Wimbledon College of Arts
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Established | 1890 |
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Location | London, United Kingdom |
Affiliations | University of the Arts London |
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Wimbledon College of Arts, formerly Wimbledon School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London.
History
The foundation of Wimbledon College of Arts goes back to 1890, when an art class for the Rutlish School for Boys was started. Between 1904 and 1920 this was housed in the Wimbledon Technical Institute in Gladstone Road. It became independent in 1930 and moved to Merton Hall Road in 1940. Theatre design was taught from 1932, and became a department in 1948. BA courses were introduced from 1974, and MA courses from 1984. In 1993 the school, which previously had been controlled by the London Borough of Merton, was incorporated as an independent higher education institution, and from 1995 awarded degrees accredited by the University of Surrey.[1][2]
Wimbledon School of Art became part of the University of the Arts London in 2006 and was renamed Wimbledon College of Art. In 2013 it was renamed Wimbledon College of Arts.
Wimbledon delivers specialist art, design and theatre courses ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate, as well as providing research supervision for students undertaking a research programme of study.
Affiliations
Wimbledon is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, with Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication and London College of Fashion.
Notable alumni
- James Acheson (costume designer)[3]
- Hurvin Anderson (artist)
- Sophie Aston (artist)[4]
- Jeff Beck (musician)[5]
- Raymond Briggs (author)[5]
- Georgina Chapman[5]
- Malvina Cheek (artist)
- Tony Cragg (1988 Turner Prize winner)[3]
- Peter Doig (1994 Turner Prize nominee)[3]
- Mildred Eldridge (artist)[4]
- Jill Gibbon (artist)[6]
- John Joseph Haldane (philosopher)
- Russell Hill (artist)
- Richard Hudson (stage designer)[3]
- Charles Knode (costume designer)[3]
- Maria Marshall (artist)[7]
- Bill Mitchell founder of site-specific theatre company Wildworks.[8]
- Christopher Oram (theatre designer and Laurence Olivier Award winner)[5]
- Phoebe Philo (fashion designer)[3]
- Unity Spencer (1930-2017), artist[9]
- Mark Tildesley (production designer)[3]
- Mabel Pakenham-Walsh (artist)[10]
- Anthony Ward (theatre designer)[3]
Notable staff
- Prunella Clough (1999 Jerwood Painting Prize winner)
- Maggi Hambling (sculptor, Jerwood Painting Prize winner 1995)[3]
- Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre and ballet designer and painter[11]
- Anthony Wood, FSHA, FSSI, (heraldic artist, calligrapher and illuminator; lecturer and art teacher (1965-1986) at the Wimbledon School of Art )
References
- ↑ Wimbledon School of Art, May 2004: Institutional audit. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. p. 4. Accessed August 2013.
- ↑ Wimbledon College of Art: About Wimbledon: History Archived 16 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine.. Wimbledon College of Art. Accessed August 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wimbledon College of Art: About Wimbledon: Alumni: Alumni List. University of the Arts London. Accessed August 2013.
- 1 2 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
- 1 2 3 4 University of the Arts London. Complete University Guide. Accessed August 2013.
- ↑ "Jill Gibbon - Leeds Beckett University - Academia.edu". leedsbeckett.academia.edu. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ↑ "Broad Strokes: The National Museum of Women in the Arts' Blog". blog.nmwa.org. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ↑ CDM, Dave (15 April 2017). "Bill Mitchell, Wildwork's critically-acclaimed artistic director, dies aged 65". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ↑ Lambirth, Andrew (23 November 2017). "Unity Spencer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ Evans, Stuart (September 15, 2013). "Mabel Pakenham-Walsh obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Yolanda Sonnabend (1935-)". NPG. Retrieved 17 October 2014.