The real stand will be bigger than this. Promise.

Chelsea and the other five University of the Arts London colleges get on the road again this month as we’ll be exhibiting at the annual UCAS Design Your Future fairs in London and Manchester.

If you have not been able to book an Open Day with Chelsea this year, it is another great way to meet the team and get your questions answered. It is also the best way to chat to representatives from each of the six colleges as we’ll all be there.

The dates for this year’s events are:

London
ExCel Centre 17/18 November public opening times: 10am – 3.30pm

Manchester
G-Mex Complex 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2009 public opening times: 10am – 3.30pm.

Find out more about these events and book your space

Black Pig City Masonic Circus
Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art & Design

Exhibition runs from 17th – 25th October: 10am – 5pm (weekdays), 10am – 4pm (weekends)

For the first Borderline commission, Italian collective Black Pig City have been running a workshop with a group of UAL students. The result of this process – ‘The Phenomenal Manifestation of the Black Pig’ – a performative event / Private View is on Friday 16th October. All welcome!

www.borderlineproject.org.uk

The 28th State: European Borders in an Age of Anxiety
Tate Britain
Saturday 24th October 2009
‘The 28th State,’ seeks to explore how cultural practitioners in Europe are engaging with the idea of borders – both literally and metaphorically. What is the role of art in framing visions of contemporary / future Europe? How are practitioners engaging with the idea of borders when much of contemporary practice is peripatetic? What do terms like ‘cross-cultural’ or ‘trans-national’ mean now? How do Diasporic experiences affect the Europe we are creating?

‘The 28th State ‘ is a practice –based symposium, placing artistic practice at the heart of the discussion, featuring speakers from across the EU.

Tickets £25/£15

To book, please visit http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/symposia/19662.htm

Forthcoming projects include a commission form Paula Rouch and Ines Amado and much more…

Borderline is funded by Chelsea Programme and Arts Council England. ‘The 28th State’ is also kindly supported by City Inn Westminster.

'Digesting Information' film to shown at the Portobello Film Festival later this month

‘Digesting Information’ is a video about creating an artwork. We artists often dress up to look professional and try hard to process the huge amount of information and make it work.

The video will be shown at Portobello Film Festival , Westbourne Studios at 6pm on Thursday 10 September.

Contact the Artist: jwodzicka@yahoo.com

Read about Chelsea’s BA (Hons) Fine Art

Work is well under way on Gods & Mortals, the second in a series of sculpture exhibitions by Cookhouse Studio. The collective is made up of five artists: Sally Tiffin (Chelsea’s own Technical Manager), Richard Slatter, Robson Cezar, Catherine Maffioletti and Rebecca Stevenson.

The exhibition takes place at Chelsea College of Art & Design between Monday 21 – Friday 25 September 2009

Keep checking this post for more images of the lead up to this key event in the Chelsea calendar.
Email events@chelsea.arts.ac.uk for more information about this event

This Is Why We Meet is an investigation, showcase and celebration of collaborative working practice within the arts.

Independent curators Pat and Trevor have selected 4 students from each college within the University of the Arts London. Students will become part of a collaborative team and work together intensively for a one-week period prior to installation.

Work produced will be exhibited within the Wieden+Kennedy window on Hanbury Street in East London. The project starts with Chelsea College of Art and Design (display: Monday 20th July), and finishes with Central St. Martins (display: 24th August).

Chelsea’s This Is Why We Meet blog

Wieden+Kennedy

BA (Hons) Fine Art

Group Show at SUMARRIA LUNN PROJECTS

IN A WORD / 20/06/09 – 05/07/09

Group Show at SUMARRIA LUNN PROJECTS

Featuring work by DAVID WIGHTMAN  with ROSS JONES / BRONWEN SLEIGH / YUN-KYUNG JEONG

Open for viewing:
Saturday 20th, Sunday 21st June / 12 – 6pm and Thursday 25th June, Thursday 2nd July / 6 – 9pm
At all other times by appointment between 20th June and 5th July

Location: 21 Eyre Court, 3-21 Finchley Road, London NW8 9TT / Tube: St. John’s Wood

http://www.sumarrialunn.com/

Chelsea student Tom Robbins: Random Acts of Kindness

Kindival ’09 is the brainchild of Chelsea College of Art & Design student campaigner, Tom Robbins, and will take place at the prestigious Chelsea College of Art & Design on 25^th April 2009. Presented to you by Channel 4 as part of the award-winning Battlefront multi-media project, it is the first annual kindness event that the UK has seen. Featuring debates and engaging talks on the subject of kindness and what being kind means to society today, the event line-up includes Professor Neil Cummings (Critical Practice) and Louise Burfitt- Dons (World Kindness Movement). Highlights include contemporary art exhibitions on the theme of kindness, activities and giveaways, and a talk from The Kindness Offensive.

Guests include high profile figures, politicians, human rights campaigners, theorists and comedians.

If you’d like to attend or participate in Kindival ‘09, find more about Tom’s campaign.

For more information contact:

Tom Robbins:

T:07891 436 477

E:thedogooderarmy@googlemail.com 

Tom is a first year BA (Hons) Fine Art student and began his Random Acts of Kindness campaign in early 2008, and has since carried out a wide array of public stunts in and around London to encourage citizens to be more open to kindness and, importantly, kinder to each other. He has donated free umbrellas to strangers caught in the rain, held up placards asking people to smile at their neighbours, and Tom has set up a ‘good-deed desk’ in Spitalfields where he takes requests for good deeds and offers to run errands.