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THE ART ACADEMY The Art Academy is an independent art school based in Southwark, central London. We offer a range of art education programmes for a wide age range and all skill levels. We offer specialist long-term courses including:

• a three year BA Hons in Fine Art* • a two year FD in Fine Art, Contemporary Portraiture or

Figure Sculpture* • a one year Fine Art Foundation

We also offer evening classes, part-time study, and weekend and short courses.

Founded in 2000 we have built a reputation for  transmitting professional skills and creative insight, for taking care of all who come through our courses and enabling everyone’s creative vision.

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“If you choose to study on a long course with us, we will provide you with some of the highest contact hours with professional tutors on offer in the UK.”

Welcome to The Art Academy . We’ve been going for 17 years . We’re a small independent art school offering a unique approach to fine art edu-cation in Southwark at the very heart of London. We offer a range of art education programmes for all ages and for all skill levels .

Whether you are looking to become a professional artist or you just want to develop your artistic skills in your spare time, we can offer you the finest quality art tuition to suit your needs and to support your artistic development .

If you choose to study on a long course with us, we will provide you with some of the highest contact hours with professional tutors on offer in the UK. We will help you balance the acquisition of technical skills with the development of critical insight and creative expression so that you can find your own voice and decide on the language with which to realise your ideas . We have high standards and a robust but positive and critical approach. We’re a warm energetic community of artists. You’ll find a sup-portive environment here, where you’ll be nurtured alongside your fellow students whilst we stretch and challenge you to become the best artist you can be .

LETTER FROM THE HEAD OF PROGAMMES

SUE SPAULL,

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OUR PROGRAMMESThe Academy offers a wide range of courses to suit the needs of everyone wishing to study Fine Art.

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We believe the foundations of a contemporary art practice come from learning technical, analytical and creative skills.

THE FOUNDATIONCOURSE

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T he Art Academy Foundation is a one year proven route to the university or art school of your choice. By investing an

unrivalled amount of teaching hours in your practice, we will provide you with essential skills, techniques, working habits and analytical tools, that will enable you to fulfil your potential, and embark on a future in the visual arts.

This course develops students’ skills, creativity, conceptual and critical understanding. During the year we will help you to discover the areas of Fine Art that best suit your personality and abilities. At The Art Academy, you are able to choose a bespoke programme of skills workshops. We believe the foundations of a contemporary art practice come from learning technical, analytical and creative skills from a diverse set of professional artists and from your peers.  

You will make art in a dynamic, supportive and interdisciplinary environment. Our studios are located in central London, minutes from London Bridge and a five minute walk from Tate Modern, London’s South Bank and many other contemporary art galleries in South London’s bustling cultural hub. You will also get your own dedicated working space in our new site in the Former Newington Library, in Elephant and Castle.

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COURSE CONTENTTHE FOUNDATION COURSE

A U T U M N You will actively explore a range of ideas about what art might be. We want you to become confident in your expressive abilities, and to discover the joy of experimentation in a wide range of mediums. This term covers four disciplines to give you an introductory awareness; Drawing, Painting, Installation and Sculpture, and Digital Media.

S P R I N G You will be given the opportunity to select workshops that particularly appeal to you. There is a choice of 3D, 2D or Digital Media intended to give you a greater understanding of different media and techniques.

S U M M E R You will work towards your final exhibition, as well as selecting two final skills workshops to complement and support the development of your work in the final term. Individual tutors and the Head of Foundation will constantly monitor your progress, and each module will be followed by a thorough critique and roundup session.

The Art Academy will provide you with personal tutorial support and teach you practical techniques; an approach which we believe is unlike any similar course in the UK. You will spend three tutored days a week studying at the Academy and at least one further day developing your project work independently. We aim to give you exposure to a wealth of disciplines to help you to discover which areas of fine art best suit your personality and abilities. As well as gaining technical skills, we’ll help you develop independent thought and confidence in your practice.

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KATE CHAMPION

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“The Art Academy's strengths lie in its Fine Arts focus and amazing calibre of teaching. They helped me comprehend what to expect if I was to become an artist myself from their first hand experience. They were also brilliant through my successful UCAS application and I feel like I could still contact almost any of them for guidance, even though I've moved on to study for my BA.”

MICHAEL MCCORMACK,

BA Fine Art Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University

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PREPARATION & PROGRESSION

THE FOUNDATION COURSE

The Fine Art Foundation is designed to help students prepare for their application and interview for their chosen path of study. You leave with a comprehensive portfolio, honed art skills and a clear sense of your artistic self,

The Head of Foundation and Foundation tutors will make sure that you have a clear understanding of the subject area of your choice and which institutions you are best suited to. You will have mock interviews and receive help with the organisation and presentation of your portfolio.

Many students enjoy the unique approach of The Art Academy, choosing to stay on and continue their development on our own BA in Fine Art, but our students have also progressed to many top class universities and art schools including:

Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, BA Fine Art

Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, BA Fine Art

Central St Martins, UAL, BA Fine Art, BA Architecture

Goldsmiths, BA Fine Art & History of Art

Glasgow School of Art, BA Fine Art

London College of Communication, UAL, BA Photography

Manchester Metropolitan University, BA Fine Art

The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, BA Fine Art

The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, BA Fine Art

The University of Brighton, BA Fine Art Painting

The University of Edinburgh, BA Fine Art

The University of Westminster, BA Architecture, BA Graphic Design

Wimbledon College of Art, UAL, BA Fine Art

JEMIMA DEMPSEY,After graduating, Jemima went on to do a BA at Slade School of Art, UCL

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"For me, your Foundation year should be a year when you can have fun and explore. It’s before you go to university, so it’s a year to decide what path you want to follow.  I always knew that I wanted to do art but I wanted a year to experiment with different mediums, which is what attracted me to the way that The Art Academy F o u n d a t i o n i s structured.

On The Art Academy Foundation you s tar t by do ing different workshops, which give you a rough outline of each medium. You do: Life Drawing, Life Painting, Printing, Sculpture and Film. You get a taste of everything and after that you get to chose your own pathway. The nice thing about the workshop structure is learning from teachers who are also professional artists. You can chose your pathways to fit with the teachers and the work that inspires you.

On Fridays you have personal project days, where you can do anything you like! You can do whatever drives you and The Art Academy will just support you. This is what will develop into your graduate show.  I went in being a strict painter, and I’ve come out really into film. So The Art Academy has opened my eyes to

a new medium. 

It’s also a lovely place to be; right between London Bridge and Borough. Everyone here is f r iendly, g r o u n d e d a n d

everyone really gets on. It’s a small community, so it feels kind of like a family environment. It’s really nice seeing how people’s art develops. You feed off it."

Jemima has progressed to the BA (Hons) in Fine Art at The Slade, UCL

JEMIMA DEMPSEYSTUDENT STORY

“You can chose your pathways to fit with the teachers and the work that inspires you.”

Our BA has evolved from our successful Diploma in Fine Art, developed for students aiming to become practising artists.

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What to expect:

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O ur unique approach offers a highly individual, bespoke programme of study.

• Teaching from pre-eminent practising artists• Unparalleled contact time with tutors• Studio based skills training balanced with scholarship• Focus on professional development• A vibrant small community of artists

We will provide you with the opportunity to develop and hone to a very high standard skills chosen from the full range of artistic mediums (from oil painting or clay moulding to digital media, installation or performance), whilst you also evolve your own artistic language and creative ideas.  You’ll do this within the context of contemporary art practice and thinking.  So, practical, experiential learning is at the core of the programme, but also key is the inter-relationship between practice and scholarship:  we will ensure that the development of your practice is informed by both the development of your practical skills and, equally importantly, by your growing academic knowledge and insight.

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COURSE STRUCTUREThe BA Programme consists of:

Studio Practice and Contextual StudiesStudio Practice modules form the core of your programme.  These are where you will develop your own work and critical skills in response to a series of practical briefs.  There is one Studio Practice module per term in Year One and Year Two, and one year-long Studio Practice module in Year Three, where you will work independently on your own practice.  

The contextual studies programme ensures you gain understanding of the artistic contexts and critical discourses that relate to your own art practice.

Elective Skills Workshop CoursesStudio Practice modules are underpinned by a series of individual one day a week, term-long elective skills workshop courses.  There is a wide choice of workshops in all mediums, including painting, sculpture, print making, digital media and installation. In these courses, you will receive intensive training in the  technical skills necessary for your chosen discipline(s).  Full time students choose two or three workshop courses per term, and part time students choose one or two.

Art Theory and HistoryIn Year One you will also undertake an Art Theory module, and in Year Two an Art History module, studying and analysing wider artistic discourses and theories, including art historical ones.  In Year Three, you will be required to undertake an extended research project on a topic related to the extended personal project you undertake in your Studio Practice module. 

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Professional DevelopmentIn Years Two and Three, you will take the Professional Development modules, where the focus is specifically on the development of skills and knowledge necessary for future employment within the art world and wider creative industries.

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RHIANNON REBECCA SALISBURY,After graduating, Rhiannon went on to do an MA Chelsea School of Art

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"I have a distinct memory of the first time I walked into The Art Academy. I felt like a child who had just walked into Willy Wonker’s Chocolate Factory. I saw fabulous large sculptures being built from models, life drawing, painting and much more; there was so much art work being made everywhere. I had been to many a r t s ch o o l s in London before but had never entered a space quite like this with such a practical hands on approach. I was mesmerised.

In a t ime f raught with discussions about art vs. craft in contemporary art practice, The Art Academy is situated in a very interesting place. You are taught a foundation of artistic skills, you learn to draw and paint and sculpt from scratch. But what is unique about The Art Academy is that you are taught skills whilst engaging with contemporary art practice. This approach was

invaluable for me painting is a visual language and you need to learn how to speak this language before you can use it effectively as an artist; you wouldn’t expect a child to write before teaching them the alphabet.

Professional devel-opment is taught through lectures and visiting professionals, however I learnt the most about what it means to be an artist from working along-side the tutors. The tu-tors are all practising artists and are keen

not only to share their expertise but also teach us what it means to be an artist in real terms. It was a very intensive course. I have never experienced or heard of this level of tutor contact in any other col-lege. I arrived at the Academy with a desire to immerse myself in art, I left equipped with the knowledge and skills and most importantly the confidence to pursue my ca-reer as an artist."

RHIANNON R. SALISBURYSTUDENT STORY

“The first time I walked into the Art Academy. I felt like a child who had just walked into Willy Wonker’s Chocolate Factory.”

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Our Foundation Degree is a two year programme that has a greater focus on preparing students for professional practice. The FD provides an opportunity for students to specialise in different disciplines of Fine Art through three distinct pathways:

THE FD* QUALIFICATION

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• Contemporary Portraiture

• Sculpture

• Fine Art

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T his course has been developed to prepare students for a career in the very specific genre of Portrait Painting,

although it does encourage you to embrace the diversity of contemporary art practices and approaches throughout the programme. It aims to challenge preconceptions about the genre of portraiture and to develop individual and unique artistic voices that will be distinct enough to support a career in the commercial and competitive environment of portraiture.  

The Academy doesn’t place emphasis on a house style, or support any idea of hierarchy of approach, style or discipline. You are free to explore the genre as you choose, challenging its boundaries or working more strictly within them.

COURSE STRUCTURESkills, Studio Practice & Critical ThinkingStudio Practice modules form the core of the Foundation Degree programme, where you develop work and critical skills in response to a series of practical briefs that foster increasingly independent learning.  These modules are underpinned by a series of individual one day a week term-long elective skills workshop courses where you receive intensive training in technical skills. You are taught in small groups in the studio, by practising artists, many pre-eminant in their field. The contextual studies programme forms part of the studio practice modules and ensures you gain understanding of the artistic contexts and critical discourses that relate to your own art practice.

Professional DevelopmentIn Years One and Two you will take the Professional Development modules, where the focus is specifically on the development of skills and knowledge necessary for future employment within the art world and wider creative industries.

The Academy doesn’t place any emphasis on a house style, or support any idea of hierarchy of approach, style of discipline.

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“We’ve put together a programme which brings together a wide range of skills. Students learn to paint the figure and the head from life, how to paint the figure in a space or how to paint a large scale composition. And they learn self por-traiture, painting from photographs, how to learn from the old mas-ters and how to paint a successful commission.

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Painting Tutor at The Art Academy

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"I came to The Art Academy because of the calibre of its tutors and have not been disappointed – it is quite something as a portrait artist to have your tutors’ work on permanent collection in the National Portrait Gallery.  The past two years have been rigorous to say the least with my family having to cope with me often being too tired to string a sentence together at the end of a day’s painting.

I h a v e t r u l y appreciated the emphasis attached to drawing as the foundation of all artistic skill with our tutors always pushing us to new levels of observation and giving so freely of their expertise in understanding colour and light. My view of myself as an artist has been enhanced by the focus on professional development in which we are required to understand and to prepare to launch ourselves into the art world with advice on marketing,

website design and how to take advantage of art world activities.

My turning point courses have been doing a portrait sculpture course with Suzie Zamit and completing a painted portrait of the same model; learning the wonder of colour from Brendan Kelly, Andy James and

Robin Lee Hall as well as learning a b o u t b o l d brushstrokes from Tai Shen Schierenberg and Tim Benson.

I was delighted this year to have my work accepted for the Royal Society

of Portrait Painters annual exhibition at The Mall galleries and felt honoured to be exhibiting alongside seven of my Art Academy tutors. My next step after my grad show involves preparing for my solo exhibition “The People of Bermuda” as part of my appointment as Artist in residence at The Masterworks Gallery, Bermuda."

JANE MASOJADASTUDENT STORY

“It is quite something as a portrait artist to have your tutors’ work on permanent collection in the Portrait Gallery.”

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T his programme allows students to explore traditional figurative techniques along with alternative and abstract

approaches to sculpture, dependent on their specific interests. You can select relevant elective skills workshops and are able to develop a practice that encompasses a range of approaches, or focus on a specific genre of sculpture. The pathway is intended to prepare you for a career as a sculptor within the field of commission based figurative work, site specific and public sculpture or gallery based practice, but also teaches transferable skills suitable for employment within the wider creative industries.

COURSE STRUCTURE Skills, Studio Practice & Critical ThinkingStudio Practice modules form the core of the Foundation Degree programmes, where you develop work and critical skills in response to a series of practical briefs that foster increasingly independent learning.  These modules are underpinned by a series of individual one day a week term-long elective skills workshop courses where you receive intensive training in technical skills. You are taught in small groups in the studio, from practising artists, many pre-eminant in their field. The contextual studies programme forms part of the studio practice modeules and ensures you gain understanding of the artistic contexts and critical discourses that relate to your own art practice.

Professional DevelopmentIn Years One and Two you will take the Professional Development modules, where the focus is specifically on the development of skills and knowledge necessary for future employment within the art world and wider creative industries.

Students explore both traditional figurative techniques along with alternative and abstract approaches, dependent on their specific interests.

FD (SCULPTURE)**Subject to validation by The Open University

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"For several years I searched and struggled to f ind a sculpture course that taught both traditional skills and contemporary practice. I couldn’t quite believe it when I found the Art Academy. It is a unique environment.

There is a vast amount of support and constructive criticism all around every day. Studying at The Academy is like joining a family, a small but growing c o m m u n i t y o f creative souls. I am greatly benefiting from being in an environment full of people equally as passionate and devoted as myself. The Academy, to me, is a priceless rare gem of an art school.

The course is structured in such a way that it enables you to choose your own skills workshop courses and I love that I am able to cater my course to meet my own needs. I have allowed myself to be incredibly experimental

in my first year. Project work is taught alongside skills classes, working to a deadline on a concept. Our ideas/artworks are regularly discussed 1-1 with tutors and shown to peers in group critique. Project work has assisted me to think big and try out all sorts of ideas that I may not have had the courage to explore had I not been given so much scope and support. This

aspect of the course is truly stretching me, teaching me to find my own visual and verbal language.

The environment, skills workshops and project work combined provide me with the essential ingredients that I need to flourish. I feel like I’m a sponge soaking up and absorbing the experience everyday both practically and emotionally, treasuring every moment. I feel that the course is helping me obtain the skills, vocabulary and belief to reach my goal of becoming a professional artist."

JO HOLTSTUDENT STORY

“The Academy is to me a priceless rare gem of an art school.”

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T he FD Fine Art has been designed to allow students who have the aim to establish a career within the creative

industries (which might include illustration, animation, design, architecture, advertising etc), or as a practising artist, to gain specific transferable skills in a challenging and creative environment. The Academy doesn't place emphasis on a house style, or support any idea of hierarchy of approach, style or discipline, and you are free to explore mediums and genres as you chose. You will follow an intensive, structured programme of study, with extremely high contact hours, which will allow you to tailor your own individual programme of study to match your intended career and progression goals.

COURSE STRUCTURE Skills, Studio Practice & Critical ThinkingStudio Practice modules form the core of the Foundation Degree programmes, where you develop work and critical skillsin response to a series of practical briefs that foster increasingly independent learning. These modules are underpinned by aseries of individual one day a week term-long elective skills workshop courses where you receive intensive training in the technical skills. You are taught in small groups in the studio, from practising artists, many pre-eminant in their field. The contextual studies programme forms part of the studio practice module and ensures you gain understanding of the artistic contexts and critical discourses relating to your own art practice.

Professional DevelopmentIn Years One and Two you will take the Professional Development modules, where the focus is specifically on the development of skills and knowledge necessary for future employment within the art world and wider creative industries.

The open possibilities of the Studio Practice modules allows you to tailor your own individual programme of study to match your intended career/progression goals.

FD (FINE ART)**Subject to validation by The Open University

NINON ARDISSON,After graduating, Ninon was offered a permanent role at Cityscape

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"In June 2015, Damian Fennell, the creative director of Cityscape Digital, came for a talk at The Art Academy, where I was a 2nd year student. This architectural visu-alisation firm was looking to hire an intern for the summer. Art and technology were always of great interest to me, but I some-times found it com-plicated to articulate the two in a same project. To Damian and Cityscape, that idea seemed to be inherent to the work they produce. And hiring a Fine Art stu-dent meant having someone with an understand-ing of visual arts, to whom they could quickly teach the technical side of things."

Damian Fennell – Cityscape Digital"Cityscape Digital is a CG pro-duction house that for the last 15 years has specialised in visu-alisation for the property indus-try, creating the visuals and films that showed the world what the

likes of The Leadenhall Building and the Battersea Power Sta-tion masterplan would look like, long before they started to even dig foundations. In recent years we have invested our knowl-edge heavily into VR. Behind every powerful piece of 3D and VR software there has to be an

artist. Without the artistic vision and creative knowledge of the artist, the software can create nothing meaningful. And of course we don't need to tell an art school that learn-ing how to control

the software doesn't turn anyone into an artist.

As we hoped, Ninon brought a wealth of well-developed knowledge about imagecraft that made her an instant asset in Photoshop post production on CGIs. What we hadn’t antici-pated was how hardworking and passionate she would be about the work."

NINON / DAMIANSTUDENT STORY

“Without the artistic vision and creative knowledge of the artist, the software can create nothing meaningful..”

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T he Certificate course takes one day a week over two years, and you’ll either opt to take a general Fine Art Certificate,

working across multiple disciplines. Specialise in: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture or Printmaking

Opportunities for Certificate students:

• You become part of a thriving artistic community • You are able to join some other classes run

by the Academy free of charge

• The course can be started at any point in the year but this must be at the start of an individual term

• Second year students have the opportunity to exhibit work at the Graduate Show

Ideal if you’re serious about developing your abilities, but have limited time.

CERTIFICATE COURSE

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P R I N T

• Line, Texture and Tone

• Linocut, Lino-etching and Woodcut

• Intaglio & Relief

• Multi-plate Relief

• Intaglio

• Photography

• Form and Colour

CERTIFICATE COURSE

COURSE CONTENT The Certificate Programme aims to develop student’s technical skills in their chosen discipline, gain confidence and encourage the initial development of their artistic vision.

Many Certificate students progress onto higher education courses at The Art Academy or return for more classes.

P A I N T I N G

• Materials & methods

• Painting mediums

• Elements of painting

• Light

• The palette

• Colour & tone

• Composition

• Figure painting

• Abstract painting

• Landscape painting

• Supports, mediums & paint making

S C U L P T U R E

• Figure modelling techniques

• Portraiture

• Creative sculpture

• Ceramics

• Stone carving

• Armature making

• Plaster and wire

• Mould making

• Steel welding and fabrication

• Silversmithing techniques

D R A W I N G

• Materials & methods

• Tone/light

• Figure and portrait

• Elements of drawing

• Mass

• Mark making

• Expressive/creative drawing

• Composition in drawing

CERTIFICATE COURSE

COURSE STRUCTUREEach course features an individually tailored comprehensive study programme in the selected discipline, which enables you to develop your own direction. Study will be characterised by detailed personal guidance, through one to one tutorials with a tutor of a your choice. Tutors work with you to improve your existing skills, and introduce you to new techniques and mediums, encouraging you to explore different approaches to express your ideas.

The four specialisms to chose from:

“For me, the most beneficial aspect was exploring my ideas using different techniques, the tutors were encouraging and offered a depth of knowledge and skills which allowed me to execute my ideas. Whilst painting in oils, I learnt about different glazes, mediums and finishes which added a new dimension to my work.

I am pleased to say I have grown more confident in my work and how I express myself on canvas. The whole experience at the Academy has very much been a transformative journey not only in terms of my art but also within myself.”

IAYSHA SALIH,

Certificate Student

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A sk a recent art school graduate what they most miss about college, and they’ll probably say the sense of purpose and

structure – along with the supportive dialogue about their work provided by fellow students and tutors. This is what our graduates told us, and this is why we launched our Graduate Programme. We don’t know of another one like it.

Open to graduates from any art school it not only acts like a club, or a support network, but is also structured to provide an environment that helps graduates sustain their momentum. It focuses on development of creative practice and pathways for professional growth.

Each programme is a year long and built around salon-style sessions. The sessions are characterised by talks and visiting lecturers but graduates always present their work to one another to discuss its genesis and direction, as a meeting of equal professionals. The idea is to provide a forum which offers stimulus, and positive critique, in a sympathetic setting. Each year the course is led by inspirational artists, this year, Turner Prize winning artists Assemble took the helm.

The course structure consists of six full days of group critiques, lectures and seminars over the course of a year. These are usually spaced two months apart, culminating in a group show organised by the graduates (optional).

Structured to provide an environment that helps graduates sustain their momentum.

GRADUATE PROGRAMME

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“Having a full time job, my art practice has suffered from a lack of time, energy and inspiration. Since undertaking the Art Academy’s graduate programme, however, my practice has been re-invigorated, giving me the focus and drive to develop my work in a supportive and constructive environment.”

DOMINIC HEAD,

2017 Graduate Programme

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INFORMATION

OPPORTUNITIESBURSARIES & PRIZESThe Art Academy offers students regular exhibition and commission opportunities as well as prizes. There are also a number of bursaries available for those who struggle to meet course costs.

Opportunities The Art Academy often offers exhibiting opportunities to students and alumni. Recently there have been opportunities to exhibitat KPMG's headquarters in Canary Wharf, create installations in the Walkie-Talkie, build a large commission for the Royal Artillery Company, design public sculpture in Beckenham Place Park, create public art for a regeneration project in Romford, as well as a wide variety of exhibtions.

BursariesThere are a number of bursaries available for students starting their BA or FD. For further information or to apply for a bursary please contact rebecca@artacademy.org.uk. Bursary support is allocated on the basis of need as well as merit and students who have studied on The Art Academy’s Foundation course have a high chance of receiving Academy support for ongoing study at the Academy.

Prizes The Art Academy holds a series of annual prizes. These include The Kennerley Prize for Academic Excellence, Sir Philip Trousdell Portrait Prize, Art Academy Drawing Prize, Pure Arts Prize, Surrey Sculpture Society Prize and The Art Academy Mixed Media Prize.

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APPLYING TO THE ART ACADEMYOpen DaysOur Open Days offer a chance to experience the vibrant and stimulating atmosphere of the Art Academy. You’ll meet both staff and students, gaining informtion on our courses and facilities, as well as our unique approach to teaching and what to expect as a student. See our website for latest dates.

Application ProcessWe welcome applications from all enthusiastic candidates. If you are interested please give us a call on +44 (0)207407 6969 to discuss courses or to arrange a visit.  We’re a small school in the middle of central London and we’re always happy to chat through the application process and our courses or give you a tour.Before you apply to The Art Academy you will want to understand what to expect from the application process and how best to prepare. As a small Arts School, be assured that we’ll assess you on your own individual merit and potential to succeed on your chosen course of study with us. It’s an individually tailored but consistent approach. All applicants are required to:

• Undertake an interview• Have a portfolio review

For more information on how to apply for each specific course visit our website.

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COURSE FEES

COURSE PER YEAR PER TERM (incl 3% surcharge)

Full-time Foundation (UK/EU) 1yr £ 5,065 £ 1,739

Part-time Foundation (UK/EU) £ 3,250 £ 1,116

Full-time FD (UK/EU) 2yr £ 8,250 £ 2,833

Part-time FD (UK/EU) £ 4,750 £ 1,631

Full-Time BA (UK/EU) 3yr £ 8,250 £ 2,833

Part-Time BA (UK/EU) £ 4,750 £ 1,631

Cerificate (UK/EU) 2yr £ 1,878 £ 645

Graduate Programme (UK/EU) 1yr £250 n/a

Funding As an independent institution our courses are not subject to public funding and as such there is no exemption from fees for under 19 year olds or access to student loans. The Art Acadamy is currently seeking approval to become a partner institution of The Open University (OU) with a view to offer validated programmes from 2018/19 and access to funding streams from 2019/20.

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The Art AcademyMermaid Court

165A Borough High StreetLondon SE1 1HR

TEL +44 (0) 207407 6969

Office opening hours:MON – FRI 9.00am – 5.00pm

Nearest Tube/ Rail: London Bridge or BoroughBoth are a 5 minute walk. Please note that London Bridge has two exits, the most direct route is to follow signs to “Borough High Street”.

The Art Academy Newington

The Former Newington Library155 Walworth RoadLondon, SE17 1RS

TEL +44 (0) 207 701 2880

Office opening hours:MON – FRI 9.00am – 5.00pm

Nearest Tube/ Rail: Elephant & Castle (5 minute walk)

CONTACT

WHERE WE AREThe Art Academy now has two sites in London.

Our main address is:

THE ART ACADEMYMermaid Court165A Borough High StreetLondon SE1 1HR

PHONE +44 (0) 20 7407 6969EMAIL academiccourses@artacademy.org.uk REG . CHARITY NO . / 1078804

OFFICE OPENING HOURS:Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm