Former Scotswoman of Year in uni honour

FORMER Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year Adele Patrick has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Glasgow School of Art graduation.

Widely admired Lifelong Learning and Creative Development Manager of the Glasgow Women’s Library, Adele is a GSA graduate whose association with the institution continues to this day.

She has over the last 30 years become one of the most important and influential voices in Glasgow.

Adele first came to Glasgow as a 17-year old to study embroidery and woven textiles at the GSA.

In the 1980s she was one of the first students on the GSA’s MDes programme through which she met Ross Hunter and Janice Kirkpatrick.

Adele said: “I considered myself hugely fortunate to have been accepted onto a Glasgow School of Art course, so over three decades later to be receiving this accolade is beyond anything I could have imagined.

“The GSA, and the vibrant milieu of Glasgow in the 1980s and 1990s were incredibly forma- tive for me and for so many others; important, long-lasting friendships were fostered and creative, cultural and campaigning seeds were sown.

“I am terrifically proud to be associated with GSA and incredibly touched to be honoured in this way.”