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Centre for Contemporary Arts and Third Eye Centre Archives

  • Submitted by: Paul Sweeney, Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2026
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S7M-01203

That the Parliament welcomes the announcement that Glasgow Life has formally secured the complete archive of the Third Eye Centre and Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA); understands that this acquisition safeguards more than five decades of cultural heritage, including exhibition records, artists' correspondence and film, which chronicle Glasgow’s development as a major centre for contemporary art; recognises the months of behind-the-scenes work and collaborative partnership between Glasgow Life, Rachael Rennert, the Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland, and Kiara King at the specialist archives charity, The Ballast Trust, in securing these records, which were at risk; commends the work of The Ballast Trust, which was founded in 1988, for its ongoing dedication to rescuing, sorting and cataloguing Scotland's industrial, business, and organisational archives; notes that this successful intervention with insolvency practitioners will be shared as a case study at the Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) event in October 2026; believes that this case demonstrates the vital importance of developing a more systemic approach to safeguarding Scotland's business and organisational records, which play a crucial role in preserving the economic, industrial, social, cultural, and creative history of the nation, and looks forward to the collection being catalogued by the Glasgow City Archives team at the Mitchell Library and made publicly accessible for future generations.