STATEMENT: response to the meeting of the CTEEA Committee (20 Sept 2018)

September 26, 2018


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 “Parliamentary Committees invite
individuals and organisations with an interest in a subject to contribute to a
process of information gathering, and the four witnesses who took part in the 
hearing on 20 September have shared their particular perspectives.  

We anticipate being to be invited to participate in
a future hearing as part of the process and enabling the panel to achieve
its stated aim: ascertaining how we got to the current position and what
lessons were learned.

As regards the future of the Mackintosh Building,
we have already declared our intent. The Glasgow School of Art will rebuild the
Mackintosh Building and bring it back as a fully functioning Art School as
Mackintosh himself envisaged.  
The GSA
has also been clear that the Mackintosh Building is fully insured and the School has
in place business interruption insurance.

The Mackintosh Building was conceived as a
place where creativity and innovation would flourish.  Its unique design
has attracted generations of students to Glasgow, many of whom have stayed on
and contributed to make the city one of Europe’s leading centres of creative
production. The Glasgow School of Art will ensure that  the Mackintosh
Building  continues to play a key role in the life of the School, of
Garnethill and of Glasgow for generations to come”.