{"id":8188,"date":"2014-07-30T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T14:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=8188"},"modified":"2014-07-30T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T14:41:59","slug":"culture-secretary-visits-gsa-and-looks-forward-to-its-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8188","title":{"rendered":"Culture Secretary visits GSA and looks forward to its restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GSA-Image-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7725\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GSA-Image-2-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"Glasgow School of Art Fire\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, visits the Glasgow School of Art to see how \u00a35 million of UK Government funding will help in its restoration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DCMS writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nThe fire at the school on 23 May damaged the 1907-1909 section of the internationally significant Mackintosh Building and the Culture Secretary today visited the school.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Government has committed an additional \u00a35 million to go toward the costs of creating the school\u2019s Graduate and Research Centre, which was announced by the Chancellor on Tuesday 22nd July. This is on top of the \u00a35 million the UK Government announced last month for the school\u2019s Mackintosh Appeal, which aims to raise \u00a320 million to help with repairs.<\/p>\n<p>The fire has meant the school\u2019s plans to create a revolutionary Graduate and Research Centre has lost momentum and the \u00a310m Government investment, will help the school achieve its ambitious future.<\/p>\n<p>Sajid Javid said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe damage done by the fire to the magnificent Mackintosh Building is terrible but what really hits is the loss of students\u2019 work and the many hours of creativity and dedication they poured into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resilience shown by the staff and students since the terrible fire is a real inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased the Government has been able to help secure the future of the Glasgow School of Art and I look forward to returning to see the Mackintosh Building when it has been restored to its former glory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/culture-secretary-visits-glasgow-school-of-art\" target=\"_blank\">UK Gov article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=Glasgow+School+of+Art+Fire\" target=\"_blank\">For background info see\u00a0IHBC NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, visits the Glasgow School of Art to see how \u00a35 million of UK Government funding will help in its restoration. DCMS writes: The fire at the school on 23 May &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8188\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8191,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188\/revisions\/8191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}