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Living Arrangements No. 17 by Penny Klepuszewska,
London College of Communication MA Photography 2005-6
For further information about any aspect of the University Art Collection,
contact Eamonn Maxwell on 020 7514 6448 or email e.maxwell@arts.ac.uk
Arts Monday
Monday 5 March, 6.30 - 8.30pm
The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1S 4NP
Our monthly social for alumni at The Arts Club in Mayfair. This month Chris Galloway from the University's Creative Careers team will be joining us.
Enjoy a complementary drink on arrival.
No RSVP necessary.
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Alumni Receptions at The Arts Club
The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1S 4NP
Jane Rapley OBE, Head of Central Saint Martins, will be hosting an evening for alumni and former staff of 'The Central School'. The drinks reception takes place on 15 March at The Arts Club. Invitations have been sent out. Please RSVP to rsvpalumni@arts.ac.uk
A reception for alumni and former staff of St. Martin's on 19 April. Invitations will be sent this month.
We now have an alumni group in San Fancisco. If you'd like to get involved please get in touch with CSM alumnus and Contact Point Rick Byrne on rick_byrne@hotmail.com For more information about Rick and our network of overseas alumni groups click here
Thursday 15 March
Podium Lecture Theatre, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6SB, 6.30-8.30pm
Andy Altman is this month's Open Lecture Series guest speaker. Tickets are £5 and include a beer after the lecture.
Please reserve a place by emailing graphics@lcc.arts.ac.uk
21 March - 10 April
London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6SB
This is the first retrospective exhibition of work by conceptual artist Philippa Beale,
who has taught postgraduate design
at LCC. The exhibition focuses on her
wall-based works with over 50 pieces
including screen prints, drawings,
photographs and digital images. Read more
Natasha Trotman, 2005 MA Graphic Design graduate from London College of Communication was recently invited by Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to 11 Downing Street. She has been recognised for her contribution as a graphic designer to a project on financial exclusion and young people.
Thursday 8 March, 6.30pm
Embassy of El Salvador, 8 Dorset Square, London NW1 6PU
Talk and exhibition by CSM alumna and Camberwell associate lecturer Frida Larios, showing a wood carved mural and posters that narrate the story behind a Salvadorean archaeological site through life size, hand-painted "New Maya Hieroglyphs®". Frida's aim is to bring one of the most advanced ancient writing systems in the world to life in contemporary visual communications through "new logograms" that enable access by different audiences such as illiterate people, the visually-impaired and children. Read more
Monday 12 March 2007, 6.30pm
Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP
A unique event to celebrate the extraordinary life and work of Alan Fletcher. The event will be hosted by Michael Wolff and attended by a small group of Alan's friends and colleagues, namely Lynda Brockbank, Colin Forbes, Quentin Newark and Peter Saville.
Places limited so booking essential.
Cochrane Theatre Box Office 020 7269 1606
Friday 16 March, 12-2pm
Careers Centre, University of the Arts London, 65 Davies Street, London W1K 5DA
Ellen O'Hara, Business Development Manager from Cockpit will be visiting the Careers Centre to talk about the range of support offered to designer-makers. E-mail careers@arts.ac.uk to book a place.
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Until 7 March
The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London
65 Davies Street, London W1K 5DA
Innovative works by recent London College of Fashion graduates. Exhibitors include fashion photgrapher Wendy Bevan, Cordwainers alumnus and shoe designer Gil Carvalho, and fashion journalist and stylist Dan May.
Read more
photograph by Wendy Bevan
Mother, Daughter, Curator
12 March - 20 April
Fashion Space Gallery, London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London W1G 0BJ
Whilst a student at LCF between 1969 and 1972 Eleonora Harbour created and preserved a chronicle of her work and time at the college. This exhibition, curated by her daughter, Daniela Hatfield, Senior Lecturer at LCF presents items from this treasured archive. Read more
April - June
The Fashion Business Resource Studio
London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London W1G 0BJ
LCF's Fashion Business Resource Studio are holding a series of workshops on Perfect Production for designers and Creative Thinking for manufacturers this Spring. Financial subsidies and incentives are available. To book please contact Nina Baldwin n.baldwin@fashion.arts.ac.uk
020 7514 8898 Read more
Is Green the New Black?
30 April - 3 May
The Fashion Business Resource Studio
London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London W1G 0BJ
A series of events, seminars and debates to raise the burning issues of sustainability, ethics, organics and fair trade in relation to the fashion industry. Events across the week will engage students, graduates, academics, industry and the local business community, with the aim of challenging opinions, practices and teaching. We are inviting alumni to get involved. To find out more please contact Nina Baldwin n.baldwin@fashion.arts.ac.uk
020 7514 8898
17 - 25 March
Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, NY 11106
The first edition of the Fashion in Film Festival opens at Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in New York this month. The film programme is a large retrospective showcase of film and video work focused on fashion. It features a mix of early and classic cinema, contemporary art, as well as documentary, instruction and propaganda film and includes video work by CSM alumnae Shelley Fox and Anna-Nicole Ziesche. Read more
Swatch Alternative Fashion Week
19 - 23 March
Spitalfields Traders Market, Crispin Place, Brushfield St, London E1
LCF alumnus and menswear designer Nico D has been selected to take part in this year's Swatch Alternative Fashion Week. Read more
Until 23 March
Milton Gallery, St Paul's School, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW3 9JT
Figurative and abstract sculptures and drawings by Byam Shaw alumna Christy Symington. Private View Thurs 8 March 2007, 6.30-8.30pm. Read more
9-24 March
Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, Michigan USA
CSM alumna Barbara Agreste shows work in Detroit's 10th International Film & Video Festival, dedicated to new film, video and digital works by emerging artists from all over the world. Read more
RBS Awards
CSM alumna Linda Johns, 2003 Fine Art graduate, has been awarded one of ten Bursary Memberships from the Royal
British Society of Sculptors.The RBS awards ten membership places for sculptors of outstanding talent and potential each year. Read more
7-24 March
The Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road,
London W11 1LR
Chelsea alumnus Oliver Goodrich presents a series of abstract, multi-layered, process-based paintings. Read more
24 March - 15 April
Royal Cambrian Academy, Crown Lane
Conwy, Wales LL32 8AN
Highly distinctive sculpture by CSM alumnus Ivor Richards. Slate carving and mixed media works using ideas, assemblage and the unexpected. Read more
2 - 24 March
The Toilet Gallery, 151 Clarence Street
Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 1QT
Sculptural installations by CSM alumna Michelle Wyn-De-Bank
Read more
23 March - 6 May
Gallery Primo Alonso, 395-397 Hackney Road, London E2 8PP
Exhibition of new paintings and drawings by CSM alumna and London-based Japanese artist
Rui Matsunaga. Read more
Between Land and Sea
Until 23 March
Box 38 Art Gallery, Rogierlaan 38, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
Catherine Elwes, Reader at Camberwell and Chris Wainwright, Dean of School of Art at CSM, are two of the artists exhibiting at this Belgian gallery. Read more
Until 17 June
Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street, New York NY 10019
Camberwell and Chelsea alumna Françoise Dupré is showing 'Fleur Bleue' a new wall piece in this NY exhibition.
Read more
Until 12 March
City Inn, John Islip Street, London SW1P 4DD
An exhibition of work spanning three decades by Chelsea alumna Gwen Joy Royston. Organised by Rollo Contemporary Art at the City Inn Hotel, just round the corner from Chelsea College. Read more
Anatolian Rhapsody
Until 3 March
The Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU
Camberwell alumna Aynur Karaman presents abstract mixed media paintings on the rhythm of nature and the natural flow of life. Contact aynurkaraman1@yahoo.com
Read more
Until 17 March
Wyer Gallery, 191 St John's Hill, London SW11 1TH
Solo show of CSM alumnus Divyesh Bhanderi's large-scale ink and acrylic drawings. Read more
2 - 14 March
The Crypt, St Pancras Parish Church, Duke's Road, London NW1 2BA
Bash Art presents this two-part show held in a 19th century crypt featuring work by 30 different artists, including CSM alumnus Joe Oliver. Co-curated by CSM alumni Evy Jokhova and Jan Gasparic the work ranges from old skool oil paintings to cutting edge video installations and etheral audio.
Read more For more info contact bashcreation@googlemail.com
21 March - 21 April
Beardsmore Gallery, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 3LG
Solo show by Chelsea alumnus and former staff member of Chelsea and St. Martin's Professor Bruce Russell. The exhibition features a new series of works on a square format, his painterly themes deriving from places of fable and myth. Read more
2 March - 5 April
The Old Sweet Shop, 11 Brookwood Road, London SW18 5BL
This group exhibition explores the creative potential of trees and their main components - roots, trunks, leaves and paper. Includes work by recent Camberwell graduate Alex Gough. Read more
Until 22 April
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
This is a collaborative project and exhibition jointly organised by University of the Arts London and Tate Britain. The display includes the drawings of 30 contemporary artists displayed in conjunction with the original Turners from which they worked.
Read more
2 - 24 March
Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, 15-16 Brooks Mews, London W1K 4DS
Group show exploring the notion of renewal and seasonal change. Featuring work by recent Chelsea graduate Michele Fletcher. Read more
St. Martin's Sculptors
15 March - 7 April
Poussin Gallery, Block K, 175 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UW
Four generations of sculptors who studied at St. Martin's, with work from the 1960's to the present day. Including works by Phillip King, Tim Scott, Peter Hide, Anthony Smart, Katherine Gili and Alexandra Harley.
This show runs in compliment to a display at Tate Britain opening in March about St. Martin's sculpture department. Read more
Wednesday 7 March, 4.30 - 6.30pm
University of the Arts London, 65 Davies Street, London W1K 5DA
Alumni are invited to this free event organised by the Universitys' Creative Careers and Learning Zone teams. Frances Scott, Artist Advisor at Artsadmin, Calum F Kerr, Fine Artist and manager of Dalston Underground Studios and Hayley Skipper, Fien Artist and Project Coordinator at Wimbledon will speak about their experiences entering the fine art world. Please book as places are limited m.lopatkin@arts.ac.uk Read more
2 - 4 March
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, Bankside London SE1 9TG
CSM alumnus Johnny Hardstaff will be screening work and speaking at Tate Modern as part of the Pervasive Animation conference. Read more
Former LCC student Charlene White has landed her own show on black music station 1Xtra. A former graduate from LCC's BA Journalism course in 2001, she became, at 23, one of the
youngest senior broadcast journalists at the BBC. Read more
16-17 March
University of Central Lancashire, Preston
A joint initiative between LCC alumnus
Dr. Chris Meigh-Andrews, director of the Electronic and Digital Art Unit at the University of Central Lancashire and Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston. The event will bring together some of the most significant visual artists, theorists and academics working in the international field of new media and digital imaging.
Read more
LCC alumnus Dennis Morrison launches Zzizzl in April. Selling independent short films and videos for mobile and personal media players through their website, profits are shared with the filmmakers. Contact Dennis with your old and new shorts.
Submit your film and find out more
Shakespeare Season
Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP, 7.30pm
DCL actors company present A Midsummer Night's Dream, 19 - 22 March, and Richard III,
28 - 31 March. Directed by David Salter and Annie Tyson respectively. For more information and booking details click here
Sunday 18 March, 8pm
The Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Road, London SE14 6TY
LCC alumnus Rob Kenyon manages Flamenco Express, a touring company of performers exploring a broad cross section of flamenco forms, including Soleá, Tientos, Alegrías, Siguiriyas and Bulerías through solo dance pieces, group choreography, and featured musicians.
Read more
24 March - 16 April
SS Robin Trust, West India Quay
London E14 4AE
Once more, 24photography, a collaborative of CSM alumni, tackle the first 24 hours of the new year through the lenses of 24 photographers. The 4th annual exhibition - aboard the SS Robin Gallery, Docklands. Read more
CSM graduate Alys Tomlinson has been selected by Photo District News as one
of their '30 Photographers to Watch for 2007'. As one of the PDN '30' she will have work exhibited as part of Photo Plus Expo in New York. The Award is given to 30 photographers worldwide each year. Read more
Until 12 April
Research Gallery, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6SB
Wiebke Leister, Senior Lecturer in Photography at LCC presents images from the PhD project "Unjoyful Laughter and the Non-Likeness of Photographic Portraiture", completed at the RCA in December 2006. Read more
Studio Opening
10 March, 3pm until late
Cuttlefish in Print, 65A Pearl Road, Walthamstow, E17 4QT
Camberwell alumna Anna Alcock (Contact Point for the alumni Printmaking
Group) as part of Cuttlefish in Print is inviting alumni to a studio
opening. There will be prints for sale, many at bargain prices, to help towards buying equipment for their new studios. They are also looking for three artists to rent the upstairs space. To find out more email Anna at inkycuttlefish@hotmail.co.uk
London College of Communication is offering a new Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Graphic and Fine Print Image-making. The course builds upon the rich history of design and image-making at LCC. A dynamic programme, including practical workshops, guest speakers and live briefs will be delivered by a range of professional practitioners. Certificate runs for 15 weeks, Diploma for 30 weeks (2 taught days a week). Places are limited. For further enquires contact Tessa Holmes: t.holmes@lcc.arts.ac.uk 0207 514 8595, or Jenny Clarke: j.a.clarke@lcc.arts.ac.uk 0207 514 6696
Creative Careers offers a number of services for alumni. All alumni can sign up for the weekly Creative Opportunites bulletin which lists the latest job vacancies, competitions, awards and placements. You can access the Careers Information Resource Centre, the biggest specialist art and design careers library in the country. PCs and MACS loaded with specialist design software are also available to you.
Recent graduates are entitled to one-to-one advice, E-guidance service and CV surgeries. For more information visit http://www.arts.ac.uk/student/careers
An online portfolio and matching service for London College of Fashion alumni linking their creative talent and expertise with career opportunities in the fashion and lifestyle industries. Read more www.fashionaim.org.
Advice and information service to London's visual arts and crafts professionals. Read more www.artquest.org.uk
ECCA, the help and advice service for alumni and students setting up a creative business, has launched a new service. You can now download free podcasts covering everything from marketing to commissions to that most elusive thing - making money as a fine artist. Each podcast features a speaker that has practical experience and can offer you expert advice. Find out more www.ecca-london.org
Information about copyright, design rights, trademarks, patents and licenses.
Find out more www.own-it.org
Order your arts materials online through University of the Arts London's stockists Seawhite and receive a 10% discount from 5 March until 31 July 2007. Profits from the sale of these items are invested back in to our Colleges. Visit the arts materials online website at http://www.seawhite.co.uk/uniartshop
Bawdale Road, East Dulwich, London SE22
Camberwell alumna and complementary therapist Tracey Goulding is offering alumni 2-for-1 aromatherapy massages in March and April. Pay for one treatment and get the other for free - keep for yourself or give to a friend. Contact tracey@comptogether.co.uk Read more
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) requires graduates from 2003 to participate in the second stage of the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey. Your participation will help research into graduate activity and improve opportunities and support for our graduates of the future. Deadline for entries is 30 May 2007. If you have not done so already, you can take the survey online at www.graduatedestinationsurvey.co.uk
Art Fund membership is on offer to alumni and University staff at a special price of £25 per year (usual price £40). Benefits of membership include substantial discounts on entry to exhibitions at major galleries and museums nationwide, including free entry to around 200 museums and galleries' permanent collections, Art Quarterly magazine and invitations to exclusive private views and Art Happens events. To find out more visit www.artfund.org/ual or call 0870 848 2003 quoting University of the Arts London.
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