Artist Ian Johns is visiting us this week to run some full day oil painting masterclasses.

Our First Year students enjoyed a visit to Manchester city centre and the Museum of Science and Industry. They gathered inspiration and visual research for their Graphics, 3D Design and Fine Art courses.

If you love art and love science you have to check out this cool video!

Turner Prize 2016

The UKs biggest annual prize for Fine Art is already proving to be as controversial as ever.

Our Open Day on Saturday went well, with lots of visitors having a look around our studios and lots of questions from prospective students who have the tough decision of what to study at College. It was great to see one of our ex-students who popped in to show her younger sibling around.

BBC iPlayer is always a good source for research and inspiration. This show looks particularly good especially for Fine Art and Art Foundation Students.

Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art

Today, our Art Foundation students have been getting experimental with some large expressive mark-making.