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136th Exhibition update

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We are thrilled to announce the Open Call for Entries for the 136th Annual Paisley Art Institute Exhibition. Artists are invited to showcase their Art by submitting work.

Hand-in dates Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April. The exhibition is being held at The Glasgow Art Club, our new permanent home.

Download your Exhibition Pack here

For all enquiries please email our Exhibition Secretary
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Please share the hand in dates to any artists you know. It's time to get creative for the April hand-in to the PAI 136th Annual Exhibition. There are over 20 awards to be won. 

Open entrants - entries for the exhibition are welcome.

Membership - our Lay Membership category is now open

Join us and get involved and meet new friends. We need help hanging the over 400 paintings and with invigilating during May. The Glasgow Art Club is a listed building full of fine art, including Glasgow boys and our signature piece, 'The Paisley Shawl', We also need historians, who may be interested in hosting tours, or learning about the history of both the Art Club and the Paisley Art Institute, not to mention, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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Thanks to the team helping us at our 2 day Art fair in Glasgow Art Club. Everyone enjoyed the variety of stalls while upstairs was busy all day serving tasty meals. The smell of mulled wine and the Christmas music added a festive touch!

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Xmas Fair at our new base

Come and see PAI at their new base, all decked out for Christmas! A wonderland for arty gifts. A 2 floor exhibition of contemporary works for sale and assorted table stalls with Smaller price artists paintings and more. The Fair at the Glasgow Art Club 185 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4HU is on Friday 6th Dec (open 1pm-7pm) to Saturday 8th Dec (open 10am-3pm). We have 20 artists with local artisans and their delightful goods.

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December news

Visit the Glasgow Art Club at 185 Bath St Tues to Sat 10am-5pm See historic art alongside our members' mixed contemporary art for sale and buy calendars for Xmas gifts for your discerning friends and relatives. Members and 2 guests exhibition 'Brumalia' is on show till 1st Feb

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PAI calendar 2025

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The Paisley Shawl - A very significant painting for the PAI! 

Fra Newberry was a Paisley artist who travelled to Glasgow to work as director of the Art School. He and his wife Jessie Rowat ran it well. It was a prosperous time and the Glasgow style rose blossomed as people enjoyed new stylish patterns furnishing their homes. They commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh to design the new building which, sadly, has now suffered 2 fires. 

The original painting can be seen, hanging in The Art Club now.

 

November update

It's that part of the year when we have some keen new artist members on board. Now it's time to think what you may create for the next Annual Exhibition. We are aiming at a hand in for the Exhibition starting on Friday 4th April 2025. Also coming soon - our historic calendar for 2025.

It includes paintings from the recent Heritage exhibition which featured our major benefactors and the treasures we have collected. At any time of year you can visit and see art from both permanent collections throughout the Art Club. Get your 2025 calendar at the AGM, or book the Paisley tour on 23rd November and enjoy a light lunch at the club -see Paisley Heritage on Facebook.

Remember to come at our 2 day Xmas Fair, this year on 6th and 7th December. An additional interest is in the main gallery, a show featuring 4 contemporary artists with work for sale.

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Shown below - the current features in the Main Gallery.

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Now featured in the prestigious Glasgow Art Club, this is our bronze of Peter Coats, who continued his father's work. Sir Peter had already given to Paisley Art Institute the main gallery and the sculpture court. Now, his son Peter, as our Honorary Vice President, fulfilled his father's wishes by doubling the gallery provision for the PAI exhibitions. PAI had purchased the land for the project and saved for 30 years, to provide 4 further galleries.

The president at the time was John Millar, and did the organising work, choosing the architect and overseeing the design and progress.Towards the completion, Peter was ill and decided to finance the building himself by leaving funds to PAI. He was dead at the 1915 handover, as his beloved Institute gifted the new galleries to Paisley Burgh.

PAI commissioned this bronze from Alexander Proudfoot 1916 - In grateful memory.

The Love of Art exhibition

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An exhibition of selected works from the collections of the Paisley Art Institute and the Glasgow Art Club.
A revealing exhibition tracing the rich artistic history that intertwines these two historic institutions from their respective 19th century formation through to the current day. A history that also intermeshes closely with the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. The exhibition reveals how those who were mentored or influenced by prominent past artists then went on to become successful artists in their own right and in turn mentor and influence others.

The exhibition brings together works held by or loaned to the two respective institutions. It includes works by, and also depicting, various ‘Glasgow Boys’ as well as some of their tutors. A not to be missed fascinating insight.

Staged across the Club’s ground and first floor exhibition spaces, open to view:

Tuesday 24th September through to Wednesday 6th November. Tuesday to Saturday – 11 am until 5 pm. 
We occasionally host events and concerts in our Gallery spaces, please call ahead if you are making a special visit and we can check our diary.

On the following dates there is no access to the exhibition:

Saturday 5th October, Saturday 19th October, Saturday 26th October, Tuesday 29th October. Ground floor exhibition closes Wed 6th November, first floor continues until Sat 23rd November

https://glasgowartclub.co.uk/events/until-7th-november-the-love-of-art/

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