RGU Art and Heritage Principal’s Award – Design

Fashion and Textiles graduate Beth Davidson received the Principal’s Award for Design. Judges noted her effective use of digital artwork and animated displays to convey her design concept. Artist’s statement Outer shell is a visual representation of feelings of claustrophobia and confinement contrasting with the need for protection, due to anxieties exacerbated by Covid within current

National Camera Day

Celebrating National Camera Day, Oscilloscope Camera c.1950. An oscilloscope is a laboratory instrument used to display a visual representations of the waveform of electronic signals for the purpose of analysis. This item, preserved as part of the School of Engineering Collection, would have been used to create a lasting record of a real-time display. D. Shackman

Object of the Week

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Will Maclean RSA

Now showing work in Edinburgh, in an exhibition by The Fine Art Society Ltd. Born in Inverness in 1941, Maclean was a midshipman (1957-59) before attending Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen (1961-65). He was awarded a Gray’s Travelling Scholarship in 1966, which allowed him to travel to the British School in Rome. The critic

Will Maclean RSA

Now showing work in Edinburgh, in an exhibition by The Fine Art Society Ltd. Born in Inverness in 1941, Maclean was a midshipman (1957-59) before attending Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen (1961-65). He was awarded a Gray’s Travelling Scholarship in 1966, which allowed him to travel to the British School in Rome. The critic

Insect Week

In recognition of Insect Week, Foot by Harmony Bury. RGU Contemporary Art Practice Purchase Award. Artist’s statement:My practice revolves around the relationship between humans and nature, through the process of making compositions with honeybee and butterfly wings, objects that embody freedom, delicacy, pollination and biodiversity. My aim is to make work that highlights the reliance