Fine Art student collaborates with school to create unique artwork

A Fine Art student from the University of Chichester has been collaborating with a local school to create a bespoke artwork.As part of her level five module 'Site'.

Lauri Hopkins was asked to create a piece of art for the visitors' reception at The Regis School in Bognor to commemorate the old Lower and Upper School buildings, which are now demolished and derelict respectively.

The finished piece, which is constructed from the remains of the buildings, is entitled 'Floor'.

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Two Fine Art students are celebrating their success after winning top prizes in a sculpture competition

Level-five student Sam Lloyd won the ‘University’ category at the ‘Recycled Sculpture Challenge’, a competition held by the Cass Sculpture Foundation, whilst level-six student Sarah Evans took home third prize.

Sam’s prize includes £150 and the chance to work at Cass for six-months.

More information about the Cass Sculpture Foundation can be found on their website: www.sculpture.org.uk

Fine Art Degree Show 2011, open to the public from Saturday, 14 May to Sunday, 22 May.

Saturday, 14 May and Sunday, 15 May (11.00 am - 6.00 pm)
Monday, 16 May - Friday, 20 May (11.00 am - 7.00 pm)
Saturday, 21 May and Sunday, 22 May (11.00 am - 6.00 pm)

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Twenty three Fine Art students are presenting the culmination of their studies at the University’s annual Fine Art Degree Show in May. Painting, Sculpture, Textile Art, Print and Photography are all shown at their best in the purpose-built art studios in the artOne building on the Bishop Otter Campus. Read more >>

Pat Grindey, a final year Fine Art student from the University of Chichester has won the National Open Art Competition 2008.

Mature student Pat, from Funtington, near Chichester, whose painting '3 Peasant Girls, after Malevich' was chosen from a record 1,200 submissions by artists from across the UK, was presented with the £10,000 first prize. Read more >>

Intervention Exhibition Fine art staff from the University of Chichester show new work at Worthing Museum. Displaying contemporary art alongside museum pieces, the group mediate between past and present and reveal aspects of both in a less familiar light.

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University of Chichester students are prizewinners at Chichester Open Art Exhibition Johanna Wilbraham, who recently graduated from the University of Chichester with a 2:1 degree in English & Creative Writing and Fine Art, came away with the £1,000 Visitors' Choice Prize at this year's prestigious Chichester Open Art Exhibition, a national competition for amateur and professional artists. read more >>

Winner is announced for sculpture commission at Bishop Otter campus The University of Chichester and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars have announced details of the winning design for a permanent large-scale artwork to be situated at the University’s Bishop Otter campus. read more >>

Success for Fine Art graduate David Pratt Fine Art graduate David Pratt is already enjoying some brilliant success since leaving university. His work Suburban Odyssey, created for his degree show, has been selected by the Cass Sculpture Foundation to be exhibited at Goodwood amongst the work of other internationally renowned sculptors. read more >>

Cultural Vision for Chichester The University of Chichester will be hosting an open forum on Monday 22nd May at 3.30pm for ARTEL, a group of contemporary local artists, who are lobbying Chichester District Council for Artists’ Studios and exhibition space. read more >>

Tim Sandys-Renton makes an exhibition of himself Fine Art lecturer, Tim Sandys-Renton has taken himself as his subject in his latest exhibition. Tim is presenting a two-screen video installation as part of Testbed, an ongoing series of 'Practice as Research' exhibitions by Fine Art staff in the Otter Gallery. read more >>