Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and

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institution, based in the city of

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, England, with a main campus opposite the

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History

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It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds School of Art. From 1968 to 1993 it was known as Jacob Kramer College, after Jacob Kramer, having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (the future

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). It was known as Leeds College of Art and Design until 2009, and then as Leeds College of Art. In August 2017, the school was granted university status and the name was changed to Leeds Arts University.

Locations

The University today has city centre sites at Blenheim Walk and at Vernon Street.

Academic profile

Further education courses

* Extended Diploma in Creative Practice * Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - one of the largest in the country, with 280 students validated by the

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Undergraduate courses

* BA (Hons) Animation * BA (Hons) Comic & Concept Art * BA (Hons) Creative Advertising * BA (Hons) Creative Writing * BA (Hons) Fashion Branding with Communication * BA (Hons) Fashion Design * BA (Hons) Fashion Photography * BA (Hons) Filmmaking * BA (Hons) Fine Art * BA (Hons) Graphic Design * BA (Hons) Illustration * BA (Hons) Photography * BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance * BA (Hons) Textile Design * BA (Hons) Visual Communication

Postgraduate courses

* MA Animation * MA Creative Practice * MA Curation Practices * MA Creative Practice * MA Fine Art * MA Graphic Design * MA Illustration and Graphic Novel * MA Photography * MA Worldbuilding and Creature Design

Student body

Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, at higher education students in . Out of UK higher education institutions, it is the largest.

Notable alumni

* Norman Ackroyd, artist *

Sam Ainsley Sam Ainsley (born 1950) is a British artist and teacher, living and working in Glasgow, who was the founder and former head of the Master of Fine Art (MFA) programme at the Glasgow School of Art. Biography Ainsley was born in North Shields, the ...

, artist *

Kenneth Armitage William Kenneth Armitage (18 July 1916 – 22 January 2002) was a British sculptor known for his semi-abstract bronzes. Life Armitage was born in Leeds on July 18, 1916, the youngest of three children studied at the Leeds College of Art and t ...

, sculptor *

James Bateman James Bateman may refer to: *James Bateman (horticulturist) (1811–1897), British landowner and horticulturist *James Bateman (artist) (1893–1959), English painter of rural scenes *James Bateman (MP), MP for Carlisle *James Bateman (banker) (c. 1 ...

, painter *

Glen Baxter Glen Baxter is the name of: * Glen Baxter (artist) (born 1944), British cartoonist * Glen Baxter (journalist) Glen Baxter is a Canadian television journalist. He hosted CTV's ''In Fashion'' and reported for FashionTelevisionChannel. Early l ...

, artist * Trevor Bell, artist *

Alison Britton Alison Claire Britton OBE (born 4 May 1948) is a British ceramic artist, with an international reputation, known for her large sculptural, slab-built vessels. Born in Harrow, Middlesex, the daughter of the educationalist James N. Britton, she ...

, ceramics tutor at the

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Henry Carr Henry Carr (November 27, 1941 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.Michael Chapman, guitarist, musician and singer * Paul Clark, musician * Elisabeth Collins, painter and sculptor *

Raymond Coxon Raymond James Coxon (18 August 1896 – 31 January 1997) was a British artist. He enrolled at the Leeds School of Art, the Royal College of Art, and became a teacher in the Richmond School of Art. The creative work of his long and successful ...

, painter *

Diz Disley William Charles "Diz" Disley (27 May 1931 – 22 March 2010) was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and banjoist. He is best known for his acoustic jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, for his contributions to the UK trad ...

, musician and graphic artist *

Leigh Francis Leigh Izaak Francis (born 30 April 1973), known professionally as Keith Lemon, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for creating and starring in Channel 4's sketch comedy show '' Bo' Selecta!'' (20 ...

, comedian *

Marcus Harvey Marcus Harvey (born 1963 in Leeds) is an English artist and painter, one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). Exhibitions Harvey has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including "The Führer's Cakes" at Galleria Marabini in Bologna ...

, painter *

Barbara Hepworth Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a lea ...

, sculptor *

Damien Hirst Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingd ...

, 1995 Turner Prize winner *

Jocelyn Horner Jocelyn Horner (1902 – January 1973) was a British sculptor and teacher. Biography Horner was born at Green Hayes in Halifax, West Yorkshire, where she spent most of her life. She attended Halifax High School and Grovelly Manor in Bournemout ...

, sculptor * Thomas Houseago, sculptor *

Percy Hague Jowett Percy Hague Jowett (1882–1955) was a British artist and arts administrator, principal of the Royal College of Art. Jowett was born in Halifax, Yorkshire in 1882. He studied art at Leeds College of Art and London's Royal College of Art. In 1927 ...

(1882–1955), artist and arts administrator *

Vivien Knight Vivien Margaret Knight (9 November 1953 – 18 December 2009), was a British art historian and gallerist, and the head of the Guildhall Art Gallery, from 1983 until her death. Early life Knight was born on 9 November 1953, at Solihull Hospital ...

, art historian and gallerist * Jacob Kramer, painter * Edna Lumb, painter *

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Mo ...

, sculptor * Peter Murphy,

Stuckist Stuckism () is an international art movement founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting as opposed to conceptual art.Stass Paraskos, painter and founder of the

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Bob Peck Robert Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English actor who played Ronald Craven in the television serial ''Edge of Darkness'', for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He was also known for his role as game warden Robe ...

, actor * Vivian Pitchforth, artist *

Victor Sloan Victor Sloan MBE (born 1945) is a Northern Irish photographer and artist. Life and work Sloan was born in 1945 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He studied at the Royal School, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone and Belfast and Leeds College ...

, visual artist *

Bernard Schottlander Bernard Schottlander (1924–1999) was a British, German-born designer and sculptor. His archive is located at the University of Brighton Design Archives. Life Bernard Schottlander was born in Mainz, Germany in 1924 and came as a Jewish re ...

, sculptor *

Ria Sharma Ria Sharma is a social activist and the first Indian to receive the UNICEF Global Goals Awards for 2017. Sharma is the founder of NGO Make Love Not Scars that works in all aspects of rehabilitation for acid attack survivors in India Sharma als ...

, founder of

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Georgina Starr Georgina Starr (born 1968) is an English artist and one of the Young British Artists. She is best known for her video, sound, performance and installation works. Starr's work has been described in Artforum magazine as exploring "the imaginative ...

, artist * Cecil Stephenson, artist *

Frankie Vaughan Frankie Vaughan (born Frank Fruim Abelson; 3 February 1928 – 17 September 1999) was an English singer and actor who recorded more than 80 easy listening and traditional pop singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after his ...

, singer * Hilda Annetta Walker, artist *

Harold Sandys Williamson Harold Sandys Williamson (29 August 1892 – 6 March 1978) was a British painter, poster designer and teacher. Williamson fought on the Western Front in World War One and also worked as a war artist, both later in that conflict and, on the Home ...

, painter * Trevor Winkfield, painter and writer * Joash Woodrow, painter

References

External links

University site

LCAD University and College Union (UCU) Branch

Exhibitions information
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