Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
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The Central St Martins College of Art and Design, (or Central Saint Martins) is one of the leading colleges of art and design in England. It is part of the University of the Arts London which was given university status in 2004.
Central St Martins was created in 1989 from the Central School of Arts and Crafts (founded in 1896) and St Martin's School of Art. For most of the 1960 and 1970s St.Martin's was acknowledged as the leading London Art School producing the likes of Gilbert and George and Richard Long as well as employing influential artists such as Anthony Caro and Barry Flanagan as staff, and was a meeting point for many Punk and New Wave bands. With the rise of Goldsmiths' College in the 1980s this status has been eclipsed.
Notable Alumni
- Peter Blake, artist
- Jarvis Cocker, pop Star
- Luella Bartley, fashion designer
- Colin Firth, actor
- Lucian Freud, artist
- Frances de la Tour, actress
- Pierce Brosnan, actor
- AS Byatt, author
- Anthony Gormley, artist
- John Hurt, actor
- James Dyson, Industrial designer
- John Simm, actor
- Rankin, photographer
- Terence Conran, Designer, retailer and restaurateur
- Jefferson Hack, Editorial director and co-founder of magazine Dazed and Confused
- Neville Brody, typeographer
- Sade, pop star
- Katharine Hamnett, fashion designer
- P J Harvey, musician
- Mike Leigh, film director
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
- Rifat Ozbek, fashion designer
- Eduardo Paolozzi, artist
- Anthony Caro, sculptor
- Tara Fitzgerald, actress
- Iain R Webb fashion journalist
- Glen Matlock, bass player for the Sex Pistols
- Stella McCartney, fashion designer
- Alexander McQueen, fashion designer
- John Galliano, fashion designer
- Gilbert and George, 1986 Turner Prize winners
- Richard Long, 1989 Turner Prize winner
- James Dyson, inventor
- Maria Björnson, threatre designer
- Matthew Collings, art critic
- Theo Fennell, jewellery designer
- Paul Simonon, bass guitar player
- Jessica Ogden, fashion designer
Status
Despite being usurped as the leading player in many respects by the Goldsmiths College in the 1980s, Central Saint Martins remains one of London's most revered and exciting art institutions with strong research and teaching departments in fine art, fashion, graphics, 3d design and performance. It has undergone a cascade of recent developments, having already swallowed up Drama Centre London 1999 and the Byam Shaw School of Art in 2003 prior to the University of the Arts London's conception.
External link
- College web site (http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/)