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Student Commission and Residency at Cherryburn
Earlier this Spring, current Fine Art Graduate Diploma student Phoebe Connolly was awarded the prestigious Cherryburn commission and residency, supported by The National Trust and The Society of Wood Engravers. Holding off strong competition, Phoebe...
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G is for glasshouses
The 13 Victorian glasshouses by Foster & Pearson are a highlight of the Kitchen Garden at West Dean.The majority, together with the four sets of cold frames, were erected between 1890 and 1900 by Foster & Pearson. They demonstrate the variety...
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Top 5 Stores in The Design Centre
by Annabel Bird My five favourite stores in Design Centre Chelsea Harbour The Design Centre in Chelsea Harbour (DCCH) is Europe’s largest interior design shopping destination. With 102 showrooms and 500 international brands it offers...
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Psychotropical: Fine Art visit to New Art Centre
By Dr. David Stent, Fine Art Subject Leader Last month the Fine Art students and a few staff members visited the New Art Centre at Roche Court, East Winterslow, Wiltshire. As part of Professional and Contextual Research study units, the...
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It’s time to put arts at the heart of the curriculum
Francine Norris, the Director of Education at West Dean College, warns that a lack of investment and focus in the arts and crafts subjects has worrying consequences… Every morning when I arrive at West Dean College I walk through workshops bustling w...
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Looking Good in May
May is a busy month in the gardeners' calendar. Here in Sussex, a rather cool north westerly is blowing even though the skies are blue. However spring is well and truly here: the swallows have arrived and you can hear their charming bird call, the ap...
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What's looking good in summer?
After a miserably cold and wet beginning to the year, West Dean is now bathed in glorious sunshine and the gardeners have changed their fretting from endless rain to endless watering as it's been so dry recently. The month of May revealed just over t...
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Student Contributors 2012
Francoise Collanges completed the graduate & postgraduate diplomas and an MA degree in conservation studies applied to clocks. She passed university degrees in History of Art and preventive conservation (Paris-Sorbonne IV and I) and worked as a c...