Joan Eardley: selected works 1940-1950' preview, Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art. Photo credit: Alan McAteer
In a new partnership announced on 15 May 2025, Jerwood Foundation has awarded The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) a total grant of £38,666 over two years, to launch Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship at The Glasgow School of Art. With a fellowship each year, Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship seeks to foster diverse voices by offering emerging curators in Scotland their first supported exhibition in an institutional setting. Each of the Fellows will be offered a period of research and access to a production budget to stage an exhibition at The Reid Gallery, at The Glasgow School of Art.
Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship at The Glasgow School of Art will provide an opportunity to develop a new perspective on artworks from both Jerwood Collection and GSA Collections and to showcase works from Jerwood Collection in GSA’s world leading higher education institution.
Lara Wardle, Executive Director and Trustee, Jerwood Foundation said:
Embarking on this new partnership with The Glasgow School of Art underlines Jerwood’s commitment to supporting excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK. Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship at The Glasgow School of Art will provide valuable and unique opportunities for two early career curators to research and work with Jerwood Collection and GSA Collections to develop public exhibitions to be shown in 2026 and 2027.
Professor Penny Macbeth, Director and Principal of The Glasgow School of Art said:
Jerwood Foundation and The Glasgow School of Art both hold influential and significant collections, and I am delighted that through the support of the Foundation, emergent curators studying at The Glasgow School of Art will now be given access to the Jerwood’s extensive collection to research, develop new perspectives, and present these through a public exhibition.
The funding and access to the Foundation’s unique assets, alongside those available at the GSA, demonstrate a real partnership between Jerwood Foundation and The Glasgow School of Art, coming together to develop innovative ways to support excellence and develop the future cultural and creative leader's alongside wider public benefit. It is a significant commitment that will have a demonstrable impact for emergent curators and Glasgow’s global position as a leading centre for contemporary art production and exhibition.
Jenny Brownrigg, Exhibition Director The Glasgow School of Art said:
We are delighted at The Glasgow School of Art to receive funding from Jerwood Foundation. This formalises work we have already begun in supporting emerging curators in Scotland. Jerwood Curatorial Fellowship creates a significant opportunity to respond to collections in a unique way, and to stage an exhibition in Reid Gallery as part of the Fellowship.
The first Curatorial Fellowship, with a call out this August, will consider works from both the Jerwood Collection and GSA’s Archives & Collection.
For further information please see The Glasgow School of Art.
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