Showing 8 of 28 results for musical instrument making

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  Event

  Summer Show 2024

  The hugely-popular West Dean Summer Show will be open to the public from 29 June – 5 July 2024, 10am-5pm. This year’s exhibition will showcase original work by emerging artists on the Graduate Diploma in Fine Art and Master of Fine Art as...

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  Foundation Degree Arts – Musical Instruments

  Applications open Duration: Two academic years (36 weeks each year) full time School: Arts Location: West Dean Scholarships a...

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  Musical Heritage of Arts & Conservation

  Find out about Edward James' musical patronage and collaborations from the 1930s to the 1970s. Although most widely known for his patronage of artists such as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, Edward James followed in a tradition o...

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  Student Case Studies

  Students share their experiences, talk about the projects they have worked on and what it is like to study at the College. "Generous studio space, freedom to experiment, along with expert tuition in the forge, print room and ceramics studio ga...

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  Residential accommodation for short courses

  For courses of more than one day Choose to stay in a traditional or modern room and wake up to the characterful charm of this period property set in acres of parkland. Rooms are in the main house or the elegant old Vicarage. Accommodation is also...

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  Blog

  Making a Violin Scroll

  By Evelien Heeres, FdA Historic Craft Practices – Musical Instruments My name is Evelien and I am studying musical instrument making at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation. The object that I am writing about is a violin scroll. I chos...

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  Musical Instruments study trip to Paris

  Just before Easter break, second year students on the FdA Musical Instruments programmes went on a study trip to Paris. During their trip, they visited Musée de la musique and spent time in the museum's laboratory with Collection Curato...

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  Media

  Press Release: West Dean College appoints early 19th to mid-20th century guitar specialist

  Dr Nicholas Pyall, early guitar maker and player, has joined the Musical Instruments department as Subject Tutor in the School of Creative Arts at the internationally renowned West Dean College. Pyall specialises in instruments inspired by Viennese g...