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RCA Society AGM 2015

Download - PDF Annual Report 2015 (800K) 

RCA Society AGM 2015 (Annual General Meeting)

16th August 2015

11am (coffee) for 11.30 - 1pm AGM

David Hall (1937 - 2014)

The RCA Society was sad to hear that one of our members, the world renowned and celebrated Video artist, David Hall, died in October.(1937 - 2014).

Initially a sculptor, David Hall pioneered Video art producing a number of seminal works for gallery exhibition and TV. He taught in a number of Art schools including the RCA and founded the Time Based Media Course at Maidstone College of Art.

RCA Society AGM 2014

A new management committee for 2014-15 was elected at the AGM held on Saturday 2 August. Click here to see new management committee members and their contact details.

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Data Manifestation

How can Data be visualised? Karin von Ompteda, a PhD student and visiting lecturer at the RCA presented a lecture and curated an exhibition of works created in a workshop she has run since 2010. Members of the RCA Society went along to the Hockney Galleries to find out more....

Peter Wilcockson

14 November 1927 - 19 February 2013

RCA Society AGM 2013

The draft minutes of the previous AGM were tabled. Members were reminded of corrections included from the subsequent MC meeting. Below is a summary of the AGM 2013.
RCA Soc AGM Report 2013 (1mb PDF file)

The minutes of the 2012 AGM were agreed as accurate.

Lord Esher talks, Yellow Paper, 175 years RCA

This year the Royal College of Art marks its 150th Anniversary. Since its establishment as a school of design furnishing the Victorian Empire's new Industries developing into a unique university bringing together a range of practices across the fine arts, applied arts, design and theory that drive national and international cultures the Royal College of Art has built a proud reputation as the 'awkward' kid on the block.

"Pre-Raphaelites - Victorian Avant-Garde" • Morris and Marx don't rap like Eminem

In the recently refurbished iconic St Pancras Station Hotel the Tate Britatin held a launch event for its forthcominge exhibition "Pre-Raphaelites - Victorian Avant-Garde". This was a fitting venue for the exhibition by emphasising the role of the railway in the Industrial revolution, the loss of camelot with the urban spread of product hungry suburbs, and the new mechanistic technologies which challenged traditional craft skills. 

Coming Event: "Takes Two to Tango: research & design."

Event: "Takes Two to Tango: research & design."
When: Wednesday 4th April 2012 at 7pm - 9pm
WHERE: Classic House, 180 Old Street, London EC1V 9RQ
Admission Free
ORGANISERS: RCA Society and London CSD Group
SPEAKER: Alec Robertson MA(RCA), MCSD, FRSA

British Sculpture from the 1950-1960s

Pangolin London
Exorcising the Fear: British Sculpture from the 1950-60s, 11th Jan - 3rd Mar 2012

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