Walthamstow College of Art
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]
The college building, now Waltham Forest College
In 2017, The William Morris Gallery hosted an exhibition, 'Be Magnificent', documenting some of its most famous alumni.[3]
Notable alumni
- Vanilla Beer, artist
- Ian Dury, musician[4]
- Marion Foale, fashion designer[5]
- Peter Greenaway, film director, studied 1962-65[2]
- Ken Russell, film director
- Vivian Stanshall, musician[4]
- Sally Tuffin, fashion designer and ceramicist[5]
- Valerie Wiffen, painter
Notable staff
- Peter Blake, artist[4]
- Daphne Brooker
- Margaret Green, painter[6]
References
- "Walthamstow School of Art". www.artbiogs.co.uk.
- "Walthamstow College of Art alumnus Peter Greenaway awarded CBE". UEL. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- William Morris Gallery. Be Magnificent
- "Dury, Ian Robins (1942–2000)". ODNB. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- "Marion Foale & Sally Tuffin". V&A. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- Buckman, David (1 December 2003). "Margaret Green: Painter inspired by coastal Suffolk". The Independent. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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