The Slade is currently celebrating 150 years of fine art teaching and research with a varied programme of events that reflect on the past, showcase the present, and look ahead to the future.
Before stepping down as President & Provost of UCL, Professor Michael Arthur launched the new UCL East Provost Art Prize. Until the opening of the new campus, the Prize will annually recognise the achievements of five graduates from the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL who will each receive a £2,000 award. Their selected artwork will feature at UCL East, on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
Learn more about Slade alumna Dr Sarah Fortais' design for the UCL Donor Wall; an art installation celebrating the enormous role that philanthropy plays in supporting our community.
UCL News speaks with Ellis Parkinson, a London-based artist and Fine Art and Critical Studies student at the Slade School of Fine Art. Here, Ellis – who won the Provost Portrait Competition – chats about the Tintype, a unique form of photography.
The discovery of five new paint colours in ex-coal mines has been developed by a UCL Slade School artist. It has led to the first-ever use of paint derived from UK coal mine water treatment.
Virtual Open Day Recording
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