DOCSLIB.ORG

Discover More.Indd

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Discover More.Indd Discover MoreAutumn Term 2016 Welcome to our Autumn 2016 newsletter. I’m delighted to write to you at the start of an academic year which sees the launch of our brand new MA programme in Collections Care and Conservation Management and a Diploma in Art and Alice McVicker; MA Visual Arts, 2016 Contemporary Crafts. What’s new this term Both of these courses support our This academic year we have introduced two a historic house context. It is suitable for ambition to provide true study new courses to our education programme. conservators and curators with significant progression throughout our education Delivered through a module-based approach, collections care responsibilities, as well programme, offering students the they offer greater flexibility for students. as graduates from conservation or other chance to study on anything from a The Diploma in Art and Contemporary museum-related disciplines who intend one-day course right through to MA. Crafts draws on our extensive range of short to develop careers in this area. Students Look out for further information courses across disciplines such as painting, have access to professionals within about our new ten year strategy drawing, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, leading organisations in the field, such as later in the year. ceramics, wood, metal and jewellery. It conservators, conservation scientists and In the meantime, enables students to develop the essential academics from organisations including the thank you for your practical and contextual skills to establish a National Trust, English Heritage, the British ongoing support of successful and sustainable studio practice and Museum and a range of private-sector West Dean College. provides a route into the Graduate Diploma conservation consultants. This collaboration Your commitment is in Visual Arts at West Dean College or ensures it remains highly relevant to today’s vital to our future. postgraduate study at other institutions. heritage sector. The MA in Collections Care and With best wishes, For more information on West Dean College Management provides the theoretical and Alex Barron courses visit our website westdean.org.uk/study practical skills required for a lead role in Chief Executive the care and management of collections in Alumni spotlight: Where are they now? Tabea Rude graduated in 2015 (MA in Amelie Drewdun graduated in 2012 (Degree Šárka Darton Conservation of Clocks and Related Objects). in Conservation of Ceramics and Related graduated in 2015 She was awarded the Southern Section Materials). She is now a Conservator at the (Master of Fine Antiquarian Horological Society prize for Bristol Museum. Arts). Since then best conservation-restoration project for her Laurie Price graduated in 2013 (Diploma in she has exhibited scrupulous restoration of a Russian Poljot Conservation of Metalwork). For over a year widely, including Marine Chronometer. She now works for she worked as the Assistant Conservator of 3 installations on The Clockworks; a unique London studio that Engineering and Technology at the National display in The Louvre, combines a museum, workshop, library and Museum of Flight in Scotland. She recently Paris, in October meeting space under one roof with the aim of became Mill Engineer and Conservator at 2016 as part of an advancing education in electrical time-keeping. Whitchurch Silk Mill, Ascot. international contemporary art show. 1 Autumn Term 2016 Spotlight on… Michelle Kirk (MA in Conservation, specialising in Furniture and Related Objects) What made you choose furniture What other accomplishments have conservation? you had over the year? After studying Fine Art at the University Over the summer I completed a work of East London I wanted to develop my placement at the Musical Instrument Museum Scholarships and bursaries can be a experience of working with wood. in Edinburgh. Lots of musical instruments use lifeline for students who demonstrate I completed short courses in fine woodwork similar decorative techniques to furniture excellence and a commitment to their and carving, and worked at the Royal Opera such as inlays and carvings, so it was creative and academic development, House and the Victoria and Albert Museum. interesting to apply my skills in new ways. I but who are unable to fund the cost of While at the V&A I discovered that by worked on an 18th century French Hurdy their studies. Today the College builds researching pieces of furniture you uncover Gurdy, which was missing a large number on the legacy of Edward James by the social history. I wanted to be able to of ivory and ebony inlays, leading me to making provision to support emerging preserve those objects and share their research alternatives to ivory, such as the creative talents to realise their artistic stories. Tagua Nut. ambitions and potential, despite What made you select Is there anything you are particularly financial hardship. West Dean College? looking forward to in the coming year? Thanks to the great generosity of My colleagues at the V&A encouraged me I will soon complete an 8 week placement supporters we are able to provide to apply for the MA I’d need to become a at Brighton Pavilion working with the funds to students across all courses conservator and they recommended West conservation team to preserve the structure through The Edward James Foundation Dean. It was tough as the application process and contents of the Saloon Gallery. This Scholarship and Bursary Fund, but it is was competitive and I knew I couldn’t fund is an exciting opportunity to work in a hugely over-subscribed. my studies without a scholarship, but I was popular visitor attraction alongside expert encouraged to apply and privileged to receive conservators. We’re grateful to everyone who a scholarship from The British Antique provides a named scholarship or Dealers’ Association. What are your hopes and plans for contributes to our endowment fund, the future? but we need to do more to ensure What has been a highlight of that we can provide support to every I would love to work in a historic house as I your studies? student who needs it. The legacy am excited by the idea of combining object of your support is the impact your As part of our Preventative Conservation conservation with interpretation and teaching scholars make on our shared cultural module we worked as a team to develop a the public about the role of conservation. heritage when they enter the world conservation plan for the Nuremburg Doll’s A lot of young people don’t know about as artists, makers, educators and House which dates back to 1669. This is a careers that are available to them if they conservators. popular object from the House Collection have an interest in art, such as conservation, here at West Dean and it was great to work curating and scientific research. I’d like to To learn more about the importance as part of a conservation team as you would raise awareness of that. of scholarships and bursaries visit for a heritage house or museum. westdean.org.uk/scholarships. 2 Discover More Celebrating 25 Years of Glorious Gardening West Dean College In spring this year we launched an appeal to In recognition of their contribution, friends, awards outstanding renovate West Dean’s Victorian Nectarine, family, gardening peers and donors gathered students Late Vinery and Fig Glasshouses in the fruit on a September afternoon to celebrate a garden and to recognise the wonderful lifetime of horticultural commitment. It was In July this year we were delighted to contribution that our Head Gardeners, also an opportunity to say thank you to our celebrate the graduation of 115 students husband and wife team, Jim Buckland and wonderful supporters who have raised over and awarded exceptional performance at Sarah Wain, have made over the 25 years £35,000 this year to make restoration of the our annual prize-giving ceremony. since they began to transform West Dean Fig House possible. Work will continue next into award-winning gardens. In the years since spring on the Nectarine and Late Vinery Postgraduate Diploma 1991, they have revitalised the 19th century Glasshouses. students Jessica Hyslop landscape and overseen tremendous changes (Books) and Victoria which have brought the gardens international Bullard-Smith (Metalwork) respect for both the quality and variety of Conserving these glasshouses is were awarded the horticultural practice. central to our vision – it’s what we Chairman’s Prize for do. West Dean Gardens has a unique outstanding achievement in range of Victorian glasshouses that Conservation. Jessica’s level of craft skill, dedication and are part of the fabric of the place. sensitivity in her work was By conserving them we are able to impressive, whilst Victoria ensure their continued use and future demonstrated a natural enjoyment by the next generation, talent and produced some Sarah Wain. “beautiful, original work with a high level of artistry.” The Founder’s Prize for outstanding achievement was awarded to creative arts student, Fons Vogel (Musical Instruments, Professional Development Diploma). Fons demonstrated a clear understanding of traditional making techniques, working with great skill, craftsmanship and technical proficiency. A further 16 talented students were presented with awards by industry professionals including the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, The Worshipful Company of Cutlers and the Southern Section Antique Horological Society. New specialist tools in the clocks workshop Leave a gift to shape Students on the Conservation of Clocks skills our students gain by working on the future programme will benefit from the use of a unique and often rare objects from West Dean College and Gardens new lathe this academic year. Funding from acclaimed collections is in demand by is a place of inspiration and creative The George Daniels’ Educational Trust has prospective employers and prepares students promise. A gift in your will helps us supported the purchase of a Schaublin 102 to work on culturally important objects.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 2017 Sussex Modernism Catal
    Published to accompany the exhibition at CONTENTS Two Temple Place, London 28th January – 23rd April 2017 Exhibition curated by Dr Hope Wolf Foreword 04 Published in 2017 by Two Temple Place The Making of Sussex Modernism 2 Temple Place Dr. Hope Wolf, University of Sussex 08 London WC2R 3BD Sussex: A Modern Inspiration 56 Copyright © Two Temple Place Acknowledgements 68 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-9570628-6-3 Designed and produced by: NA Creative www.na-creative.co.uk Sussex Modernism: Retreat and Rebellion Produced by The Bulldog Trust in partnership with: Charleston, De La Warr Pavilion, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Farleys House & Gallery, Jerwood Gallery, Pallant House Gallery, Towner Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion & Museums Brighton & Hove, University of Sussex, West Dean College 02 03 FOREWORD truly extraordinary cultural heritage of the counties of East and West Sussex and the breadth and diversity of the artists who made this area Charles M. R. Hoare, Chairman of Trustees, their home during the first half of the twentieth century. The Bulldog Trust We are delighted to have collaborated with nine celebrated museums and galleries in the production of this exhibition: Charleston, De La Warr Pavilion, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Farleys House & The Bulldog Trust is delighted to welcome you to Sussex Modernism: Gallery, Jerwood Gallery, Pallant House Gallery, Towner Art Gallery, Retreat and Rebellion, our sixth Winter Exhibition at Two Temple Place. Royal Pavilion & Museums Brighton & Hove and West Dean. We are very grateful for their generosity in lending from their spectacular Two Temple Place was originally built as the estate office of William collections and for the time and knowledge they have shared, with Waldorf Astor, designed by eminent Gothic Revival architect, John particular thanks to Nathaniel Hepburn at Ditchling Museum of Art Loughborugh Pearson.
    [Show full text]
  • Phantoms of Surrealism 19 May– 12 December 2021
    Large Print Exhibition Guide Phantoms of Surrealism 19 May– 12 December 2021 Gallery 4 Phantoms of Surrealism These artwork captions start with the interpretation panel outside Gallery 4, and then continue on the left as you enter the gallery and follow in a clockwise direction. Continues on next page. 2 Introduction Phantoms of Surrealism examines the pivotal role of women as artists and behind-the-scenes animators of the surrealist movement in Britain. While some British women surrealists are gaining overdue recognition, the contribution of many others remains under examined. On 11 June 1936 Sheila Legge (1911–1949) stood in Trafalgar Square dressed in a white gown with her face entirely covered in red roses. Her appearance as a surrealist ‘phantom’ was an exceptionally early example of performance art. The event launched the International Surrealist Exhibition at London’s New Burlington Galleries. All of the women artists presented in Phantoms of Surrealism were crucial to the evolution of the movement in Britain; acting as exhibition organisers, committee secretaries, contributors of artworks and ideas or political campaigners. Continues on next page. 3 Ruth Adams (1893–1948), Elizabeth Andrews (1882– 1977), Eileen Agar (1898–1991), Claude Cahun (1894– 1954), Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), Diana Brinton Lee (1897–1982), Sheila Legge (1911–1949), Grace Pailthorpe (1883–1971), Elizabeth Raikes (1907–1942), Edith Rimmington (1902–1986) and Stella Snead (1910– 2006), participated either in the London International Surrealist Exhibition of 1936 or the anti-war Artists’ International Association (AIA) exhibition held at Whitechapel Gallery in 1939, which included a surrealist section. These two exhibitions are considered here in parallel, revealing artistic and political networks in the 1930s and the synergies and conflict between surrealist artists and the wider membership of the AIA.
    [Show full text]
  • West Dean Layout V4.Indd
    WEST DEAN ESTATE WHOLE ESTATE PLAN 2019–2029 A Landscape for Creative Inspiration Contents A ten-year vision for West Dean 3 STEWARDSHIP The South Downs National Park Vision 5 Composition of the Estate: Designations and 44 Setting and context 6 management plans Landscape character 46 CREATIVITY Special qualities: Seven special qualities of the 49 Origins of the College and its purpose 9 South Downs National Park The campus 10 Special qualities: Dark Skies and tranquility 51 Current building use on the campus 11 Case study: Astro-photography 52 Education and learning 13 Farms and farming 54 Visitors and tourism 18 Woodland and forestry 57 Case study: Biomass boiler 59 INSPIRATION Habitats for nature 61 Cultural appreciation 20 Heritage assets: Archaeology 64 West Dean College: The House and its collections 22 Heritage assets: Historic buildings 66 Art in the Landscape 26 West Dean College: Gardens and Parkland 71 West Dean Estate: A living landscape 27 Case study: Wildfl ower meadows at 75 Case study: Student accommodation 29 West Dean Gardens Community facilities and businesses 30 Weald & Downland Living Museum 76 Work and employment 32 Case study: The village shop 33 EXCELLENCE Local produce and traditional skills 34 Management approach: Ecosystem services 79 Recreation 35 SWOT analysis 81 Case study: Nuremberg Dolls House 36 Action plan 85 Consultation with community and stakeholders 89 CONSERVATION References and Credits 90 West Dean Estate in the context of the 38 South Downs National Park A view of the past 39 A ten-year vision for
    [Show full text]
  • Artichoke House George Charman
    Artichoke House George Charman 1 2 3 4 Contents George Charman / p. 4 -15 Artichoke House Marsha Bradfield & Lucy Tomlins / p. 18-27 Both in Progress: Artichoke House and a Typology of Sculpture Sharon-Michi Kusunoki / p. 30-41 Edward James and the Poetry of the Imagination John Warren / p. 44-49 Notes and Sketches David R J Stent / p. 50-57 The Pavilions of Xilitla 5 Artichoke House George Charman 4 I first encountered the sketch for ‘Artichoke House’ while wandering along the purple landing above the Oak Hall in Edward James’s family home at West Dean, now West Dean College. The sketch, sandwiched between Salvador Dalí’s Mae West Lips Sofa (1938) (commissioned by James for Monkton House) and Leonora Carrington’s Sketches of the Sphinx (1966), firmly locates Artichoke House within the Surrealist idiom that was James’s life. My project started life as an idea for a mould of an object that never existed, taking inspiration from James’s original design for ‘Artichoke House’ and from the mould-making technique of ‘shuttering’ (wooden planks or strips used as a temporary structure to contain setting concrete) that James employed in the construction of his monumental concrete forms in Xilitla, Mexico. I developed a series of drawings playing on the idea that James’s design for ‘Artichoke House’ was the mould by which Xilitla was cast. As well as highlighting the role of Edward James as a significant contributor to the history of surrealist architecture, Artichoke House aims to explore how the pavilion in its many modes of existence—as idea, image and object—encourages us to see anew.
    [Show full text]
  • Creative Arts
    PROSPECTUS An affiliated CAONSERV TION partner of the CREATIVE Arts 2017 – 18 FOUNDATION, DIPLOMA AND MASTERS 2017 – 18 WEST DEAN COLLEGE, THE EDWARD JAMES FOUNDATION LTD DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE TRUSTEES The Edward James Foundation Ltd West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ, England Francine Norris BA (Hons) MA FRSA Alexander Barron ACA The Hon Peter Benson LVO MA FCA (Chairman) Charity number 1126084 Francis Plowden FCA (Treasurer) Company number 6689362 +44 (0) 1243 818291 Lady Caroline Egremont [email protected] Caroline Griffith www.westdean.org.uk Professor Nigel Llewellyn PhD FSA David Seddon Professor Paul O’Prey CBE +44 (0) 1243 818291 [email protected] www.westdean.org.uk 2 COS NTENT 4 Welcome 5 West Dean College 5 Affiliation with the University of Sussex 6 Open Days and Visits 6 Why Choose West Dean 7 Courses at West Dean College 8 SCHOOL OF CONSERVATION 9 Books and Library Materials 10 Ceramics (and Related Materials) 11 Clocks (and Related Objects) 12 Furniture and Related Objects 13 Metalwork 14 Collections Care and Conservation Management 15 Conservation Tutors 15 Conservation on Location 16 FDA Historic Craft Practices – Clocks, Furniture, Metalwork 17 SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS 18 FDA Historic Craft Practices – Musical Instruments 19 Creative Writing and Publishing 20 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (FDAD) 1 2 3 20 Diploma in Art and Contemporary Crafts (DACC) - New for 2017 21 Visual Arts 22 Visual Arts – Painting and Drawing 92% of students 22 Visual Arts – Sculpture said studying at 23 Visual Arts – Tapestry and Textile Art 23 Visual Arts – Student Exhibitions West Dean College 24 Artists in Residence has enhanced their 24 Access to Short Courses skills and abilities 25 STUDENT INFORMATION 4 2016 Student Survey 25 Living at West Dean 26 Admissions Process 27 Scholarships 28 Bursaries 29 Other Sources of Funding 30 Our Supporters 31 Fees 1.
    [Show full text]
  • It's a Woman's World Women Artists Background for It's
    IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD WOMEN ARTISTS BACKGROUND FOR IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD TOUR It’s a Woman’s World tour was designed for a large group that comes to the museum six times a year and has been doing this for many years. The tours last 1 ½ hours. I tried to show art that was newer to Mia or loans to Mia as well as some other long time pieces. I intentionally left out pieces by women artists that I know the group has seen many times like Berthe Morisot and Vigee Le Brun. I started with the poster of the Gueriila Girls that says “horror on the national Mall-Thousands of women locked in the basements of D.C. museums. I have attached a link to the article on the sources page. We talked about how it has taken hundreds of years for women artists to gain recognition for their talent. The struggle continues for many women artists who currently do not command the prices that male artists command or have the presence in museums and galleries that male artists have experienced. There are many statistics in the article. When showing the Arts and Crafts woodblock prints of women artists, we talked about the process of woodblock printmaking and the various stages of creating the artworks. We talked about the influence that Japanese printmaking had on the Impressionists and later artists. We also talked about how during the Arts and Crafts era people were rejecting the machine produced objects of the industrial age in favor of a return to traditional craftsmanship, like printmaking.
    [Show full text]
  • Peter Sarginson
    Discover MoreSpring Term 2017 Welcome to our Spring term 2017 newsletter. In our last edition, I mentioned we were developing a new ten year strategy and I’m pleased to give you, as a friend and supporter of West Dean College, a few headlines about what the future holds Martina Salvin, MFA Visual Arts, 2016 in advance of a more formal announcement later this year. The funding that these changes will require is significant, but ensures that students continue to gain the best possible experience and that We at the College have spent much of we are financially sustainable for the future. the last year assessing what we must do to achieve long-term sustainability for our But we cannot do it alone and we will need academic programmes and for the wider your help and support if we are to achieve West Dean community. We’ve listened to everything we’ve set out to. I hope I can the views of staff, students, funders, partners inspire you to join us on this exciting journey and employers and we’ve considered for the benefit of future generations of recent changes in education regulations, the artists, craftspeople and conservators and I industries we prepare students for and the thank you for all the support that you have political developments that are shaping the already shown us. world around us in unprecedented ways. With best wishes, Peter Sarginson At the heart of our strategic ambition is Alex Barron It is with great sadness, that we report to continue to deliver the highest quality Chief Executive that former West Dean College education in the creative and applied arts Principal, Peter Sarginson, died at his and also to make a lasting contribution to home in Yorkshire in March 2017.
    [Show full text]