alumni association e bulletin
Thank you to all of our alumni for your support and involvement throughout the year. The Association has taken a giant leap forward in the last 12 months thanks to your interest; we have alumni meeting regularly in France and Seoul with many more opportunities for groups world-wide. We have had fantastic feedback from you about the Magazine, which also won two silver awards from CASE, our website is growing fast with more Alumni News added by the day as more and more of you are getting in touch. We have an exciting new events programme planned for 2006, which we hope you will want to be involved in. Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm for the University and the alumni programme. The next email bulletin will be mailed at the beginning of February so do keep sending us your submissions to alumni-association@arts.ac.uk
Wishing you a great 2006
Jo, Bex and Emma
Image of the Month
Untitled
(from the Snotackt series)
Nina Mangalanayagam
BA Photography,
London College of Communication, 2005
One of a number
of works recently commissioned for the University's Art Collection
For further
information about this piece or any other aspect of the University Art
Collection, contact Eamonn Maxwell on 020 7514 6448 or email e.maxwell@arts.ac.uk
Nina has won
the Jerwood Photography Award (read
more)
University of the Arts London and The Arts Club have an exciting collaboration for 2006. With a diverse programme of University events, you will be invited to informal college receptions, year group receptions, networking by special interest groups, special events and themed evenings. The Arts Club offer University of the Arts London alumni an exclusive discounted membership (read more).
For more information and to be involved email alumni-association@arts.ac.uk
The first of many events for alumni was held at The Arts Club last night (photos opposite), thanking alumni for their continuing support and involvement. Sir Peter Blake, President of The Arts Club and former St.Martin's tutor welcomed our guests (top photo)
Calling
all entrepreneurs
23 January 2006
6.30pm
The Arts Club,
40 Dover Street, London, W1S
CSM and Chelsea
alumna Michelle Mason shares her ideas about starting a business at the
Arts Club
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more
Photography
Bex Singleton
17 January - 24 February 2006
Private View: Thursday 19 January
The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London, 65 Davies Street, London W1
Photography and video work by former students of University of the Arts London re-staging a story, an event, a situation or another image. If you would like to join Alumni Relations at the private view, please contact e.m.graves@arts.ac.uk.
Profiles 11, no. 7, Bettina von Zwehl
Alumni living in France met in trendy central Paris at les Arts et Metiers for the first time last month. Former class mates caught up on news, reminisced about their College days and recounted experiences living and studying in London. The group has set up an email
group to regularly keep in touch with one another and organise future gatherings. See Photos
If you would be interested in joining this group, email alumni-association@arts.ac.uk.
Madame Liu Yongqing, wife of Chinese president Mr Hu Jintao visited LCF last monthand was treated to a special catwalk show held in her honour. Madame Liu, who had expressed a particular interest in up and coming London fashion designers' work. Madame Liu saw the most recent collection from LCF MA graduate Chris Liu, who is currently supported by the Centre for Fashion Enterprise at LCF.
Sir Michael Bichard exchanges a gift with the First Lady of China (in red) and the Chinese Ambassador's wide (in black)
Design Week's Hot 50 is a barometer for design progress in the wider world: University Rector Sir Michael Bichard was recognised for overseeing the transformation of the London Institute into University of the Arts London.
Hearing Voices, a half-hour radio piece made by LCC sound arts senior lecturer John Wynne, for the BBC, recently won the Silver Award at the 2005 Third Coast International Audio Festival and Competition in Chicago. It is a composed documentary based on endangered click languages in the Kalahari Desert and has been broadcast twice on Radio 3. According to one review, the piece "informs, but also questions.... From the outset, the listener is presented with a capricious sound world where aural objects shift and surprise, and conventions are undermined or mutated."
The termly Students' Union publication Less Common More Sense won Best Publication Design in the Daily Mirror Student Media Awards, and runner up in the Guardian Media Awards. Al Mulhall of LCF came runner up in the Best Fashion Journalism category.
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Image from the forthcoming issue
LCC joined forces with one of the world's leading media training academies to launch a bespoke postgraduate course for the high-tech print media industry. The International Masters degree in Print Media begins in April 2006, and was created by LCC and international printing group Heidelberg, to help satisfy the global demand for highly skilled managers in this fast moving sector. Read more
"Going up" in the Observer Magazine's listings, causing outrage at NME, reviews in THES and Guardian's Higher Diary, the Sex Pistols' 30th anniversary gig commemorating their first live event at St Martin's in 1975. Congratulations to Sam Baguley, Duggie Fields, Mairi McDonald, and Shan Kelly who won our competition for tickets.
Akiko Comanechi and Glen Matlock on the night
LCP alumna Laura Chesters, who writes for last week won one of the biggest prizes in magazine journalism.
Laura, who covers retail news for Property Week, was named the Periodicals Training Council's New Business News Journalist of the Year at a ceremony at London's Millennium Mayfair hotel.
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Central School alumnus and the godfather of graphic design, Derek Birdsall, has taken home this prestigious award.
Read more
courtesy of designcouncil.com
15 December - 18 December
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London, SE1
CSM MA Design students final exhibition examines cultural design. Alumni are invited to join this year's graduates at their Private View on the 14 December
alumni-association@arts.ac.uk
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Chelsea alumna, NESTA and Oxo Peugeot Design awards winner Helen Amy Murray was selected 2005's 'The Vogue List' for her innovative textile sculptures. Vogue say "Helen Amy Murray's journey upwards has been an enviable one... with a solo show in the pipeline too, she's one to look out for."
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LCC alumni Jo Kotas, Denis Kovac, and Paulo Silva of Bunch Design have been working on some high profile campaigns. One example is the BBC commission RaW that aims to encourage British adults to improve their reading skills.
Read more
St. Martin's alumnus Stephen Jones has been named Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards
Read more
courtesy of google.co.uk
Marie Claire Italia recently featured LCF alumna Imtaz Khaliq. Michelle Pfeiffer is only one of the many fans of this very sophisticated superstar tailoress of Pakistani origin.
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LCF alumna Netta Laor's illustration greeting was chosen for the London Fashion
Forum website front page, for the holiday season.
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Comme Des Garcons
Dover Street Market, London W1
Chelsea alumnus and artist Duggie Fields has a new range of art badges and t-shirts for sale.
Read more
Modelling Human Body Shape for Fashion Applications - Anthony Ruto
11 .30 -1 00 p.m, 14 December.
Rootstein Hopkins East Space room 134, 20 John Princes Street, London W1
Lee Miller's
Simultaneity: Photographer & Model in the Pages of Inter-War Vogue
- Dr Becky Conekin
5.30 - 6.30 pm,
25 January 2006
Rootstein Hopkins
East Space room 134, 20 John Princes Street, London W1 rsvp: research@fashion.arts.ac.uk
13 December - 8 January 2006
6 Neals Yard, Covent Garden, London, WC2
CSM alumna Lucy Tammam is part of this exhibition, organised by the National Campaign for the Arts. Lucy presents her contemporary couture fashion collection inspired by dance, romance and musicals.
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Until 7 February 2006
The British Library
St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1
Fashion Lives in conjunction with LCF brings together eight post-war leaders in fashion. Curated by Alistair O'Neill from LCF, it features exhibition design by CSM graduate William Hall, and a specially commissioned repeatable design by the alumnae and former staff fashion duo Eley Kishimoto.
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Guests at the
Private View: Michael Southgate, Zandra Rhodes, Duggie Fields, Andrew
Logan
Byam Shaw alumnus Thorsten Knaub has launched his website GPSdiary.org an online archive of an art project, in which artist he recorded his daily movements over the course of a year by carrying a Global Positioning System (GPS).
Read more
For more information email info@gpsdiary.org
Chelsea alumna Layla Curtis left London on October 27th to spend the 3 months carrying out an extensive psycho-geographical exploration. Her travel includes Madrid, Santiago, the Falkland Islands and remote islands in the Southern Ocean headed for Antarctica.
Read more
See Layla's website
Every Thursday evening 9.30pm-2am
The Black Cap, Camden High St, London, NW1
Chelsea alumni Oliver Frost and Marc Massive curate and DJ this weekly event, Each week begins with a film/video showreel at 9.30pm showcasing work by established and emerging artists. Through submission. Also includes live PA's, live art, performances and bands.
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Presented by BasementArtProject.com Tuesday 10th Jan 2006 6pm -late
The Space, 269 West Ferry Road, London E14
Chelsea alumnus Yu-Chen Wang had co-curated this art event which includes international artists from London, Amsterdam, Rome and Athens, showing site specific installations, live art performance, video/film and live music.
Read more
Until 11 December
Lightgallery
5a Porchester Place, London W2
020 7706 7033
First major solo show of portraits and life drawings by Chelsea alumna
Sally Bamber.
Read more
See Sally's website
George
Without Violence Against Women
Until 11 December
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London SE1
Chelsea alumna Jemima Burrill's work is part of Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign exhibition, confronting violence against women through humour, intelligence, life-size glove puppets and fake fur.
Read more
See Jemima's website
The View From Here
Until 11 December
6 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London, WC1
CSM Alumnus Seng Ho is part of this group show composed of photographs and installation, which question accustomed notions of memory.
Until 11 December
47 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A
Chelsea alumnus Phillip Diggle is part of this group show, in association with CuratorSpace
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Phillip also has a solo show 'Two Flew over the Cuckoos Nest', until 30 January 2006, Ledian House, 45 Bedford Row, Gray's Inn, London
Until 11 December
Leonards, 40 Northampton Street, London EC1
Camberwell Alumnus Vincent Berquez is showing as part of this Arts and Crafts Exhibition. His poetry has recently been published in Dream Catcher, Decanto Dial 174 and Poetry Monthly.
5-7pm 13 December
Lecture Theatre, Chelsea College of Art and Design, 16 John Islip Street, London
This lecture discusses the curatorial approach behind an exhibition by Brazilian artist Antonio
Manuel in Nicosia, Cyprus. For further details contact Michael Asbury .asbury@chelsea.arts.ac.uk or 020 7514 6453.
6.30-8pm 13 December
Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
Morgan was a major critic in the eighties and nineties, writing in Artscribe, Artforum, Frieze, he also co-curated 'Rites of Passage' at the Tate in 1995. This talk is in memory of former Chelsea tutor Stuart Morgan who died in 2002 aged 54.
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Image - stuartmorgan courtesy of Tate
Until 14 December
Nolia's Gallery, The Old Thomas A Beckett Pub, 320 Old Kent Road, London, SE1
CSM alumnus Tom Graham-Adriani solo exhibition of illustrated text based on the fundamentals of myth making.
Until 15 December
Blyth Gallery
5th Floor Sherfield Building Imperial College
Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ
Byam Shaw alumna Yukako Shibata is part of this group show that engages with the notion of emergence, and how the work of art itself can open new pathways rather than be simply the product of an inscribed process.
For more info email slowforming@hotmail.co.uk
Until 16 December
Centre for Recent Drawing
Nanospace, 61-63 Cudworth Street, London, E1
CSM and Chelsea alumnus Nicholas Jones' solo show draws influences from a variety of sources including news media, popular culture, textbooks and personal experience.
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Until 18 December
CHELSEA Space,
Chelsea College of Art and Design, 16 John Islip Street, London, SW1
Writer and lecturer Dan Smith has worked with Jeremy Glogan to compile an arrangement of works and material previously shown at The Top Room, to engage in the history of the space, and configure a fresh set of encounters between the work and a new audience.
Image toproom.
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Until 18 December
Fosterart 20 Rivington Street, London EC2
Transition 110a Lauriiston Road, London E9
CSM alumna Sarah Doyle takes part in this unique show. Held at two East London venues, the contributing artists are showing a contrasting work at each location; Acid Drops at Transition and Sugar Candys at Fosterart.
Read more
Until 18 December
Dilston Grove
Clare College Memorial Church, Abbeyfield Road, London, SE16
Byam Shaw alumnus David Johnson's solo show exhibiting new and existing works which are combined to create a unified installation. Read more
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Ocean 1995
Until 20 December
Rokeby, 37 Store Street, London, WC1
Chelsea alumnus Graham Hudson's show explores a wide range of references, from religion to contemporary advertising, whilst his concerns range from both the moral and ethical to aesthetic and the mundane.
Read more
Until 20 December
Lounge Gallery and Studios, 28 Shacklewell Lane, London, E8
CSM alumna Roselina Hung's paintings of historical figures as depicted by Hollywood, play with our knowledge of history as retold by the silver screen, replacing a more complicated truth with sanitised fictions.
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Queen Elizabeth I (2004)
Until 22 December
Seventeen, 17 Kingsland Road, London, E2
Chelsea alumni Susan Collis, Graham Hudson, Dan Kennedy-Martin, Sally Underwood, David Ersser show new work at this group exhibition. Email dave@davehoyland.com for more information
Thy
Neighbours' Ox 2
until 27 January
2006
Space Station Sixty-Five, 65 North Cross Road, London SE22
CSM alumna Rachael House and Camberwell alumnus Jo David have curated
this group show at their gallery in Dulwich. Several of the artists are
alumni of University of the Arts including Camberwell alumni Anila Ladwa,
Bada Song, Sarah Jones, Chelsea alumni Paul Jones, Shane Waltener, Susan
Collis, CSM alumni Gayle Chong Kwan and Sam Jones. Also featured are Edwina
Ashton who teaches at Camberwell and Chelsea, and Emma Talbot who teaches
at CSM.
Read more
Until 22 December
Bearspace, 152 Deptford High Street, London, SE8
Camberwell alumna Helen Barff is having her first solo show. She presents a series of found objects from the Thames shore, which are exhibited as photograms and then covered in a fine layer of felt.
Image helenbarff
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7 November - 23 December
The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London, 65 Davies Street, London, W1K
Highlights of the BA and FdA degree shows across the University in a variety of media Selected by artist and CSM alumnus Andrew Grassie, curator Louise Haywood and London College of Fashion lecturer Alistair O'Neill.
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No Need To Hurry, No Need To Sparkle, No Need To Be Anybody But Oneself, Dalia Nassimi
Until 23 December
Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4GB
CSM alumnus Gordon Cheung is part of this group show of Castlefield Print Portfolio Artists.
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Gordon Cheung working on Technophobia
Until 23 December
Harlequin Gallery, 68 Greenwich, High Road, London SE10 8LF
Camberwell alumna Beverley Isaacs is currently exhibiting paintings at The
Harlequin Gallery
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Until 1 January 2006
The Art House, North street, Westbourne, Hampshire, PO10 8SN
Chelsea alumna Rosalind Davis is part of this exhibition, featuring a plethora of lovely items including art skirts, sculptures and paintings.
See Rosalind's new website
Until 8 January 2006
Vacio 9, C/GeneralCastaños,5
28004 Madrid, Spain
Chelsea Alumnus Belen Uriel's exhibition of recent work, featuring six large-scale photographic works, two sculptures pieces and a DVD projection.
Read more
10 December - 8 January 2006
Terrace Studios, 4-17 Frederick Terrace, London E8 4EW
Soft Verges 'n' Hard Shoulders is an exhibition of recent photographs and sculpture by Byam Shaw alumna Crestina Velia Forcina.
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17 December - 8 January 2006
Jerwood Space, 17 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN
Chelsea alumnus Ben Woodeson's first solo show in a central London gallery is a continuation of his investigation of electricity and electromagnetic fields. A series of new works across the galleries will playfully subvert overheard conversation, communication and our sense of received information.
Read more
See Ben's website
23 December - 9 January 2006
Tokyo Wonder Site
Shibuya, Tokyo
Chelsea alumnus Hugh Mendes shows new work.
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Until 15 January 2006
Carter Presents, 29 Orsman Road, London, N1
CSM alumnus Jamie Robinson curates and exhibits in this group show examining and exploring the dynamics and complexities of consumerism during this season to be jolly. Also featured are CSM alumni Godfried Donka and Mark Jones.
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carpark/penguin, Jamie Robinson
Until 15 January 2006
Maureen Paley, 21 Herald Street , London, E2
Chelsea alumna, Kate Donachie has a solo exhibition at Maureen Paley Gallery. Working from found images, and inspired by film, Donachie continuously analyses, distils and redeems historical images, making a number of drawings and watercolours before the oil paintings she finally exhibits.
Read more
19 December - 18 February 2006
Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Southampton Row, London WC1
Return to Central Saint Martins and view student’s exciting, challenging and ground-breaking work. Share your news with your fellow students and tutors. To join us for the private view on 17 Januray contact e.m.graves@arts.ac.uk so that we can send you
your invitation.
Until 21 January 2006
Art Space Gallery, Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, 84 St Peter's Street, London, N1 8JS
Camberwell alumnus George Rowlett exhibits in the painting show.
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Gloomy Morning, Shipping Passing the Thames Barrier, 2005, courtesy of artspacegallery.co.uk
Until 26 January 2006 (closed between 22 December and 10 January)
The Drawing Gallery, 37 Duke Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6DF
St. Martin's alumnus David Leapman is showing small drawings as part of this group show
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Until 27 January 2006
James Hyman Fine Art Ltd, 6 Mason's Yard, Duke Street, St. James', London, SW1Y
Former head of painting at Camberwell (1959-1965) Robert Medley taught a multitude of our alumni including Maggi Hambling, John Berger, Anthony Farrell and Frank Auerbach. This exhibition represents an opportunity to reassess a major artist whose wide-ranging achievements spanned the twentieth century.
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Landscape of Fragments 1966 courtesy of jameshymanfineart.com
Until 28 January 2006
Lisson Gallery, 52-54 Bell Street, London, NW1 5DA
Chelsea alumnus Professor Richard Deacon shows a body of new work incorporating earthenware, photographs and stainless steel.
Read more
Until 28 January 2006
Clapham Art Gallery, Unit 02, 40-48 Bromell's Road, London, SW4
Chelsea alumni Emma Bennett and Dominic Shepherd are both painters whose work explores romantic tendencies such as beauty, nature, solitude, heightened emotional experience and individualism in order to realize their mysterious, melancholy paintings.
Read more www.claphamartgallery.com
9th-28th January 2006
5 Hoxton Square, London, N1 Camberwell alumna, Sumi Perera, is part of this group show. Her work explores the space in the shop window, interacting with it, or escaping from it. The show also features a number of present students, alumni and staff from Camberwell College: Mayumi Arakawa, Olivia Badnell, Richard Elliott, Sharon Kinsella, Magarida Palma, Alexia Tala and Lisa Wideman who explore the space in the box in their work. The show was curated by Moira Allan and David Fitzgerald who are current students at Camberwell.
Until 29th January 2006
Hollow Contemporary Art, 3rd Floor, 330 Upper Street, London, N1
Chelsea alumna Laura Morrison is part of this independent group exhibition featuring around 40 painters, sculptors and printmakers that offers an insight into new trends within the London art scene.
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Until February 2006 (by appointment)
Arts & Business Head Office, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY
Chelsea alumnus and former member of staff J.A.Nicholls is part of this show curated by Studio 1.1, which aims to celebrate ambiguity and art that unsettles.
For more information email incorporate@AandB.org.uk
4 January to 15 February 2006
Westbourne Grove Church Art Space,Westbourne Grove,
Nottinghill, London
CSM alumna Karen Johnson's solo exhibition explores the Maternal Gaze, in reference to disability. Meet her there on 11th February 2006
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Maternal Gaze
15 December
ICA , The Mall, London, SW1
LCC alumnus Mike Andrawis shows his film 'Tresor Berlin: The Vault & The Electronic Frontier ', which continued from his final year project, at the ICA cinema on 15 December. Dimitri has said of the documentary "Imagine you're in London... and then you find another London behind a wall."
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Until 28 January
The Landor Theatre, 70 Landor Road, London, SW9
Camberwell Alumnus Barry Fantoni has written and produced this new play 'Extra Time'. The Morning Star commented 'This offering by Barry Fantoni has wit, style, insights and often very dark humour'
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To book tickets call the Landor box office on 020 7737 7276
At an awards ceremony at the National Theatre, Lady Anya Sainsbury presented CSM graduate Phil Brunner with the prestigious Linbury Prize for Stage Design, awarded bi-annually to young graduate designers. The finalists are displaying their designs at the Linbury Biennial Exhibition at the National Theatre in London until 10 December.
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DCL alumni Joe MacNab, Gwendoline Christie, and Adam Newsome are acting in Declan Donnellan's production of Great Expectations for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Tom Shkolnik, a DCL BA Directing graduate, is also working for the RSC as an Assistant Director.
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Until 18 December
Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row, London, WC1
English Pocket Opera Company and the Cochrane Theatre present Mozart's Magic Flute in a dazzling new production. Alumni can take advantage of a special 2 for 1 offer. To book ticket visit their website
email info@cochranetheatre.co.uk
or phone 020 7269 1606
and quote 'Alumni 2 for 1 offer'.
Nina Mangalanayagam who studied BA Photography at LCC, has won the Jerwood Photography Award. Her work is on display at the Jerwood Space until 11 December, and the winning work also features in the December issue of Portfolio magazine.
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Untitled
(from the Snotackt series)
LCP alumna Anna Kari, won Olympus digital photographer of the year at the Observer Hodge Photographic Award 2005 for her photographs of Ugandan Child Soldiers who have escaped and returned home.
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LCC alumnus and senior lecturer for Fashion Styling and Photography LCF Gavin Fernandes is a Senior Lecturer is also a part-time student on the new MA Fashion Photography course. The nine students on this course are the founders of a group called OCULAR and are promoting work in progress, forthcoming events, exhibitions, publications and related news.
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Until 16 December
London College of Communication
Elephant and Castle, London, SE1
Work by final year MA students.
Photograph by Scott Brennan
12 - 20 December
The Well Gallery, London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1
Visiting artist at LCC and CSM alumna Helen Couchman is exhibiting a large selection of photographs and monoprints that have been produced in relation to her residency in the small town of Johnson, Vermont, USA during the summer of 2005.
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Photographs from the Linebuilding series, 2005
until 14 February 2006
Trafalgar Hotel, 2 Spring Gardens, Trafalgar Square, London, SW1
CSM alumni formed a group in 2004 '24photography'. In 2006, 24photography is launching a 24-hour event and installation in Trafalgar Square on the 24 January 2006. The Trafalgar hotel will then host the accompanying 24:2006 exhibition to run from the 24/1/06 - 14/2/06. This year they are welcoming submissions of photographs taken during the first 24 hours of 2006. Please forward your images to admin@24photography.org with your name, contact number, contact email, time of photograph and how you heard about the 24Photography project.
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24 - 25 April 2006
The Institute of Physics and University of the Arts London, MATAR Research Centre will be holding their third international conference: Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital Printing and Digital Photography. Delegates get a reduced price if they book before the end of January.
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Shokooh graduated from St Martins School with an ND in Design in Dress in 1963.On graduating she was immediately offered work by Muriel Pemberton, the founder of the fashion course. Her association with the course therefore continued for more than forty years as modiste, technician, associate lecturer, lecturer and senior lecturer until her retirement in 2004. She taught pattern-cutting to generations of designers including Phoebe Philo, Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon and Antonio Berardi are among her former students.
LCP alumnus
Senior Lecturer, Central School of Art and Design
St. Martin's alumnus
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Central School alumnus
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23 January 2006 6.30pm
The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London, W1
CSM and Chelsea alumna, Michelle Mason is inviting all budding entrepreneurs to join her to discuss how to start up your own business, with tips on how to write a business plan, legal implications and the importance of marketing and self promotion. If you would like to join Michelle and Alumni Relations, contact e.m.graves@arts.ac.uk
An opportunity not to be missed….
detail from
lighting designed for LB Camden and British
Waterways on
Regents Canal, London (2005)
Creative Careers is currently undergoing a review of the way they provide Careers advice and guidance. As a result of this there is a reduced one to one advice service available. Thank you for your patience during this time. If you would like to give your feedback please email careers@arts.ac.uk or speak to a member of staff in the Careers Information Centre.
Creative Opportunities is a weekly jobs and opportunities bulletin, and has a range of jobs in the Creative Industries, opportunities to sell and exhibit work, details of competitions and awards and a diary of relevant events.
See the Creative Careers Website
London College of Fashion's alumni matching service, FashionAIM, is now up and running. Contact Nina Baldwin on 020 7514 7571 for more information. Visit www.fashionaim.org
Free Intellectual Property Clinics
The Patent Office Needs Your Help
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A Picture of Britain.com is an online gallery community for British artists and a place to display their work to the world. The site also offers British artists, both young and old, somewhere to display their art and put their opinions forward and be heard.
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12-1pm 13 December
If you graduated from the University in the last four years and are currently in
marketing, communications, advertising PR, buying, sales or radio/TV production, this is an opportunity for you to talk to current students about your experiences. For more information contact Jonathan Wolfe-Leader at jw.leader@btinternet.com
London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1
Worried about your income tax self-assessment form? It's due on January 31! Help is at hand. Martin McKee, an experienced tax advisor, will be available at ECCA for one-to-one self-assessment surgeries on 9 December, 13 January and 20 January. You can book yourself in for half an hour's worth of help. ECCA offers free business support for London's creative people.
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Tickets: £10
Tuesday 24 January 2006, 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
T Bar, The TeaBuilding, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 www.artfund.org
What is interactive art? Is it an art form, is it design? Is it about the artist or audience? Where should it be seen? Is it the most important art form in the digital age? Join in the debate and hear four leading experts share their views; Matt Adams (Founder of the artists group Blast Theory), Ross Cooper (Multidisciplinary designer and tutor at Central Saint Martin’s), Lauren Parker (Curator of Contemporary Programmes at the V&A) and Stefano Roveda (Interactive designer of Studio Azzurro). Organised by the National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund).
CSM alumna Debra Franses-Bean has a multidisciplinary background. She won the Digetex Student of the Year sponsorship and has shown her work in Germany, Australia, London, the U.S. and Italy. Her fabrics and wallpapers are situated somewhere between fashion, interior design and fine art. She has also launched a commercial wallpaper and textile limited edition range "interior couture". This year she is looking for support from an artist mentor to help guide her.
Email enquiries@dfbean.com
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