The AA2A project is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project, using workshop and supporting facilities in fine art and design departments of Higher and Further Education institutions. This gives participating artists and makers the opportunity to use equipment which otherwise might not be available to them, as well as benefiting the institution by bringing in ideas and techniques which may not otherwise enter the college environment. (www.AA2A.org)

Graphic Design Communication at Chelsea have been invited to work exclusively with Comic Relief and Sports Relief. Six stage three students were invited for apply for three placement opportunities…and all six were all successful! Tom Brushwood, Daniel Cooper, Jack Haslehurst, Sophie Heath, Christian Jeffery and Emma Noble will be developing creative strategies to enhance this famous charity.

Red Nose Day has become something of a national institution since its launch in 1988. In 2011, more than £102 million was raised to transform lives. It just goes to show what a difference a Red Nose Day can make.

Bill Gosbee, Head of Creative Services of Comic Relief, adds: ‘Comic Relief’s greatest asset is its sense of humour and fun, cheeky tone of voice. We had a great meeting with the Chelsea student team and all the portfolios were pretty remarkable’.

Comic Relief home page: www.comicrelief.com/

Photo by Maria Panova

Last night, students  from the Chelsea’s Graduate Diploma in Interior Design presented their festive installation in the foyer of the Mint Hotel, in what has become and annual tradition for the course. This year’s Christmas tree which combines 21^st Century design with 19^th Century detail, was produced by Zahrasadat Moeinshirazi, Dominika Akuszewska, Justina Job, Fangyu Cheng, Jana Bartakova, Rita Lazrak and Mana Panova.

Photo by Leo Bieber leobieber.com

Photo by Leo Bieber leobieber.com

Photo by Maria Panova

The hotel is situated a few minutes walk from the college: http://www.minthotel.com/our-hotels/london-westminster

Students from Chelsea’s Gaduate Diploma Interior Design were awarded 3^rd place in this year’s American Institute of Architects (AIA) Charrette11.

This year the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) collaborated with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on their annual student charrette and it was opened up to Interior Design students.

Students were divided into groups for a day of intensive problem solving at the Architectural Association. This years’ challenge was to design an extension to the British Museum, The students were split into 9 teams and one mentor was appointed to each group before they received their brief. The teams visited the British Museum before going back to the Architectural Association to start their work. The groups had until 4.30pm to finish the assignment and creative sparks were flying.

The groups competed to produce the best solutions possible to a design assignment given at the beginning of the day and are guided by professional architects, interior designers and educators. Paul Finch CBE, head of Design Council CABE, chaired the jury and was joined on the judging panel by Graeme Brooker, head of Interior Educators, and Stephan Reinke, the first president of the AIA UK.

You can read more about the project here http://www.biid.org.uk/news/Charrette-11

And see pictures from the awards on the Facebook page here:  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.312153875465769.97199.278839132130577&type=3

Following our introduction for Chelsea MA students to the Chelsea Salon Series on November 8th in the Triangle space at 5.00 pm we are holding an event in a space that we hope to be using in the future.  All CCW students are welcome.

Brunswick House is just over Vauxhall Bridge on the right and only a few minutes walk. It is a great venue with a wonderful bar and a zany collection of antique furniture. Jackson Boxer who runs the bar has incredibly generously donated the space to us exclusively on condition that everybody buys a drink which doesn’t sound too onerous!
It also has a stage. We are looking for volunteers who would like to do some performance with Chelsea Alumni and indeed for anybody who has ideas for performances which they would like to put forward to us.

http://chelseasalonseries.blogspot.com/2011/11/open-call-for-performance-brunswick.html

IT SHOULD BE FUN so do all come along!

 Monday 14 November  6-9 pm
Brunswick House
30 Wandsworth Road
Vauxhall
SW8 2LG

Laura Carew and Josh Y’Barbo

lacarew@gmail.com
joshuaybarbo@gmail.com

Away from the graphics studio, Chelsea Technician David Barnett has been in the spotlight following the success of his recent collaboration with Bruce McLean and Sam Belinfante: ‘A CUT A SCRATCH A SCORE: a comic opera in three parts’.

A CUT A SCRATCH A SCORE: a comic opera in three parts is a distinctive new performance and exhibition that was presented in three different public spaces in Dundee, a (botanic) Garden, a (city) Square and a (Cooper) Gallery. Combining opera, comedy, drawings, sculpture and moving images, the work acts as a stage for the city and its people, upon which the comedies of contemporary life strut, turn and take a bow.

The opera received a 4 star review in The Times which you can read here: http://www.exhibitions.dundee.ac.uk/images/a-cut-a-scratch-a-score-the-times-review.gif

Developed through a close collaboration between David Barnett, Sam Belinfante and Bruce McLean, the project widened its pool of authors over its five days to include the public and the city itself. As the artists themselves say “It is not enough to merely co-exist. This project is truly collaborative — it has developed through dialogue and co-authorship”. This collaborative focus presents a timely and cogent politics for all of us, a politics that is ‘to the left, to the right and in the middle’.

The opera also featured the renowned Mezzo-soprano Lore Lixenberg and performance artist Adeline Bourret with 60 musicians from three local choirs and the Dundee Drum Academy.

You can read more about the project here: http://www.exhibitions.dundee.ac.uk/acut.html

MA Textile Design graduate Charlotte Juin has organized a pop up store in Brixton to promote and sell both her own work and that of other designers, most of whom she studied alongside at Chelsea.

Pop-up design will take place from 23 – 27 of November at 115 Dulwich Road in the vibrant area of Herne Hill / Brixton. The pop-up store has only one leitmotiv “creativity and quality” and aims to promote emerging talents. You will find a wide range of products (photography, fashion, interior design) and a space to meet and share. Each product has a story to tell and has been chosen for its quality and original concept.

Pop-up design is an event where fashion, interior, jewellery meet for all to enjoy !

Opening Hours

Wednesday 23 November, 18.00 – 21.00
Thursday 24 - Saturday 26 November,  10.00 – 20.30
Sunday 27 November,  11.00 – 19.00

http://pop-up-design.tumblr.com

Late At Tate Britain
Beyond Apocalypse

Friday 4 November 2011 / 18.30–21.30

Sean Dower, a member of Chelsea’s Fine Art staff, will feature in this month’s Late at Tate event in a piece with Richard Wilson.

Taking inspiration from the current John Martin: Apocalypse exhibition, this event will explore apocalyptic visions from a contemporary viewpoint.

Encounter performances from Richard Strange’s CABARET APOCALYPTICA and live interventions from Bag of Blood (Sean Dower and Richard Wilson) and Kelly Dearsley, Bonfire Madigan Shive and witness DJ sets from Gavin Turk, spoken word from Kate Tempest, and talks and screenings curated by Tate Collective.

Late at Tate events and entry to the Collection Displays is free. Charges apply to special exhibitions.

For More details please see:   http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/lateattatebritain/25030.htm

On the Friday 11 November, UAL students will take over the British Museum, the UK’s biggest tourist attraction and second largest Museum in the world, for one exciting night only.

Coordinated by UAL Platform, a programme from the University’s Student Union designed to provide students with exciting opportunities all over London,  all UAL students had the chance to submit a project proposal for the event earlier this year.

Out of the 25 projects chosen – workshops, activities, performances, installations all inspired by Grayson Perry’s work and in particular his current exhibition at the Museum, The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman – Chelsea students have come up with some brilliant projects.

Ray Brazier, a second year BA Fine Artist, will be presenting a hands-on workshop in the Craft Fair section on the night – juxtaposing Grayson Perry’s penchant for alter egos and the Museum’s ancient Egyptian artefacts by teaching people how to make transvestite mummy dolls.

The BA Textile course is also presenting a project in the craft fair – teaching people the skill of pom pom making and getting them to hang them on the ‘pom pom tree’ in the middle of the Museum’s Great Court.

Moving into the surrounding galleries of the Museum, Jessica Piddock, studying for a PG Diploma & MA in Fine Art, will be creating ‘Dreamscape’ in room 4 -  an interactive installation where visitors can write their dreams and wishes on paper and add them to the undulating waves of the paper sea of wishes.

Also, wandering you around the galleries you may encounter BA Fine Art students William Phong-Ly and Neba Khodyer’s Modern Pilgrimage. Taking the themes of traditional religious pilgrimages from Perry’s exhibition, the pair have curated a pilgrimage around the museum in which you can dress in authentic pilgrim clothing and make a badge as a souvenir of the journey.

The event is completely free and alongside the projects from LCC students there will be a whole host of other activities going on – including a bar, a silent disco and a 2-for-1 student ticket offer to see the Grayson Perry exhibition.

More details can be found on the UAL Platform, on Facebook and on Twitter using the #graysonperrylate hash tag.

The Drawing Collective, made up of four students from the MA Curating course 2010/2011, has donated The Drawing Archive and the all important Drawing to the Special Collections at Chelsea College of Art & Design Library.

The Drawing Archive is the result of a five month, intense collaboration between Manca Bajec, Michele Drascek, Emma Moore and Milia Xin Bi. The aim of the project was to collectively purchase one artwork. What seemed from the outset as a pretty straight forward task, turned into an intensive journey riddled with surprises, arguments, late night correspondences, early morning coffees and unexpected outcomes. Every detail, each interview conducted with artists, gallerists, professors, auctioneers and collectors, every idea was carefully archived. The resulting exhibition in Wimbledon Space in March 2011, originally thought of as the perfect opportunity to display the acquired drawing, instead became the site of a delicate installation: a visual representation of the complex string of events which took place. This exhibition is the focus of the artist book produced, which was printed in an edition of twenty, and made as a gift for those who supported the project. The first edition of this book can also be found in the Special Collections.