Leith School of Art (LSA) is an independent
art college
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-second ...
in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
,
Scotland
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, providing
tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
in art and design. LSA is located in the
Leith
Leith (; gd, Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. In 2021, it was ranked by ''Time Out'' as one of the top five neighbourhoods to live in the world.
The earliest ...
area of Edinburgh, in the converted former Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect
James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868.
LSA was founded by Mark and
Charlotte Cheverton. It was founded in 1988
or 1989 with the aim:
" ... to create a school with a vital artistic life emphasising both tradition and innovation, to produce work of distinctive quality and character."
LSA has always been based in the former Norwegian Seamen's Church in Leith. Studios are set out on three levels in the main church building, with additional studio and lecture space in the former church hall at the rear of the main building. In 1999 a modern extension was built around three sides of the former church, adding further studio space, a small library and entrance hall.
Architect's profile for LSA
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See also
*List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland
This is a list of current further education and higher education colleges in Scotland. Most colleges provide both levels of qualification.
Further education colleges offer courses for people over the age of sixteen, involving school-level qualif ...
References
External links
Leith School of Art
Art schools in Scotland
Education in Edinburgh
Leith
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