Inaugural World Pigment Day, 22 March, dedicated by Jo Volley & Ruth Siddall, tune in for a live stream from 12 noon on Longplayer: https://longplayer.org/listen/

Posted Sunday, 22nd March 2020 00:00

Today, 21st March, is International Colour Day & World Poetry Day. Associate Professor Jo Volley, would like to share with you this piece of text that fairly encapsulates the spirit of it for her.

Posted Saturday, 21st March 2020 00:00

Dryden Goodwin's inaugural lecture, scheduled for 23 March has been postponed until the Autumn term.

Posted Wednesday, 11th March 2020 00:00

Our Colour and Poetry Day, event scheduled for Saturday 21 March 2020 has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule in the future.

Posted Wednesday, 11th March 2020 00:00

Terrain Vague scheduled for 26 - 28 March 2020 has been cancelled. We hope to be able to reschedule in the future.

Posted Wednesday, 11th March 2020 00:00

Jayne Parker, Professor of Fine Art, delivers her Inaugural Lecture: Light, Film, Sound, Stone. This event has been postponed until Autumn 2021.

Posted Tuesday, 10th March 2020 00:00

Kieren Reed is showing in The Red Mansion Anniversary Art Prize at Weston House, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, London W1S 3ET, from 18 - 25 March 2020. See The Red Mansion website.

Posted Monday, 9th March 2020 00:00

The publication Colour & Poetry following on from Colour & Poetry: A Symposium, which took place at the Slade Research Centre, Slade School of Fine Art, on 20 - 21 March 2019 to celebrate both International Colour Day and World Poetry Day, is now available for download.

Posted Monday, 24th February 2020 00:00

We’re currently looking for a Grade 8 maternity leave cover in the Slade School of Fine Art for a period from 24 February to 31 March 2021.

Posted Monday, 10th February 2020 00:00

The Slade School of Fine Art at UCL was delighted to host the launch of a new campaign to preserve Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent, the home and garden of Slade alumnus and influential British filmmaker Derek Jarman, for the nation on 22 January 2020. See the UCL News article.

Posted Thursday, 23rd January 2020 00:00

Booking is now open for our Summer School Foundation Course. Further details on our Summer School Foundation page.

Posted Saturday, 18th January 2020 00:00

We are saddened to hear that alumna and pioneering filmmaker Lorenza Mazzetti has passed away at the age of 92. An appreciation of her work, following an event celebrating her work in 2013, is on the Slade Archive Blog.

Posted Monday, 6th January 2020 00:00

We still have places available for Stepping into the Art Studio, running from 25 January - 23 February. This course is a practical and experimental course for people 14 – 18 years old. Book now on: https://tinyurl.com/slade-saturday-art-studio.

Posted Friday, 3rd January 2020 00:00

Closing date for MA and MFA Fine Art courses starting in September 2020 is 7^th January! To apply: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/apply

Posted Thursday, 2nd January 2020 00:00

The Slade will be closed from 5:30pm on Friday 20 December 2019 to 9:00am on Thursday 2 January 2020.
Wishing you all a happy holiday and all best wishes for the New Year!

Posted Monday, 16th December 2019 00:00

Professor Dryden Goodwin’s inaugural lecture - Alongside, Drawn to Know - due to take place on Tuesday 19 November 2019 is being rescheduled in support of the IWGB’s strike action. The event has been rescheduled to 23 March 2020.

Posted Tuesday, 12th November 2019 00:00

Bookings are now open for our exciting short course programme for spring 2020. We are running courses daytimes, evenings and weekends, including one for 14 - 18 year olds. Further details on our short courses webpages.

Posted Monday, 11th November 2019 00:00

Joy Sleeman, Professor of Fine Art, gives her inaugural lecture, The future in retrospect: Land art to the moon and back, from 6:30 - 7:30pm, on Tuesday 12 November 2019.

Posted Saturday, 9th November 2019 00:00

Tate Christmas Cards designed by students Ellie Hayward, Alessia Franchi, James Berrington and Camila Lobos are on sale via the Tate online store.

Posted Wednesday, 6th November 2019 00:00

Spaces still available for our exciting Autumn term short course programme including morning, evening Saturday and Sunday courses. See www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/shortcourses.

Posted Saturday, 19th October 2019 00:00

Read about UCL’s Centre for Global Health and Gender, Promundo and Global Action on Men’s Health which brought together academics, UCL’s Slade School of art, the UCL Institute of Education and panellists from organisations including Oxfam, Prostate Cancer UK, The Government Equalities Office and the World Health Organization to discuss how health outcomes can be improved for all genders ahead of a keynote lecture from artist, Grayson Perry. To read the article, go to the UCL News website.

Posted Thursday, 17th October 2019 00:00

Edward Allington: In pursuit of sculpture - Part II is showing at UCL Art Museum, South Cloisters
Wilkins Building, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, from Tuesday - Saturday, 1:00 - 5:00pm, 24 September - 13 December 2019. See the UCL Art Museum.

Posted Monday, 14th October 2019 00:00

We are are excited to announce that Dr Dean Sully, Associate Professor in Conservation, the Institute of Archeology, is this year’s Slade Scientist in Residence. He will give his inaugural lunchtime lecture on Wednesday 16 October 2019.  See the Materials Research Project website.

Posted Monday, 14th October 2019 00:00

Come along on Wednesday 9 October, 6pm, for the latest in our Plinth series of salon events focusing on sculpture in all its forms, when we’ll be discussing the complex and often problematic relationship between making and meaning. Tickets on: www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/booking?ev=19062.

Posted Wednesday, 9th October 2019 00:00

Jon Thomson, Professor of Fine Art, gives his inaugural lecture, Party Booby Trap: selected works by Thomson & Craighead, from 6:30 - 7:30pm on Tuesday 22 October 2019.

Posted Tuesday, 8th October 2019 00:00

Gabriela Giroletti is the 2019/20 Honorary Research Associate for the Material Research Project. See our Methods Blog Honorary Research Associate page for further information.

Posted Monday, 30th September 2019 00:00

Tours of the Slade are now open for booking to prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students. See our tours booking page.

Posted Wednesday, 25th September 2019 00:00

UCL Slade School of Fine Art’s Scientists in Residence, Professor David Dobson and Dr Ruth Siddall are showing Observation at the North Observatory, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, from 22 - 28 October 2019. See www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/events/observation-north-obser.

Posted Monday, 16th September 2019 00:00

We are saddened by the loss of Klaas Hoek, a much loved member of the Slade community. Klaas was Head of Print for many years and taught at the Slade from 1998- 2015.
We will be displaying one of Klaas's prints in the Slade entrance in memory of him this week.

For details regarding the funeral, which will take place on 13 September, please email g.hailstone@ucl.ac.uk.

Posted Monday, 9th September 2019 00:00

Johanna Baudou, Jione Choi, Boon and Baum, Johnny Izatt Lowry and Sarah Tew are showing in Heal's x Slade at the Mansard Gallery, Heals, 196 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7LQ, from 14 - 22 September 2019. See www.londondesignfestival.com.

Posted Sunday, 1st September 2019 00:00