In the very vortex of the imaginarium.

Alasdair Gray's armchair (recued from a skip)

Meet Flynn Gash who is studying English Literature with History of Art The University of Edinburgh

Flynn has been working on the library & a self led project documenting the changes of the area around The Whisky Bond & mapping the changes since Alasdair photographed it in the 1960s

Excited to be running an in person and online workshop for SGSAH summer school…sign up and join us!

Thanks to Sorcha Dallas Gray for an inspiring visit to the The Alasdair Gray Archive. Your talk was informative, the Archive’s holdings astonishing!

Super tour with many former colleagues of AG’s from University of Glasgow joining including Bridget Fowler, Mike Gonzalez and Prof Rob Maslen …also Ernest De Clerck from DEM who brought a recent copy containing the first Dutch translation of ‘Arabella’ by Agnes Owens Archive 🌟👏

This is one of the most moving bits of theatre, huge congratulations to all involved National Theatre of Scotland TRON THEATRE Damian Barr Stories are powerful and what make us human, this is one of the best-heartbreaking yet hopeful…go see!

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Free weekly tours of our collection with our Custodian Sorcha Dallas Gray

Sorcha worked with Alasdair since 2007, has a deep knowledge of the collection & was responsible for saving it after Gray’s death in 2019.
To book email 👉🏽[email protected]

What an honour for our Cudtodian to judge this prize at Alasdair’s former high school Whitehill Secondary 🙌👏

Final spaces left for our May tour on 31st at 11am…email to book!

Meet another of our lovely placement student! Lori Baird is studying on the Masters in Curatorial Practice Curatorial Practice. She is helping to catalogue the library as well as working on a creative response, drawing from her background in jewellery design and silversmithing 👍

🚨 NEW CDA / ARCS OPPORTUNITIES ALERT!

We have a number of new SGSAH-funded CDAs and ARCS commencing in 2024 which are currently open for applications! 📝

🔗 Find details on how to apply 👇
sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/cd…

UHI University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Glasgow School of Art History, University of St Andrews

And last, but certainly not least, is our final awardee with Gutter Lucy Lauder! Lucy’s (she/her) work is always weird, often surreal, and sometimes funny. We cannot wait to share all 3 of our awardees creative responses! 🌟

Could have spoken all day to inspiring creative Lydia Morrow today! Great to finally meet and discuss making, echoes of influence and remaining generous and hopeful!
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Our 2nd awardee with Gutter is Joey Simons (he/him) a writer & artist from Glasgow. All his work deals with his complicated relationship with Glasgow. He is currently artist-in-residence for the Glasgow Sculpture Studios Learning & Engagement programme.

'I regard my work as deeply unfashionable'

A lesson for artists from the great Alasdair Gray. Never try to be fashionable, never chase the market or compromise. Focus on your unique, odd, crazy creativity & you will keep your sanity. One day the market may come to you.

Pls share! First of THREE brand new commissions with Gutter Today announcing Harvey Dimond (they/them) a British-Barbadian writer, editor & artist based in Glasgow. Their practice explores the histories and trajectories of climate colonialism on a transatlantic axis.

Welcome SGSAH funded placement student Nicole Sellew, currently completing her PhD thesis on gender and sexuality in contemporary fiction University of St Andrews She is working on a creative response to the archive in the form of a short story, as well as a potential workshop.

Michael Pederson and Hollie McNish - The Cat Princ e book launch, GSA Degree Show Event, 4 June, GSA, Reid Lecture Theatre, Michael Pedersen Hollie McNish The Glasgow School of Art The Alasdair Gray Archive Waterstones Byres Road Friends of People's Palace & Winter Gardens glasgowwestend.co.uk/michael-peders…

Come visit us in May!

Wonderful to welcome Graham Norton and Jono McLeod to the archive today, thanks for visiting!

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