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Exhibitions

Scott Caruth & Alex Hetherington

Seen and Not Seen

Fri 3 June — Sat 16 July 2022

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CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is a unique contemporary arts organisation in Glasgow. We host a year-round programme of exhibitions, events, films, music, literature, workshops, festivals and performances.

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Exhibitions

Explore CCA's past exhibitions from our core programme and Intermedia gallery.

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What's On

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Exhibitions

Renèe Helèna Browne

A Strange Eight

Fri 20 May — Sat 11 June 2022

11:00am - 6:00pm

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Music

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Traditional Music Recital Festival

Tue 24 May — Sat 28 May 2022

10:00am - 11:00am

A fiddle player and accordionist on stage.

Performance

Live Art in Scotland

Live Art Scotland: Building a Better Residency

Thu 26 May 2022

2:00pm - 5:00pm

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Talks & Events

Artist in Residence: Aurélien P

An introduction to FHAR (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action) with Aurélien P

Thu 26 May 2022

6:00pm - 7:30pm

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Gaelic

Ceòl is Craic

Sradagan na Sràide / Street Sparks

Sat 28 May 2022

8:15pm - 10:30pm

Glasgow tower block at night in the fog.

Literature

Scottish Writers' Centre

Dove Tales: Afghanistan on the Brink

Tue 31 May 2022

7:00pm - 9:00pm

A map of Afghanistan.

Film

Paragon Music

SAMPLE EV.2

Tue 31 May 2022

7:00pm - 9:00pm

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Plan your visit

CCA is located in the heart of Glasgow city centre, on Sauchiehall Street, next to the Dental Hospital.

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Glasgow Seed Library

Glasgow Seed Library is a collection of seeds and a community of growers. The library stocks organic and open-pollinated vegetable, herb and flower seeds for everyone to borrow, grow and save. By learning to save and share seed locally, we can nurture unique varieties and adapt our plants to a changing Scottish climate.

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CCA Annex

A new online project space that serves as a digital extension to the physical galleries in our Sauchiehall Street building.

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Saramago Café Bar

Saramago Café Bar serves fresh, tasty food every day, with home-baked bread and cakes every morning.

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Aye-Aye Books

Aye-Aye Books has all you need to keep up to date with current developments in art, and much more. Books from independent publishers around the world sit alongside an unrivalled selection of publications by and about today’s Scottish artists, limited edition artists’ books, cultural and critical theory, fiction and poetry, magazines and journals, radical books, sound art, music, and world cinema DVDs.

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Welcome Home

Welcome Home is situated in the CCA foyer and provides a showcase and creative retail space for craft, design and illustration. Focused on making design and craft accessible to all, it provides an evolving space for new designers and members of the public to create, learn and educate with a programme of workshops and events as well as the retail platform. Welcome Home is a place to shop for inspiration as well as great products that are handmade, well designed, useful, beautiful or all of the above.

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Accessibility Guide

Welcome to our Accessibility Guide. We aim to make the building as accessible as possible but if you feel that you might need some additional help, please get in touch or ask a member of staff on arrival. We're open to feedback and would welcome your ideas on how we can improve in this area.

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CCA Venue Map

CCA is a hub for arts events, cultural organisations and artists. Alongside CCA’s visual arts programme of exhibitions, artists’ events and residencies, the venue is host to a range of festivals, creative organisations and arts groups who bring their own events to CCA through our open-source approach to programming.

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CCA Virtual Tour

A virtual tour of the CCA building, and our range of venue spaces - Gallery, Theatre, Cinema, Clubroom, Creative Lab, Intermedia Gallery, Saramago, Welcome Home and Aye-Aye Books.

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