Waltham Forest College - 707 Forest Road Walthamstow London E17 4JB

Walthamstow College of Art was an art school based in Walthamstow, north-east London. In the 1970s, it was merged into

North East London Polytechnic , mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows , established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...

and is now part of the

University of East London , mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows , established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...

(UEL). UEL's School of Architecture and the Visual Arts, is based at its Docklands Campus. In 2017, The

William Morris Gallery The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is located in Walthamstow at Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian home. The ext ...

hosted an exhibition, 'Be Magnificent', documenting some of its most famous alumni.William Morris Gallery. Be Magnificent
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Notable alumni

Vanilla Beer Vanilla Beer (born 1950, Sheffield) is an English artist. She trained at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, West Surrey School of Art and Design and Walthamstow College of Art, London. Her first major One man show, solo ...

, artist *

Ian Dury Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 27 March 2000) was a British singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He was the lead singer and lyricist of Ian Dury and the Blockheads ...

, musician *

Marion Foale Marion A Foale (born 13 March 1939 in Edmonton, London) is an English artist and fashion designer. With Sally Tuffin, she formed one half of the design team behind the 1960s fashion label Foale and Tuffin. Born in London, Foale attended Ilford ...

, fashion designer *

Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his films are th ...

, film director, studied 1962-65 * John Lloyd (graphic designer) * Ken Russell, film director *

Vivian Stanshall Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper ...

, musician *

Sally Tuffin Sally Tuffin (born 1938 in Essex) Sally Tuffin; Marion Foale
National ...

, fashion designer and ceramicist *

Valerie Wiffen Valerie Wiffen ARCA (born 1943) is a London-based British artist who is best known for her portraiture. Biography Wiffen was born in Danbury, Essex in 1943 and received her art education and training at South West Essex Technical College and Sc ...

, painter

Notable staff

* Peter Blake, artist *

Daphne Brooker Daphne Elizabeth Brooker (née Beacon, 8 June 1927 – 2 February 2012) was a British model, costume designer, and a professor and head of fashion at Kingston University for three decades, where she had "a leading role in the teaching of fashion". ...

* Margaret Green, painter

References

Art schools in London Higher education colleges in London London Borough of Waltham Forest Education in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Walthamstow {{London-school-stub