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Together we make, experiment and innovate. <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/apply">Apply now</a> to start a <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses">BA (Hons) degree</a>, with options available for either January or September 2022 starts.

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.

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Join our BA (Hons) Craft & Material Practices lecturers and find out how skilled crafts-people are putting the country on the map for original, forward-thinking contemporary design.

[online] Get to know...Craft & Material Practices

Join our BA (Hons) Creative Technologies lecturers as they discuss a course both future facing and culturally powerful.

[online] Get to know...Creative Technologies

Join our BA (Hons) Illustration lecturers and find out how Illustration has the power to characterise moments, evoke emotion and propose alternate realities.

[online] Get to know...Illustration

Join our BA (Hons) Film Studies lecturers as they discuss a course which challenges the conventional perceptions of film history and theory.

[online] Get to know...Film Studies

Join our BA (Hons) Creative Technology lecturer Tom Milnes for this online workshop.

[online] Glitch 3D Scanning Workshop

Join our BA (Hons) Fashion Communication lecturers and find out how this course will place you at the forefront of fashion communication.

[online] Get to know...Fashion Communication

Join our BA (Hons) Sound Arts lecturers and find out about our exciting practical studio course where you’ll explore sound in all its forms as creative artistic expression.

[online] Get to know...Sound Arts

Join our BA (Hons) Animation & Games lecturers and find out more about the course made up of professional animators, filmmakers and researchers.

[online] Get to know...Animation & Games

Join our BA (Hons) Interior Design & Styling lecturers and find out about emphasising colour, surface and ambience in a range of environments.

[online] Get to know...Interior Design & Styling

Join our BA (Hons) Fine Art lecturers and find out more about our course which promotes contemporary art practice in its broadest sense, and encourages an ambitious, self-directed and critically engaged approach to creative practice.

[online] Get to know...Fine Art

Join our BA (Hons) Fashion Design lecturers a course designed for independently-minded fashion thinkers and makers who are looking to influence change within the fashion industry.

[online] Get to know...Fashion Design

Join our BA (Hons) Commercial Photography lecturers and find out more about how this course will help you succeed in today’s dynamic and competitive photographic industry, providing you with the knowledge and skills to succeed, combining visual awareness and innovation with technical excellence, professional understanding and business skills.

[online] Get to know...Commercial Photography

Join our BA (Hons) Painting, Drawing & Printmaking lecturers and find out more about the course designed to immerse you in a wide range of traditional and contemporary techniques, you will simultaneously develop a distinct creative voice as a contemporary professional artist.

[online] Get to know...Painting, Drawing & Printmaking

Join our BA (Hons) Graphic Communication lecturers and find about this ambitious course where you’ll become part of a new breed of professional designers empowering brands and inspiring community action on a global scale, through both traditional and hybrid design approaches.

[online] Get to know...Graphic Communication

Join our BA (Hons) Museum Studies lecturers as they discuss a course that will equip you with the skills and competencies used by museum professionals to explore the diverse roles that museums play in contemporary society.

[online] Get to know...Museum Studies

Join our BA (Hons) Film & Screen Arts lecturers and find out more about the specialist techniques this course has to offer including cinematography, production design, screen direction, sound production, set-building, lighting design, editing, visual effects, social media production and experimental image-making.

[online] Get to know...Film & Screen Arts

Join our BA (Hons) Creative Technologies lecturer Tom Milnes for this online workshop.

[online] Blender for Artists Workshop

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.

Open Day

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

Pre-Degree Open Day

Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 26th March and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour the local accommodation.

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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

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Join our follow-on course to 'Design Almost Anything'! In this 6-week training, you will continue to develop your digital design skills using free, open-source CAD software and learn how to use digital fabrication machines, such as 3D printers and laser cutters, to bring your ideas to life.

Make Almost Anything: 6-Week Training

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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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COVID VACCINATION CLINIC

Walk-in COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Tuesday 30 November, free and open to the public.

Walk-in COVID-19 Vaccinations

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Set up 21 years ago by ex-Plymouth College of Art staff and students Flameworks is still going and this year, they're celebrating Christmas with an exciting exhibition

Flameworks Christmas Show

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Pre-Degree students aged 16 to 19 will be exhibiting and selling their original work as part of the annual Design to Sell, a pop-up shop event open to the public and held in our Palace Court campus on Wednesday 8 December

Design to Sell 2021

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Take a vital step towards your creative future by coming along to our next open event. Both online and on-campus, our Student Recruitment team are ready to show you around our breathtaking facilities.

Open Days

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