Our response to the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of the Art School’s activities since March 2020. Trustees, Senior Management Team, and staff have been pro-active in responding to the ongoing situation with our highest priority being the need to maintain the high standards we are known for and that our students expect and deserve – not [...]
Summer School 2022 open for bookings
The Art School’s 2022 Summer School programme launches today, with an early bird discount available until midnight on Tuesday 4 January 2022. View the Summer School 2022 programme here. The Summer School programme, which runs over a three-week period from 4-22 July 2022, is a collection of short courses for adults (18+), focusing on the [...]
Founder of Carving and Conservation at the Art School honoured with new plaque
A memorial plaque celebrating the life and work of William Wheeler – founder of the Art School’s Restoration Department, the precursor to the current Historic Carving and Conservation Departments – was unveiled at the Art School recently. The plaque was commissioned by William’s son, John Wheeler (a past Master of the Carpenters’ Company) and was [...]
Material Matters: Clay
The Art School’s research programme, Material Matters, explores specific materials used by artists, carvers, conservators and researchers on the Art School’s specialist courses. Having previously examined wood and pigment, the material currently under the spotlight is Clay. In October, the Art School presented the Material Matters: Clay symposium, an online, one-day event featuring artists, craftspeople, [...]
2021/22 Sir Denis Mahon Sculptural Project Grant recipients announced
City & Guilds of London Art School is grateful to the Sir Denis Mahon Foundation for its continued support of a grant at the Art School, created in 2020 to honour the memory of Sir Denis Mahon, renowned collector and historian of Italian art, and to continue his legacy and lifelong interests in fine art, [...]