ROCK star Bryan Ferry will front a Glasgow School of Art campaign to create a £20million research centre of international repute.
The Roxy Music singer and songwriter will help the school raise funds for what he described as "a revolutionary addition at its Garnethill campus" for post-graduate education and research.
Ferry attended art school in Newcastle and worked as an art teacher before his band shot to fame in the 1970s.
He has been recruited to the board of the Glasgow School of Art Devel- opment Trust and has agreed to be part of the fundraising effort.
Ferry, 66, said: "The Art School has a fantastic international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research and the achievements of its graduates and I am delighted to be a trustee of the Trust."
The development trust will be officially laun- ched on Thursday, aiming to raise £10m from donations and sponsorship, major gifts from individuals, appeals to alumni and a public appeal.
The other £10m for the Graduate and Research Centre will be raised through land sales, savings and borrowing.
The centre will be designed during 2014 and 2015, with work starting on campus in 2016.
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