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The Alasdair Gray Archive
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✨ Delighted to welcome artist & DJCAD Professor Mick Peter to Whitehill Arts as part of our IDL project with UofG Education. Learners explored drawing, movement & animation, creating imaginative characters. Huge thanks, Mick! 🎨👏
This week we celebrate the creative friendship of Agnes Owens and Alasdair Gray. People Like That (1996) pairs Owens’ sharp, unsentimental stories with Gray’s cover art, inspired by commuters at Glasgow Central Station @aowensarchive.bsky.social
Celebrating Agnes Owens and Alasdair Gray’s creative friendship. A Working Mother (1994) follows Betty’s search for independence amid marriage, motherhood and desire, with Gray’s cover art echoing its tensions. @aowensarchive.bsky.social
It’s World Environment Day! 🌿 Alasdair Gray’s love of nature shaped much of his work. From Biodiversity: A Cabinet of Curiosities, his collaboration with Siobhan Healy, to the posthumous Garscube Links commission, his words championed protecting the natural world.
Wonderful to welcome Christy Mearns, Deputy Lord Provost of Glasgow and @scottishgreens.org councillor, to the Archive today. A champion of culture, heritage and public spaces, it was a pleasure to share AGA’s work and plans. Thanks for your support!
✨ #VolunteerWeek shoutout to Nicolle, Shona & Evie! Their expertise and dedication to cataloguing, digitisation, research and writing help make the AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social collections more accessible. Thank you!
A lovely visit yesterday from the team at @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Trust, who toured both AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social and heard from @kirstininnes.bsky.social about her developing work as part of our Creative Scotland–funded Writers Residency. Thanks to all for visiting!
Delighted to welcome P5s from Garnetbank Primary to the archive on Thursday! They explored original items, learned about Alasdair Gray, wore handling gloves, and built on classroom sessions through hands-on discovery. Get in touch to book your school visit today!
This week we celebrate the creative friendship of Agnes Owens and Alasdair Gray. Lean Tales (1985), with James Kelman, remains a powerful portrait of Scottish life and literary collaboration. @aowensarchive.bsky.social
Great session with Whitehill Secondary School yesterday for our IDL project with school staff and Glasgow University. Learners explored Alasdair Gray-inspired line work, creating pieces for a collaborative artwork reflecting local identities and communities.
