CSAD Staff Profiles

Cardiff Open Art School in Venice

Cardiff Open Art School is planning two courses to take place in Venice!

This Summer we will hopefully be running a drawing course and an Art History course in what is one of the world’s most spectacular cities, renowned for its architecture as well as its art.

Read more on the COAS web page here.

posted 12th Mar '10

Professor Pepperell involved in neuroscientific study

A neuroscientific study conducted by a team based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and involving Professor Robert Pepperell, Head of Fine Art, has been published in the leading journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

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posted 10th Mar '10

BA Illustration Exhibition

An exhibition of second year BA Illustration students' work entitled 'Scatter' will take place from March 14th - 20th, 2010, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff, CF10 2FC.

For more information, visit the Scatter blog here.

posted 9th Mar '10

'Inner Space' exhibition

‘Inner Space’ is a week-long exhibition (9th-14th March) featuring ten exciting women artists from the Cardiff School of Art and Design.

The ten women investigate various aspects of a woman’s inner life, her identity, and her experiences of the world, using metaphor and symbolism to create an exhibition of fresh, exciting and innovative work.

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posted 8th Mar '10

South Korean students enjoy exchange trip

Cardiff School of Art & Design was pleased to have played host to a dozen students from South Korea who came for a six-week stay.

CSAD arranged the exchange programme with Dong-A University in South Korea, after forming collaborative academic links with leading institutions in the country.

Read more on the UWIC website.

posted 8th Mar '10

MA Graduate in touring exhibition

Following the recent completion of his MA in Fine Art, Chris Dennis will be exhibiting alongside 63 postgraduate students, professional and emerging artists from around the world in a touring exhibition called 'A Moving Exhibition'.

More information on the 'Moving Exhibition' website.

posted 8th Mar '10

Howard Gardens Gallery - "Taking Issue"

“Taking Issue” (25th Feb - 18th Mar) is a show especially looking at the work of eight London Print Studio artists whose work is founded on issues, responding to political, sociological and ethical concerns through the medium of printmaking and employing a strong aesthetic language to transmit their ideas and interests.

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posted 4th Mar '10

Richard Cox's Touring Exhibition

"Subterranean Architecture, Stepwells in North Western India & the Jagmandir Series" is the title of CSAD Curator Richard Cox's touring exhibition of digital prints and paintings.

The exhibition can be viewed at the Pittville Studios, Cheltenham from 18th March - 9th April 2010.

posted 3rd Mar '10

Exhibition for Haiti at the Chelsea Arts Club

Fine Art lecturer Cherry Pickles is holding an exhibition and sale of her work at the Chelsea Arts Club, London, in aid of Fondation le Mabouya, Haiti.

The exhibition runs from 2nd March - 6th April 2010.

posted 1st Mar '10

Product Design project a great success

Students from CSAD's Product Design programme met with students from 8 other Universities across Europe to take part in a two week long 'Intensive Project' at Howest University in Belgium.

As a result, 8 Product Design students won 2 of the 3 available prizes.

Congratulations to all who took part.

posted 23rd Feb '10

Fine Art Venice trip

BA Fine Art staff and students recently took a trip to Venice to visit the International Biennale, as well as its large collections of churches, museums and cultural sights.

They stayed on the island of La Certosa, which is currently being developed by the Venetian authorities as an educational, cultural and sports facility.

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posted 19th Feb '10

The Cardiff Group receive major funding award

The Cardiff Group have received a major funding award from Safle for a forthcoming project and exhibition in March 2010.The Cardiff Group - including Fine Art staff members Mark Halliday, Dallas Collins and Luke Mintowt-Czyz will be exhibiting large-scale work in the ‘Blue Bell’ aircraft hangar in St. Athan.

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posted 17th Feb '10

Fine Art Masters Open Events

Feb. 23rd 4.30 - 6.00

April 27th 2.00 - 4.00

Open events for our exciting and innovative Masters programmes in Fine Art will take place at our Howard Gardens Campus and we would be delighted to see you there.

Full details on the Fine Art Masters level website.

posted 4th Feb '10

Call for papers

Super Vision: insight and interaction in graduate art and design research

Tuesday 23 March 2010. Keynote speakers: Suze Adams and Dr Iain Biggs (UWE, Bristol)

CSAD is holding a half-day symposium on graduate research in art and design, focusing on the supervisory process.

For full details click here.

posted 14th jan '10

Research studentship applications 2010

For students considering applying to Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD) to undertake a research degree (MPhil or PhD), commencing October 2010, now is the time to get in touch with us. Early contact is especially important if you are considering applying to research councils, such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council, for funding to meet the costs of living expenses and tuition fees.

Click here for more information.

posted 17th Dec 09

Cardiff School of Art & Design Masters Degrees

A pdf of CSAD's portfolio of Masters Degree courses is now available to download. Our masters awards are designed to give graduates the opportunity to get to grips with their subject through practice at an advanced level and to do so in a lively community of practitioners and researchers.

Download the Masters Degrees pdf here.

posted 6th Nov 09