Difference: Contrasts, Distinction, Variances, Variations, Divegence, Deviation,

A collection of work produced by the designers, artists and practitioners who deliver the Theatre and Screen programmes at Wimbledon College of Art.

Critical reflection on practice is an essential part of the process of creative work in the Theatre and Screen Industries.

This exhibition of over thirty professional practitioners , full time and part time tutors together with technical staff, shows the broad range of practices and the richness of experience that underpins the teaching in Theatre and Screen at Wimbledon College of Art.

Opening Event: Thursday 29 September 2011, 5-8pm

Exhibition Dates: Friday 30 September – Friday 21 October 2011

Short film capturing the Wimbledon College of Art MA Private View 2011.

Filmed and edited by – www.pundersonsgardens.com

Music – Treasure Teeth

The 2011 Bloomberg New Contemporaries includes 2 Wimbledon College of Art alumni.

Katie Goodwin and Rafal Zawistowski both studied MA Fine Art.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries is the leading UK organisation supporting emergent art practice from British Art Schools. Since 1949 New Contemporaries has consistently provided a critical platform for new and recent fine art graduates primarily by means of an annual, nationally touring exhibition. Independent of place and democratic to the core, New Contemporaries is open to all. Exhibition participants are selected by a panel predominantly made up of artists and writers by means of a rigorous two-stage process.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 will be showing at S1 Artspace and Site Gallery in Sheffield between 23 September and 5 November 2011 before travelling to the ICA, London, 23 November 2011 until 15 January 2012.

www.newcontemporaries.org.uk

Images top to bottom: Katie Goodwin, Rafal Zawistowski.

JAMESPLUMB is Hannah Plumb and James Russell, two former Fine Art Sculpture students from Wimbledon College of Art. They recently begun to work together and today their combined name of JAMESPLUMB represents the artistic voice that builds on their different but complementary approaches.

We are delighted to announce that they have been nominated for Designer of the Year in the British Design Awards 2011. This year seven cateogries are open to public vote, JAMESPLUMB need your help so vote now. Also everyone who votes gets the chance to win £5,000 in John Lewis vouchers!

Voting closes on 28th September 2011 and the winner will be announced in the December edition of Elle Decoration.

VOTE NOW online at thebritishdesignawards.com

Good luck to JAMESPLUMB, and watch this space for more exciting news on them!

Drawing out: 2012 is transdisciplinary conference collaboration between RMIT Melbourne & The University of the Arts London.

Working with the assumption that drawing is not simply a way of thinking and communicating but an integral part of our everyday and professional lives. Addressing how drawing functions as part of literacy through three themes; Drawing and Notation-Drawing as Writing-Drawing: recording and discovery.

A variety of talks and conferences will be held showcasing ideas and the closing conference will be held at Wimbledon College of Art!

For information regarding Drawing Out: 2012 and submissions please click on the link below.

http://thecentrefordrawingual.wordpress.com/

Leonardo da Vinci

Martin Kemp

Tuesday 4 October, 7-8pm

This autumn sees the first public viewing  of Salvator Mundi as part of the National Gallery’s Leonardo da Vinci exhibtion.  Martin Kemp, the world-renowned art expert and one of the expert authenticators of the newly discovered painting will take us through the great artist’s career at Wimbledon College of Art.

Martin Kemp is also the author of Leonardo and Chirst to Coke: How Images become Icons.   

Don’t miss out on this unique  experience!

Tickets: £10 Online at www.wimbledonbookfest.org 

or call the Box Office: 02085458342 (Tus, Thurs, Fri 10am – 4.30pm)

Imagine landing your dream job. Now imagine winning an Emmy Award for it. This fantasy came true for former Wimbledon BA Costume Interpretation alumna Caroline McCall.

Caroline started off her career at art college in Belfast before moving to Wimbledon College of Art. She then went on to train with the BBC and is now responsible for some of the eye-catching costumes worn by the Downton Abbey cast on the ITV show. Caroline McCall has been working as assistant costume designer alongside Susannah Buxton the costume designer. On Saturday the pair picked up an Emmy for their work.

Congratulations to Caroline McCall.

Nicki Rolls who recently completed an MA in Fine Art at Wimbledon, has won the Student Jerwood Award for her piece Sketch. Sketch is a black and white film, which has been digitally animated and projected on an open book. The piece explores ‘the idea of writing movement with light and the relationship between film, animation and drawing.’

We would like to congratulate Nicki on her success!   

An exhibition of selected works will take place at JVA at Jerwood Space, London from 14 September – 30 October 2011. The exhibition will then tour nationally.

Selection of work from the Wimbledon College of Art MA Show. You can see more images on Flickr.

The MA Show continues until Thursday 8 September. Full details can be found on our MA Show Event page.

Images top to bottom: Riccardo Andujar – MA Fine Art, Eleni Savvidou – MA Visual Language of Performance, Katie Goodwin – MA Fine Art.

Preview: Monday 12th September, 6:30-9pm

13 September – 16 October 2011

We are delighted to announce that the Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art have presented the winners of the EXPOSURE 11 AWARD: Jack Friswell, Kate Shepherd and Rebecca Turner, all graduates of Wimbledon College of Art. The EXPOSURE Award has gained increasing recognition and proved to be of great benefit to previous winners by giving our graduates an opportunity to exhibit work in a professional context.

Thursday 29 September, 7pm
Artist Talk

All three winners will discuss the work in the exhibition and their experience of the EXPOSURE AWARD with Sarah Woodfine: BA Fine Art Sculpture Pathway Leader at Wimbledon at a free event. Woodfine was the recipient of the Jerwood Drawing Prize, 2006, Artangel commission, ‘When Night Draws In’, 2006 and has exhibited at Compton Verney, Sheffield Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery Sheffield and Danielle Arnaud.

For more information about EXPOSURE  and 2011 winners please visit

http://www.parasol-unit.org/index.php?id=589