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Exeter College of Art and Design

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Exeter College of Art and Design was an art college based in Exeter, Devon. Founded in 1854, it amalgamated with what would become Plymouth University in 1989.

The main building was located at Earl Richards Road North Exeter from the 1970s with some facilities based at Barts until the early 1980s. Graphics was based on Gandy Street in the old School of Art buildings until it relocated to the main site in 1984. The Printmaking department was initially located at The Mint.{{cite web|title=Exeter Historic Buildings Trust|url=http://www.imaginarium.co.uk/ehbt/history2.htm|accessdate=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305062826/http://www.imaginarium.co.uk/ehbt/history2.htm|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

The Art College offered higher education courses including Foundation, BA (Hons) and Combination courses with the University of Exeter as well as MA/Pg diplomas.

Disciplines were, Fine Art Ceramics, Graphics, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture and 4D (Film, Video, Sound).

The Priory Press was introduced by Alan Richards and Bernard Beard in association with The Bartholomew Print Workshop in the 1960s and produces limited edition handmade printed books.{{cite web|last=Maxted|first=Ian|title=Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History; 12 A history of the book in Devon|url=http://bookhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2007/01/devon-book-71.html|work=First published 2001|date=16 January 2007|accessdate=7 April 2012}}

History

The School of Art was founded in Exeter in 1854 as part of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and promoted by Edward Bowring Stephens, a local sculptor.{{cite web |url= http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/stephens.php |title=Exeter Memories – E B Stephens |last=Oxford National Biography |work=exetermemories.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=12 May 2013}}

In 1858, decorative designer Kent Kingdon offered a £5 prize for a decorative design.{{cite web |url= http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/kingdonkent.php |title=Exeter Memories – Kent Kingdon |work=exetermemories.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}

In 1951, The Exeter School of Art was renamed as the Exeter Central College of Art.{{cite web |url=http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/150/History/Pages/Art.aspx |title=Art history in Plymouth |work=www1.plymouth.ac.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927040157/http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/150/History/Pages/Art.aspx |archive-date=27 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Clifford Fishwick (1923–1997) was appointed Painting Master in 1947{{cite web |url=http://www.theartroomtopsham.co.uk/portfolio.html |title=The Art Room: Portfolio – Devon Art Gallery in Topsham |work=theartroomtopsham.co.uk |year=2012 |quote=Martin Bentham |accessdate=12 May 2013 |archive-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430234651/http://www.theartroomtopsham.co.uk/portfolio.html |url-status=dead }} and was principal of the college from 1958 to 1984. A skilled painter, having trained at Liverpool School of Art, he was a friend of Peter Lanyon and exhibited regularly with the Penwith Society of Arts.{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-clifford-fishwick-1285559.html |title=Obituary: Clifford Fishwick – People – News – The Independent |last=A.Alvarez |work=The Independent |date= 28 January 1997|publisher=INM |location=London |issn=0951-9467 |oclc=185201487 |accessdate=11 May 2013}} Fishwick is now regarded as an important, if underrated, figure in post-war British painting and one of the better artists of the St Ives group.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Volume-exhibition-help-overlooked-figure-rightful/story-14145293-detail/story.html#axzz2StIo1SWO |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912054853/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Volume-exhibition-help-overlooked-figure-rightful/story-14145293-detail/story.html#axzz2StIo1SWO |url-status=dead|title=Volume and exhibition help put overlooked figure in rightful place | This is Cornwall |work=thisiscornwall.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |archive-date=12 September 2012 }}

In 1966, students' print work was featured in an exhibition entitled "An Approach to Printmaking in Exeter" at The Whitechapel Gallery, London.

In 1973, the College was renamed again as Exeter College of Art and Design and a new building opened at Earl Richards Road North on the outskirts of Exeter.

In 1976, painting tutor John Butler set up The Spacex (art gallery) which became a registered educational charity in 1990.{{cite web |url= http://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/galleries/spacex-gallery |title=Spacex Gallery | Artist Biographies |work=artbiogs.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=12 May 2013}}

The college amalgamated with Polytechnic South West, based in Plymouth, in 1989, and in 2007 the facilities moved permanently to the Plymouth Campus. In 2011, planning permission was granted to demolish and redevelop the site to provide 39 dwellings with parking and landscaping.{{cite web |url=http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/scripts/acolnet/planning/AcolnetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeDocs&TheSystemkey=66089 |title=Planning Pages |work=pub.exeter.gov.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707072556/http://pub.exeter.gov.uk/scripts/acolnet/planning/AcolnetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeDocs&TheSystemkey=66089 |archive-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Tutors

  • Clifford Fishwick (Principal) 1958–84{{cite web|title=Clifford Fishwick|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-4208z0&cid=0#0|work=Poems, paintings and drawings|publisher=Devon Records Office|accessdate=9 April 2012}}
  • Edward Allington (Fellow Ceramics) then Professor, Head of Graduate Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art{{cite web |url= http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/people/academic/profile/EALLI00#publications |title=The Slade School of Fine Art: Prof Edward Allington |work=ucl.ac.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}
  • Chris Garret (4D, also Biff cartoons){{cite web |url= http://www.artrabbit.com/all/events/event/35678/still_life_martin_bentham_rwa_christopher_garratt_robert_organ |title=Still Life – Martin Bentham RWA, Christopher Garratt & Robert Organ at The Art Room – Topsham |work=artrabbit.com |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}
  • Marek Laczynski (Printmaking)
  • Ray Smith (Painting)
  • Alexander McNeish (Head of Painting)

Alumni

  • John Angel (1881–1960) sculptor {{cite web |url= http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Exeter/JohnAngelF.R.B.S.htm |title=John Angel F. R. B. S |last=M.E. Brine |work=devonheritage.org |year=2009 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}
  • Christian Birmingham illustrator {{cite web |url= http://www.harpercollins.com.au/authors/50001401/Christian_Birmingham/index.aspx |title=Christian Birmingham from HarperCollins Publishers Australia |work=harpercollins.com.au |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}
  • Penny Dale illustrator and writer of children's books.
  • Julian Dawson (b. 1954) singer songwriter author
  • Elaine M. Goodwin author and mosaic artist
  • Iain McKell fashion, portrait and social documentary photographer {{cite book | title=Fashion Forever : 30 years of subculture | publisher=Thames Hudson | author=Farrelly Liz | year=2004 | location=New York | isbn=1903781086}}
  • Jon Middlemiss studio potter{{Cite web |title=Jon Middlemiss |url=https://cornwallartists.org/directory?pa__=Wood&page=101 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=cornwallartists.org}}
  • William Snell Morrish (1844–1917) landscape painter
  • Chris Pig (b. 1965) printmaker {{cite web |url=http://www.chrispig.com/biography.htm |title=Untitled Document |work=chrispig.com |year=2009 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |archive-date=26 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826180101/http://chrispig.com/biography.htm |url-status=dead }}
  • Richard Starzak English animator, screenwriter, and film director.{{Cite web |title=Video: Ipswich animator reveals all about part he played in creating new Shaun the Sheep Movie |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/21675843.video-ipswich-animator-reveals-part-played-creating-new-shaun-sheep-movie/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=East Anglian Daily Times |language=en}}
  • Andrew Sumner Movie journalist, publisher and TV presenter
  • Kev F. Sutherland (b. 1961) comedian and comic strip creator {{cite web |url= http://www.fringereport.com/0712sitcomtrialsfinals.php |title=FRINGE REPORT |work=fringereport.com |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}
  • Keith Towler social worker {{cite web |url= https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cVbJzTWmtVgJ:www.wao.gov.uk/assets/englishdocuments/Keith_Towler_biography.pdf+&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi_ZLAbF0QMTx9n576Wqfsu5lSFMO5Q-63m7WB6LdflJxX9ah_KWjXJXaLlyzmB-zpq1mBgz6YWyRYWapVkPC2FI9kVkOKEu4YD2lnipIpQo8y3tKGlA2l38CY47zH7q8nbvSCw&sig=AHIEtbTbY4XpAZN0Cwdck6fr7dWDnMKIVA |title=Keith_Towler_biography.pdf |work=docs.google.com |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}
  • Heather Tweed (b. 1959) visual artist {{cite web |url=http://www.heathertweed.co.uk/page8.htm |title=Heather Tweed – Saatchi Critic text |work=heathertweed.co.uk |year=2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |archive-date=23 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723095251/http://heathertweed.co.uk/page8.htm |url-status=dead }}
  • Frederick John Widgery (1861–1942) landscapist and mayor of Exeter {{cite web |url= http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/widgery.php |title=Exeter Memories – F J Widgery |work=exetermemories.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120927040157/http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/150/History/Pages/Art.aspx Historical photos of the college]
  • [http://www.spacex.co.ukS Spacex Gallery website]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100827053357/http://www.theartroomtopsham.co.uk/x_Fishwick/Fishwick-Garton-gallery-talk-v2.pdf Exhibition catalogue written by Lesley Kerman]
  • [http://sarahbennett.org.uk/projects-IT2.html 2012 Artwork Installation by Sarah Bennett in the abandoned Art College building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627035410/http://sarahbennett.org.uk/projects-IT2.html |date=27 June 2013 }}

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