The prospect of leaving GSA is often daunting but is also presents huge opportunities. How to find the first role? what opportunities do you apply to? Do I want to set up my own business? For the last online talk of the series we speak to two recent graduates about their first 12 months out of art school. How have they found the transition, what challenges did they come across and what advice can they now offer.

OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
We will invite two graduates from 2024 back to GSA to share their insights on what to expect when your leave GSA.

Tamsin MacArthur – Sculpture and Environmental Art 2024
Tamsin is a multi-media artist based in Glasgow. Her work explores dialogues between belief and the ‘actual’, and action and reaction, frequently working in response to spiritual and mythological ideas within the framework of an increasingly nihilistic western modernity. Since graduating Tamsin has been the recipient of both SaltSpace Graduate Residency and The Smith Residency with Cove Park.
www.gsashowcase.net/tamsin-macarthur

Helena Powell – Textile Design 2024
After graduating, Helena focused on looking at the preservation of heritage craft with a sustainable and contemporary twist. Her practice stems from a combination of maths, chemistry and design to formulate handwoven abstract landscapes. She has been working closely with silk weavers from the Isle of Skye and Sudbury, exploring how to be able to dye using minimal water and dye wastage, in addition to over 84kg of deadstock being saved from landfill! Since graduating, She has exhibited at the London Design Festival, Green Grads Take the North, and New Ashgates Rising Stars. She has been noted for One to Watch with Colour and Design Award, commendations from UltraFabrics Sustainability Award, Green Grads Finalist and featured in 7 Scottish Makers that You Should Know About in Home and Interiors Scotland.
www.gsashowcase.net/helena-powell/

This event activates the entire Reid Building at the GSA – itself a live exhibition space for Degree Show 2025 (30 May – 8 June) – into a creative networking hub for the whole of Glasgow that brings together our diverse external communities of designers, artists, architects, innovators and forward thinkers alongside our own unique and vibrant community of students, staff, graduates including this year’s emerging talent.

This is a fantastic opportunity to introduce yourself to the wider Glasgow School of Art creative community and expand your professional connections.

Watch the video of last years event here: