Cardiff School of Art & Design (CSAD) is one of the five schools that comprise

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. It originated as the Cardiff School of Art in 1865.

History

Cardiff School of Art & Design opened in 1865 as the Cardiff School of Science & Art with lessons initially taking place on the top floor of the Cardiff Free Library and Museum. In 1867 a distinct School of Art was formed, based on the Art Night School, with 65 young pupils aged between 9 and 17. In 1868 an older intake was accepted, of 50 'artisan' students between 17 and 25 years old. Cardiff School of Art, Howard Gardens

In 1966, a new six-story campus was built in Howard Gardens, Cardiff, with large studios facing north. The building was designed by the Cardiff City Architect, John Dryburgh. The School merged with other colleges in 1976 to become part of South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (later Cardiff Institute of Higher Education and the University of Wales Institute Cardiff). It is the oldest constituent part of Cardiff Metropolitan University. In 2013, Cardiff Metropolitan University put its 2.25 acre Howard Gardens campus up for sale with the intention of moving to a new site in summer 2014. The School now occupies a brand new purpose built building at the university's Llandaff Campus. This new building has extensive purpose built studios and workshops and includes the MIT FabLab, the Perceptual Experience Laboratory, the Schools Foundry and Ceramics facilities as well as its undergraduate, postgraduate and research studios and workshops.

About CSAD

Cardiff School of Art & Design was assessed as one of the top 40 destinations to study art and design in the UK by guardian.co.uk in 2010. , CSAD has eleven undergraduate programmes (BA Animation, BSc Architectural Technology, BA Ceramics, BA Fashion Design, BA Fine Art, BA Graphic Communication, BA Illustration, BA Interior Design, BA Photographic Practice, BA/BSc Product Design, BA Textiles and a core ideas, histories and theories subject area called Constellation) CSAD has eight postgraduate programmes (MRes Art & Design), MA Illustration & Animation, MA Ceramics & Maker, MA Fashion Design, MFA Fine Art, MDes Global Design, MA Creative Innovation & Enterprise and MSc Product Design). CSAD also offers doctoral research degrees leading to Research Doctorate (PhD) and also Professional Doctorate (DProf) (DEng) (DSBE) and the MRes research training programme. CSAD has a number of partner colleges who deliver its Art & Design Foundation Diploma, HNCs, Foundation Degrees and a further BA on its behalf as well as close links with Ffotogallery, Cardiff and Cardiff University Medical School. It has research affiliations and study exchange agreements with numerous other UK, EU and International Universities. CSAD is affiliated with the

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, and

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Research

The school's Art and Design research is conducted through the Wales Institute for Research in Art and Design (WIRAD). In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the Art & Design panel rated 95% of the research submission as international standard, with 70% rated as either Internationally Excellent or World Leading. It is home to a number of highly regarded international standard research groups which range across the humanities, art, design and sciences as well as the Centre for

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studies.

Cardiff Open Art School

The Cardiff Open Art School (COAS) is part of the School, and runs classes in

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

, ceramics, life drawing,

printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniq ...

and several other disciplines for part-time students in the Cardiff area in particular through the School's relationship with FFotogallery and tactileBOSCH, Cardiff.

Awards

In June 2010, the CSAD Summer Degree Show was voted the best in the UK for painting by ''Artists and Illustrators'' magazine. In 2009, CSAD won both a HEIST bronze award and a best publication award at the Association of Commonwealth Universities Annual Marketing and Communications awards.

Global Partnerships

Quality Assurance International (QAI) together with Planet EDU offer a number of awards closely based on the Cardiff School of Art & design curriculum. These awards run up to diploma level in a number of centres across India. The School has exchange partners right across the world as diverse and far afield as Australia, California, Mexico, Reunion, India, South Korea, Egypt and Lebanon as well as Erasmus partners around Europe all of whom offer Cardiff School of Art & Design students opportunities for travel and exchange.

Notable staff

Evan Charlton Evan Charlton (1904–1984) was a British artist who painted surrealist landscapes and interiors. Early life and education Charlton, whose mother was Welsh, was born in London. He studied chemistry at University College, London, where he gradua ...

, head of the Art School from 1938 to 1945 *

Shirazeh Houshiary Shirazeh Houshiary (born 15 January 1955) is an Iranian-born English sculptor, installation artist, and painter. She lives and works in London. Life and work Shirazeh Houshiary was born on 15 January 1955 in Shiraz, Iran. She left her native c ...

, junior fellow 1979-80.

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nominee in 1994 * Anthony Howell, Senior Lecturer in Time Based Studies from 1986 to 1995 * Glyn Jones, head of the School of Fine Art from 1972 to 2001. Credited with rescuing the

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* Ceri Richards (1903–1971), head of painting during

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(1914–2000), sculpture lecturer, later vice principal, from 1947 to 1973 *

Terry Setch Terry Setch (born 1936) is a painter and Royal Academy (RA) member who lives in Penarth, Wales. Education and career Setch attended Saturday classes at Sutton and Cheam School of Art, followed by a degree course at the Slade School of Fine ...

, senior lecturer in painting 1964 - 2001, later RWA and RA memberMartin Holman, ''Terry Setch'', Lund Humphries, Surrey (2009), , Chronology pp 147/8. *

Andre Stitt André Stitt (born 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an artist currently based in Cardiff, Wales, where he is a Professor of Fine Art at the Cardiff School of Art & Design. Background Stitt's family moved from Belfast in the 1960s an ...

, Fine Art Professor *

Norman Toynton Norman Toynton (born 25 January 1939, in London) is a British abstract painter who lived for many years in America, where his work was acclaimed for its 'grand visual and tactile splendour' and for 'marshal(ling) all the sensuous force of color ...

, tutor during the 1960s. Abstract painter and Pop artist * Frank Vining (1924–1989), ceramics tutor from 1950 to 1982 * Tom Hudson (1922-1997), Director of Studies 1964 -1978 Leading art educationalist and exponent of Basic Design

Notable alumni

::'' :Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design'' *

Sadie Allen Sarah Margaret Allen (1930–7 January 2017) was a Welsh artist known for her textile and embroidery work which included a number of public commissions. Biography Sadie Allen was born in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales between 194 ...

, painter and textile artist *

Iwan Bala Iwan Bala (born Richard Iwan Ellis Roberts) is a Welsh artist, born May 1956 in Sarnau, Merionethshire, near Bala.

, Gold Medal winner at the

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in 1997 * David Emanuel, fashion designer and honorary fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University *

Lizzie Farey Lizzie Farey (born 1962) is a contemporary willow sculptor and artist based in the Stewartry in Galloway, Scotland. She designs and creates wall sculptures and 3D forms using her own grown and harvested willow, as well as other local woods such ...

, wood artist *

Esther Grainger Esther Margaret Grainger (1912–1990) was a Welsh artist and teacher. Biography Grainger was born in Cardiff and attended the Cardiff School of Art from 1928 to 1934. As a student she gave craft lessons to women in the local mining communities ...

(1912–1990), painter and art teacher * Harry Greene, teacher, actor, TV personality *

Leslie Gilbert Illingworth Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (2 September 1902 – 20 December 1979) was a Welsh political cartoonist best known for his work for the ''Daily Mail'' and for becoming the chief cartoonist at the British satirical periodical ''Punch''. Early histor ...

, Chief Cartoonist at ''Punch'' magazine *

Phil Nicol Philip Nicol (born 1953, Caerphilly, Wales) is a Welsh painter. Nicol graduated from Cardiff College of Art. He has been a lecturer at the Cardiff School and at Limerick Art College, Éire. His paintings often portray twilight inner city lands ...

, winner of the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the 2001

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* Joan Oxland (1920–2009), painter and art teacher * Lilian Rathmell, painter and fabric artist * Brian Savegar (1932–2007), Oscar winner for Best Art Direction for the 1986 film ''

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''. *

Edwin Seward Edwin Seward (1853–1924) was an architect based in Cardiff, Wales. Biography Born in Somerset, Seward came to Cardiff aged 16 and studied at the School of Art. He began work as an assistant to architect G. E. Robinson. Seward was one of th ...

(1853-1924), prominent architect in Cardiff * Robert Thomas (1926–1999), Welsh sculptor * Sue Williams, painter, awarded the Eisteddfod Gold Medal for Fine Art in 2000 *

Nathan Wyburn Nathan Wyburn (born 24 October 1989)Griffiths, Niall"First Person: Ebbw Vale artist Nathan Wyburn" ''South Wales Argus'', 10 August 2016. Retrieved on 25 January 2020. is a Welsh variety act artist and media personality who has created celebrity ...

(born 1989), became known for his portraits made from food, appearing on Britain's Got Talent in 2011 * Ernest Zobole (1927–1999), painter and art teacher

References

External links

Cardiff School of Art & Design Webpage
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