Our Journal

Plymouth College of Art is playing host to international glass blowing symposium, Melting Pot, taking place on March 18 and 19 2022, as part of the UK's national celebrations for the United Nations-designated International Year of Glass.

Russell Cleave, Technical Demonstrator for BA (Hons) Sound Arts, sat down with psychedelic musician Kavus Torabi to find out more about his career and experiences, as well as what he thinks of the Sound Arts course.

Despite February being the shortest month of the year, Plymouth is full of fun things to do!

We met up with Cathryn Bishop, Subject Leader of BA (Hons) Interior Design & Styling to find out more about her personal practice, the importance of creativity and how these factors both contribute to her teaching.

19-year-old Sam Johnson graduated from our Pre-Degree campus in Summer 2021 ready to dive straight into a job with Braincup Media, a video production and social media company based in West London. We catch up with him to hear all about it.

We sat down with final year BA (Hons) Illustration student Ellie to discuss how she progressed from studying with Plymouth College of Art at Pre-Degree to university level and how Freshers Week helped her to make lifelong friends.

We chat to BA (Hons) Illustration graduate Max Girdler-Heald, whose illustration was chosen as part of Plymouth College of Art's current advertising campaign.

It's 2022, so let's start the year as we mean to go on with the top things to do and see in Plymouth during January.

Take part in our first ever BA (Hons) Sound Arts Competition, and win a brand new Playtronica Touch Activated Midi Controller for your school or college!

With specialisms that include print, web and interactive motion design, Frédérique has worked on projects in the Louvre, France's National Centre of Immigration History and across the UK and Europe.

Students aged 15 to 19 from across the country took part in the 72-Hour Film Challenge, with the winning film 'The Cure' submitted by Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke

With specialisms that include biotechnology and advanced robotic fabrication, Thomas has exhibited at the V&A, Tate and MoMA.

Staff, students and contractors for the college have raised funds for the charity's Christmas appeal

Russell Cleave, Technical Demonstrator for BA (Hons) Sound Arts, sat down with Karistocat to find out more about her career and influences, as well as why she'd study Sound Arts.

'Bodies in Space' is a group exhibition of figurative painting and drawing at MIRROR, Plymouth College of Art, running until 26 February 2022

Find out more about a career that blurs the lines between sound, art and technology.

Fashion Lecturer Laura Jones has opened Makers Boutique and Workshops, a unique concept fashion store that showcases local design and makers, alongside actual craft activity and creative educational workshops. She tells us more about how her new venture combines her two passions - teaching and producing beautiful products.

Plymouth College of Art has taken a sustainable approach to Christmas this year by renting three live Christmas trees from Hillah Farm in Buckfastleigh

BA (Hons) Interior Design & Styling graduate Phoebe Leader has won an exclusive competition with luxury bed maker, Vispring

Students aged 16 to 19 exhibit and sell original artwork in Plymouth College of Art’s Palace Court campus

Launching in September 2022 at Plymouth College of Art, BA (Hons) Creative Technologies is an exciting, studio practice-based course to explore technology in all its forms as creative artistic expression.

PCA:SU President Harriet Moore has been invited to speak at the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Conference on 10 December 2021.

Beating leading international universities, PCA:SU won Best Campaign Supporting Student Wellbeing.

Artist, curator and AHRC PhD researcher Tom Milnes is founder of the online platform Digital Artist Residency.

Diana Forest AKA Gazelle St. Ives, joins previous graduates as this year's Brownston Fresh Talent Award winner

Four BA (Hons) Fashion Design students have been awarded £600 to support them in prestigious work placements during their study.

Head of School of Design + Communication Peter Barker is raising money for SOLENT MIND, in memory of his late niece Ruby Leaity

Honours awarded at Graduation ceremony to leading international filmmaker and artist for their exceptional achievements in the creative arts.

Call for Plymouth College of Art students and alumni to apply for our Student and Alumni Work Experience Programme with an opportunity for a placement with the revered Wave Murano Glass company in Venice, Italy. Learn traditional Venetian glass techniques within a factory environment, experience life in the ancient and global city of Venice and delve into its rich cultural and maritime heritage.

We explore the long relationship between The Soapbox Children's Theatre in Devonport Park, Plymouth and Plymouth College of Art BA (Hons) Costume Production staff and students.

A new 90's inspired business venture has been launched by Georgia Thompson, a Plymouth College of Art Fashion Communications graduate.

As an applicant to a masters course, you will have developed a body of work or project that is representative of your achievements as a creative practitioner. We want to begin a conversation about how your work can move to the next level, your portfolio work aids this discussion.

Find out what you should be including in your portfolio or showreel when you are applying to study at a creative university.

Shop small and support local talent this Christmas - browse our hand-picked selection of unique gift ideas from a handful of our talented graduates.

Graphic designer Brogan Algar, who graduated from our BA (Hons) Graphic Communication degree with First Class honours this year, was shortlisted for the prestigious JDO Raw award during the first year of her studies, and is currently working with JDO as a Junior Social Media and Content Designer.

Katy Johnson, who studies BA (Hons) Commercial Photography, has won an IPA 2021 Honourable Mention in the International Photography Awards

New to Plymouth College of Art, BA (Hons) Sound Arts is a practical studio course to explore sound in all its forms as creative artistic expression. To help you to understand more about Sound Arts, we sat down with Lecturer Neil Rose, who’ll be taking a leading role for the course.

Alumni and staff from Plymouth College of Art explore the life and works of author Antonia White in artist Katy Richardson's immersive exhibition at Studio KIND, North Devon.

Students from schools and colleges across the country are being challenged to create a short film in only 72 hours

Responding to COP26 and the international climate crisis, Illuminate 2021 includes projection mapping, illuminated murals and interactive installations by local and national artists.

With the party season upon us, we’ve pulled together the top things to do and see in Plymouth during the festive season.

At Plymouth College of Art we treat studying a creative degree as a stepping-stone to working as a creative professional.

Following a successful Crowdfunder campaign, the newly founded glass company plans to build a sustainable glassblowing workshop on Brimpts Farm, Dartmoor

A group exhibition coming up in MIRROR at Plymouth College of Art, curated by Ben Borthwick – 27 November 2021 to 26 February 2022

For the second year running, Christmas cards designed by Plymouth College of Art students are on sale at Tate

A previously unloved area of Plymouth College of Art has been transformed into a contemplative garden with plants that can be used as natural dyes.

Our courses are led by real industry professionals, practising artists and invited experts whose knowledge will encourage your creative growth. We sat down with some of our craft academics to discover more about their personal practice and passions.

Cornwall-based artist Abigail Reynolds, Plymouth College of Art Glass Workshop Coordinator Amy Whittingham and Fab Lab Plymouth Principle Technician Ian Hankey have won a prestigious international sustainability award from the US-based Glass Art Society.

Plymouth College of Art has collaborated with shoe and clothing retailer size? to bring live briefs to our BA (Hons) Fashion Communication students.

A sustainable illuminated art workshop at Plymouth College of Art with Art and Energy CIC, in collaboration with the Smart Citizens Programme brought local people and and students together to explore solar powered artworks using digital technology in Fab Lab Plymouth.

Plymouth College of Art alumni Sayra Begum is one of ten comic-book and graphic artists commissioned for digital anthology, Ten Years to Save the World.

Harriet and Paige of Plymouth College of Art's Students' Union will be attending the Think Student Awards 2021 in London in November after being shortlisted for the Best Campaign Support Student Wellbeing

Uncertain on what the key dates for this university application cycle are? Follow our helpful timeline and ensure you know what dates to look out for over the coming months.

Camsell Downing and Jo Haskins have brightened up the waiting room of the specialist prosthetics centre with a mural of fishing village Brixham.

Alumni and staff writer Naomi Girdler talks about her own experiences with mental health and the tips and techniques that helped her

Subject Leader of Photography and internationally renowned filmmaker, Dr Mohini Chandra, has been commissioned to develop a new piece of work, ‘Tell Tales and Wonder Rooms’, devoted to amateur sea divers and the stories they tell after she was selected for The Arts Institute Film Commission 2021.

Senior Lecturer Dr Natalia Eernstman and MA Creative education alumni Peter Kingston have had their research contributions featured in the latest publication of interdisciplinary arts journal AIREA, ‘AIREA No 3 (2021): Interdisciplinary relationships within spaces and bodies of collaboration’.

To make sure you don't miss a thing, we've put together a guide of some of the best arts and culture events to see, do, and attend in our city this month.

Nicholas White, graduate of BA (Hons) Photography, talks about his latest project, 'Carpathia', a photographic series working with rangers of a wilderness reserve in the Southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania.

Alumni Xanthe Burdett writes about how Plymouth College of Art broadened her horizons and prepared her to succeed at Cambridge University.