Welcoming our Vice Principal
We are delighted to welcome Andrew Casey to the Art School as our new Vice Principal. This is a newly established role, created to strengthen the Art School’s strategic and operational capacity. The Vice Principal will oversee income generating activity as well as Registry, Quality, IT and Site operations. The role will be instrumental in [...]
Richard Kindersley Obituary
We are deeply saddened by the passing of former trustee, tutor and master letter carver Richard Kindersley. Richard was a renowned carver, designer, sculptor and mentor whose influence shaped generations of lettering artists and carvers. His work included major public commissions, including the lettering for Holford’s New London Bridge (1973), a memorial tablet for Westminster [...]
Art School launches new Graduate Diploma Arts: Mosaics
City & Guilds of London Art School is delighted to announce the launch of the Graduate Diploma Arts: Mosaics, commencing in 2026/27. Created in collaboration with team members from the former London School of Mosaic, this course celebrates a unique commitment to craft, heritage and contemporary making and will be the UK’s only higher education-level qualification in mosaic. [...]
Celebrating Our Carving Department: Alumni and Staff Create National LGBTQ+ Armed Forces Memorial
We are proud to celebrate the achievements of our Carving Department, with current MA Carving student and Stone Carving Tutor Nina Bilbey, and alumni Charlotte Howarth, Kate Holmes and Sue Apherhis. Together with James Spedding and Roger Foyster of Holkham Forge, they form the artist collective The Abraxas Academy, the creative team behind the newly unveiled LGBTQ+ [...]
Celebrating our MA students at the end of year ceremony
Graduands and Guests at the Prizegiving and Graduand Ceremony. On Monday 8 September, we celebrated the hard work and achievements of our 2025 graduating MA Students in Fine Art, Carving and Conservation at their end of year ceremony and prize giving. Judy Maxwell-McNicol, MA Fine Art. Graduands addresses were delivered by Jamie Bill, Chair of [...]