March News from The Cass

Vital Excess

Highly Strung

Harriet Lewars Shortlisted for Art Prize

Harriet Lewars, a 2013 graduate of BA Fine Art has been shortlisted for The Aesthetica Art Prize 2014.

Croydon London's 'third city'

A lecture by Martin Knuijt, founder of OKRA

We're excited to introduce the guest speaker Martin Knuijt who is the founder of OKRA, a dutch landscape and urban planning office.

Fridays Portfolio Surgery

Fridays Portfolio surgery went down a storm

Students were treated to personal stories of experiences after graduation.

On top of the world

Interior Design Studio 2 'The Shoreditch Vibe'

Interiors Studio 2, The Shoreditch Vibe recently presented their workspace designs to Gary Wingrove director of Projects and Construction.

Pulling out the stops

Installation by Cass Lecturer and Alumna

An installation by Cass Senior Lecturer Lewis Jones and Fine Art Alumna Harriet Lewars features part of the Pull out all the Stops Festival at the Southbank Centre.

Lighting Moods

New Project and competition

MACC Alumna Susanna Bianchini is curating a multi-disciplinary show that combines art, design and solar energy.

What to do with Heysel

Ideas about the plateau for our friends

A group of Cass students and teachers have been over in Brussels holding a two day workshop that generated thoughts about the future of the Heysel plateau.

Made in Hayes: Grant Awarded to Susan Kudo

Architecture Studio 3

Architecture Studio 3 student, Susan Kudo has recently been awarded a grant by the Heathrow Community Fund for the Austin Sewing Club.

Aldgate Street Furniture Competition Winner Announced

Students submit concept ideas

Furniture and Product Design student Charles Mugisha has won a competition run with the City of London Corporation.

Graduate Surgery: alumni share killer folio tips

Design/Shift invites back graduates

Calling all final year design students, come along to this great event where we've brought together recent CASS graduates to tell you what those first steps after Uni really feel like.

Pop-Up Show Series #6

A series of seven pop-up shows by L4 art students

First-year art students are taking part in a collaborative project that involves the curation of a series of pop-up shows.

Ambivalent

Exhibition: 13-28 March 2014

Twelve artists explore the human mind in new exhibition from MA Curating The Contemporary Course in Partnership with Whitechapel Gallery.

The Lamp of Memory

Exhibition: 2-30 March 2014

The Lamp of Memory is a contemporary exhibition that takes its title and inspiration from the book by the 19th century English theorist John Ruskin.

Fight or Flight? (Resistance vs. Engagement)

Public Lecture: Saturday 8th March, 10am-3.30pm

Second event in the series Good Deeds, Smallest Evils or Pacts with the Devil? Curated by Luke Cooke-Yarborough and Julika Gittner.

The Uncertain States First Tuesday Talk Presents

Talk: Tue 04 March 2014 - 7.30pm

'The Do Gooders' is a guerrilla style ‘Thelma and Louise’ road movie journeying deep into the murky world of International Aid.

Pop-Up Show Series #5

A series of seven Pop-Up Shows by L4 art students

1st year art students are taking part in a collaborative project.

Lest We Forget

Exhibition: March- July 2014

Recent Cass MA By Project Alumna Jenni Burrows has secured Arts Council funding through the Creative People and Creative Places initiative.

Pop-Up Show Series #3

Exhibition: Tuesday 4th March, 11am

1st year art students are taking part in a collaborative project that involves the curation of a series of pop-up shows.

Vital Excess

An exhibition of exciting new works

We're excited to introduce the guest speaker Martin Knuijt who is the founder of OKRA, a dutch landscape and urban planning office.

Interior Narratives of Knole

MA Interior Design Students at The Cass

The students were required to create artefacts and interior interventions that challenged and extended the visitors experience of this historically rich room.

Rising Stars 2014

Speakers Corner: Friday 21 March 2014

Two Cass Graduates have been chosen to feature in Rising Stars, a platform to view and collect some of the most exciting new crafts by emerging makers from crafts and applied arts.

Creative Director Event Communications Katherine Skellon

Public Lecture, Speakers Corner: 14th March 2014

Many of Event’s projects are recognised as benchmark presentations in combining object display, installation art, dramatic multimedia exhibits, interactive, set work and graphics.

Biennale Fellowship: work/study in Venice

The British Council is launching with the CASS

In partnership with 12 leading art, design and architecture schools, the British Council and the CASS are offering students a unique work-study opportunity in Venice.

The Joy of Stitch

Experiential workshop

This Arts and Humanities-funded Symposium is organised by Dr Fiona Hackney.

Printed Textiles for Fashion & Interior Objects Kit Miles

Public Lecture, Speakers Corner: 7 March 2014

Futurist & surrealist Kit Miles has won acclaim for his textiles and surface patterns for custom projects and luxury interiors.

Tony Fretton about Lina Bo Bardi

Public Lecture: Wednesday 12th March, 6.30pm

Tony will show how Lina Bo Bardi provides lessons, through her exceptional visual skill, social commitment and confident abstract form making.

Pop-Up Show Series #4

Exhibition: Tuesday 11th March, 2-5pm

1st year art students are taking part in a collaborative project that involves the curation of a series of pop-up shows.

Futureproof

Talk: 26th and 27th February

Cass Film and Broadcast Production students were delighted with the advice, guidance and feedback from leading industry professionals they received recently at FUTUREPROOF.

Nun's the word

Exhibition: 21-23 March 2014

Cass Film and Broadcast Production Alumna Renata Pavelka is enjoying continued success with AMEN The Short Film she completed for her final major project at The Cass.

'Circumstantial Paraphernalia’

Exhibition: Friday 7th March, 6 - 9pm

‘Circumstantial Paraphernalia’ is a collaborative endeavour of the documentation and working processes relative to archiving the surrounding surplus of one's artistic practice.

Flock Jewellery

Exhibition: Thursday 6th March, 7pm onwards

We are a collective of jewellers that make each piece by hand, we met at The Cass and are in our final year of a BA Jewellery and Silversmithing degree.