Leeds Arts University Explained

Leeds Arts University
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Established:	University status - 2017
Type:	Arts university (HE and FE)
Vice Chancellor:	Professor Simone Wonnacott^[1] ^[2]
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Postgrad:
City:	Leeds
Province:	West Yorkshire
Country:	United Kingdom
Former Names:	Leeds School of Art Jacob Kramer College Leeds College of Art and Design Leeds College of Art

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Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.

History

It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds School of Art. From 1968 to 1993 it was known as Jacob Kramer College, after Jacob Kramer, having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (the future Leeds Beckett University). It was known as Leeds College of Art and Design until 2009, and then as Leeds College of Art.^[3] In August 2017, the school was granted university status and the name was changed to Leeds Arts University.^[4]

Locations

The University today has city centre sites at Blenheim Walk and at Vernon Street.

Academic profile

Further education courses

Extended Diploma in Creative Practice
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - one of the largest in the country, with 280 students validated by the University of the Arts London

Undergraduate courses

BA (Hons) Animation
BA (Hons) Comic & Concept Art
BA (Hons) Creative Advertising
BA (Hons) Creative Writing
BA (Hons) Fashion Branding with Communication
BA (Hons) Fashion Design
BA (Hons) Fashion Photography
BA (Hons) Filmmaking
BA (Hons) Fine Art
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
BA (Hons) Illustration
BA (Hons) Photography
BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance
BA (Hons) Textile Design
BA (Hons) Visual Communication

Postgraduate courses

MA Animation
MA Creative Practice
MA Curation Practices
MA Creative Practice
MA Fine Art
MA Graphic Design
MA Illustration and Graphic Novel
MA Photography
MA Worldbuilding and Creature Design

Student body

Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, at higher education students in . Out of UK higher education institutions, it is the largest.

Notable alumni

Norman Ackroyd, artist
Sam Ainsley, artist
Kenneth Armitage, sculptor
Glyn Banks, co-founder of Art in Ruins art practice
James Bateman, painter
Glen Baxter, artist
Trevor Bell, artist
Alison Britton, ceramics tutor at the Royal College of Art
Henry Carr, painter and war artist
Michael Chapman, guitarist, musician and singer
Paul Clark, musician
Elisabeth Collins, painter and sculptor
Raymond Coxon, painter
Diz Disley, musician and graphic artist
Leigh Francis, comedian
Marcus Harvey, painter
Barbara Hepworth, sculptor
Damien Hirst, 1995 Turner Prize winner
Jocelyn Horner, sculptor
Thomas Houseago, sculptor
Percy Hague Jowett (1882 - 1955), artist and arts administrator
Vivien Knight, art historian and gallerist
Jacob Kramer, painter
Edna Lumb, painter
Henry Moore, sculptor
Peter Murphy, Stuckist artist
Stass Paraskos, painter and founder of the Cyprus College of Art
Bob Peck, actor
Vivian Pitchforth, artist
Adrian Riley, artist and designer
Victor Sloan, visual artist
Bernard Schottlander, sculptor
Ria Sharma, founder of Make Love Not Scars
Georgina Starr, artist
Cecil Stephenson, artist
Frankie Vaughan, singer
Hilda Annetta Walker, artist
Harold Sandys Williamson, painter
Trevor Winkfield, painter and writer
Joash Woodrow, painter

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Senior Management Team. www.leeds-art.ac.uk. 1 July 2018.
http://edquarter.com/Article/arts-college-achieves-university-status
News: Leeds College of Art. 8 July 2009. 2009-07-27 . It recently changed its name from Leeds College of Art and Design. . London . The Independent.
Web site: Leeds Arts University Established As Leeds College Of Art Gains University Status!. leeds-art.ac.uk. 21 August 2017.