West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has launched an online course Tapestry Weaving – Learn the Basics with Philip Sanderson, West Dean Tapestry Studio Leader and Tutor. This in-depth online course comes with all the materials you need to get started with tapestry weaving. The tapestry course is the latest in a series of new online courses at the College.
West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has announced that it will be hosting a series of “virtual” Open Days on Wednesday, November 25; Wednesday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The online sessions will cover a variety of degree and diploma subjects from the School of Arts and School of Conservation.
West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is launching a new programme of blended online and practical workshop-based courses in Building Conservation. Following a grant from Historic England, the course Mortars for Repair and Conservation, is the first in the programme aiming to increase the flexibility of training for building conservators.
West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is pleased to announce a new partnership with New Writing South to ensure that a minimum of 50% of their on-going Writers-in Residence (WiR) programme will support writers of colour. The first of three writers of colour who will have residencies at the College will be Booker Prize short-listed novelist Yvvette Edwards.
Following the Government’s latest guidance, award-winning West Dean Gardens, near Chichester in West Sussex has announced that it will remain open to the public during the lockdown that starts on Thursday, November 5, 2020. The Gardens are open seven days a week with their Winter opening hours from 10.30am to 4pm and entry continues to be by timed tickets available to book online, and pre-booking is essential. The Gardens’ Shop and Restaurant will be closed.
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.
