Internationally recognised for excellence in conservation and arts education.
Conservation of Ceramics at West Dean College
800+ Arts and craft short courses
Conservation and Craft skills courses -includes Metalwork, Furniture or Clocks
Study Fine Art - great studios, facilities and support for emerging artists
Explore your study options from short courses to Foundation, Diploma and Masters degrees. Students achieve ground-breaking work in arts or craft or apply their skills to the conservation of our national and international cultural heritage.
Studying at West Dean College
Studying here on a short course or for your degree or diploma
could be life-changing. Many alumni are working with collections
and museums of international significance or pursuing their
creative practice.
You can expect exceptional facilities, talented tutors and small
class sizes. The College is in Sussex in the former home of Edward
James; poet, artist, designer, and patron of the Surrealist
Movement, and is an inspirational setting for study, creativity and
innovation.
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School of Arts Blog
Gabriele Beveridge at Seventeen Gallery
Previous Artist-in-Residence, Gabriele Beveridge is showing new work at Seventeen Gallery in London. The solo exhibition, Live Dead World, include a series of photograpms made by Beveridge during her 2017/18 residency at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.
School of Conservation Blog
The Sticky Issue of Making Paste (Part II)
In a previous post I described the initial stages of my research in the properties and preparation of wheat starch paste. Here I will continue with an outline description of the quantitative and qualitative tests my paste samples were subjected to, in order to identify which parameters might influence the properties of paste.
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Open Day - register today
Come and find out what makes West Dean College such an amazing
place to study. Explore the studios, take a tour with students,
discuss your study options, and find out about funding at our next
Open Day on:
Saturday 9 February 2019
Suitable for Foundation Degree, Diploma and Masters.
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