An American Scottish Foundation 2025 Tartan Week Talk
The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen
of the City of New York
The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA
together with
The American-Scottish Foundation
Present
Mackintosh Illuminated
Hill House and Mack at the Willow
The Enduring Influence of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald
Celebrating Two of Scotland's Greatest Cultural Figures on Artists, Architects and Designers around the World
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
6 PM Talk & Reception
Tickets $15
ZOOM - $15
The General Society Library
20 WEST 44th Street
(BETWEEN 5th AND 6th AVENUES)
New York City New York, NY 10036
Rennie Mackintosh is one of Scotland’s greatest cultural figures, celebrated internationally and influencing generations of artists, architects, and designers.
He collaborated 
closely with his wife Margaret Macdonald on works that are both brilliant and breathtaking. The National Trust for Scotland is working to transform the understanding of Mackintosh and Macdonald through a groundbreaking program of public engagement and conservation centered on two of their most important cultural legacies: Hill House and Mack at the Willow.
Join Chief Executive Philip Long, formerly founding director of the V&A Dundee, as he shares the Trust's plans to inspire creativity for new audiences and local communities through cutting-edge conservation, thoughtful interpretation, and digital outreach that will bring Mackintosh and Macdonald to life for a new generation in Glasgow and far beyond.
 Lecture Tickets $15 |
 Zoom Tickets $15 |
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Presented by: Philip Long OBE FRSE
Philip Long OBE FRSE, Chief Executive
Philip Long joined the National Trust for Scotland as Chief Executive in 2020, accountable to the Board of Trustees for all aspects of the work of the charity.
Previously he was founding Director of V&A Dundee, which opened in 2018 as a new international museum with a mission to enrich people’s lives through understanding of the designed world.
Prior to V&A Dundee, Philip was Senior Curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. His academic specialisation is in historic and contemporary Scottish and wider British art and design, on which he has curated many exhibitions and written widely, including on Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Sir Basil Spence, the Scottish Colourists, the Edinburgh School of Artists and many contemporary artists.
In 2019 was the recipient of a unique award for Transforming Scotland from the Institute of Directors. He received an OBE in the New Year’s Honour List in 2020 for services to Culture and Heritage.