Camberwell College of Arts
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Camberwell College of Arts is part of the University of the Arts London's six constituent colleges, and is one of the world's foremost art and design institutions. The college is particularly renowned for its emphasis on illustration. It is located in Camberwell, in south London with two sites situated at Peckham Road and Wilson Road. It offers both further and higher education programs, including postgraduate awards. It was formerly known as Camberwell School of Art and Crafts.
The College's history is finely intertwined with that of the South London Gallery, with which the building is shared. Manager of the South London Working Men's College in 1868, William Rossiter, purchased the freehold of Portland House on which the College now stands in 1889. The resulting Gallery opened in 1891, followed by the Technical Institute, the College's first guise in 1898.
It is a sister college of the Chelsea College of Art and Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion, Byam Shaw School of Art and the Wimbledon College of Art.
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[edit] Research
Research projects at the college relate to a number of ongoing theoretical and practical debates in areas such as the interface of new technologies and creative practice; transnational art, identity and nation, and the conservation of Byzantine books and manuscripts. Camberwell is part of the University of the Arts London and its Research Network (RNUAL), which also includes Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London College of Communication and London College of Fashion.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Gillian Ayres, 1989 Turner Prize nominee
- Jeff Banks, designer and presenter of the BBC's The Clothes Show
- Roger 'Syd' Barrett, musician, founding member Pink Floyd
- Gillian Carnegie, 2005 Turner Prize nominee
- Lady Sarah Chatto, artist
- Terry Frost, artist
- Maggi Hambling, artist
- Howard Hodgkin, 1985 Turner Prize winner
- David Jones , artist and poet
- R. B. Kitaj, artist
- John Keane, artist
- Peter Kindersley, publisher
- Natasha Law, artist
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, interior designer, TV presenter
- Mike Leigh, film director
- Richard Long, 1989 Turner Prize winner
- Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician
- Mark McGowan, artist
- Cathy de Monchaux, 1998 Turner Prize nominee
- Tom Phillips, painter and collagist
- Rose Pipette, a member of the band The Pipettes
- Tim Roth, actor
- Andy Dog, artist and illustrator
- Euan Uglow, artist
- Alexander Williams, animator.
- Dimitri Launder, artist
- Raphael Maklouf, Sculptor.
[edit] Notable Non-alumni
- Stephen Howarth, painter (expelled)
[edit] References
- Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts : its students & teachers, 1943-1960 by Geoff Hassell. Published by Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995. ISBN 1-85149-180-5.
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