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Tom Pannell
Tom Pannell (5 July 1933 - 22 June 2003) was an textile designer; and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art. He was director from 1986 to 1989. Life Pannell was born in Romford, England. He was a graduate of the Royal College of Art. After graduation he worked for the Scottish firm of Reid and Taylor but left in 1965 to become the head of fashion and textiles at the Nottingham College of Art and Design. Art In 1986 he was made the Director of Glasgow School of Art, taking over from Tony Jones. It was during Pannell's tenure that the CNAA introduced minimum academic qualifications for students as a requirement for course validation UK Schools of Art. The need for objectives and five year plans and the restrictions this imposed were not for him, and he resigned from his post in 1989. He retired to Taunton in England. He was replaced by Bill Buchanan. Death As reported in the Somerset County Gazette, he died on 22 June 2003 after being overwhelmed by smoke from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director (education)
Academic rank (also scientific rank) is the rank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment. The academic ranks indicate relative importance and power of individuals in academia. The academic ranks are specific for each country, there is no worldwide-unified ranking system. Among the common ranks are professor, associate professor (docent), assistant professor and instructor. In most cases, the academic rank is automatically attached to a person at the time of employment in a position with the same name, and deprived when a working relation is expired. Therefore the term "academic rank" usually means the same as "position in academia". However in some countries the terms "position" and "academic rank" are not synonyms. So in modern Russia there exist the docent and professor ranks, whereas the set of positions in academia is broader. The academic rank is conferred only after the person has been successfully working in the docent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow School Of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and design. The school is housed in a number of buildings in the centre of Glasgow, upon Garnethill, an area first developed by William Harley of Blythswood Hill in the early 1800s. The most famous of its buildings was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in phases between 1896 and 1909. The eponymous Mackintosh Building soon became one of the city's iconic landmarks and stood for over 100 years. It is an icon of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style). The building was severely damaged by fire in May 2014 and destroyed by a second fire in June 2018, with only the burnt-out shell remaining. In 2022, GSA was placed 11th in the QS World Rankings for Art and Design. History Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jones (sculptor)
Professor Tony Jones is a sculptor; and a former director of the Glasgow School of Art. He took the post of Director from 1980 to 1986. Life Jones is from a tiny hamlet in west Wales. He went to Newport School of Art in Wales.Glasgow School of Art, The History. Hugh Ferguson. Foulis Press. 1995. He was teaching as a sculptor in the Glasgow School of Art in the 1970s. He took over as Director of Glasgow School of Art in 1980. He became only the second sculptor to become a director, after James Gray in the 1930s. He became an authority on the history of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and also on Charles Rennie Mackintosh. He moved to become a Chancellor of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1986. He received a CBE in 2003. He received an honorary doctorate from the Glasgow School of Art (Doctor of Letters, D.Litt.). He is a Honorary Vice President of the Glasgow School of Art. Jones is an advocate of the rebuilding of the Mackintosh building after its fires of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Buchanan (artist)
Bill Buchanan (7 October 1932 - 4 September 2018) was an artist; and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art. He was interim director from 1989 to 1990. Life He was born in Trinidad in 1932 as William Menzies Buchanan. He studied at Glasgow School of Art. He married Elspeth and they had four children: Andy, Aji, Gavin and Janie. The marriage did not last and Buchanan remarried Alison. Alison and Bill lived at Allan Water, eight miles south from Hawick. However Alison died from breast cancer. He then moved to Edinburgh and later partnered with Ann until his death. Art He joined the Scottish Arts Council in 1961. He became Head of the Department of Fine Arts at Glasgow School of Art in 1977. He contributed to many publications on the history of photography. He expanded the Fine Arts syllabus at the School. In 1989 he was made the interim Director of Glasgow School of Art, taking over from Tom Pannell. He negotiated with St. Andrew's House a major investment with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Of The Glasgow School Of Art
Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Director'' (Avant album) (2006) * ''Director'' (Yonatan Gat album) Occupations and positions Arts and design * Animation director * Artistic director * Creative director * Design director * Film director * Music director * Music video director * Sports director * Television director * Theatre director Positions in other fields * Director (business), a senior level management position * Director (colonial), head of chartered company's colonial administration in a territory * Director (education), head of a university or other educational body * Company director * Cruise director * Executive director * Finance director or chief financial officer * Funeral director * Managing director * Non-executive director * Technical director * Tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Deaths
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