Short Course Highlights for Autumn Term
Are you looking for a course that will inspire you this Autumn (and get you out of the house)? We have a selection of 'in person' evening and weekend courses available throughout November and December. See our highlights below, across sculpture, printmaking and our exciting multi-media Sunday Mix! Limited places are available (with numbers reduced to accommodate social distancing), so be sure to book your place now.
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Academy graduates attend residency in Shanghai with Leo Gallery
Tutor NewsTwo of our 2019 graduates, Heidi Sundvik and Jeremie Queyras, won the month-long Leo Gallery residency. The prize, which included flights, accommodation and art materials, was generously provided by Leo Gallery. Read all about it! An unforgettable experience in Shanghai We spent one month in a suburb of Shanghai called ZhuJiaJiao, an ancient Chinese town. […]
Academy Students & Graduates Shortlisted for Liberty Speciality Makers Art Prize
Alumni News, Student NewsCongratulations to our BA students Laura Melissa Williams and Zora Owens, and Fine Art Diploma graduates Heidi Sundvik, Idris Woodroffe and Seema Manchanda on being shortlisted for this year’s Liberty Specialty Markets Art Prize! We were very proud that five of the eight shortlisted artists were Academy students and alumni; their works will be on display […]
Artist Talks: Caleb Madden
Tutor NewsWe had an artist talk from Caleb Madden in our studios last week. Caleb is a sound and installation artist who is greatly influenced by philosophical theories, including Capitalist Realism and Hyperstition. Noise is a central concept to his work, looking at the way noise plays a part in human experience and culture. He completed […]
Artist Talks: Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf
Tutor NewsRebecca Fontaine-Wolf gave AAL students an Artists Talk in one of our studios today. Rebecca is a London-based artist who studied her BA at the University for the Creative arts and MFA at Wimbledon College of Arts. The main themes of her work are “female identity, mortality and desire,” studying the female body and the […]
Alumni Selected for ING Discerning Eye Exhibition
Alumni NewsCongratulations to the host of Academy alumni who were selected for his year’s ING Discerning Eye Exhibiiton. Alumni from our Fine Art Programme and now tutors at the Academy Lynne Abrahamson and Gail Seres-Woolfson were selected and so too was fellow gradudate Sarah Barker Brown. Contemporary Portraiture graduate Helen Stone, and Certificate graduate Christine […]
Student Exhibiting Works at Two Exhibitions
Student NewsFD Fine Art (Contemporary Portraiture) Student Ruth Swain is currently exhibiting three works at two exhibitions across the country: Snoggin (pictured) is on show at the Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition until the 27th October, ‘Just Checking’ and ‘Given the Finger’ will both be at the RWA Annual Open Exhibition until 1st December 2019. […]
STUDENT BLOG: DEVELOPING AS A SCULPTOR
Student NewsFrom an early age I have been fascinated by 3D forms and how different materials and processes can affect my perception and engagement with them. In the 1990s, I started to explore my own creativity and loved the process of making sculptures. After a life-changing experience, it became to clear to me that I wanted […]
Artist Talks: Robin Tarbet
Tutor NewsWe had a talk from video, sculpture and installation artist Robin Tarbet at the Academy this week. He shared some really interesting insights into his career as an artist with AAL students. Having grown up in rural Wiltshire, Robin was inspired by natural landscapes and open spaces from a young age. He then went on […]
STUDENT BLOG: ART ON A BUDGET
Academy NewsContemporary Portraiture student Constance discusses the challenges and rewards of studying art part-time After two years of working full-time and squeezing in the odd painting I realised I wanted to pursue art more seriously. I began exploring part-time study options in London and visited Art Academy London on a cold March afternoon. I loved what […]
This August’s Life Size Figure Sculpture Masterclass
Academy NewsOur Life Size Figure Sculpture Masterclass had some fantastic results this August! Students created a full human figure from clay, working both with a life model and self-directed without a model. Lasting four weeks, each student completed a fully formed sculpture. The finished works are a testament to the course; they are fantastic studies of […]