A Glasgow arts centre is set to temporarily close amid financial struggles.
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), based on Sauchiehall Street, has announced that it will close its doors from December 2024 to March 2025.
The business wrote: "CCA’s financial position, which, like many in the arts sector, has become increasingly challenging over recent months. We are facing a period of significant financial uncertainty, and we’ve been working hard to plan for the future with a focus on securing CCA’s long-term stability.
"As part of this process, we will temporarily close CCA from December 2024 to March 2025 to focus on restructuring and ensuring financial recovery. As we finalise our plans for this period, we are communicating with all those directly affected, including our staff team, funders and programme partners."
The announcement comes as the centre admitted that its financial position has become increasingly difficult over recent months – mainly due to challenges caused by the pandemic and the 2018 fire at the Glasgow School of Art, which previously forced the business to close.
The venue also shut permanently in April last year following a row over pay and working conditions.
However, the CCA has assured customers that it will operate as normal up until December.
They added: "We are actively reimagining how we can continue our community initiatives during our short closure, and we are exploring the possibility of keeping our in-house bar open.
"Our efforts are aimed at reopening in the spring with plans in place that will carry us into the years to come.
"Thank you for standing with us through this challenging period. We are grateful for your continued patience, support, and solidarity."
Glasgow City Council has been working with its arms-length organisation Glasgow Life to put in place appropriate support to "secure a sustainable future for what is one of the city's valued cultural assets."
This has included the council agreeing a loan to the CCA, to allow it time to work with its main funders – which include Creative Scotland – to develop a new business plan.
The CCA was established in 1991.
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