In the mid 1960s, moves were afoot to merge art schools and colleges of technology to form new Polytechnics at university level. The two institutions…
The shock of not gaining approval for courses in Fine Art and Graphic Design in 1962 led to a complete overhaul of teaching staff. Additional…
In the mid 1960s, Kingston School of Art used Coombe Farm as an annexe for advanced fine art students. David Nash was amongst the students…
In 1965, KSA became KCA, the name change coinciding with the shift of Kingston from part of Surrey Local Education Authority to its own new…
Image caption: Twenty years-old Michael Smith with his sculpture exhibited in the show. Article Text: ‘Ultra-modern art, in these days of space travel, is…
In 1961, Kingston School of Art made applications to be accredited for the new DipAD qualifications, due to replace the old National Diplomas in Design…
Ever since its early days, problems of overcrowding were continually surfacing at the art school. In October 1961, the new extension to Knights Park was…
The three photos above show students taking part in the Town Study of Diss from the summer of 1964. Town Studies were a major feature…
Here we have a few examples from the exhibition held to present findings from KSA’s town study of Huntingdon, with models and architectural drawings featuring…
These two images from the slide collection of former Head of Architecture Dennis Berry show two views of the Knights Park building on the Hogsmill…