A two week festival celebrating one of Scotland’s most famous and celebrated architects has been announced.

The Creative Mackintosh Festival will run in Glasgow from 15 to 28 October and will see a celebration of world-renowned designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

A launch is to be held at The Lighthouse venue on Thursday night, featuring a preview exhibition of unbuilt works by the Glaswegian.

At the event, national poet Liz Lochhead will read her poem, Three Stanzas For Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Mackintosh lived from 1868 to 1928 and is responsible for a substantial contribution to Scottish architecture, including the famous Glasgow School of Art building.


Caroline Barr, chair of the Mackintosh Heritage Group, said: "Mackintosh and his fellow Glasgow artists started a movement that rippled out across the world.

"Sometimes we take our home-grown talent for granted, but now that we are starting an annual festival to celebrate his legacy we hope everyone will be able to find something exciting, inspiring and enjoyable in the works that have been commissioned in his name."

Glasgow City Council Bailie Liz Cameron said the festival was apt for the city.

"Barcelona has Gaudi, Chicago has Frank Lloyd Wright and Glasgow has the unmistakable Art Nouveau magic of Charles Rennie Mackintosh," she said.

"From the Glasgow School of Art and The Lighthouse to House for an Art Lover and the Willow Tea Rooms, the festival programme is as diverse as the venues, featuring a varied range of talented writers, artists, musicians and performers each geared at exploring the fascinating and lasting legacy of the man who helped to transform art and architecture in the early 20th Century."

(IT)