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Chelsea College of Art and Design |
| Chelsea College of Art and Design | |
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| Established: | 1895 |
| Dean: | Professor David Garcia |
| Location: | London, United Kingdom |
| Campus: | Millbank |
| Affiliations: | University of the Arts London |
| Website: | www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk |
The Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education courses in Fine Art, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Textile Design up to Phd level.
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The Chelsea College of Art and Design was originally established as part of the South-Western Polytechnic, which was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea in 1895 to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. (SW3). Day and evening classes for men and women were held in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. Art was taught from the beginning of the Polytechnic, and included design, weaving, embroidery and electrodeposition. Instruction in design was adapted to various industries and was an early feature of teaching in art at Chelsea. The South-Western Polytechnic became Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London.
At the beginning of the 1930s the School of Art began to widen, including courses in craft training and commercial design from 1931. H.S Williamson, the college's appointed headmaster from 1930 to 1958 introduced sculpture shortly after World War II. Notable artists from this period were employed as teachers such as Henry Moore, Norbert Lynton, Patrick Caulfield and Graham Sutherland.
The School of Science separated and became known as the Chelsea College of Science and Technology in 1957 and was later admitted as a constituent College of the University of London in 1966. The Chelsea College of Science and Technology was granted its Royal Charter in 1971 and merged with King's College London and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985.
The School of Art merged with the Hammersmith School of Art, founded by Francis Hawkes, to form the Chelsea School of Art. The newly formed school was taken over by the London County Council and a new building erected at Lime Grove, which opened with an extended curriculum in 1908. A trade school for girls was erected on the same site in 1914. From the outset the school had a tradition of training and education in art closely associated with the building professions and craft. The school acquired premises at Great Titchfield Street and was jointly accommodated with Quintin Hogg's Polytechnic in Regent Street. The campus at Manresa Road introduced painting and graphic design in 1963, with both disciplines being particularly successful. During this period, Chelsea had the highest enrollment of Fine Art students in any school of its kind in the country.
Lawrence Gowing, painter and art historian, was appointed as the first headmaster of the Chelsea School of Art. He was responsible for the integration of history and theory with practice, employing artists rather than art historians to teach art history and theory. This approach remains intrinsic to Chelsea's teaching philosophy today. William Gallaway, headmaster from 1989 to 1992 with Colin Cina, appointed dean of art and Bridget Jackson, dean of design, reformed the two devolved schools as one and ensured the redevelopment of the entire academic program offered by the college. This introduced courses at multiple levels from HND to accredited degrees, which were validated by the University of London. Chelsea expanded from one campus to four, having acquired Bagleys Lane (SW6) in 1975, the merger with the Hammersmith School of Art at Lime Grove (W12) and lastly Hugon Road (SW6) in 1981.
The Chelsea School of Art became a constituent College of the London Institute in 1986, formed by the Inner London Education Authority to associate London's art, design, fashion and media schools into a collegiate structure. The school was renamed Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1989. The London Institute was granted University status and was renamed University of the Arts London in 2004. Professor Roger Wilson, appointed as the dean until his retirement in 2006, led the relocation of the college to the listed Royal Army Medical College, renovated as a purpose built arts college by architects Allies and Morrison in 2005. The college presently resides next to Tate Britain in Millbank (SW1), forming one standalone campus.
The substantial notable alumni contrasts with a modest student intake of 1,500 on site in any one year. At Chelsea, students are taught by teachers that are highly regarded in the art world, such as artists Roger Ackling, Neil Cummings, Amanda Faulkner, David Musgrave, Dave Beech, Hayley Newman and fashion textile designer Rebecca Earley.
The college comprises three notable on-site exhibition spaces:
The college hosts a variety of research centers, groups and clusters:
Chelsea is a sister college of the Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Art. The college also has exchange links with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, USA.
CLIP CETL
Chelsea and the London College of Fashion share the 'Creative Learning in Practice Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning' (CLIP CETL). The Centre is funded by the British government in recognition of the two college's excellent results in developing student learning.
Art School
Newsman and writer John Humphrys, TV personalities Ulrika Jonsson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright, comedian Keith Allen and BBC Radio 1 DJ Nihal Arthanayake underwent an intensive two-week course at Chelsea in the BBC series Art School in 2005. Under the guidance of the college's tutors, the students explored all aspects of art - from the basics of drawing, to installation and performance art - which culminated in an end of course show.
Allocation of Space
Arguably, one of the more controversial aspects of the college was the decision to provide its administrative arm an entire building to itself (North Block), despite the overcrowding suffered by the students throughout the rest of the college site. This was touched upon in the May 2008 issue of Art Monthly, which dissects the often fractious relationship between the administrative and educational roles of the modern art college, made tangibly real in the allocation of space at Chelsea.
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