The next Postgraduate Open Event for the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture will take place on Wednesday 22 May 2013.  Attendees will be able to learn more about their chosen course, meet their Course Director and view the facilities.

The Date:
Wednesday 22 May 2013
The Times:
4.30pm – 7.00pm
The Venue:
For the School of Surveying & Planning courses:
Kingston University, Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE
All other courses:
Kingston University, Knights Park Campus, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2QJ

Book your postgraduate open day place.

Nicole Wermers & Boudicca:  Fellows Studio Residency & Public Lecture
Stanley Picker Gallery – Wed 1 May All Welcome!

The Stanley Picker Gallery is presenting the first public opportunity to hear and see some of the ideas and works in progress of Stanley Picker Fellows Nicole Wermers and Boudicca (Zowie Broach & Brian Kirkby) as they pursue their research and make preliminary plans for their Fellowship exhibitions in the next academic year.

Nicole Wermers will be introducing her Fellowship project and wider practice in a lunchtime talk at 1.30pm on Wednesday 1 May in the Main Lecture Theatre at the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture. She will be focusing on her research at the interface of art and design and her investigations into the grades of functionality of sculptural objects, examining the urban experience and production of public and private space and of transitional public realms such as museums and cafés.

Boudicca will be opening the Fellows Studio in the Stanley Picker Gallery to the public from 1-8 May, where the two designers have been experimenting with new ideas to initiate their Fellowship research. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Boudicca informally and find out more about their wider practice from 5-7pm on Wednesday 1 May, and will be able to re-visit the studio over the following week to witness the work in development.

To find out more visit http://www.stanleypickergallery.org/news/stanley-picker-fellows-launch-day-1-may-2013/ 

Marloes ten Bhömer
A Measurable Factor Sets the Conditions of its Operation
Stanley Picker Gallery 14 February-6 April 2013

Launch Wed 13 Feb 6-8.30pm All Welcome
5pm Introductory tour with Marloes ten Bhömer

A Measurable Factor Sets the Conditions of its Operation is an exhibition of investigative pieces, processes, tests and trials for a new footwear collection informed by engineering principles.

This method, which purposefully shirks fashion trends and styles, is based on research into the structural parameters required to support a foot (in a high-heeled position) whilst in motion. In so doing, Stanley Picker Fellow Marloes ten Bhömer’s aim is to completely replace the standard and regimented approaches to footwear design and manufacturing with the working and production methods of engineering.

The consequences of ten Bhömer’s research methodology are two-fold: First, her approach reveals a link between rationalised parameters, aesthetic intuition and structural understanding. Second, by considering ‘the woman in motion’ as an engineering problem, she both exposes and criticises the cultural formations of female identity and the role high heels play.

A programme of associated events will accompany the exhibition, details to be announced at www.stanleypickergallery.org

The Stanley Picker Gallery is delighted to announce the appointments of avant-garde fashion designers Boudicca and acclaimed artist Nicole Wermers to the Stanley Picker Fellowship programme.

In a year that saw Stanley Picker Fellow Elizabeth Price win the Turner Prize and Design Fellows El Ultimo Grito receive the London Design Medal, the two new appointments follow those of Andy Holden and Marloes ten Bhömer (2011) and Matthew Darbyshire and Daniel Eatock (2010) in bringing further international prestige to the culture of practice-based research at the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture at Kingston University.

Boudicca (Zowie Broach & Brian Kirkby) and Wermers are highly regarded for the significant contributions they have made to their chosen fields of creative practice, their individual Fellowship proposals both promising challenging and enriching interdisciplinary perspectives across the fields of art and design. The new Fellows commence their research activities at Kingston by introducing their practice through a programme of public events to be announced on the Gallery’s website over the coming weeks.

The Stanley Picker Fellowships provide funding towards developing innovative exhibition projects of international standing that form a core part of the Gallery’s programme. For the 2012 Fellowships more than 150 proposals were received from artists and designers based across the UK and internationally.

Visit www.stanleypickergallery.org for more information.

Image: BOUDICCA 2012

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
AHRC PhD Studentship Opportunities:

Kingston University is a thriving centre for research in the Arts and Humanities and in 2011 was successful in securing AHRC Block Grant (Capacity Building) funding for 14 studentships across three years. The awards are designed to foster innovation and interdisciplinary research projects are welcomed.

For 2013-14, applications are invited for AHRC * studentships in the following areas: 

• PhD in History of Art, Design and Architecture, including Heritage; Museums; and Film

 And

 AHRC Masters Studentship Opportunities

•  Masters Programmes across the broad areas of Design;

* AHRC awards are fully funded with fees and maintenance grant at Home/EU fee level and are available for both full-time and part-time students. AHRC eligibility criteria apply. For full information on eligibility see Section 7 and Annex A of the AHRC Studentship Funding Guide. Please note that if you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you will not be eligible for this funding.

For full details about our research centres, staff, eligibility and how to apply please visit http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/research/degrees/research_degrees_funding.php  

Enquiries to Fadaresearch-enterprise@kingston.ac.uk

Complete applications must be received by 12 noon on 22 March 2013. Interviews to be held 22 – 26 April 2013.

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture PhD Studentships:

The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture is also inviting applications for PhD studentships in the following areas of research strength:

• Architecture and its Contexts
• Contemporary Art
• Design for Communication and Image; Body and Material & Designed Environments
• History of Art, Architecture and Design and Visual and Material Culture, Modern and related contemporary topics across disciplines; projects interrogating the relationships between practices or that draw upon methods across the different fields are welcome
• Sustainable property investment & valuation; Education for a sustainable built environment; Spatial planning for sustainable communities; Delivering low carbon buildings.

These awards will include Home/EU fees and a £2,000 maintenance studentship.  Applications are welcome from full and part time applicants (studentships will be pro rata for part time awards)

For full details about our research centres, staff, eligibility and how to apply please visit http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/research/degrees/research_degrees_funding.php

For both funding schemes, initial enquiries to Fadaresearch-enterprise@kingston.ac.uk

Complete applications must be received by 12 noon on 22 March 2013. Interviews to be held 22 – 26 April 2013.