Professor Andrew Brewerton has announced his retirement as Principal & Chief Executive of Plymouth College of Art in July, after eleven years of service to the independent, university-sector art school (established in 1856), and a career of twenty-seven years in academic leadership.
In his time as Principal, Plymouth College of Art transferred from the Further Education (FE)...
For anybody considering a degree in art, design, craft or digital media, it’s not too late to join Plymouth College of Art and kickstart a career in the creative industries, which contributed over £111bn to the UK economy in 2018, the equivalent of a massive £13 million an hour. The college is launching a wave of new January 2021 entry (Spring term) BA (Hons) degrees, which allow a global...
Plymouth College of Art student, Emma Flintham, has been selected as one of five finalists of the national student design competition - JDO RAW 2020 .
Over 150 students from across the UK submitted entries to the initiative - run by one of the UK's leading design agencies JDO - that has garnered a reputation for opening doors into the notoriously competitive design industry. Three...
Students from Plymouth College of Art’s BA (Hons) Commercial Photography for Fashion, Advertising and Editorial course have collaborated with expert curators from The Box, Plymouth to photograph items from the collections of the £40+ million cultural development which is set to open in spring 2020.
Guided by Curator of Art, Terah Walkup and Media Archivist, Stacey Anderson, the...
Plymouth Arts Centre has announced the films that will be shown this summer, at the spectacular waterside venues of Tinside Lido, Mount Edgcumbe and Royal William Yard. Plymouth Arts Centre has been taking its cinema on tour each summer for a sell-out series of events since 2012.
The programme has expanded due to popular demand, with two weekends at Tinside Lido. The 1935 Art Deco Lido...
Budding fashionistas from Plymouth College of Art have joined forces with retailers and the City Centre Company to help run the show, which is promising top designs, new trends and the latest in High Street fashion.
The City Centre Company is also working with students and apprentices from City College Plymouth and GHQ on this truly inclusive and fun event, which is running from...
Plymouth College of Art is happy to welcome independent arts consultant Gill Nicol to the college to hold a talk entitled 'A return to beauty - the future of contemporary art?' as part of our Conversations... series.
"Since 2000, we can potentially see artists making work in particular ways: as researchers; returning to craft; collaborating with others; unfixed and unfinished works; open-ended conversations and encounters. All this was visible within the last British Art Show 7 (BAS7), shown in Plymouth in 2011.
Jerwood Drawing Prize The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, 10 February - 8 March 2014 and Plymouth Arts Centre 12 February – 9 March 2014
The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. The aim is to explore and celebrate the diversity, excellence and range of current drawing practice.
The exhibition this year reflects a broad range of approaches to drawing from pencil on paper to video work. The 76 artists were selected from over 3,000 entries by a panel that included Kate Brindley, Director of Middlesbrough...
Paintings, prints, photos, ceramics and sculptures are just some of the artwork by Plymouth graduates that is now on display in the Council House.
The Open Art exhibition is work chosen by city councillors from arts degree shows at Plymouth University, Plymouth College of Art and the University of St Mark and St John.
The art by 26 students explores a range of challenging...
