Foundation Diploma in Art and Design alumna Jo Boddy talks about her career path and what lead her to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an artist.

Top tips to help you secure funding for your degree or diploma study at West Dean College.

The Sketchbook Project is brought to you by the Short Course programming team at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. The project is designed to bring you regular inspiration from the Gardens which can be used to draw, paint, stitch or print using the colours, textures and shapes from the images in your work. 

In this blog post, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design student Vanessa McGlone talks about her pop-up exhibition she held in her garden during lockdown. The show, titled 'Impermanence', showed her concept body of work of hand stitched squares of paper on which she painted a number of landscapes and figures. Find out more in this blog post.

At the beginning of 2020, we were delighted to hear about the possibility of a floor-standing etching press being donated to us. In this blog post, Fine Art Subject Leader Dr David Stent writes about the press’ connection to a member of staff, its journey to the College and being restored for use by students in the Fine Art department.

Debby attended a short course with Jo Dixon at the beginning of 2020. In this blog post, she talks about her cathartic experience on the course, the opportunity to explore ideas and realise a piece of work she could be proud of.

The second of a series of posts to keep you in touch with the inspiration found in the grounds and Gardens of West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. #westdeantogether

In conjunction with this year's International Women's Day, we have profiled Composer-in-Residence Mary Hampton as one of the women who is exploring new ways to celebrate the College's heritage and our Founder Edward James through her residency. Read more in this blog post.
 

As we reach the end of 2019, Alison Baxter, Head of School of Arts, reflects on some of the School's highlights from the year.