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20/06/2008

Students at The Glasgow School of Art today (Friday, 20 June) graduated from their respective disciplines at Bute Hall, the University of Glasgow with key award winners announced at the ceremony including Radiohead video remix sensation James Houston.

 

James Houston, from Visual Communications, has won the Newbery Medal and The Bram Stoker Award for his Degree Show work which included the four-minute film Big Ideas (Don’t Get Any). This award is presented to the top final year student. His emotive film, featuring obsolete computer parts playing Radiohead’s song Nude, has become the latest You Tube sensation after receiving plaudits from the band themselves, academics, music and technology fans. Winners of the Chairman’s Medal which was also announced at the ceremony were Nicholas Crawford from Architecture (Mackintosh School of Architecture), Angharad Davies from Painting and Printmaking (Fine Art) and Leah Black from Silversmithing and Jewellery (Design).

 

A number of new awards have been announced this year. These included the inauguration of the Kennett Prize for Innovation in Product Design created by Teknek who sponsored the Product Design Engineering show. This was awarded to the student judged to have the most innovative product design in the show. The award, named after the founder and executive chairman of Teknek Jonathan Kennett, will become an annual prize to inspire PDE students to apply their creative skills in industry. Adrian Choong was awarded the prize for his lightbrush, a toothbrush which uses photodynamic therapy technology to destroy bacteria which can lead to gum disease.

 

Another new award, the Steven Campbell Hunt Medal, was awarded to Claire Paterson from Painting and Printmaking. The award, which was open to Fine Art students, was presented for Most Poetic Creativity of the year. The selection panel included Steven’s wife Carol Campbell. The award image is based on one of Steven’s paintings from the Hunt series which won Steven his Bram Stoker award at his 1982 Degree Show.

 

Professor Seona Reid, Director of The Glasgow School of Art, said: ““This year we have produced a wealth of highly talented graduating students across the school. Outstanding work has been commended by established prizes and new awards across Architecture, Research, Product Design Engineering and Fine Art.

 

“Work commended has ranged from Claire Paterson who was selected for the inaugural ‘Steven Campbell Hunt Medal’ for her painting portfolio to Visual Communication student James Houston, who as winner of the established Newbery Medal is the top student of the 2008 graduating year.  Our graduating students have once again proved that The Glasgow School of Art consistently produces first class artists, designers and architects who excel within their chosen creative disciplines.”

 

The full list of student award winners is listed in editor’s notes below.

 

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For further information or images, please contact Sharon McHendry, Media Relations Officer, The Glasgow School of Art.  T: 0141 353 4443. M: 07970 178643.

 

Notes to Editors:

All graduations are conferred by The University of Glasgow on behalf of The Glasgow School of Art.

To view Visual Communications student James Houston’s film Big Ideas (Don’t Get Any) click here:  http://www.vimeo.com/1109226. To view James Houston’s portfolio of work (which also includes two other films shortlisted for awards) click here http://www.1030.co.uk/

 

Glasgow School of Art – full list of Award Winners:

 

Open Awards:

 

Newbery Medal - For the top final year student – James Houston (Visual Communication)

 

Chairman’s Medal - awarded to meritorious student in each School - Nicholas Crawford from Architecture (Mackintosh School of Architecture), Angharad Davies from Painting and Printmaking (Fine Art) and Leah Black from Silversmithing and Jewellery (Design).

 

Bram Stoker Award – James Houston (Visual Communication)

 

W.O Hutchison Prize – Thomas Varley (Fine Art) - For the purchase of a drawing by a final year candidate

 

Landscape Drawing Prize – Akiko Ueda (Fine Art) – for a sketch done in the open

 

Historical and Critical Studies:

 

Dissertation Prize (For the best dissertation by SOFA and SOD) - Claire Paterson (Painting and Printmaking – School of Fine Art) and Jessica Li Wan Po (Visual Communication – School of Design)

 

Extended Essay Prize (For the best extended essay by School of Fine Art and School of Design)  - Sarah Ingersoll (Fine Art Photography – School of Fine Art) and Gillian Kyle (Textiles – School of Design)

 

 

Mackintosh School of Architecture:

 

Joe Park Award - For best part-time student (part 1 and part 2) - Paul Gannon

 

Bourdon Prize - For meritorious work - Gavin Goldsmith

 

MSA Stage 4 Diploma Portfolio Prize - For best portfolio in Stage 4, Diploma in Architecture - Matthew McPhee

 

MSA Stage 4 BArch(Hons) Portfolio Prize - For best portfolio in Stage 4, BArch(Hons) - Sarah Hutchison

 

MSA Research Project Prize -  For best research project submitted for the Diploma in Architecture  - Lorraine Hickish

 

Sheppard Robson Prizes - Awarded to two students from MSA

Part 1 – best student graduating from Stage 3 Architecture

Part 2 – student whose work demonstrates the best design in sustainable architecture

 

Winners: Clare Williamson. Second winner not confirmed.

 

Silversmithing and Jewellery:

 

Richard Hubbard Arroll Memorial Prize - Non-specific but with a preference towards Silversmithing & Jewellery - Marguerita Norval

 

Incorporation of Hammermen - Silversmithing & Jewellery - Leah Black

Iona McCuaig

 

Textiles:

 

Incorporation of Bonnetmakers & Dyers - For the top student in textiles - Hillary Fry

 

Incorporation of Weavers - Innovation Prize - Caitlin Urquhart

Jennifer Kent

 

Incorporation of Weavers - Post Graduate Bursary for GSA student continuing PG study at the GSA - To be confirmed at Scholarships and Bursaries Committee

 

Incorporation of Weavers - Travelling Scholarship - Sophie Charles

 

Incorporation of Tailors - To best student displaying tailoring skills or an interest in tailoring - Kristina McCormick

 

Bill Naysmith Innovation Award - For the most innovative student in furnishing textiles – Judith Cassidy

 

Incorporation of Skinners and Glovers - Prize for leather work - Jillian Trench

 

 

Interior Design:

 

James Brough Memorial Prize - Interior Design – Lucy Galloway

 

Stakis Prize for Interior Design - Interior Design – general - Jill MacKichan

 

 

Ceramics:

 

J Arnold Fleming Prize - For the best pottery/ceramic student - Ester Svensson

 

 

Product Design Engineering:

 

 Kennet Award - Adrian Choong

 

 

Product Design:

 

Neil Morris Prize - For furniture - Hamish Bigg PD4

 

 

School of Fine Art:

 

General Awards:

 

Steven Campbell Award - Claire Paterson, Painting and Printmaking – check name?

 

The Fortuna studio: Professional Practice Award - To enable a graduating Fine Art student to work as studio assistant to Arte Povera artist Pietro Fortuna, founder of Opera Paese, a unique artists’ space in the centre of Rome. - Steven Helm, SEA

 

Painting:

 

Emmy Sachs Prize - For a drawing and painting student - Ainslie Roddick

 

Armour Prize - Drawing and Painting – still life - Leah Miller-Biot

 

Jock Macfie Prize  - Lila De Magalhaes

 

Armour Travel Bursary - For graduating student progressing to postgraduate study to enable them to undertake overseas travel - Benedict Goodwin

 

Printmaking:

 

Euan Stewart Memorial Prize - Karly Burns

 

Sculpture:

 

Benno Schotz Prize - Annual prize for sculpture - Natalie Lambert

 

Photography:

 

The Roger Ackling Prize - For student to travel to the outer Hebrides - Fergus Fullerton-Pegg

 

The Alice Duncan Prize - Travel award - Michail Mersinis

 

Environmental Art:

 

The David Harding Public Art Project Prize - For public art project by Environmental Art student - Keith Allan

Digital Design Studio:

 

The Motion Graphics Award - The award for outstanding achievement in animation and time-based media - Peter Cotter and Ewan Watson