Farnham artist trips the light fantastic:
Over 150 people joined a light trail on 18 October beginning at the Crafts Study Centre and culminating in a permanent light installation on a bridge at the Maltings Arts Centre.
Canterbury artist shortlisted for major textile award:
Neil Bottle, a practicing textile artist and lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, has been shortlisted for a Wesley-Barrell Craft Award.
Fashion graduate is talk of NY with retro bags:
A fashion graduate from Epsom has been a star attraction at the International Designers Show in New York with her unique range of 'granny bags.'
Filmmaker takes on Europe:
20-year-old Farnham student Joseph Martin based has announced himself on the European stage with his new film 'Washed Up'
Fine Art students win Canterbury underpass design competition:
Two mature students from Canterbury's BA Fine Art course have won the Canterbury Underpass Design Competition.
Students head to Israel to film Tel Aviv street artist:
Five second year BA (hons) Film Production students from Farnham are set to make a documentary film about Israeli street artist Know Hope.
Second Life Lecture - 13 November:
As part of the current research examining Second Life and its application within education there will be a lecture seminar taking place at Maidstone on Thursday 13 November between 1400-1700.
Evil has a name and a face:
Maidstone will host an exhibition of portraits of concentration camp guards taken by renowned photographer George Rodger.
Fashioning Hope/Cool Living:
UCA Rochester is to host a seminar about the role of the Creative Industries in International Development.
Claire Morgan - Periphery:
A major solo exhibition of work by emerging British Artist Claire Morgan will soon be opening at the James Hockey and Foyer Galleries in Farnham.
ucreative update
It was wonderful to see so many people at our Staff Celebration at the Saatchi Gallery on 29 October. I'm sure you will agree how splendid the venue was and how special it was to spend an evening together with staff from all five campuses. The atmosphere was lively and felt truly celebratory, and I hope staff were able to meet familiar and not so familiar colleagues from across the University. It was an important moment in our journey to becoming an even stronger creative community.
A big thank you must go to our Marketing and Communications Department for arranging and ensuring that all went smoothly on the night.
The Saatchi Gallery, and its fascinating collection was a great setting for the launch of Britain's first creative arts university. I hope that the world at large will continue to see our institution as the source for creative expertise across all of our fields. We should be the first port of call for industry, potential students, and media who are interested in the creative arts.
The first way to achieving that status is by ensuring that we value ourselves and our combined talent as an institution. Celebrating together is an important part of this process, that means sharing a pride in the journey that we've made, and recognising the tremendous contribution that we can continue to make to our society. Our objective now must be to focus on how we can further improve and develop the service that we offer to our students and the wider community.
As I hope the latest round of staff roadshows has shown, we are a university looking forward to strengthen its position and reputation in the months and years to come. With University title, now firmly a rite of passage in our heritage and history, we can look forward to building that creative community together. That is our next great challenge, and one which I am sure will reap many benefits for us all.
Professor Elaine Thomas
Vice-Chancellor
VADS secures £92k to enhance online image archive
The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) is to upgrade its online image archive after securing £92k of government funding from JISC - a joint committee of the UK further and higher education funding bodies.
Anne Tyrrell MBE visits Rochester
Fashion Designer Anne Tyrrell MBE has officially opened a new £200,000 state-of-the-art centre for pattern cutting at UCA Rochester.
Update from the Centre for Sustainable Design
October has been a busy month for the Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD), which hosted an important sustainability conference in Sweden.
Animation success all round for UCA graduates
UCA graduates did themselves proud at this years 'Anifest' animation festival in Canterbury held in the first week of November. Together, Farnham and Maidstone animation graduates won all of the major prizes.
Research Student Conference
The Research Student Conference took place at the Epsom campus on 10 October and was organised by two Epsom research students, Katherine Nolan and Matthew Gulliford.
New faces on the Board of Governors
Following Loyd Grossman's appointment as Chair, Arnold Schwartzman and Uwe Derkson have joined the Board of Governors.
Research Fund Applications - Round Two - Deadline Reminder
Staff are invited to apply for funds to support their research in the second round of the 2008/09 Research Fund, the deadline for which is Friday 5 December 2008.
University title staff celebration pictures
Over 500 staff enjoyed a celebration of University title, at the Saatchi Gallery in London on 29 October. Here are some of the happy revelers.
Comedy poet offers master class to local schools
Rochester opened its doors for a free poetry workshop with well-known comedy poet John Hegley on 21 October
