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Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jul 8

Slade Summer School: off to a great start with Papermaking and Drawing!
Led by tutors and assistants from across the Slade community, our wide range of courses blend traditional and contemporary approaches in a vibrant, creative environment.

For full programme, see: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/study/...

Drawing of a hand on paper. A shell is on the paper and words "Slow Down! " written on page.

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jul 7

Workshop Manager Fixed-Term
Fixed term 11 month maternity cover
Full-time
Due to the time critical nature of this role, all applicants must already have the right to work in the UK and need to be eligible to start work from 1 September 2025

Apply by 14 July 2025
🔗https://bit.ly/sladeworkshopmanager

Photograph of a workshop, equipped with equipment and machines.

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our MA/MFA Show continues until Sunday 22 June.
Open:
weekdays 10am–8pm
weekends 10am–5pm

Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Entry is via the accessible entrance, see 🔗in bio.

Free, all welcome!

📷
Weicheng Tang, The Ideal UCL

Circle print on mesh of UCL with an imagined garden landscape. Artwork by Weicheng Tang.

UCL – University College London

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · May 30

Join us! We are currently recruiting for a Lecturer (Teaching) post, part-time (0.4 fte), fixed term maternity cover (10 months).

Closing date: Wednesday 11th June at 23:59.

For further details, see bit.ly/ssofalecturer

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Slade BA/BFA Degree Show: Opening, Thursday 22 May

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · May 17

Slade BA/BFA Degree Show

Opening, 5pm–9:30pm, Thurs 22 May
Entry by timed ticket: 5pm/6:30pm/8pm
🎟Free, booking essential via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slade-babf...

Open: 23–29 May no ticket needed
10am-8pm* weekdays
10am–5pm weekends
* except 27 May, 10am–6pm

Entrance free, all welcome

Entry is by timed ticket slots; each slot is 1.5 hours.

Milein Cosman Lecture: Places of the Mind, Portraits of the Soul: drawings

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · May 1

Dr Susan Owens will give the Milein Cosman Drawing Lecture: Places of the Mind, Portraits of the Soul: drawings by Jonathan Richardson and John Constable on 6 May at 6:30pm, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL.

Free, reserve via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1303407730...

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Susan Owens.

InterWorlds- Jasmine Chohan: Curatorial Perspectives

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Apr 30

InterWorlds talk: Transcultural Hybridity in Art   - Jasmine Chohan: Curatorial Perspectives.

Jasmine Chohan is a Curator at Tate.

Thursday 8 May, 11am–1pm
In person and online
For further details and booking, see Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345010906...

Jasmine Chohan, Curator at Tate presents Curatorial Perspectives, part of InterWorlds Hybridity in Art research group series at the Slade.

Slade School of Fine Art - Drawing Analogies: Diagrams in Art, Theory and Practice - Book Launch

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Apr 23

Book Launch and Discussion:
Drawing Analogies: Diagrams in Art, Theory and Practice

Thursday 1 May, 6pm
The Gallery, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL

For information and to attend, email David Burrows: [email protected]

Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/news/1...

A launch and discussion will take place at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL to mark the publication of Drawing Analogies: Diagrams in Art, Theory and Practice by David Burrows, John Cussans, Dean Ken...

www.ucl.ac.uk

UCL – University College London

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Mar 25

Applications are open for two part-time lecturer posts on our Art and Technology BA:

Lecturer in Art and Technology (Gaming): bit.ly/arttechgaming

Lecturer in Art and Technology (History and Theory of Art)
bit.ly/arttechhisth...

Closing date: 22 April 2025

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Call for a Small Press in Residence at UCL Special Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections

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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · Mar 17

This Saturday, 22 March 2025 is World Pigment Day! Founded by myself and Jo Volley @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social we are now 7 years old. Follow us on instagram #worldpigmentday

A photo from a paint making workshop. Blue, yellow and red watercolour paint is being made from pure ultramarine and ochre pigments

Lake pigments are made from dyes. The photo shows small jars filled with multicoloured lake pigments

The image is split screen. The top shows some jars containing pigments which are made from minerals or are synthetic products which are chemically analogous to minerals. The lower part of the image shows brightly coloured mineral specimens

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Kaja Marczewska @kajamarczewska.bsky.social · Mar 5

Come hang out with me, @uclspeccoll.bsky.social and @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social as our first ever Small Press in Residence. £5,000 to spend flexibly, access to collections, and some super facilities: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

UCL Homepage

blogs.ucl.ac.uk

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Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Feb 20

Join us for Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VII!
Celebrating International Colour Day and World Poetry Day online on 21 March.
Free, book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colour-poe...

Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VII

This year's event celebrating International Colour Day and World Poetry Day on 21 March will take place from Woburn Square online.

Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art

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Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Feb 17

Book now for Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art in March!
14 Mar: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf–Performing The Collection
15 Mar: Workshop, creative writing and making
@senatehouselib.bsky.social
@ies-sas.bsky.social

Free, book via 🔗
bit.ly/sa_soa

Spineless Wonders Exhibition of Small Press Publications, Words and Images: Re:Collection: Out of the Collection: School of Art, (SOA) Aberystwyth University, also runs 10 March–6 May 2025 (check Abe...

Slade Contemporary Art Lecture: Anthea Hamilton

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Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Feb 6

We are delighted to welcome Anthea Hamilton who will be giving the next Slade Contemporary Art Lecture on Wednesday 12 February at 5pm.

UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, B304, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Free, book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/slade-cont...

We are delighted to welcome Anthea Hamilton, who will be speaking as part of this term's Contemporary Art Lecture series.

Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jan 31

Join us for Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art in March!

14 Feb: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf – Performing The Collection
15 Feb: Workshop, creative writing and making
Free, book via 🔗

Exhibition: 10 Mar–6 May
www.eventbrite.com/cc/spineless...

Spineless Wonders Exhibition of Small Press Publications, Words and Images: Re:Collection: Out of the Collection: School of Art, (SOA) Aberystwyth University.

UCL 2025 Creative Fellowships open - Encounters: Knowledge Futures in the Age of AI

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Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jan 30

UCL Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) and the UCL School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East, are seeking to appoint four Quirk Creative Fellows to work with them from March to July 2025, each funded at £5,000.

Apply by 16 Feb

Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, together with the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East, is seeking to appoint four Quirk Creative Fell...

www.ucl.ac.uk

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jan 22

We are pleased to welcome Becky Beasley, who will be giving next week's Slade Contemporary Art Lecture.

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 5pm
Lecture Theatre 1, B304, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Tickets free, book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1213986158...

Slade Contemporary Art Lecture: Becky Beasley

We are delighted to welcome Becky Beasley, who will be speaking as part of this term's Contemporary Art Lecture series.

Resolving Power: recent works by Carey Young. An inaugural lecture.

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Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jan 21

Resolving Power: recent works by Carey Young. An inaugural lecture.

Wednesday 5 February, 5:30pm
Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower St, London WC1

Free, 🎟️ via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/resolving-...

Join us for Professor Carey Young's Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday 5 February.

Slade Contemporary Art Lecture: Harold Offeh

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Jan 8

We are pleased to welcome Harold Offeh, who will give the first Slade Contemporary Art Lecture of this term.

Wednesday 15 January 2025, 5pm
Lecture Theatre 1, B304, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Tickets free, book via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1142714282...

The Slade is pleased to welcome Harold Offeh as part of our Contemporary Art Lecture series.

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Dec 20

UCL will be closed from 5:30pm on Friday 20 December 2024, and will reopen at 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025.

Wishing our students, staff, alumni, friends and supporters a happy winter break!

We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

Slade building (2 floors of windows, with a rotunda at the entrance) in the snow, trees and a lampost framing the image.

Slade School of Fine Art @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social · Dec 13

Interested in our BA or BFA in Fine Art? We are holding 2 events before applications close at the end of January, as follows:
Thursday 16 January, 11am-12noon-Online Q&A via Zoom
Thursday 16 January, 2pm-3:30pm-In person Talk and Tour To book see 🔗 in bio.

📷 BA/BFA Degree Show: Marianna Soukeras

Photo of an abstract painting in shades of brown and ochre, taken through the window of a studio.