We are delighted to welcome two artists from Karmabank who will be taking part in our Saturday 8-week drawing course, starting tomorrow. This is our first short course taught “in-person” at the Slade, Gower Street site since Covid-19.
Posted Friday, 28th October 2022 00:00
We are pleased to announce that a gift from Sadie Coles HQ will enable the delivery of a four-week Slade Widening Participation Summer School at UCL East for 40 students next summer.
The Slade Widening Participation Summer School will help to diversify the range of applications the Slade receives by equipping learners with the necessary skills, confidence and networks to bridge the gap between secondary school and further education in fine art.
Posted Friday, 21st October 2022 00:00
Alumna Geraldine Snell is posting her 2nd album Light & Love LIVE week by week, with a track released each Friday for the next 10 weeks up until Christmas 2022. To access the recordings and videos, see her website.
Posted Thursday, 20th October 2022 00:00
Our autumn short course programme is now open for booking. There are two evening courses and one "in-person" course at the Slade Main Building in Gower Street. For further details see our Short Course page.
Posted Thursday, 20th October 2022 00:00
We are sad to hear of the passing of alumnus Stuart Cameron, who studied at the Slade between 1970-1974. There will be two celebrations of his life in London on 12 November and Cardif, 27 January 2023. For details, please contact Sarah Wyld.
Posted Tuesday, 18th October 2022 00:00
Deborah Padfield is speaking at The Spaces Between: Equity, Voice, Agency, and Care Practices Involving the Arts and Arts Therapies at 12:00-13:15 (GMT) on Thursday 3 November 2022. The seminar will take place via Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/92802192115.
Posted Tuesday, 18th October 2022 00:00
Andrew Stahl has a solo show, Sparkling City at Blacklist Gallery and MATDOT Art Center ,47 Lan Luang Road,Wat Sommanat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok, 12 October - 12 November 2022. See matdotart.com.
Posted Monday, 17th October 2022 00:00
Cecilia Vicuña: Brain Forest Quipu is showing at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, South Bank, London SE1, from 11 October 2022 - 16 April 2023. See the Tate Modern website for details.
Read Adrian Searle's review in The Guardian.
Posted Friday, 14th October 2022 00:00
Alumnus Adham Faramawy is speaking at On Behalf of Seeds, a roundtable discussion bringing together participants from the Encounters Over Several Plants programme and invited guests to reflect on technology, knowledge and ways of being connected to the lives and processes of plants. The event takes place at the Starr Cinema, Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1, 3:30 - 4:45pm, 29 October 2022. See the Tate website for details.
Posted Friday, 14th October 2022 00:00
This seminar explores South Asian British women artists contributions to contemporary art in presentations by artist Naiza Khan, art historian Rina Arya, curator Uthra Rajgopal and artist Uzma Sultan. Online via Zoom, Monday 17 October, 2 - 4pm. Free, register via Eventbrite.
Posted Wednesday, 12th October 2022 00:00
Susan Collins is showing in Sussex Landscape: Chalk, Wood and Water at Pallant House Gallery, 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TJ, from 12 November 2022 until 23 April 2023. See the Pallant House Gallery website.
Posted Wednesday, 12th October 2022 00:00
Nastassja Simensky is showing in Receiver at Focal Point Gallery, The Forum, Elmer Square, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 1NS, from 2 October to 23 December 2022. See the Focal Point Gallery website for details.
Posted Tuesday, 11th October 2022 00:00
Current MA student Ivan Kashdan is showing ‘Parade’, a 17m mural made over August 2022 for the Big Walls Project, organized by Jo Volley and Stephanie Nebbia. The mural responds to its setting – the internal courtyard of Lamington Group’s net zero carbon hotel. On Wednesday 19 October 2022, 3 - 6pm. ‘Parade’ will be open to the public for 3 hours at room2 Hometel, 10 Windmill Rd, Chiswick, London W4 1SD.
Posted Tuesday, 11th October 2022 00:00
We are delighted to announce recent graduates Gillies Adamson Semple (MFA), Jonah Alexander (BA), Josephine Rock & Max Norton (MFA), have been awarded Boise Scholarships, and Selena Scott (BFA) the Dolbey Scholarship. Current students Blythe Cheung (Blithe Germ) & Ivan Kashdan (MFA) and Niki Kohandel (BA) have been awarded Jeanne Szego Scholarships.
Many congratulations to all of our awardees, we look forward to seeing their future projects.
Posted Tuesday, 11th October 2022 00:00
Slade alumna, Dr. Sarah Fortais, the first Artist-In-Residence for the Centre For Outer Space Studies, will be talking about some of the artwork she created as a crew member of the UK's first Analogue Space Research Mission, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, on Tuesday 18 October 2022 at the Institute of Advanced Studies, IAS Forum Room G17, Ground Floor, South Wing, UCL Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Reserve via Eventbrite.
Posted Tuesday, 11th October 2022 00:00
Congratulations to Rachel Whiteread DBE, who has been awarded The Robson Orr TenTen Award 2022, a Government Art Collection/Outset Annual Commission. Untitled (Bubble) was unveiled at the Government Art Collection's new headquarters at Old Admiralty Building on Friday 7 October 2022. See the article in The Guardian, 7 October 2022.
Posted Monday, 10th October 2022 00:00
Congratulations to Katarzyna Depta-Garapich, whose Family Album, paint markers on giclée prints, 2021, has won the Trinity Buoy Wharf Student Prize for Drawing.
Posted Tuesday, 4th October 2022 00:00
Congratulations to Malgorzata Dawidek Gryglicka who has been awarded the Hastings Open 2022 Prize. The exhibition of shortlisted artists at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, John's Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings TN34 1ET, runs from 1 October 2022 - 15 January 2023. See the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery website.
Posted Tuesday, 4th October 2022 00:00