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Celebrating London 2012 Evening Reception

A rare bout of sunshine greeted guests to UAL’s Celebrating London 2012 evening reception: a portent, with any luck, to a bright summer ahead of art, culture and sport. The mood inside the Platform Theatre at Central Saint Martins was … Continue reading

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UAL achievements recognised in Universities Week 2012 publications

Universities Week 2012 took place from 30 April to 7 May this year and its accompanying publication, ‘Olympic and Paralympic Games: The Impact of Universities’, prominently features work from UAL. Showcasing images of Central Saint Martins’ senior lecturer, Lin Cheung, … Continue reading

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Chelsea alumnus Anish Kapoor’s Orbit unveiled (officially!)

We reported on it over two years ago – when it was first commissioned – but today Anish Kapoor’s 114.5 sculpture was officially unveiled (despite being clearly visible for three months now). The Chelsea College of Art and Design alumnus’ … Continue reading

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UAL wins Silver!

Congratulations are in order to the university for winning the Silver Award for Creative Cultural Project at the Podium Awards Evening last night! Podium is the further and higher education unit for the 2012 Games and it is UAL’s London … Continue reading

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Chelsea alumna Louise Giblin: Body Casting Olympians

Sculptor and Chelsea alumna Louise Giblin has spent the last year working on a unique Olympian venture: body casting five British sporting heroes. The resulting sculptures will raise money for brain injury charity Headfirst and will be exhibited twice, in … Continue reading

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Susan Forsyth’s ‘Goldplay’ opens with a round of wiff-waff

Susan Forsyth’s double solo exhibition, Goldplay, opens at the Royal British Society of Sculptors’ headquarters in South Kensington tonight with a good old-fashioned game of wiff-waff… with a difference. It is a site-specific and temporally relevant show conceived with London … Continue reading

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Chelsea alumna’s Commonwealth medal and call-out for Olympic and Paralympic medalists!

Chelsea College of Arts alumna Hellen Manufor won a bronze medal for netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and is acting as an assistant UK liaison for Nigeria’s netball team in the forthcoming Olympic Games. The UAL 2012 blog is … Continue reading

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LOCOG graduate recruitment day

A date for your diary: on Friday 18th November, London 2012 is holding a graduate recruitment event in Canary Wharf for final year students and recent graduates. LOCOG is looking for people to fill a number of the 1,000 fixed … Continue reading

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London 2012 posters unveiled

In July we reported that four alumni of University of the Arts London were among 12 top British artists selected to design the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic posters. They are are Howard Hodgkin, Chris Ofili, Anthea Hamilton and Bridget Riley … Continue reading

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Sculptor Jeff Lowe creates large-scale work for Olympic festival

Internationally acclaimed sculptor Jeff Lowe studied at Saint Martins School of Art from 1971-1974. He was recently chosen to exhibit a large-scale sculpture in Berkeley Square as part of the City of Westminster’s celebration of the London 2012 Olympic and … Continue reading

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