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9th May 20112011 QEST Scholarships awarded to two students in Historic CarvingTeresa Dybisz (2nd year Diploma, Stone Carving) and Richard Mossman (1st year, PG Diploma, Stone Carving) were amongst the recipient of the April 2011 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) awards.
7th June 2010Andrew Graham Dixon meets his own gargoyle/grotesque at the School! Andrew Graham Dixon visits the School to see Alan Lamb's creation for the BBC's Culture Show.
28th March 2010British Museum talk with Alumna Jan Goodkin2009 Post Graduate Stone Carving Alumna Jan Goodkin will host a talk at the British Museum on how the British Museum’s collections inspired her to carve a statue of a Baboon.
4th November 2009New Miniature Portraits for Westminster AbbeyTwo second-year Post-Graduate Diploma students, James Kirby and John Ford, are involved in an interesting project at Westminster Abbey.
2nd November 2009Queen Anne's Summer HouseAlan Lamb, as Head of Historic Carving, and his students have carved new brackets for Queen Anne’s Summer House.
15th April 2009The Angel of Westminster - A collaboration between City & Guilds of London Art School and the House of LordsA few years ago, the Curator’s Office at the Houses of Parliament approached City & Guilds of London Art
School’s Conservation and Historic Carving Departments with a proposal to conserve and restore the figure
of an angel, once part of the sculptural decoration of Victoria Tower, as a student project. The result has been
an exciting challenge for both students and tutors alike and this exhibition showcases the work undertaken by
those who have been involved in this unique project.
26th March 20098feetUp ExhibitionA new permanent exhibition of emerging artists. Exhibition opening - Thursday, 2 April (from 18.00)
16th December 2008Studio VisitOn Tuesday, 16 December 2008, the Carving Department travelled to the studios of Fairhaven and Woods, in Cambridgeshire.
22nd November 2008Skills London 2008 ConferenceThe School's Carving Department attended the Skills London 2008 Conference on 20-22 November 2008.
12th November 2008Daphne Tengbergen's Saint John of the CrossDaphne Tengbergen started her two-year Post Graduate Stone Carving Diploma in September 2007.

22nd November 2008

Skills London 2008 Conference

The School's Carving Department attended the Skills London 2008 Conference on 20-22 November 2008.

Tom Brown, 3rd Year Stone Carving Diploma Student, Talks to Mayor Boris Johnson

Tom Brown, 3rd Year Stone Carving Diploma Student, Talks to Mayor Boris Johnson

Skills London 2008 is the UK’s largest event providing information and advice on career and training opportunities. It emphasises skills and interactivity, giving young people a chance to touch, feel and experience first hand the diverse range of career and training options available to them. It forms part of a four-year programme of skills promotion activities leading up to the international WorldSkills competitions that will take place in London in 2011.

This three-day exhibition took place in the massive 20,000m² ExCeL Conference Centre.

Over 120 exhibitors participated: business and public sector employers; further education colleges; sector skills councils; training/work based learning providers; universities and higher education institutions; and charities and advice bodies.