premises available. Details are here.

 

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Transience: Glasgow School of Art, MRes Creative Practices interim show

The Glasgow School of Art's Masters of Research in Creative Practices interim show Transience will open on Wed 26th April at the New Glasgow Society.

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Not heavy, just awkward

‘Not heavy just awkward’ is composed of a new body of sculptural works by three final year GSA sculpture students Amy Grogan, Millie Layton and Oona Wilkinson.

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Felix Bucklow: Playtime_

Illusion and mimicry are devices which painting has always found too comfortable. When Felix began painting at the Royal Opera House it was still the medium of choice to trick and wow the audience. Yet at the same time it manages to fall so short within the gallery space and often isolates rather than allures.

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Alfonso Ramundo: Derelict Decadence

Alfonso Ramundo is an Italian photographer who has lived in Glasgow for almost two decades. Throughout his career, he has focused on different areas of photography but there has always been a constant theme in his work - decadent structures of any kind. As a child, he had a fascination for abandoned houses in the countryside near his hometown. Since then, Alfonso has spent his life photographing old buildings, showing them in their present form - often neglected and forgotten but with a story to tell.

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Hiding in the light

This exhibition guides the viewer on a journey through human civilization, and examines the traces we leave behind either as a group or as an individual when a change in patterns, movements or power occurs. 

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SEDA Green Drinks - Spaces Matter with Veronica Low

A look through the prism of Georg Simmel’s essay "The Metropolis & Mental Life" at how the creation of urban green space and empowered communities influence human experience in 21st century Glasgow. 

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Glasgow 2065 - A Speculative Project by Lateral North

Through a sequence of speculative images, this exhibition depicts future scenarios for Glasgow and its relationship with water. These imaginative future scenarios are designed to provoke discussion and ask questions about how we live now, and how Glasgow might be shaped in the future through prevailing global climatic changes.

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  1. Baham(ia)
  2. Topophilia
  3. I almost got set on fire
  4. SEDA Green Drinks - From Fact to Fiction: a Journey Through Post-World Truth with Dr Mandy Meikle
  5. Test Unit 2017: Occupying the post industrial city (Launch)
  6. Iveta Smidt - Though I am free
  7. 3 in 1 Exhibition
  8. Human Architecture
  9. Workshop: People, places and planning
  10. SEDA Green Drinks - All You Want to Know About Hempcrete with Gillies MacPhail and Alex Sparrow
  11. Pendolino - Glasgow/London
  12. SEDA Green Drinks - Sheds, Shallots and Shenanigans: being together and being alone on Glasgow's allotments with Hannah Victoria Connelly

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NGS Thinks...

October 2018: Objection to Residential Development Proposal, 7-11a North Claremont Street

Whilst the New Glasgow Society has always been active in cultivating new ideas about Glasgow’s built environment, including welcoming new housing in both the city centre and its surrounding areas, it is our role to continue to advocate high quality design and conserve the built heritage of the city.

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More NGS Thinks...

  • October 2018: Objection to Residential Development Proposal, 7-11a North Claremont Street

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  • Doors Open Days 2018: info sheet!

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  • June 2018 - Guest editorial: Friends of Victoria Park

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  • April 2018 - Proposed demolition of 335-345 Argyle Street

    Read more: April 2018 -...

  • March 2018 - Custom House proposals

    Read more: March 2018 -...

  • March 2017 - The other sides of the student accommodation debate

    Read more: March 2017 -...

  • January 2017 - Style Mile vs. Geek Street

    Read more: January 2017...

  • Dec 2016 - Get Glasgow Moving

    Read more: Dec 2016 -...

Committee

Chair
Ross Aitchison

Vice-chair
Thierry Lye

Treasurer
Grace Mark (outgoing)

Secretary
Lex Lamb

Gallery manager
Johnnie Wales

Thom Rees

Grace Mark

Neil McGuire

Daisy Tickner

John Tinneny

Hannah Logan

Jean Reid

(Non-committee)
Archivist
Fergus Mason

New Glasgow Society
1307 Argyle Street
Glasgow G3 8TL

info@newglasgowsociety.org

 

Aims

The aims of the Society are;

To promote, encourage and stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of the city of Glasgow and its surroundings.

To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in the Glasgow region in co-operation with other interested organisations where appropriate.

To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest.

To pursue these ends by means of meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, conferences, publicity and the promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.

Support Us

NGS is a charity — if you're interested in finding out more, joining us, or supporting our work, please click here.

Exhibit at NGS

Do you need an exhibition space? If you're planning an event - particularly one which relates to Glasgow in general, the built environment, or issues facing the city, we can help - and sometimes make our premises available. Details are here.

 

About NGS

The New Glasgow Society (NGS) is a civic society promoting, protecting and raising interest in the City of Glasgow, through campaigning, discussion, projects, talks and exhibitions.

New Glasgow Society is a charity registered in Scotland (no. SC009743)

Registered as a charity 13/09/1965

 

Subscribe to our mailing list

Please only subscribe to our newsletter if you consent for us to retain your name and email address in order to send it to you. If you wish to unsubscribe in future, simply enter your email address above, and press the 'unsubscribe' button. We will then delete your information from our system.

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