SaltSpace X GSA Graduate Award
2025
The SaltSpace X GSA Graduate Award
For the fourth year in a row we are delighted to offer this award to celebrate and nurture the creative endeavours and artistic merit and innovation of a graduate from the School of Fine Art graduating class of 2025!
Twelve artists will be shortlisted and awarded one year’s free graduate membership with SaltSpace Cooperative, and all twelve artists will be invited to submit a proposal to be considered for the Graduate Award.
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From the shortlist one artist will be awarded the SaltSpace X GSA Graduate Award 2025.
The awarded artist will receive:
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A six week studio based residency in our Albert Road Gallery.
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A one week solo show in our SaltSpace gallery at 38 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DN
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Two tutorial meetings with SaltSpace committee members
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Plus marketing support and a social media take over during the residency period.
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Selection process
The shortlisted artists will be invited to submit the following information in order to be considered for the award:
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5 jpegs of recent work – this can be from your degree show or otherwise
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A CV and Artist statement
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Concept Outline: What kind of themes and work would you want to explore within the residency.
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Concept Description: Give us the full details on what you're planning - a brief project outline.
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What you’ll need from Salt Space? E.g gallery hire, specific equipment, social media takeovers.
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Suggested dates (we may not be able to offer the exact dates you request but will try our best). Maybe best to indicate preferred months rather than exact dates.
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One of the key aims of this award is to nurture creativity in Glasgow, and provide an opportunity for a recent graduate to stay in the city, develop a body of work post-graduation, and begin to develop key skills to sustain their practice after college.
If you are a GSA student graduating in 2025 and you feel this award does not apply to you and you will definitely not be in Glasgow/available in Winter 2025 / Spring 2026 then please get in touch with us to let us know that you would like to opt out of the award/judging process.
If you have any queries regarding the award please feel free to get in touch
We're so excited to be running this award again this year and thank you to the Glasgow School of Art Creative Network for funding the SaltSpace X GSA Graduate Award.
Graduate Award Winner 2023: Ocean Dobree
