Make time to make this Christmas. West Dean College of Arts and Conservation offers a wide variety of short courses, perfect for Christmas gift ideas; whether you plan to make a meaningful one-off item to gift to someone, or to give the gift of creativity with a gift voucher.

Two Artist residencies have been announced at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation as part of the Whose Heritage research project, set up to explore the College’s African Collections. Sherie Sitauze and Sonia Barrett have been chosen following an open call which was run in collaboration with award-winning arts charity Outside In.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has launched an open call for applications for their 2021 Maker-in-Residence. Applications from UK-based Artist-Makers are invited to be submitted between 29 October - 29 November 2020.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has just launched 300+ short courses including many that are inspired by West Dean’s wonderful surroundings and their award-winning gardens. From October 2020 to April 2021 a wide variety of courses will be on offer to encourage you to embrace Autumn.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is on a mission to get more of us tapping into our creativity with a new Make Time to Make campaign to launch a wide range of 300 short courses which have just been released online (westdean.ac.uk). Courses take place from October 2020 to April 2021, and range from one day, to 6+ days.

Submissions are now open for artists from national charity Outside In or artists that fit the criteria of the charity in terms of facing significant barriers to the art world for reasons including health, disability, social circumstances or isolation to undertake a residency at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.
 

More than 30 one-day courses will take place at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, near Chichester in West Sussex, during August and September for those who are yearning creativity, escapism or to perhaps learn a new skill in a day. It’s a perfect opportunity to inject a new experience and creative interlude into summer in the UK.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is pleased to announce that Alec Stevens will be its first remote Artist-in-Residence. The residency, which has come about as a result of lockdown, will run throughout the summer and see Alec explore digital technologies to make a new body of work. With funding from Arts Council England and support from the Pervasive Media Studio at the Watershed in Bristol, Alec will be working from his studio to look at how technology can make the viewing experience more participatory and interactive for an online audience.
 

Historic England, which is responsible for protecting and championing the nation’s historic environment, has awarded West Dean College of Arts and Conservation a grant to fund a pilot of courses that blend online and on-site approaches to learning. The aim is to make building conservation more accessible, to widen participation and provide the knowledge and skills necessary to conserve our irreplaceable historic environment.