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Exterior elevations of the new student accommodation and landscaped courtyard The interior of the new 262-seater lecture theatre.
been at the heart of Salvation Army leadership training since 1929 and offers residential courses for The Salvation Army’s employees, envoys and cadets from the United Kingdom and further afield, who work in 128 countries.
Also impressive about the area is the number of fashionable cafes, theatres and art galleries spring up.
Indeed, arts and culture are important for the area and Camberwell has several art galleries including at Camberwell College of Arts, which trains the artists of tomorrow.
The area is also associated with a group now known as the YBAs, the Young British Artists, who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and began in Camberwell - in the Millard building of Goldsmith's College on Cormont Road. Luminaries included Liam Gillick, Sarah
Lucas Anya Gallaccio and Damien Hirst.
The annual Camberwell Arts Festival, which runs in June, also contributes to the local economy. It is run by Camberwell Arts, a registered charity that aims to represent and promote the diverse cultural geographies of Camberwell.
Founded in 1994 by Selina Hamilton and a group of local residents and artists, they sought to highlight the diversity of the local arts scene by establishing an annual arts week and open studio programme.
The event developed into the annual Festival, which since June 1994 has become a regular feature in the local calendar and has seen the team work with everyone from emerging to internationally acclaimed artists.
As one of the first and now longest running local visual
arts festivals in the UK, Camberwell Arts Festival works in partnership with local residents and artists studios, galleries and arts organisations to programme a nine-day festival of exhibitions, events, open studios, walks, talks and workshops.
You can find out more about the arts festival at www.camberwellarts.org.uk
Major investment for Camberwell College of Arts In June 2015, UAL announced a major investment of over £62million into the regeneration of Camberwell College of Arts and its adjoining land. Due to open in autumn 2017, the project, designed by RIBA award-winning Stephen Marshall Architects, is the first major work on the College for a generation, and will enlarge the existing 1969 building creating a new academic extension which
will house a 262-seater lecture theatre, studios and library.
The expansion of the current site sees brand new UAL student accommodation being built to further enhance the campus feel. There will also be major alterations to the front façade of the building entrance and reception on Peckham Road, making the building fully accessible, as well as a new gallery and courtyard area.
Camberwell College of Arts, one of UAL’s six world-renowned Colleges, attracts students from all over the world who go onto become some of the leading artists of their generation. Illustrious alumni of the College include painters Howard Hodgkin, Terry Frost, Maggi Hambling and Gillian Ayres; filmmaker Mike Leigh and musicians Florence Welch and Syd Barrett.
“Camberwell has a natural history claim to fame in the form of the Camberwell Beauty, a butterfly which is rarely found in the UK - it is so named because two examples were first identified on Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell in 1748.” Southwark BUSINESS TODAY
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