Artist in Residence
Enriching the creative learning environment of the College, the Artist-in-Residence programme sees a series of professional artists living and working onsite, amongst Visual Arts students. They offer tutorial sessions with students as well as public presentations on the work produced during the residency and their wider practice.
In 2018 the College launched a collaborative Open Call with the
De La Warr Pavilion to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus.
The successful artist will undertake a residency at the College in
2019. Find out more.
This year's programme was selected via an Open Call with resident
artists including Gabriele Beveridge, Katie Schwab, and Ross
Taylor. Previous resident artists include the dancer and
choreographer, Florence Peake, who spent
three-weeks in the Edward James Studios as part of a series of
residencies organised in collaboration with Cass Sculpture
Foundation. West Dean College also partnered with the De La Warr Pavilion for
the 2017 Caroline Achaintre residency project,
during which she made a series of ceramics works for the exhibition
Fantomas at the DLWP. Yelena Popova, a
Russian artist based in the UK, focused her residency on developing
natural ceramic glazes using a variety of materials sourced from
the West Dean Estate and local area.
Image: Work in progress by Florence Peake CASS Sculpture
Foundation/West Dean College Artist-in-Residence 2017. From her
body of work inspired by Igor Stravinsky's musical score The
Rite of Spring. Supported by Arts Council England.
Artist-in-Residence Open Call with the De La Warr Pavilion
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, De La Warr Pavilion and West Dean College of Arts and Conservation are collaborating to provide an exceptional artist with the opportunity to undertake a residency at West Dean College leading to a solo exhibition in the De La Warr Pavilion's First Floor Gallery in Autumn 2019.
Find out more about the Artist in Residence Open Call
Tapestry residency and open call 2017
During 2017, leading sculptor Eva Rothschild, undertook an open residency, collaborating with West Dean Visual Arts tutor and Master Weaver Phil Sanderson at the West Dean Tapestry Studio. This project was the result of the 2016 Tapestry Commission Open Call which has led to a new Rothschild work, handwoven at West Dean, the final design titled Thefallowfield was on show at Collect 2018.
Gabriele Beveridge Artist In Residence 2017
Gabriele Beveridge has just completed her artist-in-residence here and has shared images from some of her recent explorations. The darkroom and Tapestry Studio featured during her stay along with ceramics work. Her darkroom images were inspired by both the landscape and her tapestry induction. For Gabriele the residency at West Dean offered an opportunity to study in a unique environment, suffused with the rich history of the Surrealist movement. Her work explores the "peculiar pleasures" and frustrations of contemporary life within a commodity driven world. See more of Gabriela's work here
