The Glasgow Artists and Writers Workshop is a five-week study abroad program jointly sponsored by the VCU Department of English and the School of the Arts, in collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art. Designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, the Workshop combines studio classes in either creative writing, sculpture, or drawing, together with a wide-ranging survey of the literary, visual and performing arts in contemporary Britain. Academic courses in Contemporary Scottish Literature and in Victorian Design are also offered as options, and the Workshop is open to qualified students from other institutions.

Begun in 1994, the Glasgow Artists and Writers Workshop occurs biannually at the historic facilities of the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland, and is staffed by senior faculty from both VCU and the Glasgow School of Art. It uniquely brings together student writers and visual artists in a mutual exploration of aesthetic issues of common concern, and it aims to help students refine their abilities as writers and artists as they work on projects stimulated by their experience in Scotland. Trips to view exhibitions, plays and films, visits to museums, walking tours of Glasgow's architecture, excursions out of the city, special readings by prominent British writers and guest lectures are all included in the course of study.

More information about the Glasgow Artists and Writers Workshop may be found at http://www.has.vcu.edu/glasgow/.