Free entry | Building accessibility
Mon to Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Members' Lobby and Octagon Galleries,
RSA Lower Galleries
Everyone remembers their favourite teacher. For art students, the intensely creative environment of art school can make their tutors hugely important influencers and facilitators of their future careers. Origin Stories will explore the web of artistic relationships that have manifested through the evolution of art teaching in Scotland. Since our foundation, we've put the support of teaching and training of artists at the heart of our endeavours. Royal Scottish Academicians have been involved in the art teaching institutions that have evolved in Scotland over the last two hundred years. Flowing from tutor to student, a fascinating lineage of influence can be traced from the nineteenth century to the present day, involving multiple interconnecting narratives via many hundreds of artists.
Curated by Head of Collections Sandy Wood, this exhibition will tell this previously untold story of influence and legacy, with artworks by some of the best-known names in Scottish art on view alongside those by emerging artists.
