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ContemporaryArtETC… are delighted to present images from the current HN Diploma Show, XX – Collective.
XX – Collective, the first ever Contemporary Art Higher National Diploma Exhibition is on now at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and features drawing, painting, sculpture, video, photography and performance.
Contemporary Art Practice students inundated with offers:
At the time of publication the 2009 UCAS stats for HND Contemporary Art Practice Year 2 candidates at Edinburghās Telford College are as follows:
Every year thousands of Art & Design students from hundreds of schools and FE colleges throughout the country apply for Fine Art and Design degree courses in the UK. Competitions for places is extremely high; Edinburgh College of Art for example receives more applications than Oxford and Cambridge. Successfully gaining a place on these courses is a significant achievement for any applicant.
Although such achievements are predominantly down to the hard work, dedication and creative output of the applicants themselves there can be no doubt that the influence of a highly creative, well resourced and supportive art dept along with the input of highly qualified and professional artists / lecturers can have a significant and lasting influence on the future success of students whether they choose to go on to Higher Education or directly into the Creative Industries.
The HND in Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburghās Telford College has a growing reputation as one of the most successful courses in the country. Our progression rates continue to be amongst the highest in the FE sector.
This year places have been offered on the following courses:
Edinburgh College of Art:
Glasgow School of Art:
University of Cumbria:
University of Newcastle:
If you would like to study on one of the most innovative and successful Fine Art HND courses in the UK then why not APPLY NOW.
ContemporayArtETC are delighted to announce our new Twitter page. If you are a member of Twitter you can find us @ http://twitter.com/contemporaryetc if you are not a a member then you can sign up and follow our regular posts of news, views, links and kitchen sinks.
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ContemporaryArtETC are delighted to announce the arrival of 2 new members of the staff team. Heather Craig and Jen Outhwaite.
Heather who has been a prominent of the FineArtETC team at Edinburgh’s Telford College for 5 years will replace Neil Manning as a Lecturer during his time as Acting Curriculum Manager. Heather who graduated from the Intermedia course at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is a practicing artist with an impressive CV including being lead singer of underground electro/punk/pop/art outfit The Gussets.
Jen is new to both the college and the course and has an equally impressive back ground, graduating in 2008 form the Sculpture School at ECA. Jen joins us as our very 1st Learning Assistant.
Some of our regular readers might remember that both Heather and Jen have featured on this site before as both have joined us on separate trips to Germany. Jen joined us in Muster and Kassel in the summer of 2007 and Heather helped maintain order at 5th Berlin Biennale.
Jen and Heather will bring new perspectives, thinking, skills, vibrancy and enthusiasm to the team and we are very much looking forward to working with them.
For further information on all the course team please visit the Staff Page
Graduates from Edinburgh’s Telford College’s Fine Art Programmes feature strongly in Exhibition showcasing the very best of contemporary Scottish art.
The inaugural RSA New Contemporaries exhibition presents some of the finest up-and-coming artists and architects in Scotland, selected from the 2008 undergraduate degree shows. The exhibition is an exciting and innovative move by the Royal Scottish Academy as it replaces the pre-graduation, open submission, mish-mash that was the annual student show with a post-graduation selection of the best of the four Scottish art schools and six architecture schools.
Ruth Barry who graduated from Edinburghās Telford Colleges (ETC) innovative Fine Art HND programme has presented a combination of table, table-top sculpture and watercolour painting in new work commissioned especially for the exhibition. An impressive work for which Ruth was presented with ESW Research Award for excellence in Contemporary Sculpture practice at the opening Gala by RSA President Prof Bill Scott. Ruth recently arrived back in the UK after working the education dept of the Guggenheim Museum in New York and she will move to London next month to continue her career in Fine Art.
Other FineArtETC graduates featured in the exhibition are Alex McAndrew whose dark glittering mountain dominates the landscape of the sculpture court and Kevin Harman who presents a rather understated wall piece featuring multiple tools which have been stripped of their original surfaces.
Both Kevin and Alex studied on the BTEC Foundation in Art & Design at Edinburghās Telford College.
Colin Greenslade, RSA Programme Director, comments: āWe envisaged that the development of this exhibition will be one of the most important initiatives for emerging artists in Scotland each year, enabling a āfirst exhibitionā opportunity for some 60+ emergent artists annually. The exhibition will be an unique opportunity to see the best of Scotlandās emerging talent under one roof.ā
RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES
14 to 25 February 2009. Open Monday to Saturday 10am ā 5pm, Sunday 12noon ā 5pm. RSA Upper & Lower Galleries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. Admission Ā£2 / Ā£1 conc
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