Exhibition

Maud Craigie Indications of Guilt pt 1 2020 FLAMIN Fellowship

Plymouth College of Art

MIRROR

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Communication

Curation

Digital Media

Film

Critical & Cultural

Indications of Guilt, pt.1 examines the structures of American police interrogation and their relationship to fictional screen representations of law enforcement.

Maud Craigie: Indications of Guilt, Pt. 1 @ MIRROR

Summer Shows

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Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park

3D Design

Roam through the stunning Formal Gardens of Mount Edgcumbe to find the site-specific large scale works by our second-year students.

Art @ Edgcumbe

Online Event

Open Day

Applicant Advice

Student Life

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Online

Animation

Ceramics

Costume

Content Creation

Craft

Education

Technologies

Design

Drawing

Fashion

Fine Art

Game Arts

Glass

Graphic Design

Illustration

Interior Design

Jewellery

Marketing

Media

Painting

Photography

Printmaking

Publishing

Production

Styling

Sound

Technical

Textiles

Art History

Come along to our ‘What is Clearing and How to Apply’ talk, taking place from 12.15-12.45pm on Tuesday 3rd August and find out more about the Clearing process, creative courses and the state-of-the-art facilities at Plymouth College of Art.

What is Clearing and How to Apply (online)

UCAS

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Join us on 4 August from 4.30-6pm for our FABLab Workshop Taster Session event.

FABLab Workshop Taster Session (Online)

Predegree

Pre-Degree

Come along to our ‘What to expect on GCSE Results day’ talk, taking place from 12.15-12.45pm on Thursday 5th August and find out more about the Clearing process, creative courses and the state-of-the-art facilities at Plymouth College of Art.

What to Expect on GCSE Results Day (online)

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Come along to our ‘Accommodation, Finance and Late Applications’ talk, taking place from 4-4.30pm on Thursday 29th July and find out more about the Clearing process, creative courses and the state-of-the-art facilities at Plymouth College of Art.

Accommodation, Finance and Late Applications (online)

Come along to our ‘What to expect on A-Level Results day’ talk, taking place from 12.15-12.45pm on Friday 6th August and find out more about the Clearing process, creative courses and the state-of-the-art facilities at Plymouth College of Art.

What to Expect on A-Level Results Day (online)

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Come along to our ‘Choosing the Right Course’ talk, taking place from 12.15-12.45pm on Monday 2nd August and find out more about the Clearing process, creative courses and the state-of-the-art facilities at Plymouth College of Art.

Choosing the Right Course (online)

Tours

Standard Open Days4

Our on-campus Clearing Drop-in event on 11 August is aimed at anyone who is interested in applying, or who has applied, to Plymouth College of Art through Clearing.

Clearing Drop-In

Careers & Employability

Industry Talk

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We are hosting an exciting series of digital and on-campus Summer Skills Sessions throughout July and August. Each session will be focused on a different topic, giving you the opportunity to learn new skills, speak with our expert academic staff and ask questions about what it's like to study at an independent art school in the South West.

Planning Your Creative Journey

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Join us on 11 August from 4.30-6pm for our Photographing Your Own Work event.

Photographing Your Own Work (Online)

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Our on-campus Clearing Open Day from 10am-1pm on Saturday 14 August is aimed at anyone who is interested in applying, or who has applied, to Plymouth College of Art through Clearing.

Clearing Open Day (drop-in)

Our Jewellery Studio is a large, open space with high ceilings and full length windows to flood the workshop with natural light. Along the windows sits jewellery work stations with tools.

Join us on-campus on 18 August from 10am - 3pm for our on-campus Workshop Experience Day and experience our state-of-the-art facilities first hand.

Workshop Experience Day

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Join us on 18 August from 4.30-6pm for our Social Media & Standing Out As A Professional event.

Social Media & Standing Out As A Professional (Online)

Palace Studios

Join us on 25 August from 4.30-6pm for our Pre-Degree Taster event centred around an introduction to Japanese.

Pre-Degree Taster (Online)

Film Screening

Mohini Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost explores the rich history of shipwrecks in the historic naval port city of Plymouth and their relation to empire, slavery and indenture.

Mohini Chandra: Paradise Lost @ MIRROR

Campus Experience

Standard Open Days1

Visit our creative campus in person and tour our state-of-the-art facilities. Discover how Plymouth College of Art students are pushing the boundaries in art, design and digital media.

Campus Experience Day

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Join us on 1 September from 4.30-6pm for our Starting University - Life hacks & Top Tips event.

Starting University - Life hacks & Top Tips (Online)

Smart Citizens Programme

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Join this hands-on workshop and take your first steps into electronics and coding! In this practical, step-by-step workshop, you will be introduced to the world of electronics and coding and learn how to build smart devices with real-world uses. Open to 16yrs+.

Introduction to Electronics & Coding

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Join the Smart Citizens for National Coding Week! In this practical, step-by-step workshop, you will take your first steps into the world of electronics and coding and learn how to build smart devices with real-world uses. Open to 11-15yrs.

National Coding Week: Introduction to Electronics & Coding

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Ocean Studios

Using tufting, embroidery and tapestry weaving to co-create textile artworks using her Tea Leaf, Tasseography Textiles generative process, Becky concludes two years of making with this Arts Council England funded exhibition.

Becky Dodman Wainwright: Tasseography Textiles

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About Us

Projects and Partnerships

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The Sorrell Foundation aims to inspire creativity in young people and improve quality of life through good design. They also founded the National Art & Design Saturday Club programme.

The Sorrell Foundation

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Working with citizens, communities and businesses in Plymouth and the region to provide access to digital fabrication facilities, training in digital design and manufacturing and support with sustainable entrepreneurship.

Smart Citizens Programme (SCP)

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Plymouth College of Art, in partnership with BFI, hosts the prestigious BFI 16-19 Film Academy programme. Open to young people from anywhere in the UK and from any background, the BFI Film Academy offers a real chance for talented 16-19-year-olds to be part of our future film industry.

BFI Film Academy

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Improving Lives Plymouth runs information, advice and support services for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

Improving Lives

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SEED (Strategic Employer Engagement in Devon) enables local SMEs to access training in 2D & 3D digital design and manufacturing at Fab Lab Plymouth.

SEED (Strategic Employer Engagement in Devon)

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Street Factory CIC is a Plymouth-based hip-hop company who are investing in young people across the South West.

Street Factory

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Hidden Talent in Devon is an exciting new project that enables people from a range of backgrounds to access creative workshops and learn new skills.

Hidden Talent in Devon

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Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs is a European project funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme, aiming at building a model of social innovation for young people supporting social entrepreneurship, employment and education in the creative and cultural industries.

Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs

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HackFest is a county-wide project that engages around 200 young people and schools across Devon in digital making, 3D design and coding activities, to create product prototypes that will solve societal issues of the future.

HackFest

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The Euranim project focuses on innovative digital animation technologies and their application in large-scale public and cultural works.

Euranim

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Devon Collaborative Outreach Network (DCON) aims to raise the aspirations of young people studying in local and regional schools and make them aware of the opportunities in Higher Education.

DCON

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The STEPS cluster (Soft Skills Training Enabling Progression and Sustainability) looks to develop students’ ‘soft skills’ – the personal and employability skills that are key in individuals furthering careers.

STEPS

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Plymouth Arts Centre often collaborates with The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art to bring large scale and high profile exhibitions to the city.

Plymouth Arts Centre

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The Made@EU project is a European FabLab partnership that sees the college working in partnership with prestigious organisations in Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Budapest.

Made@EU

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We are proud to be working in partnership with Jeremiah's Journey, a local charity that offers support to children and their families who have experienced or are anticipating the death of someone special.

Jeremiah’s Journey

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Making Futures is a biannual international conference hosted by Plymouth College of Art that aims to improve understanding of how contemporary crafts are practised in relation to developing global, environmental and sustainability issues.

Making Futures

In recent years, Plymouth College of Art has considerably developed its activity, presence and profile in European-funded partnership projects. We are proud to work alongside a number of leading creative institutions across Europe and further afield.

During 2017-2018, the college secured over £600,000 of funding from a range of EU programmes, including the European Structural and Investment Funds (European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund), Erasmus+, INTERREG Atlantic Area and Creative Europe.
Our Projects and Partnerships team work with other areas of the college to drive innovative artistic practice, increase business-facing activity, facilitating knowledge exchange and SME support, start-up incubators, and new kinds of creative and design-led entrepreneurial interventions in youth settings.
Read on to discover more about the Projects and Partnerships that the college is involved in leading and supporting.

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In recent years, Plymouth College of Art has considerably developed its activity, presence and profile in European-funded partnership projects. We are proud to work alongside a number of leading creative institutions across Europe and further afield.

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Advice & Support

A mythbusting blog for parents, guardians and teachers to help you guide your young person through Clearing 2021

Clearing advice for parents, guardians and teachers

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Alumni

In a ceremony featuring almost 250 students hosted by Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth College of Art awarded fellowships to those who have significantly contributed to the arts, arts education and cultural leadership.

Plymouth College of Art awards Honorary Fellowships to Anne Barlow, Tim & Chris Britton, and Jo Arscott

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Highlighting the excellence of creativity from the Class of 2021, we check out graduating students from BA (Hons) Fashion Design and BA (Hons) Fashion Communication who have made an impact already.

Class of 2021: The best looks from this year’s Fashion graduates

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Events

The Clearing process can be confusing, so we’ve put together a range of special events to make the process a little... clearer!

Don't miss our Clearing events

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Meet the outstanding 2021 graduates of BA (Hons) Photography and BA (Hons) Commercial Photography

Class of 2021: Outstanding images from our photography graduates

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Hoping to study a creative degree and want to build on your creative practice before moving into Higher Education? Learn new skills and explore our courses at one of our Summer Skills Sessions.

Summer Skills Sessions 2021

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Here we’ve showcased this year’s BA (Hons) Painting, Drawing & Printmaking graduating students by selecting a hand-picked few who have shown their passion, energy and appetite for success throughout the duration of their degree studies

Class of 2021: Traditional artistry reimagined with this year's graduates

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Awards & Industry

Competing against 164 other students, Emma has been selected as one of three winners, winning £1,000 in prize money with her unique drinks brand concept, The Kombeecha Co.