A new exhibition of work by the young artists who benefited from the Phoenix Bursary programme, for students whose work was destroyed in the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) fire, is to open this summer.
The show will be staged at the new Reid Building at the school from July 24.
The disastrous fire, last May, destroyed or severely damaged the degree show art of many of the 102 Fine Art students graduating.
The Phoenix Bursary scheme was set up by the GSA with £750,000 in funding from the Scottish Government and support from many other academic institutions.
It offered the recent graduates up to fifteen weeks studio time, a bursary and a materials budget.
Around half of the artists stayed in Glasgow with others taking the opportunity to work abroad.
Now they will all show their new work in a specially curated group show.
Professor Tom Inns, director of the GSA, said: "In a wonderful gesture of solidarity with those artists who had lost all their work in the fire, all 102 Fine Art students agreed to show just one image each in a simple showcase exhibition two weeks after the fire last year
"We are delighted to be able to offer the artists the chance to show a body of newly created work in this specially curated group show."
He added: "We are hugely grateful to the Scottish Government and our sister institutions across the world without whose support it would not have been possible to create the Phoenix Bursary programme, and to offer this important opportunity to the artists as they set out on their professional careers."
Fiona Hyslop, the culture secretary, said: "Last year's fire at the Glasgow School of Art was a painful low point in what was such a momentous year for Scotland.
"For those talented students whose work was destroyed, it was a heart breaking event.
"The Scottish Government has been delighted to help the 2014 fine art graduates rebuild their portfolios through our investment in the Phoenix Bursary Scheme.
"The response from institutions around the globe, in opening up their doors to welcome graduates from GSA, has been wonderful. I'm looking forward to seeing the work created by the artists as their talent rises from the flames."
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