Walthamstow College of Art

Former art school in Walthamstow, England
The college building, now Waltham Forest College

Walthamstow College of Art was an art school based in Walthamstow, north-east London. In the 1970s, it was merged into North East London Polytechnic and is now part of the University of East London (UEL).[1][2] UEL's School of Architecture and the Visual Arts, is based at its Docklands Campus.[2][3]

In 2017, The William Morris Gallery hosted an exhibition, 'Be Magnificent', documenting some of its most famous alumni.[4]

Notable alumni

  • Audrey Barker, artist
  • Ian Dury, musician[5]
  • Marion Foale, fashion designer[6]
  • Peter Greenaway, film director, studied 1962-65[2]
  • John Lloyd (graphic designer)
  • Ken Russell, film director
  • Vivian Stanshall, musician[5]
  • Sally Tuffin, fashion designer and ceramicist[6]
  • Valerie Wiffen, painter

Notable staff

  • Peter Blake, artist[5]
  • Daphne Brooker
  • Margaret Green, painter[7]

References

  1. ^ "Walthamstow School of Art". www.artbiogs.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Walthamstow College of Art alumnus Peter Greenaway awarded CBE". UEL. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Walthamstow School of Art | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ William Morris Gallery. Be Magnificent
  5. ^ a b c "Dury, Ian Robins (1942–2000)". ODNB. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Marion Foale & Sally Tuffin". V&A. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ^ Buckman, David (1 December 2003). "Margaret Green: Painter inspired by coastal Suffolk". The Independent. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

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