The Cumbria Institute of the Arts was a further and higher education institution in

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History

Founded as the ''Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts'' in 1822, it proceeded as the ''Carlisle College of Art'', from 1950, and switched to ''Cumbria Institute of the Arts'' from ''Cumbria College of Art and Design'' in 2001. The Institute merged with

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(founded in Lancaster) to form the

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on 1 August 2007. Cumbria Institute became the University's Faculty of Arts.

Notable alumni

* Conrad Atkinson, artist * Rikki Chamberlain, actor (''

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, actor (''The Long Firm'', ''Blackpool'', ''Blood and Chocolate'') * Richard Dyer, co-founder of Skiddle Ltd{{cite news , url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/features/2.4733/will-richard-lead-way-for-our-dot-coms-1.279122 , title=Will Richard Lead The Way for Cumbria's Dot Com Millionaires? , publisher=News & Star , url-status = dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619011919/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/features/2.4733/will-richard-lead-way-for-our-dot-coms-1.279122 , archive-date=2015-06-19 *

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, artist * Leo Horsfield, actor (''I Love Luci'', ''Outpost Rise of the Spetsnaz'',) *

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'', '' Queer as Folk'') * Percy Kelly, artist *

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, TV presenter (''

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, painter, sculptor

References

Art schools in England Education in Cumbria Carlisle, Cumbria Further education colleges in Cumbria Educational institutions established in 1822 Educational institutions disestablished in 2007 University of Cumbria Defunct universities and colleges in England 1822 establishments in England