Coventry School of Art and Design

Coventry School of Art and Design
Type	Art School
Established	1843 (1843)
Location	Coventry, England 52°24′25″N 1°30′11″W / 52.40699°N 1.50306°W / 52.40699; -1.50306Coordinates: 52°24′25″N 1°30′11″W / 52.40699°N 1.50306°W / 52.40699; -1.50306
Affiliations	Coventry University
Website	www.coventry.ac.uk/csad

The Graham Sutherland Building

The Ellen Terry Arts and Media Building

Coventry School of Art and Design is part of Coventry University in Coventry, West Midlands in the UK. It is home to a number of departments that teach and research in the areas of art, media and design including the Department of Industrial Design, the Department of Media, the Department of Design and Visual Arts and the Department of Performing Arts. It is most known for its world-famous courses in Automotive Design. The school also includes the Lanchester Gallery^[1] and the Institute for Creative Enterprises (ICE).^[2]

History

Coventry School of Art and Design's roots date back to the Coventry College of Design 1843. This became the Coventry School of Art in 1852, the Municipal School of Art in 1902 and then the College of Art in 1954. In 1970, it was merged with the Lanchester College of Technology and the Rugby College of Engineering to become part of the Lanchester Polytechnic, which later went on to become the Coventry Polytechnic in 1987 and Coventry University in 1992.^[3]

Premises

The Graham Sutherland Building, for courses in Design and Visual Arts and Industrial Design, 52°24′25″N 1°30′11″W / 52.40699°N 1.50306°W / 52.40699; -1.50306
The Ellen Terry Arts and Media Building, for Courses in Media, Journalism and Performing Arts, 52°24′23″N 1°30′18″W / 52.40640°N 1.50493°W / 52.40640; -1.50493

Courses

It has a range of courses in the following subject areas ^[4]

Advertising
Art
Automotive
Fashion
Graphic Design
Journalism
Media - including Media and Communications, Digital Media and Media Production
Music
Performing Arts
Photography
Product Design

References

↑ "Lanchester Gallery Website"
↑ "Institute for Creative Enterprise Website"
↑ Cheesewright, P. (2009). The Phoenix Rises - A Portrait of Coventry University in its City. Third Millennium Information. ISBN 978-1-903942-76-5.
↑ "Coventry School of Art and Design Courses"

External links

Coventry School of Art and Design website

Art schools in the United Kingdom

England

London	City and Guilds of London Art School Fine Arts College Goldsmiths, University of London Heatherley School of Fine Art Lambeth School of Art Putney School of Art and Design Ravensbourne Royal Academy Schools Royal College of Art Royal Drawing School UCL Slade School of Fine Art University of the Arts London Camberwell College of Arts Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Chelsea College of Art and Design Wimbledon College of Art

Other	Arts University Bournemouth Bath School of Art and Design Birmingham Institute of Art and Design Cleveland College of Art and Design Coventry School of Art and Design Falmouth University Hastings School of Art Hereford College of Arts Leeds College of Art Lincoln School of Art Liverpool John Moores University School of Art and Design Manchester School of Art Norwich University of the Arts Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design Open College of the Arts Plymouth College of Art Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art University for the Creative Arts Winchester School of Art

Scotland

Wales

Cardiff School of Art & Design

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