Advantages: Only art college in the area, friendly atmosphere,lots of courses. Disadvantages: Not great for part-time students, a little lacking on the aesthetic side!
OVERVIEW
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Cleveland College of Art and Design has three campuses in the Tees Valley (North East England). It has been established for over 100 years and is currently the only independent, specialist artscollege in the North East.
Two of the campuses are in Middlesbrough, on Burlam Road and Green Lane, and the third is in Hartlepool, in Church Square.
The college offers a fairly large range of courses leading to various qualifications, including NCFE, GNVQ, BTEC, and Foundation Degrees (FdA).
The courses are really too extensive to list them all on here, but I will give an overview - for a full prospectus you can visit the CCAD website at www.ccad.ac.uk. The courses include:
Art and Design
Fashion
Fine Art
Graphic Design
Media
Multimedia
TV and Film Production
Photography
CCAD also run some short ...
Advantages: Free, Interesting, Interactive and Much More Disadvantages: Novel Design Comes At A Price And You Have To Break The Pollen Barrier!
Back in June I asked Ciao to add this exhibition as a category, however we are nearly in August and it's only appeared today. I've decided to go ahead and publish my hard-written review anyway, in the hope that it will be useful to anyone deciding whether or not to visit the exhibitions of 2008 and beyond.
June and July 2007 week saw the 150th anniversay of the RoyalCollege of Art, which was founded from the proceeds of the original Great Exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851.
I?ve always had a certain interest in this, it sounds like it must have been a Victorian version of the Ideal Home Show, the Crystal Palace filled with all those wonders of modern design. Very appropriately, the 2007 RoyalCollege of Art Summer Show is being held in a marquee on the very spot where the palace once stood and just across the road in a normal ...
Advantages: Close Knit Community Environment Disadvantages: Living In a Small Village/Town can at times be boring
Never heard of Surrey Institute of Art & Design, well check it out here!!
I spent 4 years at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design (or SIAD, as I will call it from now on)!!!
SIAD is actually split into 2 sites Epsom & Farnham. I will deal firstly with Farnham as it is the larger campus.
SIAD - Farnham Campus
2 long years spent at Farnham!! Farnham itself is a small town/village with quaint little shops, boutiques and coffee shops. At times it can feel a lot like one of those cream tea and scone villages. However, ever present is the large number of students who make Farnham their home. It is quite expensive to live in Farnham and the rents reflect this. This coupled with a general dislike of private letting agencies to rent to students can make housing one of the first and biggest problems you encounter.
SIAD does offer ...
