The City University website provides a listing of national and international courses in Museum Studies, Conservation and Administration, as well as a listings of cultural research institutions world-wide.
Pennybank Chambers, 33-35 St John's Square, London EC1M 4DS - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7251 0276
Fax: 020 7250 0297
Email: info@craftcentral.org.uk
Website: www.craftcentral.org.uk
Craft Central (used to be Clerkenwell Green Association) supports craftpeople in numerous ways. It offers business training, tailored mentoring, networking opportunities and studio space. The Work Experience Programme with CGA has two elements. One is to provide placements for individual students wishing to experience a variety of different craft/design areas first hand. The second is for visiting groups of students to spend a day around the workshops meeting craftspeople and designers and discussing their work and background. CGA financially supports craftspeople based in Camden, Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets in a number of ways. This includes the Clerkenwell Award to support newly trained craftspeople set up business; The Pennybank Showcase which includes a display and exhibition space, support and training and travelling showcases; Business Development support through in-house consultants, grants and IT resources; and a schools Work Experience Programme. Workshops vary in size, from under 100 sq ft to over 400 sq ft. They are operated on a simple monthly licence, fully inclusive of business rates. Enquiries should be made to the Workshops Manager and are only accepted from practising professional craftspeople and designers.
Listing ID: 138
Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London WC1N 2NP - Google Maps
Deptford Studios,18-22 Creekside, London SE8 3DZ
Tel: 020 7419 1959
Fax: 020 7916 2455
Email: info@cockpitarts.com
Website: www.cockpitarts.com
Cockpit Arts is a registered charity providing help and support for designer/makers and applied artists. Workspaces are available for up to eight years on an annual sliding scale of charges and include access to computers, photocopier, fax and inclusion in two major selling events each year. Professional development, outreach activities and mentoring schemes are also run by the education office. Other services include a business incubator housing 165 designer-makers across two sites in WC1 and SE8. Cockpit Arts provides a customised targeted training programme for designer/makers that provides one to one consultations as well as group seminars. The Developing Professional Practice Programme runs for a whole year and is tailored to fit into the highs and lows of a designer/makers calendar.
Listing ID: 141
Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7514 7022
Fax: 020 7514 7254
Website: www.csm.arts.ac.uk
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is the largest of the University of the Arts London art colleges. It offers a diverse and comprehensive range of degree and postgraduate courses in art and design in the country. Courses offered range from foundation studies in art and design to MA courses in fashion, fine art, industrial design, and scenography. Also offers acting courses through the Drama Centre in London (dcl.drama.ac.uk). Check the website for further details on all courses and separate websites for 'satellite' institutions. A crash course in Curating is offered as an evening class and Summer School course, and 'Curating on the Web' is offered as a Summer School course.
Listing ID: 1841
University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7919 7229
Fax: 020 7919 7223
Email: admissions@gold.ac.uk
Website: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
Website: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/visual-cultures/
From undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to teacher-training and part-time and professional courses, Goldsmiths has an excellent range of innovative study opportunities. Check their website for details of the latest courses, at degree, MA and PhD level. Their Unit of Visual Cultures brings together a group of researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students committed to the production of cutting-edge critical work within an environment that is culturally diverse and intellectually rigorous. The teaching and research focus on the histories and theories of modern and contemporary visual practices in an international context. These are considered within a framework of critical theory, philosophy and cultural studies. Included are issues of cultural difference, performativity, aurality, and technological development within the visual.
Listing ID: 1846
Mobile: 07946 585 129
Email: sightlines@judyprice.co.uk
Sightlines assists organisations and curators, emerging and established artists in realising their audio / visual projects by offering all aspects of pre-production, production and post-production at competitive prices. Sightlines is artist-led has a sensitivity and aptitude for guiding and informing people as well as acting as a mediator or collaborator. Sightlines provides training in digital software and is available for project management, production / mentoring and conference / performance recording. Training in Final Cut Pro digital video editing, camera operation, sound editing, Photoshop and DVD creation.
Listing ID: 1896
Level 7, Frobisher Crescent, Barbican London EC2Y 8HB - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7040 8753
Fax: 020 7040 8887
Email: artspol@city.ac.uk
Website: www.city.ac.uk
City University's Department of Arts Policy and Management is Europe's largest interdisciplinary centre for arts, museums and heritage policy and management studies and research. In addition to detailed information about the Department and its work, the Department's website offers access to around 800 links and original documents about many aspects of cultural policy and management.
Listing ID: 1934
Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R ORN - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7848 2645
Website: www.courtauld.ac.uk
Listing ID: 1935
School of Art, Design & Performing Arts, Visual Culture & Media, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT - Google Maps
Tel: 020 8411 5041
Fax: 020 8411 6528
Email: J.Purcell@mdx.ac.uk
Website: www.mdx.ac.uk
Fine Art, Fashion, Film and Photography degrees.
Listing ID: 1936
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7590 4444
Fax: 020 7590 4500
Email: admissions@rca.ac.uk
Website: www.rca.ac.uk
Website: www.rca.ac.uk/conservation
Website: www.rca.ac.uk/pages/study/ma_curating_contemporary_art_157.html
Internationally known and respected college of art. Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art is a joint course, co-funded by the ACE and involving teaching at the Tate Gallery.
Listing ID: 1937
Department of Museum Studies, 103/105 Princess Road East, Leicester LE1 7LG - Google Maps
Tel: 0116 2523963
Website: www.leicester.ac.uk/museumstudies
Part time, full time, postgraduate and doctoral courses encompassing all aspects of Museum Studies. This website also has good research links and incorporates the RCMG (Research Centre for Museums & Galleries) which carries out research and evaluation within the sector, in particular, around the relationships between museums, galleries and their audiences. The activities of RCMG are organised into three programmes: Research, development and evaluation, Publications and Professional development (seminars, conferences, training).
Listing ID: 1938
Walstead Chapel, East Mascalls Lane, West Sussex, RH16 2QJ - Google Maps
Tel: 01444 484847
Email: info@artbase.org.uk
Website: www.artbase.org.uk
Artbase Apprenticeships is a 24 month Creative Professional Development Programme designed for emergent Artists and Designers who want to work within the Arts and Built Environment arena both Public & Commercial (ie: work commissioned for a specific site). ArtBase offers the unique opportunity to develop the skills / knowledge necessary to pursue a sustainable career. Fixed contribution of £235 per annum.
Listing ID: 3090