Exhibition

Film Screening

Mohini Paradise Lost

MIRROR

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

Smart Citizens Programme

Solar Workshop

Plymouth College of Art

Create your own solar-powered artwork in this free 2-part workshop hosted in collaboration with Smart Citizens and Art and Energy.

Make a Solar Powered Artwork: 2-Part Workshop

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Postgraduate

Textiles

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

Young Arts

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Pre-Degree Campus

Established in 1988, Plymouth College of Art's renowned Young Arts programme bridges the gap in arts provision for young people created by increasingly limited access to creative activity in schools.

Young Arts Saturday Arts Club: Autumn Term | 9 - 11 years

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Young Arts Saturday Arts Club: Autumn Term | 11 - 13 years

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Young Creators Arts Club | 13 - 16 years

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The National Saturday Club gives 14–16-year-olds across the country the opportunity to study subjects they love at their local university, college or cultural institution, for free.

National Art & Design Saturday Club | 14 - 16 years

UCAS and University Fairs

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Undergraduate

The UK University Search Autumn Birmingham Fair is the perfect way for students to choose which university is right for them.

UK University Search Birmingham

Freshers Events

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Plymouth College of Art Students' Union

A fair dedicated to everything health, wellbeing and self-care related, who could say no?!

Freshers 2021 | Health, Wellbeing and Self-Care Fair

Short Course

Making Change Autumn 2021

Short Courses and Masterclasses

3D Design

Animation

Ceramics

Costume

Craft

Design

Digital Media

Drawing

Fashion

Film

Fine Art

Game Arts

Glass

Graphic Design

Illustration

Interior Design

Jewellery

Marketing

Painting

Photography

Printmaking

Styling

Commercial Photography

A free taster course designed to help prepare you for joining us to study one of our creative Undergraduate or Postgraduate degrees.

Making Change: Autumn 2021

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Come along and purchase work made by your fellow students!

Freshers 2021 | Student Work Fair

Freshers Fair

Join us for this years Freshers Fair, it's back and it's bigger and better than ever!

Freshers 2021 | Freshers Fair

Hope In Age Anxiety

Sunny Art Centre

Curation

Hope in an Age of Anxiety: 'A Conversation with John Milton's Paradise Lost'

Society Fair

Want to join some clubs and societies, or even find out more about each of them? Come along!

Freshers 2021 | Clubs and Societies Fair

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Guys, gals and non-binary pals, it's time to be loud and proud at our LGBTQ+ Social - with local drag artist as the nights' entertainment!

Freshers 2021 | LGBTQ+ Social (with Live Drag Show)

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Eikon Exhibition Centre

School Summit is a two day event held annually that caters for students in Years 11-14 and their teachers

School Summit Northern Ireland

Online Event

Open Day

International

Applicant Advice

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Online

Pre-Degree

Communication

Content Creation

Education

Technologies

Media

Publishing

Production

Sound

Technical

Art History

Critical & Cultural

Join our Admissions team every Monday between 3-4.30pm for an informal chat about your options and advice on your application to undergraduate, postgraduate or pre-degree study at Plymouth College of Art.

[online] Applying to Plymouth College of Art - Drop-in event

ExCeL London

Be inspired and immerse yourself in what your creative future could hold.

UCAS Create Your Future London

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Ashton Gate Stadium

The UK University Search Autumn Bristol Fair is the perfect way for students to choose which university is right for them.

UK University Search Bristol

Tours

Campus Experience

Careers & Employability

Industry Talk

Students' Union

Student Life

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Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 16th October and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour the local accommodation.

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Find your future in post-16 creative study by attending our next online Pre-Degree Open Day. Courses include UAL Level 3 Extended Diplomas, International Baccalaureate Career-related Programmes and Foundation Diplomas.

Pre-Degree Open Day

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A virtual event where you can find out what it's like to study at Plymouth College of Art.

UK University Search Virtual Fair

Artist Talk

Iron Manilla Render

FabLab Plymouth

Join in for a special event led by artist Mohini Chandra, the SHIPS project and the Smart Citizens Programme.

Stray Finds

Two students in black tshirts with the words Freshers Stewards look at the camera smiling and surrounded by blue helium balloons.

Ask our current students about life on campus, living in Plymouth, accommodation, student finance, health and wellbeing support, the Students' Union and more.

Student Life Q&A

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A virtual fair that combines university and careers advice - essential for school leavers.

What University? What Career? Live Virtual event

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Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 13th November and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour the local accommodation.

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Postgraduate Open Day

Manchester Central Convention Complex

UCAS Create Your Future Manchester

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Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 15th January and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour the local accommodation.

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From Open Days and online events to research symposiums and international exhibitions in our on-site gallery — view our upcoming events and start planning your next visit.

What's On

IGNITE Bus

IGNITE Futures digital platform has been shortlisted for the highly competitive THE Award in the Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year category.

National recognition for Plymouth’s innovative IGNITE festival

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Events

Fab City hubs across Plymouth are opening their doors. Drop-in to discover how we are working towards creating a more sustainable and collaborative city.

Fab City hubs open their doors to celebrate sustainability and collaboration

Summer Shows

Images from the opening event of the Masters Summer Show Open 2021, where postgraduates showcased their exciting and dynamic research work completed during their studies

In Pictures: Masters Summer Show Open 2021

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As part of the Smart Citizens Programme at Plymouth College of Art, people across Plymouth are installing environmental sensors to better understand and seek solutions to local environmental issues

Fab Lab Plymouth leads drive to help local people better understand our environment

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Employability

Students from Plymouth College of Art, young people and members of local businesses from around Plymouth coming together to design and produce digitally fabricated signs that have been installed in wildflower meadows across the city

Local creatives use digital design skills to protect Plymouth’s wildflower meadows

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Making Futures is Plymouth College of Art’s international research platform, exploring how contemporary crafts are practised, consisting of an international biennial conference, staff research groups, an online open-access journal and more.

International Making Futures conference goes digital for 2021

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Advice & Support

Starting your journey into art education can be a daunting one so we've compiled our best tips and tricks so you can get the most out of your time at art college.

Making the most of your time at an arts university

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Helen Skidmore, MA Printmaking student, has been selected for a summer residency at Devon’s Canonteign Falls, forming part of the September Devon Artist Network Open Studios event

MA Printmaking student wins summer residency at Canonteign Falls

NEW PRO TALKS! Check out our Youtube channel for our newest guest lectures including transgender magic and the tarot with renowned author Rachel Pollack, and rituals in art with artist Jesse Bransford - watch now on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3f2xADX1Tp3J6z78rMwdmi5ucs-L1n_v">YouTube</a>.

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<a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-illustration-2021/overview">BA (Hons) Illustration</a> 2020 graduate Charlotte Leadley chats to New Designers about illustrating home environments and her advice for anyone experiencing a creative block. <a href="https://www.newdesigners.com/drawing-on-observation-and-interactions-with-illustrator-charlotte-leadley/">Read now.</a><a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/posts/crafts-alumna-fires-up-kiln-on-the-great-pottery-throw-down-2021"></a>

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Alongside leading UK visual arts institutions &amp; art schools we're uniting against proposed government cuts to arts education in an open letter to Secretary of Education <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gavinwilliamson/">#GavinWilliamson</a> led by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cvanetwork/">@cvanetwork</a> and a Visual Arts Alliance - gaining more than 300 signatures. The letter is part of the nationwide <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/artisessential/">#ArtIsEssential</a> campaign, you can <a href="https://www.artisessential.art/open-letter">read the letter in full on the campaign website.</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/plymouthcollegeofart/"></a>

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Hare we have some great armature work coming from our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/animation_gameart_pca/">@animation_gameart_pca</a> first year students - led by technical demonstrator <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aaron_prout_uk/">@aaron_prout_uk</a> who is always hare to help our students broaden their hareizons. Ok we’re done now... we’re outta hare!

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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pca_surfacepattern/">@pca_surfacepattern</a> student <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robyndaisy.design/">@robyndaisy.design</a> in a perfect sunny spot in our print studio ☀️ so many designs to choose from! Big fans of the pink and green colour combo&#x1f60d;

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Inspiring creatives since 1856. <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/open-days"> Book onto one of our Applicant Advice sessions</a> this week to discover our range of courses and hear from our students and staff about life at our independent university-sector art school.

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Together we make, experiment and innovate in an interdisciplinary environment that allows individuality and ideas to flourish. There's still time to apply for September 2021 study across our Diploma, Degree and MA courses.<a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/apply"> Find out more.</a>

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