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.
 

Last month, Fine Art students and a few staff members visited the New Art Centre, Wiltshire, as part of their Professional and Contextual Research study units. Read the blog post to find out more about their visit to the 'Psychotropics' exhibition.

2019 MFA alumna, Emma Straw, is currently working with the West Dean Tapestry Studio to realise a new tapestry translated from one of Edward James’ artworks. Read the blog to find out more.

Second Year MA Creative Writing & Publishing student Jim Green writes about his experience as an Open Day Student Ambassador, and why he chose to study at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.

In this blog post, FdA Historic Craft Practices – Musical Instruments student Evelien Heeres writes about her process of carving a Violin Scroll.

We caught up with Deborah Weir, textiles artist, about her experiences on Caroline Bartlett's Manipulating Textiles short course at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, and how her learnings have been incorporated in her work in the United States.

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.

Some five years ago, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation took the decision to embark on a project to make recordings of memories of our founder Edward James, conscious that people who had known him were no longer youngsters. British Library trained Oral Historian, Jackie Herrington, has captured just under 30 hours of recordings from 24 different individuals, and there are more individuals to be interviewed. Find out what we have learnt about Edward James so far in this blog.

Sharon Duggal tells us about her experience as Writer in Residence at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation during November 2019.