Gray's School of Art

Gray's School of Art is one of Scotland's four art schools and is an integral part of Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen.

Founded in 1885 by local businessman and philanthropist John Gray, the Art School was originally housed in the building adjacent to the Aberdeen Art Gallery on Schoolhill (now RGU offices).

Gray's moved to its current home and second purpose built facility in 1966; a modernist building on the riverside Garthdee campus.  In this environment bubbles a challenging and stimulating community atmosphere where creative education is fostered by practicing artists, designers and researchers of national and international standing.

As part of RGU's development of the Garthdee campus, Gray's is gearing up for a move to a third bespoke home by 2015.

The School has a vibrant mix of around a thousand students attending both full-time and part-time programmes including undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and evening courses.

The School portfolio covers a wide range of specialist subjects found within the breadth of Design and Fine Art disciplines.  Within each course students have the opportunity to specialise and focus their study within their core discipline area, thus allowing for greater creative diversity and development of their expertise.  There are six undergraduate application routes into the School representing the core disciplines through which greater specialism occurs.

Events

  1. 01, May, 2013 Forthcoming IDEAS research seminars

    Find out more about the IDEAS Digital Technologies research seminar series.  

News RSS

  1. 08, April, 2013 Student designs new logo for Stonehaven Town Hall

    Michael Loudon

    A Robert Gordon University student has joined forces with trustees at Stonehaven Town Hall Trust to design a new identity for the Hall which acts as a hub for local events and is home to Mearns FM.  

  2. 12, March, 2013 Fashion is a family affair for mother and daughter in Aberdeen exhibition

    Aileen & Kirsty Sharples

    An Aberdeen mother and daughter are exhibiting their work after completing a fashion shortcourse together at Gray’s School of Art.  


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