Chelsea College of Arts creates research with cultural and social value. Our research interests are curating and museology, fine art, craft, graphic design communication, interior and spatial design, textiles, archival studies and the history of art and design.
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Richard Woods Second Home exhibition at Chelsea Space
, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL |Research degrees
Find out about studying a research degree at Chelsea College of Arts.
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Still from Amazon, a 16mm film by A K Dolven.
, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: A K Dolven.Research staff
Get to know our staff and their subject areas.
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Andrew Lee.,
, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Horniman Museum and Gardens.Research partnerships
We work with a number of different institutions and cultural organisations.
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She Carries the Water by Elizabeth La Pensee.
, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Elizabeth La Pensee.Past research events
Explore our archive of previous events.
Research centres
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Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain, The World Justified, Left Aligned, Centred, Right Aligned, 2004. 4 Light Boxes,120 x 250 x 12cm each. Installation View. Photograph Ding Musa.
Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN)
A cross disciplinary hub for historical, theoretical and practice-based research in art and design.
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Swedish version of the design strategies card game
, Chelsea College of Arts, UALCentre for Circular Design (CCD)
Using practice-based research approaches to originate, steer and support circular technologies, economies and communities around the globe.
Research stories
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One of Claire's ropes in the Höfn landscape. Exploring sustainable textile design in Iceland
Claire Anderson, Course Leader, Graduate Diploma Textile Design, tells us about her work with Icelandic product designer Hanna Dís Whitehead which takes inspiration from material traditions in the area of Hornafjörður.
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Dr David Dibosa presenting The Many Faces of Picasso This knowledge was always yours: an interview with Dr David Dibosa
As the MA Curating and Collections course leader prepares to present a new programme on BBC4, he speaks about the role of universities in public cultural life.
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Beat plastic pollution pop-up at the Horniman Museum Climate Crisis: Speculative Futures
Interview with David Cross, Reader in Art and Design, ahead of the climate crisis event at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in south east London.
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Some books from the Stuart Hall Library archive Iniva and the Stuart Hall Library move to Chelsea College of Arts
Iniva is an organisation that has been working to radically transform the visual arts landscape for 25 years.
Contact
Ellie Pitkin - Research Manager
e.pitkin@arts.ac.uk
Research events
ccwresearchevents@arts.ac.uk