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News magazine from the University of Wolverhampton School of Art & Design - Autumn/Winter 2009

Love what you do, do what you love

[ image: MA graduates exhibiting at The Volte Gallery. ]

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STAFF FOCUS 14

CREATIVE EMPLOYABILITY 15

EVENTS 18

3D Design / Animation / Ceramics / Computer Games Design / Applied Arts / Fashion Accessories / Fine Art / Glass / Graphic Communication / Illustration / Interactive Media & THE WEB / Interior Design / Photography / Product Design / Textile Design / Video and Film Production

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1 GRADUATION PRIZE WINNERS 2 RECENT EVENTS

2 New Designers

2 Art at the Centre

2 New Blood

3 Degree Show 2009

4 Degree Show Prize Winners

5 MA Show 2009

7 Honorary Degrees

8 MA stars

8 Heritage Open Days

8 International Painting Symposium

9 STUDENT FOCUS

9 Rachel Lewis

9 Laurence Male

10 Market Reserach Led Design

10 RTS Awards

10 Ceramics Student Award

10 Wedgwood Museum Trust Prize

11 Attack of the Eco Aliens

11 Wolves Project

12 The Volte

13 Stuart Whipps

13 Young Artist Exhibition

14 STAFF FOCUS

14 New Appointments

14 British Ceramic Biennial

14 Fellowship for Pioneering Lecturer

15 CREATIVE EMPLOYABILITY

15 Rotovision Intern

15 Graphic Communications Competition

15 Starpack Competition

16 The Partners

16 Selly manor Publicity Material

16 Virtual Light House

16 Live Briefs

16 Pretty Vacant

17 Employability Live

18 EVENTS LISTINGS

18 Clothes Show 2009

18 CADRE Lectures

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Graduation PRIZE WINNERS The Caparo Prize for Creative Enterprise: Paul Power The Express & Star Award for Excellence in Journalism & Editorial Design: Tara Walsh Daler Rowley Prize for Excellence in Painting.

An annual prize awarded by Daler Rowney Ltd: Diane Robinson Daler Rowley Prize for Excellence in Graphic Communication. An annual prize awarded

by Daler Rowney Ltd: Ingrid Velure The Sandvik Prize for Excellence in Sculpture: Libby Guest The Sandvik Prize for Excellence in Photography: Stephen Wetton The Light House Photographic Award for best Documentary in Collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton: Kyle Tarbuck MDTi Prize for Excellence in Commercial Video Production: Ajay Khuttan The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Fine Art & Photography: Matthew Evans The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Design & Applied Arts: Katy Barton The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Visual Communications: Tom Ellis The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Digital Media: Chris Chidlow The RotoVision Award for Excellence in Editorial Graphic Communication (new award by J.Leak/J. Glaser): Aneesa Iqbal Ed Bird Memorial Award. This award is for the best contextual studies paper by a final year student. It honours the memory of Prof Ed Bird who coordinated contextual studies in the School: Samantha Rock The Powercell Batteries Prize for Outstanding Work on Live Commissions in Graphic Communications: Matthew Preston

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Congratulations to all!

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| RECENT EVENTS New Designers Graduate students from the School of Art & Design showcased their work at this year’s New Designers Exhibition at the Business Design Centre, London in July.

Students from the following subject areas showed off their creative talents at this year’s show: 3D Design, Ceramics, Design and Applied Arts, Glass, Textile Design, Interior Design and Product Design.

Art at the Centre Festival Empty shops were turned into mini art galleries as part of a week-long festival at Wolverhampton’s Mander and Wulfrun Shopping Centres.

Wolverhampton Arts & Museums teamed up with the University of Wolverhampton, Foursight Theatre, and a number of regional artists to bring a lively programme of art to the city centre during the October half term.

The festival follows on from a successful pilot scheme which saw one of the Mander Centre shops turned into an Andy Warhol-style Factory this summer. This demonstrated the potential for arts to contribute towards a vibrant city centre. The University ran textiles, fashion, ceramics and a variety of other workshops for the general public.

New Blood Graduating students from Design, Design for Multi-media and Graphic Communication exhibited their work at the annual D&AD New Blood Exhibition.

The Creative Talent Show was held in London’s Olympia National Hall in June 2009. Thanks to D&AD’s profile within the design and advertising industries, the exhibition is the most effective graduate recruitment fair for would-be creative practitioners.

[ Pictured: (top) Work on display at New Designers. (above) Graduating students at New Blood. ]

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Our final year students celebrated the completion of their courses by exhibiting their work at the annual School of Art & Design Degree Show.

The private view took place on Friday 5th June with friends, family and industry professionals in attendance to see work from some of the brightest new designers in the country. There have been exhibitions of graduating students work in the Art & Design building since 1969 with over 8,000 plus students exhibiting.

This year’s show featured artwork from over 300 students across 20 BA (Hons) courses embracing Design & Applied Arts, Digital Media, Fine Art & Photography and Visual Communications and work from some Foundation Degree and HND students.

If you did not get chance to see this year’s show, online galleries featuring some of the work are still available to view at www.2.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign.

For more information about art & design, to view student work, degree show invites from 40 years ago visit: www.40ad.co.uk

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DEGREE SHOW PRIZE WINNERS The Potclay Award for Outstanding Work in Clay (Awarded for one or more pieces of work) Amanda Stead The Valentines Studentship Prize for Ceramics (Awarded with specific reference to all aspects of the course in Ceramics) Eleanor Snare Toppots Award for Achievement in Ceramics Matthew Marsh The Craftline Award for Excellence in Ceramics (Awarded by a major supplier of ceramics materials for Excellence in Ceramics) Darren Ellis Simon Bruntnell Award for Best Glass Work in Show Katy Barton Watsons Glass Award for Best Commercial Glass Design Joanne Lister Keith Cummings Award for Excellence in Kiln Glass Casting Lucy Clark The Optimise Consultancy Award for Interaction Design Jyoti Pudden

Congratulations!

EGREE SHOW 2009

[ Pictured: A selection of work on show at the undergraduate degree show 2009. ]

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MA SHOW 2009

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Graduating MA students celebrated the completion of their course by hosting an exhibition of work.

The work included pieces from graduating students of MA Art & Design, MA Fine Art and MA Design for Advertising. All being showcased in our building during the first week of September.

The show kicked off with the private view, held on Friday 4 September with friends, family and special guests in attendance. Visitors were able to see a broad range of work from video installations, fine art paintings, glass sculptures to photography.

If you missed the show then why not visit: www.wlv.ac.uk/art&design - see our news and events section for a selection of work.

[ Pictured: A selection of work at the MA 2009. ]

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Honarary Degrees In addition to our regular cohort of graduating students, internationally alcaimed photographer Vanley Burke and Designer Andrew Logan received honorary degrees from the University of Wolverhampton.

Dr. Andrew Logan School of Art and Design; Honorary Degree of Doctor of Design

Dr. Vanley Burke School of Art and Design; Honorary Degree of Doctor of Art

Dr Andrew Logan is one of Britain’s principal sculptural artists. He challenges convention, mixes media and plays with artistic values.

Born in Oxford in 1945 and qualified in architecture, he has worked across the fields of sculpture, jewellery, stage design and public art, embodying artistic fantasy in an unprecedented way.

Dr Vanley Burke has been called one of Britain’s leading documentary photographers, one of the best Black-British exponents of the documentary genre and grandfather of Black British photography. His work has been showcased across the globe, from New York to the Tate Galleries, whilst featuring in many publications, films and other forms of new media.

From his early fame as the founder of the Alternative Miss World in 1972, he has become an influential artist of international stature, with exhibitions as far afield as USA, Mexico and Russia. His art can be found in public collections including the National Portrait Gallery, London; American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore; National Museums & Galleries, Merseyside; The Australian Gallery of National Art, Sydney; and the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Andrew’s collectors include the late Queen Mother, Viscountess Caroline Windsor and Lord & Lady John Sainsbury. Among his more impressive commissions are: The Cosmic Egg at the American Visionary Art Museum, The Millennium Pegasus in Dudley, Wing in Guy’s & St Thomas’s Hospital, London, Cosmos Within in Mumbai and Flying Bananas in Delhi.

Andrew has a cult following, with admirers travelling to view his work at the Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture in Wales, the only museum in Europe dedicated to a living artist.

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Vanley Burke is Britain’s foremost cultural anthropologist who specialises in documenting migratory patterns of the Caribbean diaspora. His work is also utilised as a primary source of reference in works of academic and historical significance.

Over the past ten years, thousands of his images have been catalogued to create a unique archive in Birmingham Central Library. Many of his images document the life of the AfricanCaribbean community, from the late 1960s to the present.

As with all memorable documentary photography, Vanley Burke creates as well as records. In Professor Stuart Hall’s words: “the personal, social and economic life of black people as they arrived, settled and became established in British society - is being constructed, given a certain meaning, significance, value, by Vanley Burke’s camera eye, not merely ‘captured’.”

Vanley Burke seeks to continuously challenge, question and explore the ideology of society and its problems - often provoking the audience to respond. Whether it’s ‘youth violence or family life’, ‘riots, marches or protests’ or ‘birth, death and religion’ his vibrant, engaging and often revealing images offer an intimate insider’s portrait of life.

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MA Stars We are pleased to announce that John Karabelias and Annabelle Megalemou, graduates from MA Fine Art & Art & Design courses were selected by Faye Claridge to be featured on MAstars for their outstanding work. See www. axisweb.org/mastars/ johnkarabelias and www. axisweb.org/mastars/ annabellemegalemou to view these artists and the selector’s comments.

MAstars is presented by Axis (www.axisweb.org), which means these artists will be seen widely within the art community.

MAstars aims to present an insight into the future of the UK art scene and show the quality and diversity of new and exciting art being produced in the UK today.

Heritage Open Days Heritage Open Days celebrate England’s fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and function throw open their doors, ranging from castles to factories, town halls to tithe barns, parish churches to Buddhist temples. It is a once-a-year chance to discover hidden architectural treasures and enjoy a wide range of tours, events and activities which bring to life local history and culture.

Heritage Open Days at the School of Art & Design took place between Thursday 10 September and Saturday 12 September. For more information visit: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/hod008436e

International Painting Symposium Course leaders for MA and BA Fine Art , Dr Alistair Payne and Maggie Ayliffe organised an exciting and challenging symposium in October focusing on issues and debates within contemporary painting practice. The project was organised in conjunction with The New Art Gallery Walsall which is hosting two major painting exhibitions this summer: ‘The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ by Londonbased artist Gordon Cheung and ‘Fanestra & Other Works’ by US-based artist Neal Rock. The symposium took place at the University and both Neal Rock and Gordon Cheung gave presentations about their work alongside other key figures from the world of contemporary painting. The symposium was followed by a private reception at The New Art Gallery Walsall at which delegates had the opportunity to view the exhibitions and discuss

[ Pictured: (far-left) Dr. Andrew Logan. (left) Dr. Vanley Burke. (above) work produced by John Karabelias and Annabelle Megalemou, featured on MAstars.]

the day’s events in a more informal environment.

Exhibitions ran from 7th August - 1st November, The New Art Gallery Walsall: www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk

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Rachel Lewis an Illustration graduate (2009) was shortlisted for the Penguin Design Award 2009 for her design of Donna Tartt’s Penguin modern classic ‘The Secret History’ book jacket. Rachel attended the event at Penguin HQ on the Strand, London June 23rd 2009. Judges included important industry figures, Jonathan Barnbrook and Amelia Noble, and senior art directors at Penguin Books, who all praised Rachel’s work and offered encouragement and professional

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advice for the future. www.rachelsayshello.com

Photography graduate Laurence Male is riding the seas of success “I just thought I would drop a quick line to let you know how I am getting on with my new job. I’m working as a photographer on the P & O cruise ship Arcadia. We’ve just been in Norway and Iceland, the last cruise, and are currently heading back to Norway for my second trip. I am really enjoying the work. It’s mainly photographying people but we also get opportunities to shoot some stock photography of the places we go to. The other day, I got a shot of Bergen in Norway from a high vantage point and my manager printed it on canvas to sell to the passengers. Most of our time off is in ports, which is brilliant and I’m basically getting paid to see the world (and take photographs of it). We do a lot of portraits so my studio experience from Wolverhampton is coming in very handy. I got my first pay cheque for photography today! It was £240 for 2 weeks work, but when your accommodation, food and bills are all paid for you can’t complain (not to mention the fact I’m seeing places I wouldn’t dreamed of seeing otherwise).

The only downside of the job is I’m away from home for 9 months and I don’t see any of the UK apart from Southampton in that time. We start our world cruise in January, which is my last one before I jump off in April.”

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Graphic Communication students worked with English Heritage, The National Trust and the Civic Trust on market research led design solutions that were used to promote Heritage Open Days at Whitwick Manor. Student designs were aimed at broadening participation in the annual event and their project work was printed and distributed throughout the West Midlands. The most successful graphic approach will be used to promote Heritage Open Days nationally next year.

This association resulted in the School of Art and Design building, in its 40th anniversary year, opening its doors as part of Heritage Open Days from 10th - 12th September.

The University of Wolverhampton is celebrating after receiving a top international accolade for its contribution to the field of ceramics

The Student Award for Education was presented to the University at the International Ceramics Festival 2009 in Aberystwyth, Mid Wales.

Gwen Heeney, Senior Lecturer, ceramics received a special ceramic bowl made by Ashraf Hannah and donated by Studio Pottery, to mark the award.

RTS Awards On the 29th October 2009 Digital Media once again celebrated nominations to the annual Royal Television Society Awards. This year the Midland Region Awards ceremony took place in the stunning recently refurbished Birmingham Town Hall. As always the event was black tie and the Digital Media team did not disappoint.

Competition was very tough this year so we were particularly pleased to have been nominated in two categories. James Prankard flew the flag for Animation with his film ‘Billie and Millie’ whilst Will Beard, Lambros Panayi, David Shakespeare and Matvejs Terentjevs represented Video and Film Production with their short drama ‘Earthbound’.

Steve Arnott & Tracy McCoy went along to offer support from the staff team here in Digital Media as did Sam Hope the Director of the new Institute for Media Arts of which Video and Film Production is a part. Also in attendance were Dr. Judith Burnett Dean of the School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications and Dorothy Hobson Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies. The university of Wolverhampton sponsored two of the professional awards, Best Documentary & Best News Programme.

The ceremony was opened by Janet Wooton, Chair RTS Midlands Centre and compeered by Myleene Klass and Krishnan Guru-Murthy. To find out more about Award nominees and winners you can visit the RTS web site.

University of Lincoln had a great night winning best Animation, Best Factual and Best Student Production, whilst Staffordshire were awarded Best Fiction. We will be looking to submit films to the four categories next year, Animation, Factual, Entertainment and Fiction.

The Student Award was established to support new and emerging ceramicists and gives either an individual student/recent graduate or group the opportunity to present a project or a firing at the festival and to work alongside the world’s most respected artists. This year’s winner was Serge Sanghera, who is studying for a Masters in ceramics at the University of Wolverhampton’s School of Art & Design, with the University receiving special recognition for its work in the field of ceramics.

Serge makes large scale wheel thrown vessels, and combines his skill in throwing with his training in two Japanese martial arts – whilst the thrown pieces are rotating on the wheel he strikes it with a sword using martial arts techniques. His presence at the festival was sponsored by Studiopottery.co.uk 2009 is the 12th International Ceramics Festival, which takes place every two years and attracts over 1,000 ceramicists and potters to partake in demonstrations, talks, lectures, spectacular firings given by renowned and influential potters and ceramicists from all over the world.

The festival is a joint initiative between Aberystwyth Arts Centre and North and South Wales Potters, and takes place at the Arts Centre, which is situated at Aberystwyth University.

Matthew Marsh a 2009 ceramic graduate was the overall winner this year of the Wedgwood Museum trust Prize 2009, his work will become part of the WMT collection. [ Pictured: (top-left) Rachel Lewis’ book cover illustration. (left) Laurence Male, photographs Norway and Iceland via the P&O cruise ship Arcadia. (top - left to right) James Prankard & Steve Arnott. James Prankard, Matvejs Terentjevs, Lambros Panayi & David Shakespeare. Will Beard & Campbell Foster. (above) Matthew Marsh’s prize-winning ceramics. ]

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Attack of the ECO Aliens Saturday 11 July saw the world premiere of Attack of the ECO Aliens, a short film devised by primary school students and produced and directed by a team of our Video & Film Production students.

Wednesbury Oak Primary School wanted their students to make a film as part of a drive to enhance language and literacy skills. As there are no film-making facilities at the School, they turned to the University.

We were able to put together a team who not only helped the School make the film, but documented the entire process, allowing a “making of” documentary to

also be produced. Those involved were Ken Adams, Gameila Alhireiby, Shane Collier, Kieran Hall, Phil Heal, Craig Nolan and Ajay Khuttan. Both the film and the documentary were premiered at Dudley’s Showcase Cinemas. Popcorn and drinks were served, and the screening was followed by a drinks reception.

All the children from Wednesbury Oak who took part in the filming were given special trophies, and will later receive a DVD copy of the film and documentary. Gameila and Ajay attended as representatives of the production team, and they too were given trophies. Tracy McCoy and Phil Nichols represented the VFP staff team.

WOLVES PROJECT Wolverhampton Wanderers and the University of Wolverhampton have teamed up to produce an entertaining and educational CD-Rom for thousands of the city’s schoolchildren.

At the start of the academic year in September 2008, students from the University’s Art and Design School were tasked of using the Wolves brand to help produce a CD-Rom to promote a healthy lifestyle amongst local children in a fun and engaging way.

The task to encourage healthy eating and an active lifestyle via a computer game was no easy challenge but students produced games, video and an overall interactive artefact presenting all of these features.

The final product will be produced by Wolverhampton Wanderers and distributed to 10,000 local children via the Club’s charity Wolves Community Trust who are highly focussed on communicating this message to the thousands of children they interact with every year.

Students from Bilston C. of E. Primary School submitted artwork that was promoting a healthy lifestyle via the Wolves brand.

Fifteen pieces of artwork were produced, with Mary Asemota’s chosen as the winner earning the pupil and her family a Wolves 4 Family Football ticket.

The project came to its conclusion in May 2009 and the most impressive pieces have been selected to feature on the final product.

Meanwhile the games were provided by Maldwyn Scammell, Philip Rai and Mohammed Arif and each used healthy eating messages and a footballing theme.

The CD-Rom contains footage from the highly successful Wolves 4 Family Football days as well as exclusive interviews

mascot Wolfie, the video takes the viewer on a tour of Molineux and the Training Ground as Wolfie collects more information on how to live a healthy lifestyle. The video team included Lee Bannister, Dan Taylor, Andy Hall, Siobhan Waters, Andy Hall, Kieran Quigley and Majella Donoghue.

For the second semester, three students worked on the Interactive Artefact, the software that would hold all of the features together in a manner that would be fun and informative for the children. The three finalists were Jyoti Pudden, Chris Reed and Mark Lunney and each presented their ideas based on the original brief. All three pieces were highly impressive with Mark’s selected as the overall winner earning him £100, which was presented to him at the Degree Show on June 5, 2009.

Wolves’ Marketing Executive Laura Price was delighted with how the link-up developed as well as the final product.

She said: “The project has been a great success and far surpassed my expectations.

“All of the students did a fantastic job in taking the brief on board and impressing their own creative ideas on the project.

“The final piece will be a fantastic educational tool for local children as well as fun and informative.

“It was an incredibly difficult decision to select the winning pieces as all contributions were of an excellent standard.

“I’d like to express my thanks to everyone who contributed and the support of the University of Wolverhampton in producing this project.”

Wolves are hoping to circulate the final CD-Rom to the local schoolchildren in September.

with the first team players and club chef. Hosted by Wolves

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[ Pictured: (top-right) Images from the current Volte Gallery exhibition. (above) Mark Lunney with his award cheque. ]

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The Volte The historic Low Level train station in Wolverhampton closed in 1972. With the progression of electrification work on lines across the region, services to the once-thriving station had gradually been reduced. Since then it has remained empty. Over the years, there were several proposals for the redevelopment of the site, including a Chinese restaurant, casino and even a plan to convert it into a transport museum. None of these came to fruition, despite a recent two-year restoration project.

Now, over 150 years after it first opened, the Victorian building has been given a remarkable new lease of life thanks to a Fine Art student with a vision.

Antoinette Allyne has transformed the former station into a public art gallery, the Volte, and has been overwhelmed by the positive response she has received.

Through word of mouth, she ended up with 54 exhibitors for the opening last month - and a waiting list of over 150 for future exhibitions. The old station provides a striking setting for the displays of textiles, paintings, illustrations and digital installations, which have all captured the imagination of the public. A local florist even supplied specially-created floral art.

The seeds for the project were sown during the 51-year-old’s studies at the University’s School of Art & Design.

A year-long lease has been signed for the new makeshift gallery, but bosses are not charging rent.

The current exhibition is on display from October 30 until November 30.

The gallery is open from 10am-8pm Monday to Friday and from 10am-4pm on Saturdays.

For more information call Antoinette on tel: 0779 4459330.

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Stuart Whipps One of our graduates has received a prestigious art award. Photography graduate Stuart Whipps won an EAST International award, and his work was featured in the EAST International exhibition at Norwich University College of the Arts.

Stuart graduated from the School of Art & Design with a first class BA (Hons) in Photography in 2005 and worked as a Visiting Lecturer at the University from 2006-2007.

Su Fahy, Divisional Leader in Fine Art and Photography, said: “Staff at The School of Art and

Design at the University of Wolverhampton are always pleased to hear of graduate success in their chosen field of practice, as this offers inspiration to present students and encourages emerging artists to submit work to Open Exhibitions and Awards.”

EAST International is an open submission exhibition. The selectors’ choice reflects what they learn from looking at more than 11,000 images of artists work from more than 30 countries.

Of these, two artists were selected to receive EAST awards this year.

[ Pictured: (top, left to right) ‘Longbridge. Body in White, 0196.’ ‘Longbridge, North Works, 0033.’ ‘Longbridge, North Works, 0034.’ All images © Stuart Whipps. ]

Young Artists Exhibition Custard Factory, Birmingham Two second year illustration students, Hannah Kenyon and Teresa Bailey, have had success in a competition at the custard factory. The exhibition showcased 10 young artists from Birmingham and the West Midlands all aged between 16- 21, most have never exhibited before. The exhibition included photography, paintings, textile pieces and illustration.

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Dr Dew Harrison has been seconded to the post of Associate Dean, Postgraduate, Research and Enterprise.

Ross Winning has been seconded to the post of Division Leader, Digital Media.

Kayla Owen has been appointed to the post of Course Leader, Fashion Accessories.

Kayla Owen joined the Design & Applied Arts Division in September 2009. She did a MA in Fashion at Birmingham City University. She previously worked at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College as a BA Fashion Course Leader and has been involved in national competitions, such as The Graduate Fashion Week carrier bag competition (Winner), Elle/Levis (finalist), Littlewoods ASBCI (finalist), Topshop (winner), GFW/River Island sneaker competition (winner) and The Clothes Show Young designer of the Year (finalist and winner). She also has strong links with The Alternative Arts fashion show in Spitalfields, London and Socks.com.

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| STAFF FOCUS Fellowship for pioneering lecturer A University of Wolverhampton lecturer has won a prestigious national art and design award.

Dr Peter Day, Senior Lecturer in Photography and Fine Art, has been selected for an Art Design Media Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy.

He will receive £3,000 to develop an online system to provide art and design students with feedback on their work. The project will use established social networking sites such as Facebook as a template to create a social and safe environment from which to review, analyse and feedback to students about ongoing works.

Dr Day, from the School of Art & Design, decided to apply for the fellowship after his research suggested students found the art critique process of receiving feedback verbally to be a negative and stressful experience.

Senior Lecturers Vicky Shaw and Gwen Heeney Win Ceramics award for the Built Environment at British Ceramic Biennial - 2009 Public artist Gwen Heeney and designer/maker Vicky Shaw where winners of the Ceramics for the Built Environment Award at the 1st British Ceramics Biennial Stoke on Trent 2009 to enable them to develop innovative and experimental public artworks in the Stoke on Trent area.

An important aspect of their proposal was to collaborate with two industries Ibstock Brick and Wedgwood. Both see the award and subsequent commissions as furthering their own research and expanding their collaboration with the two key companies.

Their proposal was to investigate the technical and artistic potential of combining porcelain/bone china and blue/black brick. They set about this by challenging established perceptions of the use of these materials through a site-specific artwork/ installation which incorporates and applies technical, aesthetic and conceptual values relating to both the chosen materials and the sites. The sites selected where St. Johns Square, Burslem and the canal side area at the Etruria Industrial Museum.

Their aim was to create relevant artworks that contribute to contemporary lifestyle within the 21st Century such as interactive spaces incorporating structures and decorative and printed surfaces. The artists explored the potential of surface qualities using direct screen printing, mono printing, sprayed and trailed glaze and printed onglaze colours. The results achieved transformed the humble brick into a luscious rich decorative surface that was offering something new with applications for the built environment that could be incorporated and translated to form and surface.

He said: “I am delighted to be receiving the award and it is positive that the cutting edge work being undertaken by myself and the School of Art & Design is being recognised at a national level.

“In the digital and virtual environment we all become curators on sites such as Facebook or Flikr. The project aims to simply extend this interest and experience for educational purposes using an online gallery to create feedback and critique. The aim will be to make the students contributors and take more ownership of this aspect of the course and become more aware of feedback and criticism as a positive force.”

The Art Design Media Higher Education Academy (ADM-HEA) aims to support the professional development and recognition of staff in higher education and to ensure that their teaching is valued and rewarded. Candidates for the fellowship were asked to demonstrate innovative teaching by providing evidence of achievement in the teaching and support of student learning. They also had to submit a proposal for a project which further develops innovation.

Dr Peter Day has been a teacher and lecturer for 16 years and joined the University of Wolverhampton a year ago.

[ Pictured: (above left) Gwen Heeney and Vicky Shaw receive their awards. (above right) Dr. Peter Day. ]

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Rotovision Intern For over 30 years, RotoVision has been recognised by professionals and students alike for illustrated books on all aspects of design, photography, and the performing arts. Their books team top writers and designers, showcasing the best professional work and exploring the practical steps and creative techniques behind it.

RotoVision is based in Hove, UK, and is part of the Quarto Group of illustrated book companies with offices in the US and UK. Their books are distributed worldwide and published in foreign language editions in nearly every part of the globe.

Our Graphic Communication course is the first to be recognized with a formal link and prize for its excellence in editorial design. The first winner is recent graduate, Aneesa Iqbal. Another level 3 graphics student, Annette Mosdol, has just successfully competed an internship at the Rotovision design studios in Hove.

Tony Seddon, Creative Director at Rotovision, said “I was particularly impressed with Annette’s work samples - they displayed a mature approach.”

Graphic Communication international competition Graphic Communication students were invited to become involved in an international poster competition. Level 3 students worked on large format posters around a theme designed to raise awareness of current social issues.

Our students worked alongside international partners from Purdue University in the US and Central South University in China.

Jeff Leak, Graphic Communication Course Leader, who coordinated the project here said, “This has been a wonderful opportunity. We hope that we can go on to stage an exhibition of the international work here at the University.”

You can see some of the student work in progress on the blog set up by Jeff. This e-Learning methodology proved very successful in creating discussion around both the issues and the designs as each student who posted had to try to comment on at least one piece by another student. http://www.ad3400.blogspot.com

Starpack competition win for Graphic Communication students Congratulations to three (yes three!) winners of the prestigious international Starpack Awards scheme BPI Sponsored Winner/Disaster Aid Shelter Pack: JOANNE RICHARDS DS Smith Sponsored Award Winner 1st Prize: LAURA BUSBY Board Game Hex Quest Commended: DAVE HEALEY All three students are studying Graphic Communication in the School and were encouraged to enter as part of the level 2 Graphic Design module run by Julia Chidley, who was naturally delighted.

The awards were presented to them in London at an awards ceremony hosted by Dr Bernie Rickinson, Chief Executive, IOM3, and prizes will be presented by Sanjay Patel, Euro Innovation, Packaging Innovation Manager, The Coca Cola Company.

The awards ceremony took place at 1 Carlton House Terrace, London on 21 May 2009. A selection of winning packs will be on show at 1 Carlton House Terrace.

[ Pictured: (top right) 3D rendering of the Light House Media Centre. ]

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The Partners Ingrid Velure, a final year Graphic Communication student, has won a month’s placement at The Partners following a presentation of her solution to the latest branding/identity project set by the prestigious London agency.

Ingrid presented her work in competition with three other students who are all undertaking their final year on the BA(Hons) Graphic Communication course at the University of Wolverhampton.

The Partners is the UK’s most consistently awarded agency over the last 25 years, with a fast-growing creative reputation in the US. In 2008 they won coveted Gold Awards at D&AD, New York Art Directors Club, New York Festivals & Cannes Lions and, in November, became the highest ranked agency in Design Week’s creativity league table.

They have an extensive international client list with offices also in New York. www.thepartners.co.uk

Level 2 Graphic Communication students have been working with Selly Manor Birmingham to design publicity material for their craft workshops. The design of level 2 student Dmitry Osipchuk has been selected and used to publicise the year long programme of events. The first workshops at Easter went brilliantly.

“I’m convinced that Dmitry’s leaflet design contributed to the marketing success.

We could actually have run some of our workshops for 4 or 5 sessions such was the demand” says Daniel Callicott, Education and Events Officer at Bournville Village Trust.

Virtual Light House Five Computer Games Design students spent the summer vacation working at the Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton on their 3D Environment Project. We asked Deputy CEO Kelly Jeffs how they had got on.

“We adopted the five Computer Games Students over the summer and they quickly (and quietly) became part of the furniture. The brief was to create the Centre within a 3D environment for the purpose of allowing visitors and prospective clients to view our space.

The professionalism of the team was a real credit to them and the project outcome more than exceeded our expectations. A fantastic, vibrant and exciting new tool we can now embed within our evolving and organic marketing and on-line media.

It was a pleasure to work with the students and the School of Art & Design should be proud to be nurturing this talent. Light House would have no hesitation in engaging with these students again, whether it would be to support them further in their professional development or to involve them in real commissions.”

Well done Albert Blaize, Kris Kefalas, David Glover, Kris Murchington and Matt Thompson.

Live Briefs New business start up MyWellies has teamed up with the School to work on its branding and surface pattern designs. Textile students will have the opportunity to contextualise their emerging designs within the context of a new retail product, and Graphics students will be looking at the branding of this new business concept.

A student team from Film and Video Production are making a short film to promote the colleague support and social fund for the Midcounties Cooperative. The film will be used to promote membership among its staff at training and induction events.

Out of the disappointment of redundancy a new manufacturing business is being formed by five former colleagues. Students from Graphic Communications are working on the visual identity for Phoenix Cutting Services, this new Wolverhampton-based venture.

Pretty Vacant New SPEED business Pretty Vacant, a travelling arts exhibition that utilises empty retail units, has got off to a great start. Glass student Charlotte Clark and her friend Gemma Hadley kicked off their new social enterprise with an exhibition in Stourbridge followed by another in West Bromwich. Their latest outing saw their exhibition come to Wolverhampton as part of the October Arts in the Centre Festival.

Pretty Vacant gives students and recent graduates the opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional context. By engaging with the project they can gain professional practice experience, exposure to markets and the experience of engaging with the community. For more information visit www.prettyvacant.org.

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CREATIVE EMPLOYABILITY

Employability Live Elly Snare has just completed a Ceramics degree. Elly was successful in securing SPEED funding during her final year, we caught up with her to find out how she got onto the programme.

How did you hear about the University’s SPEED programme?

I heard about the programme in a number of ways, including former students and our tutors. At the beginning of the year, we also had a preliminary lecture that gave us some information, and later through our module Creative Industries in the first semester.

What was the application and selection process like and did you seek out any help with your submission?

The application process was interesting, as it was nothing like anything I had written previously! Firstly, you had to register your interest, and then apply with your business idea by the deadline. You had to submit a business plan synopsis with your form, outlining your ideas, product or service, how you would finance your business, and ways of marketing your business.

The selection process was a bit scary but not as bad as I thought - I was interviewed by a panel of judges from the participating universities in the West Midlands and a member of the SPEED business team. I prepared a PowerPoint presentation to show my ideas, as well as a sample of my product. When I was creating the presentation, I went to Sharon Watts and Liz Ingram from Textiles to help me, as they both have had a lot of professional experience pitching textiles ideas and advised me on where I could improve. They helped me make my presentation a lot more interesting and more reflective of my personality, instead of being too business-like. It paid off as I was told my presentation was very professional with really good images.

How would you describe your business idea?

At the beginning I wanted to combine my loves of both ceramics and textiles, but I found that this would have been too confusing and high-cost. I decided to concentrate on textiles products, as I have been interested in this since I was young and there is a large market for these products. Also the internal and external shows that I will take part in through my degree will help to promote my ceramic work to a different audience. My idea is to start a homewares business, producing hand screen-printed soft furnishings like cushions, tea-cosies and tea towels, from my own designs. I am inspired by 1950s design aesthetics, so lots of interesting kitschy patterns and colour combinations.

What are you plans for your business while on the SPEED programme?

My main plans for my business are to get my website up and running, create promotional materials and perfect my product prototypes, as well as sorting out costing for the pieces. I also want to start approaching potential buyers and magazines about promoting and selling my work. Ideally, it would be great if, at the end of the 36 weeks, I’ve secured buyers for my products for when I set up on my own, and I have all the equipment I need, funded through the SPEED grant.

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What are your long term plans when the SPEED programme has finished?

I really want to continue with the business after I leave university, expand my product range and start running it either full-time or alongside some of my other interests. Mostly I will be doing this by working from home and selling my products through third-party internet sites and ‘real’ retailers. Developing the products and business ideas, along with successful marketing and promotional materials, during the SPEED programme will help me significantly with this. I would love to sell my products in independent, styleforward retailers, and maybe one day have my own shop where I can sell my own and other’s work, especially students and other people who are starting out as I am now.

You are only at the beginning of the programme but would you recommend SPEED to other students who are thinking of working for themselves when they graduate?

Definitely! There are so many benefits, including the funding, but the biggest benefit for me is that you have continual and helpful support for the 6 most crucial months when you are graduating and beginning to find your feet. Especially with creative businesses, there is a huge potential for failure because we aren’t always used to, or understand how to successfully promote our work - having specialised marketing and business advice available can really make or break your idea. SPEED can also provide business incubation space in Wolverhampton Business Park, right next to the university, where you can use the facilities to help organise your business without competing with other students for computer access and space. Personally, getting on the SPEED programme has been a huge achievement because it has given me confidence in my business idea, which in turn has helped me to understand where it can be improved and what my strengths and weaknesses are. Overall, I would say that any second or third year students who think they have a great, unique idea they are passionate about should go for it. I’m basically really excited about the opportunity and can’t wait to start!

Work placement success: Aneesa Iqbal Enthusiastic Graphic Communication student Aneesa Iqbal completed a successful work placement undertaking the post of temporary assistant designer at Dudley Council. During her time with the Council Aneesa undertook editorial design and graphic design work - ranging from logos, leaflets, invitations, to packs, and folders, etc., something that she has studied with Jeff Leak, Julia Chidley and Jess Glaser (Graphic Communication lecturers).

“I also undertook one of my biggest projects at Dudley Council for ‘The International Glass Festival’ (IFG) that took place at the Red House Glass Cone in Stourbridge on 22nd August 2008. For this brief I designed the promotional material including the private view invitations, artist information packs, individual artist panels for the exhibition, and also artist postcards, which were handed out to the attendees.”

The best thing about working as a part-time Graphic Designer is that all the briefs are real and live. This is such a great opportunity while being a student still undertaking my degree, as I am able to showcase my design work in so many places and keep gaining lots and lots of valuable experience!”

The Dudley Council summer placement lasted for 12 weeks initially but has blossomed into a continuing part-time position which Aneesa fits into her timetable at the University. Aneesa found the placement very useful and hopes it will be beneficial in her future career.

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| EVENTS LISTINGS Clothes show live 2009 Visit us at the clothes show live 2009.

NEC, Birmingham: Friday 4h December - Wednesday 9th December 2009. For more information and to register visit: www.clothesshowlive.com

FOCUS ON IMAGING NEC, Birmingham: 7 - 10 March 2010, 10am - 6pm Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. 10am - 5pm Wednesday. Focus on Imaging is Europe’s biggest annual imaging show, covering all your needs from image capture through to output and beyond.

Visit our staff and students here: www.focus-on-imaging.co.uk

The Industries of Creativity Gerald Raunig (Philosopher and Art Theoretician from Vienna) Tues 19th January, 6pm. School of Art & Design, MK045 During recent years, old concepts from Fordist times seem to flood the fields of creativity and knowledge production. Machines, factories and industries are becoming more and more important, even in realms which have been remote from these terms in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is due to the fact that creativity and knowledge have moved into the eye of the storm of capitalist valorisation, and have become objects of desire of neoliberal transformations. In these transformations the modes of repression and governance are being transformed, too, as well as the modes of resistance and the struggles that permeate the industries of creativity.

Transforming Shape: A simultaneous approach to the body, cloth and print Dr Katherine Townsend (Nottingham Trent University) Tues 2nd Feb, 6pm. School of Art & Design, MK045 Dr Katherine Townsend is Programme Leader for MA Fashion, Knitwear and Textile Design in the School of Art and Design at NTU. Townsend’s practice-led PhD Transforming Shape (2003) explored integrated CAD/CAM as a platform for creating new printed garment concepts. Taking the female form as a starting point, a 3D modelled method of image capture was used to generate blueprinted toiles. The deconstructed pieces formed the basis of a series of engineer-printed prototypes that that were digitally crafted to emulate the visual relationship between the moving form and a sculptural architectonic garment.

Cartographies of the Absolute, abstract and image Revisiting the challenge posed

by Fredric Dr Alberto Toscano(Goldsmiths, University of London) Tues 23rd March, 6pm. School of Art & Design, MK045 Jameson in his 1989 article on ‘cognitive mapping’, this presentation will consider the recent surge in attempts, across popular entertainment and contemporary art, to provide models, diagrams or narratives that might allow us to orient ourselves around the world system. From the multi-dimensional narrative exploration of the political economy of urban dispossession in The Wire to ‘commodity-chain’ films like Lord of War, from Mark Lombardi’s diagrams of institutional collusion to Allan Sekula’s Fish Story, the desire for an aesthetic that would provide knowledge of the totality seems widespread.

[ Pictured: (top left) Ceramics graduate Elly Snare. (top) Clothes Show Live 2009 ]

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