We believe the young artists are the future… that’s before reality starts kicking in and we realise the future is a dystopian past. But we can always dream, and these young artists from Plymouth College of Art keep us believing.
Plymouth College of Art
Artist in Residence: new position created in Plymouth
There’s an artist in residence opportunity with Plymouth College of Art and Plymouth Marjon Uni – for fees and accommodation. Check it out
Award-winning internationally-acclaimed landscape photographer returns to Plymouth for free public talk
Photography Nicholas J R White has been documenting the formation of a new European Wilderness Reserve in the Carpathian Mountains. He’s giving a free talk at Plymouth College of Art
Rave music, romantic poetry and slipware | Simon Bayliss’s Meditations in an Emergency in Plymouth
Acid trance, slipware pottery and rural, queer identity inform new exhibition in The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, Meditations in an Emergency by Simon Bayliss
Peter Barker appointed as Plymouth College of Art’s new Head of School, Design + Communication
Peter Barker, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, is joining Plymouth College of Art from Design School Kolding in Denmark
Plymouth College of Art appoints Paul Fieldsend-Danks as Academic Dean
Plymouth College of Art’s newest appointment is Paul Fieldsend-Danks in the new role of Academic Dean as the college moves towards a university title
Plymouth College of Art MA show coincides with Plymouth Art Weekender
Plymouth College of Art’s MA Show 2018 is from a thriving environment of thinkers and doers which highlights the college’s core principles
Lost painting by British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun goes on display in Plymouth at Seeking the Marvellous symposium
There’s increasing awareness of a number of influential female Surrealists in Cornwall, most notably Ithell Colquhoun. A lost painting by Colquhoun is going on display at Plymouth College of Art at the Seeking the Marvellous: Ithell Colquhoun, British Women & Surrealism symposium, which seeks to reappraise the artist
Internationally-renowned painter Rose Wylie creates new work for Plymouth in multi-site exhibition – ‘History Painting’
A major new exhibition from painter Rose Wylie is coming to Plymouth Arts Centre and Plymouth College of Art, featuring a cycle of new work about the Mayflower voyage
Suki Dhanda: Race, Place & Diversity by the Seaside
Photographer Suki Dhanda’s new exhibition for Plymouth, Race, Place & Diversity by the Seaside was commissioned for The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, shown in a city where the majority of people voted for Brexit, and celebrates some of the people who have chosen to make the city their home
Seeking the Marvellous: Ithell Colquhoun, British Women & Surrealism conference
Plymouth College of Art is hosting a conference called Seeking the Marvellous which will examine the work of Ithell Colquhoun and other women connected both with Surrealism and with Britain. It takes place on 22 & 23 March 2018
Factory Settings at Tate Exchange – Exploring personalised journeys through creative education
Factory Settings – incredible opportunity for students and artists from the South West to work with Tate Modern, one of the world’s leading art galleries, as part of the Tate Exchange programme
Suki Dhanda: Race, Place & Diversity by the Seaside in The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art
British-Asian photographer Suki Dhanda, who studied at Plymouth College of Art, is back in the city at The Gallery with a solo exhibition about Brexit and diversity, focusing on families by the seaside who might not feel so welcome in the UK since the vote to leave the EU
Wilhemina Barns-Graham Trust free lecture in Plymouth
There’s a free talk that is open to the public at the Plymouth College of Art and celebrates the donation to the college of a collection of original screenprints from renowned artist Wilhemina Barns-Graham
Young artists develop entrepreneurial skills at Design to Sell
Design to Sell is an annual Plymouth College of Art event now in its 20th year, where 16 to 19-year-old students host their first public exhibition and pop-up shop, selling their work to members of the public to gain experience as entrepreneurs and professional practitioners