Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College (SIAD) was an art college in the

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from 1994 to 2005. It was formed from the merger of West Surrey College of Art and Design (1969–1995) and Epsom School of Art and Design (1893–1995). It merged with the

Kent Institute of Art & Design The Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD, often ) was an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent, in the United Kingdom. It was formed by the amalgamation of three independent colleges: Canterbury College of Art, Maidstone Co ...

on August 1, 2005 to form the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham and Rochester, now the University for the Creative Arts.

Evolution

The Farnham School of Art was founded in 1866. The

Guildford School of Art Guildford School of Art was formed in 1856 as Guildford Working Men's Institution and was one of several schools of art run by Surrey County Council. After several mergers with tertiary art institutions it became part of the University for the ...

followed in 1870. The two conjoined to become the West Surrey College of Art and Design in 1969. Epsom School of Art and Design was founded in 1893 as Epsom and Ewell Technical Institute and School of Art which later split into a separate Technical Institute and art school sometime before World War II. A new purpose built site was opened in Heathcote Road on Thursday 26 April 1973. In 1994 there was a merger between and the West Surrey College of Art and Design and Epsom School of Art and Design, with the combined institution renamed the Surrey Institute of Art & Design a year later. These two former colleges formed the basis for the two main campuses of the school. In 1999, the college was granted

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status and took on its last name. Until its 2005 merger it was the second largest specialist

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and

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institution in the country with the largest being the University of the Arts, London. A 3,500 yearly student intake was reached during its final years. As with that institution and the more restricted, typically established professional intake to the

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, Surrey Institute gained degree-awarding powers independent of a

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. As such it was

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validating partner to

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth Arts University Bournemouth (abbreviated AUB) is a further and higher education university based in Poole, England, specialising in art, performance, design, and media. It was formerly known as The Arts University College at Bournemouth and The ...

.University for the Creative Arts
– official website UCA has now sold the Maidstone campus at Oakwood Park to MidKent college and has completely withdrawn from the location. However the University still also either validates or provides courses at Maidstone Studios (TV production) and the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace.

Notable alumni

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, Led Zeppelin * Pamela Ascherson, sculptor and illustrator *

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, cartoon illustrator and creator of the

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'' * Stacy Bragger, Falkland Islands politician * Jason Barker, Professor of Cultural Studies

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and film director * Linda Barker, TV presenter *

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, painter *

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, painter *

Davide Cinzi Davide Cinzi is an Italian cinematographer. Early life and education Cinzi graduated from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design (SIAD) with a BA degree in "Film and Video" (now the University for the Creative Arts The University for t ...

, cinematographer *

Jack Coutu Raymond John "Jack" Coutu ARE ARCA (13 September 1924 – 17 May 2017) was an English printmaker, sculptor, etcher, engraver, carver, watercolourist and teacher. He was influenced by Oriental art. Jack Coutu was born Raymond John Coutu at Fa ...

, printmaker and sculptor * Keith Devlin, Visual Effects Supervisor * Michaël Dudok de Wit, animator * Gareth Edwards, film director (

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) *

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(b. 1982, French illustrator) * Anna Fox, documentary photographer *

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, painter *

David Hulin David Hulin (born 1975) is a British born Animation Director and VFX Director based in New York, best known for creating iconic animated characters such as the GEICO Gecko, Post Office Ants (UK), Nigel the Xyzal Owl, The Lactaid Cow, as well a ...

, animator and director *

Annabel Jankel Annabel Jankel (born 1 June 1955), also known as AJ Jankel, is a British film and TV director who first came to prominence as a music video director and the co-creator of the pioneering cyber-character Max Headroom and as co-director of the film ...

, animator and film director *

Kate MccGwire Kate MccGwire (born 1964) is a British sculptor who specializes in the medium of feathers. Her work experiments with the binary notions of beauty and disgust, malice, tranquility, and the familiar yet otherworldly. Her use of pigeon feathers ta ...

, sculptor who specializes in the medium of feathers *

Dominic Mitchell Dominic Mitchell is an English playwright and screenwriter. He is the creator and writer of the BBC 3 television series ''In the Flesh''. Education Mitchell studied BA (Hons) Film & Video at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham (now ...

, screenwriter/playwright, creator of ''

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'' *

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, film costume designer (''

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'', 1977) * Morten Mørland, political cartoonist * Grant Orchard, animator and director *

Daphne Padden Daphne Padden (1927–2009) was an English graphic designer. Padden was born on 21 May 1927, in London, the daughter of Percy Padden (1886–1965), himself an artist and poster designer. She was educated at Rosebery County School and at E ...

(1927-2009), graphic designer * Nigel Rolfe, performance artist *

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, animator and director *

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, animator and director *

Alan Thornhill Alan Thornhill (1921 – March 4, 2020) was a British artist and sculptor whose long association with clay developed from pottery into sculpture. His output includes pottery, small and large scale sculptures, portrait heads, paintings and dr ...

, sculptor and former potter *

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, documentary photographer and cycle adventurer * Darren Walsh, animator and director *

Mary Wondrausch Mary Wondrausch (17 December 1923 – 26 December 2016) was an English artist, potter, historian and writer, born in Chelsea, London, Chelsea. She trained as a potter at Farnham School of Art, latterly West Surrey College of Art and Design. S ...

, artist potter and writer * Simon Bor, Sara Bor (née Hirst) animation directors & producers * Kathi Käppel, illustrator and animation director *

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, writer and director, film and theatre *

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, artist, illustrator and author *

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, illustrator *

Magdalene Odundo Dame Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo (born 1950) is a Kenyan-born British studio potter, who now lives in Farnham, Surrey. Her work is in the collections of notable museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum, The Met ...

, potter *

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, sculptor *

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, animator The student film cites S.I.A.D. in its credits.

References

External links

University for the Creative Arts
– official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College Epsom and Ewell History of Surrey University for the Creative Arts Educational institutions established in 1994 1994 establishments in England Defunct universities and colleges in England