Sorcha Dallas
@sorchadallas.bsky.social
Avid mother, reader, runner. Custodian of agrayarchive.bsky.social Curatorial practice centred on care.
Recording available now! ✨ Celebrate Agnes Owens’ writing and legacy with highlights from our sellout Byres Road Book Festival launch at Òran Mór. Watch the full event on YouTube- www.youtube.com/watch?v=erf3...
Acknowledging Agnes Owens - Byres Road Book Festival
YouTube video by Alasdair Gray Archive
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Thanks to Westender Magazine for the interview with our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social on The Agnes Owens Archive and centenary plans, link below to read!
Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social of AOA & @agrayarchive.bsky.social speaks at @scotsarchives.bsky.social conference 03.11.26 in Edinburgh exploring how archives can bring overlooked voices back into cultural conversations, link below!
@sgsah.bsky.social Internship: SAAN seeks a 2nd/3rd year PhD researcher to explore and catalogue Sam Ainsley’s archive, mapping her artistic, educational and cultural impact on Glasgow. Apply via link below www.sgsah.ac.uk/current/fund...
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Archiving Sam Ainsley: Mapping an Artist, Educator and Critical Period in Glasgow’s Cultural History with The Scottish Artists Archive Network
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Join @blackhistorymonth.org.uk for a conversation with @chitgrrl.bsky.social & @sorchadallas.bsky.social exploring Rich Things, Alasdair Gray’s Archive, north Glasgow stories, anti-colonial thinking & legacy. 23 Oct, 2–3pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/rich-thing...
Rich Things with Chitra Ramaswamy
Mark Black History Month with an inspiring conversation between Chitra Ramaswamy and Sorcha Dallas.
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After six and a half years at The Whisky Bond, the Alasdair Gray Archive is moving to a new home. We’ll announce our new location and access arrangements soon. Thank you to our friends at TWB—we’ll miss you!
💛 Cheerio for now to the wonderful @kirstininnes.bsky.social , whose 8–9 month residency with @agrayarchive.bsky.social & @aowensarchive.bsky.social have been inspiring. Thank you for your warmth, creativity, style and care💛
Next week ✨ @sorchadallas.bsky.social & Chitra Ramaswamy explore Alasdair Gray & @aowensarchive.bsky.social at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social ✨ 📅 Fri 2 Oct | 4:30pm 📍 Main Hall, County Buildings Literary friendship, archives & legacy.
People Like This brings together writing from two local groups, inspired by our 2026 Writers-in-Residence programme and the archives of Agnes Owens and @agrayarchive.bsky.social - available to buy from AGA’s online shop now!
Join me for the next free SAAN webinar on independent artist archives. 29 Sept, 1–2pm online. Discover her new Practical Guide for caring for artistic legacies outside institutions and her new Go See Share research to Flat Time House and The Charleston Trust.
Final Byres Road Book Festival event! New writing group and anthology launch! Join writers from Glasgow & Alexandria celebrating Agnes Owens with readings from People Like This.
📚 SOLD OUT! 🎉 Creative Writing Workshop with Kirstin Innes at Hillhead Library, 27 Sept, 15:00. Join the waitlist for returned tickets. Explore empathy, readers, writers & characters through Agnes Owens’ work.
✨ Celebrate Agnes Owens’ writing & legacy at Òran Mór, Glasgow! Join Dani Garavelli, Kirstin Innes, Chitra Ramaswamy & William Letford for readings, archive material & new work. 📅 24 Sept 🎟️ FREE, booking required.
We’re delighted to be working with Byres Road Book Festival to celebrate Agnes Owens’ centenary with a special series of events. 📚✨ Join us 24 & 27 Sept at Òran Mór and Hillhead Library. Free!
Celebrating @sorchadallas.bsky.social, Curator & Custodian of AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social 💙 For six years, her care, vision and dedication have shaped the Archive, preserving Gray’s legacy and inspiring future generations.
Thanks to Iris and Patrick for taking the time to visit the archives today, appreciate your support 🙏
The Alasdair Gray Archive@agrayarchive.bsky.social · last mo.Wonderful to welcome @scottishgreens.org MSPs Iris Duane and Patrick Harvie to the archive today. We talked archives, creativity and community, and our work with researchers and creatives, including @aowensarchive.bsky.social 💚
The final three Agnes Owens reissues are out now from Polygon @birlinn.bsky.social Featuring introductions by Jenni Fagan, William Letford & Chitra Ramaswamy. Available now via our online shop.
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New publication! The Edinburgh Companion to Alasdair Gray and the Arts explores Gray’s art, writing and legacy, including a chapter on AGA written by our custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social Available via the link in our bio, or book int to view our research copy!
Highlights from The Alasdair Gray Archive: @aowensarchive.bsky.social - our first satellite archive, opened in 2026 to mark Owens’ centenary. Explore manuscripts, letters & personal items illuminating her life and work.
🍂 Scottish Artists Archive Network Autumn Programme 2026 Three free online webinars exploring artist archives, estates and legacy. 📅 15 Sep — Charlotte Riordan 📅 29 Sep — @sorchadallas.bsky.social 📅 15 Oct — Judit Bodor & Caroline Brown 💻 Free | Online via Eventbrite
Delighted to join the Curatorial Ethics Network and to highlight my work with @agrayarchive.bsky.social & @aowensarchive.bsky.social in foregrounding the vital role of the curatorial within collections - focusing on care, access and diversity, making these collections generative resources 💪🏽
More highlights from our own growing collection 👀
It was an honour, yet a daunting task, to distil Christine Borland’s inspirational and generous life into a recent obituary. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Christine Borland obituary
Turner prize nominee whose installations, sculptures and films returned repeatedly to the histories embedded within bodies
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Highlights from the Alasdair Gray Estate Collection: BOOKS. Explore Gray's personal library, including his annotated Divine Comedy, revealing his creative process, alongside David Lothian's neurodivergent response to the archive.
Highlights from the Alasdair Gray Estate Collection: preparatory drawings, including Faust in His Study and Òran Mór sketches, reveal Gray’s creative process. Plus archive responses by @sarasheridan.bsky.social and Polina Szwedowa.
Highlights from the Alasdair Gray Estate Collection: works on paper, painted over 15+ times, a rescued ledger documenting a changing Glasgow, and new responses uncovering hidden histories. Find out more on our website!
Did you know The Alasdair Gray Archive cares for 8,500+ items across two unique collections- the Alasdair Gray Estate Collection & our AGA Collection, we'll be sharing highlights that continue to inspire our innovative model for research, commissioning and learning.
Our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social was honoured to write the obituary for Gray’s friend, museum curator and academic Beth McKillop for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Beth McKillop obituary
Museum curator and scholar with a special focus on Korean art
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