Ephemera (Posters) produced by the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
- Reference:GB 2978 CCA/7
- Dates of Creation:1981 - 2014, 2014 - ongoing
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:This collection holds approximately 580 posters produced by the Centre for Contemporary Arts with some from the Third Eye Centre (until 1990.) posters of various sizes
Scope and Content
This collection contains posters created by the Centre for Contemporary Arts from 1992 until the present and also includes a small number of posters produced by the Third Eye Centre between 1981-1992. The posters relate to its program of exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, festivals, performances, launches and talks as well as artists artwork editions. The posters vary in size from A3 to 40"x60" and some posters exist in all or limited sizes.
Administrative / Biographical History
In 1974 the Scottish writer and playwright, Tom McGrath, founded The Third Eye Centre in Glasgow. Described by the Guardian as 'a shrine to the avant garde', the centre hosted visiting artists and performers such as Allen Ginsberg, Whoopi Goldberg, John Byrne, Edwin Morgan and Kathy Acker, as well as quickly becoming the focus for Glasgow's counter culture. When it consolidated its activities in the 1980s it presented some of the key exhibitions by the new Glasgow painters such as Stephen Campbell, Ken Currie and Peter Howson and was the home of the National Review of Live Art.
With the demise of The Third Eye Centre at the turn of the 1990s, the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) established in its place, opening in 1992. In 1996, the organisation was awarded a lottery grant to redevelop and expand the building complex and in 2001 the newly refurbished CCA opened to the public. Now housing a spectrum of cultural tenants as well as a café/restaurant, bar and cinema. In 2006, the organisation itself underwent a profound cultural shift, deciding to pursue a more open curatorial policy - an 'open source' approach - which encouraged artists and organisations to propose their own program to sit alongside those curated by CCA. Today, that policy has produced a livelier and more varied program that offers a new kind of accessibility to audiences, drawing on the spirit of The Third Eye Centre and the early history of the CCA.*
Commencing in January 2012 The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) in partnership with the CCA embarked on a speculative research project to open up previously inaccessible archive material to assist research and reflection upon the causes and conditions which encouraged this renaissance of the visual arts in Glasgow since the late 1970s. The research team, led by Dr Francis McKee and Ross Sinclair, have overseen the cataloguing of existing archival material from the Third Eye Centre and CCA (material spanning the period 1972- the present) and conducted a series of interviews with artists, critics, curators and art administrators from across that time span to construct an archive for future investigators.
*Information taken from CCA website www.cca-glasgow.com
Arrangement
Collection is kept and catalogued in chronological order according to year.
Access Information
The CCA Archive is open to all researchers including the CCA's staff and external researchers including members of the general public, subject to proof of identification and acceptance of the Reading Room General Rules and Access Policy.
The CCA Archive Reading Room is accessible by appointment only. To access the collection please contact archive@cca-glasgow.com
Archivist's Note
Detailed catalogue compiled by Rachael Gallacher between April-June 2013 and revised by Carrie Skinner July 2013. Repackaging undertaken by Holly Belch in April 2014. Collection Level Description written by Carrie Skinner July 2014. Updating of collection took place in April 2015 by Paola Rivera Joglar and Hannah McIntosh. Updating of collection is ongoing, with Kristen Nelson starting in May 2021.
Conditions Governing Use
Copies of material held in CCA Archive can be provided for research or publication/broadcast subject to agreement of the following regulations.
Requests for copies of documents, images and audio-visual material are accepted at the discretion of CCA staff and are considered on an individual basis. The CCA reserves the right to refuse to provide copies, for instance on preservation grounds or if the copyright permission exists elsewhere. Every effort will be made to obtain the best quality copy possible whilst still ensuring the continued safety and integrity of the original.
Digital Photography
Digital photographs of items in the CCA Archive may be taken by visitors with permission from a Reader Room designated member of CCA staff. All photographs taken by visitors are under the terms of copyright outlined in this document and agreed to when signing the visitor log.Copyright and Reproduction of Images
Permission to use copies made or photographs taken for commercial purposes such as publications, webpages, exhibitions, or broadcasts should be sought in writing from CCA Archive by completing a Reproduction Request and Declaration for Publishing and Broadcast form.Please note that material subject to copyright law may not be published without the additional permission of the copyright owner who may or may not be the CCA. Although guidance on tracing copyright holders may be available from Reader Room designated CCA staff, the responsibility for clearing permissions rests with the person or organisation using the image.
The CCA reserves the right to charge a publication/reproduction fee for information or images taken for publication or broadcast purposes. The appropriate fee must be paid prior to publication. In addition, the CCA requires a complimentary copy of the publication or a page proof of the reproduction.
All material must be credited as "The CCA/Third Eye Centre Archive". All images are non-exclusive and for single-use only and must be reproduced in full and not masked out, cut down, altered or defaced in any way unless prior permission has been sought.
Basic photocopies or low-res scans can be requested for research and private study by completing a Reproduction Request and Declaration for research form. Due to CCA staff time the visitor is encouraged to carefully consider the quantity of copies requested, and a limit of up to 10 per visit is suggested. Digital files/photocopies will be emailed/posted within one week of the request.
All additional requests are reviewed on an individual basis
Appraisal Information
Some of the items in this collection have been extracted from the paper records of the CCA. Duplicate copies have been removed.
Custodial History
Records of the CCA / Third Eye Centre – press / misc / publications / brochures deposited Glasgow City Archives c.2001. Records of Centre for Contemporary Arts, Exhibition and project records, correspondence and event files, slides and publicity information, 1993-2005, deposited Glasgow City Archives 2006. All CCA records were returned to the custody of CCA in 2012. Records of CCA Board of Governors 1992-200 donated by Trevor Davies to CCA May 2013.
Related Material
As it relates to a period of over ten years of exhibitions, events and performances related material can be found in all other CCA collections.
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