Winchester School of Art is the

art school An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-second ...

of the

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, situated 10 miles (14 km) north of

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

in the city of

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

near the south coast of

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Winchester School of Art, Textile Conservation Centre - geograph

History

The Winchester School of Art was founded in 1870, and originally occupied Winchester's twelfth-century Wolvesey Castle. In 1895 it moved to new premises in the Kings Court wing of Winchester Guildhall. In 1962 it was granted new buildings, which it still occupies. In 1996, the School merged with the University of Southampton.

Textile Conservation Centre

The Textile Conservation Centre was a specialist centre for research and training founded in 1975 by Karen Finch at

Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...

. Between 1998 and 2009 the centre was merged with the University of Southampton and housed from 1999 in a purpose-designed building at the Winchester School of Art. In April 2009, it was announced that the University of Southampton had decided to close the Textile Conservation Centre on 31 October 2009, prompting widespread concern from academics and historians. The programme is now part of th
Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research
(former Centre for Textile Conservation) at the

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, where it opened in autumn 2010.

Notable alumni

* Darren Almond, artist * John Buckley, sculptor * James Castle, sculptor *

Stephen Chambers Stephen Chambers (born 1960) is a British artist and Royal Academician (elected 2005). Education and career Chambers studied at Winchester School of Art from 1978 to 1979 and at Saint Martin's School of Art, from 1979 to 1982. in 1983, he r ...

, artist *

Diana Copperwhite Diana Copperwhite (born 1969) is an Irish painter. She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists. Early life Copperwhite was born in Limerick in 1969. She grew up in Patrickswell. Her father, Patrick Copperwhite, was a scie ...

, painter *

Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop a ...

, musician, record producer, visual artist and theorist * Mary Fairburn, artist * Jasmine Guinness, studied printmaking, became a model * Emma Hartley, painter * Paul Lee, artist * Margaret Graeme Niven, painter. * Mick O'Dea, artist * Katie Pratt, artist * Geoffrey Richardson, musician * Linda Sutton, painter * Stella Tennant, studied sculpture, became a model

References

External links

Winchester School of Art

Graphic Arts Showcase Site 08/09
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