sos : tramway : what the papers say



what the papers say
The Telegraph : December 17 2003 The arts column: troubled tramshed echoes with rage Plans for the Glasgow arts venue are causing controversy, reports Rupert Christiansen Searching for somewhere to stage his epic version of The Mahabharata, Peter Brook stumbled across a sprawling palace of disused Victorian tramsheds in a dreary Glasgow suburb click here to read the response from Glasgow Visual Artists The Scotsman : Wed 3 Dec 2003 Tramway's reputation With regard to Duncan MacMillan’s review of The Echo Show at Tramway (18 November), he got Glasgow School of Art’s involvement with Tramway wrong on all counts. The Sunday Times : November 23, 2003 Artists protest over Tramway ballet proposal : Senay Boztas Acclaimed young artists - including Lucy Skaer, Toby Paterson, Graham Fagan and Alan Currall - are blocking sales of their works to the Goma collection in protest at plans to house Scottish Ballet in the Tramway. The Herald : November 20 2003 No Rush to Judgment about Tramway: GRAHAM BERRY Director of the Scottish Arts Council distances the SAC from the Scottish Ballet bid and hints at scope for its failure. The Herald : November 19 2003 Altered Tramway Plan 'Not a Solution' : PHIL MILLER Comment on the letter from the visual arts community. The Glasgow University Guardian : November 19 2003 Save Tramway! : Martin Minton Visual arts under threat as city council sacrifices its premier arts venue to become a giant storeroom The Scotsman : November 18 2003 Controversial Review of The Echo Show : DUNCAN McMILLAN ‘What we have here is not difficult because it is cutting-edge. It is difficult because it is simply very bad’ The Herald : November 17 2003 Compromise for Arts Venues: EDITORIAL COMMENT : A number of questions remain unanswered The Herald : November 17 2003 Scottish Ballet Proposes Tramway Solution : RUTH WISHART: SCOTTISH Ballet has submitted a new plan to develop Glasgow's Tramway after an outcry over the loss of what is seen as an important visual arts space. The Herald : November 14 2003 First review of The Echo Show : MOIRA JEFFREY: It's just this kind of complex web of relationships, the call and response, echoes and reverberations that make up the international dialogue of art, that Glasgow stands to lose if the venue is closed. The Herald : October 21 2003 SOS Tramway website gains worldwide support : PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent: Contributions flooding in from concerned people around the world in protest at proposed Tramway closure. The Herald : October 17 2003 Compromise over Tramway: Editorial Comment : Dialogue between opponents could resolve dispute : A SPIRIT of compromise is in the air over the proposal that Scottish Ballet takes up residence in Glasgow's Tramway. The Herald : October 17 2003 Ballet offers Tramway olive branch : PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent : SCOTTISH Ballet is willing to explore ways of accommodating visual art in its controversial move to the Tramway venue in Glasgow, but only at an extra cost to the scheme's £8m price tag. The List : 16th - 30th October 2003 Why Scotland needs Tramway : Nick Barley : Scotland Rocks!’ So screams the breathless front cover of a recent Tate, the art magazine. Think about the impact of Scottish art over the past decade, and it’s hard to disagree. The List : 16th - 30th October 2003 Artists fight for Tramway : Ruth Hedges : Supporters of pioneering Glasgow visual arts centre campaign to keep it alive : Never have the visual arts in Scotland been such a hot topic of discussion. The Herald : October 15 2003 Artists see light at end of the Tramway : PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent : A CONCERTED campaign by visual artists, curators and art academics appeared to be on the verge of paying off last night in the battle over the future of the Tramway venue in Glasgow. The Herald : October 15 2003 Scottish Ballet hints at Tramway compromise : PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent : SCOTTISH Ballet yesterday indicated it was prepared to alter its controversial plans for moving its headquarters into the Tramway in Glasgow. The Scotsman : Friday, Wed 15 Oct 2003 Stand-off over arts venue close to solution ANDREW EATON A ROW between Scottish Ballet and Scotland’s visual arts community showed signs of being defused yesterday, following what was called a "positive" meeting of the two parties. The Herald : October 14 2003 Ballet’s ambitious plans for Tramway : PHIL MILLER : SCOTTISH Ballet yesterday welcomed its controversial proposed move to the Tramway arts venue in Glasgow as it laid out its plans for the first time. The Scotsman : Friday, 10th October 2003 Campaigners protest against the proposals for Tramway 2 : ANDREW EATON : Don't let this spin out of control : It’s a late September evening outside Glasgow’s Tramway arts centre and the talk is of conspiracy. "It’s a stitch up," says the artist Toby Paterson The Herald : October 08 2003 Artists in Tramway protest : BRIAN DONNELLY: ARTISTS and gallery owners yesterday demonstrated outside the Scottish Arts Council headquarters in protest at plans by Scottish Ballet to take over the Tramway venue in Glasgow. The Scotsman : October 08 2003 Artists protest against centre plans : TIM CORNWELL ARTS CORRESPONDENT : PROTESTS at plans by Scottish Ballet to use Glasgow’s Tramway Arts Centre as a rehearsal space were held at the Edinburgh headquarters of the Scottish Arts Council yesterday. The Herald : October 06 2003 We are all losers when it’s blood, not art, on the walls : Ruth Wishart : Two days ago Scotland's reborn national dance company formally submitted a proposal to our Arts Council's lottery fund. The bid is an ambitious one............................................................................... The Scotsman : Fri 3 Oct 2003 Artists protest at ballet premiere : ANDREW EATON ARTS EDITOR : Artists gather at the entrance to the Tramway last night to demonstrate against the proposal to convert the exhibition space................................................................................................................................ The Herald : October 03 2003 Anger as council suspends arts chief : PHIL MILLER and LUCY BANNERMAN : THE visual arts programmer of the Tramway arts venue in Glasgow has been suspended amid the snowballing row over the venue's proposed takeover by Scottish Ballet, it emerged yesterday.... The List : 2nd - 16th October 2003 Losing their Tramway : Helen Monaghan : Glasgow prides itself on being a centre of visual arts excellence. So why is one of its key players being sold down the river? The List: 2nd - 16th October 2003 Artists on Art : A PROPER OUTRAGE : Artbug F : A war between the art forms.Scottish Ballet and Glasgow City Council devised a plan to kick the visual arts out of Tramway and turnit into a 100% private ballet machine. The Scotsman : Friday, 19th September 2003 Row grows over ballet company's Tramway plans : Andrew Eaton : A CONTROVERSIAL plan for Scottish Ballet to take over Glasgow’s Tramway arts centre was announced to the building’s staff two weeks ago.............................................................................................. The Herald : September 18 2003 Outrage over new HQ for ballet : PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent : SCOTTISH Ballet plans to move out of its historic home in Glasgow's west end and into the Tramway venue in the city's south side, provoking outrage among the visual arts community.....................................