To celebrate the bicentenary of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson‘s birth a programme of events and activities have been planned to take place throughout 2017. We will continue to update this calendar throughout the year with more and more exciting events as these are confirmed so please keep checking back. You can also sign up to our e-mail newsletter here to stay up to date.

Apr
15
Sat
Holmwood Easter Egg Hunt @ Holmwood House
Apr 15 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Holmwood Easter Egg Hunt @ Holmwood House

The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places!

Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one!

£2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like to visit the house)

Apr
16
Sun
Holmwood Easter Egg Hunt @ Holmwood House
Apr 16 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Holmwood Easter Egg Hunt @ Holmwood House

The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places!

Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one!

£2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like to visit the house)

Apr
17
Mon
Holmwood Easter Egg Hunt @ Holmwood House
Apr 17 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Holmwood Easter Egg Hunt @ Holmwood House

The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places!

Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one!

£2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like to visit the house)

Jun
28
Wed
ATS Talks: Gary Nisbet – Thomson and Mossman @ Bourdon Building, GSofA
Jun 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
ATS Talks: Gary Nisbet - Thomson and Mossman @ Bourdon Building, GSofA

Gary Nisbet of Glasgow Sculpture will deliver a talk focussing on the work of John Mossman, with particular reference to the link between the Mossman’s and Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson.

Jul
8
Sat
It’s All Greek To Me! @ Holmwood
Jul 8 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
It's All Greek To Me! @ Holmwood

Join Mini Manoeuvres for the Southside’s best garden party this summer.
Dress as your favourite character from Greek mythology and take part in our Soft Troy Battle activities.

A full day of music, dancing, arts and crafts, face painting and bouncing.

Food and drink will be available.

Babies free admission.

For further information please call 0141 571 0184

Jul
25
Tue
Merchant City Festival 2017: Top of the Thomson’s @ The Recital Room, Glasgow City Halls
Jul 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Merchant City Festival 2017: Top of the Thomson's @ The Recital Room, Glasgow City Halls

In the bicentenary of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s birth, join Glasgow City Heritage Trust & The Alexander Thomson Society to ‘talk Thomson’ and decide: what is Thomson’s best building?

One of the Glasgow’s greatest architects, Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson is praised for his originality, use of modern technologies and his personal Graeco-Egyptian style. Following on from the heated debates of our Battle of the Architects series and in the bicentenary of his birth, join Glasgow City Heritage Trust & The Alexander Thomson Society to ‘talk Thomson’ and decide once and for all: which of Thomson’s iconic works is really top of the pile? Can our speakers make a convincing argument for their favourite Thomson masterpiece in this architectural face-off?

ATS members receive free entry to this event, contact info@alexanderthomsonsociety.co.uk to receive your unique password.

Jul
26
Wed
ATS Talks: Sally White – South Side Thomson @ Holmwood House
Jul 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
ATS Talks: Sally White - South Side Thomson @ Holmwood House

Sally White of The Alexander Thomson Society will deliver a talk focusing on Thomson’s architectural legacy in the South Side of Glasgow.

Aug
18
Fri
Things as they are / as they ought to be @ Caledonia Road Church
Aug 18 @ 10:00 am – Aug 21 @ 4:00 pm
Things as they are / as they ought to be @ Caledonia Road Church

Things as they are/as they ought to be is an exhibition of works spanning sculpture, film and textiles by artists Olivia Jones and Alberta Whittle. Taking place inside the ruin of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s first church, the building’s context and style have acted as catalysts for conversations surrounding memory, history and appropriation between the curator and contributing artists. Experimenting with the tensions around dominant/collateral narratives and attributions, Jones and Whittle’s work seeks to explore such pressures and focus on historical interpretations or connotations that are often neglected.

ALBERTA POSTER OLIVIA POSTER

May
23
Wed
ATS Talks: Niall Murphy – Sir John James Burnet @ Bourdon Building - Glasgow School of Art
May 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
ATS Talks: Niall Murphy - Sir John James Burnet @ Bourdon Building - Glasgow School of Art

Architect and deputy director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, Niall Murphy, will deliver a talk focussing on the life and work of Sir John James Burnet. His works include Charing Cross Mansions and the Clyde Navigation Trust building in Glasgow, and works to British Museum and Selfridges in London.

Jul
25
Wed
ATS Talks: Dominic Ferrie – James Sellars @ Bourdon Building - Glasgow School of Art
Jul 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
ATS Talks: Dominic Ferrie - James Sellars @ Bourdon Building - Glasgow School of Art

Nominated for the Scottish Heritage Angel Awards in 2017 for his research into James Sellars and his Kelvinside Academy building, Dominic Ferrie will present his ongoing research into the life and work of Sellars, and his link to Alexander Thomson.