Hear from our former students about their experiences studying the BA Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School.
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How did you find your experience at the City & Guilds of London Art School? I would describe my experience as very positive. Even though my year group was affected by 2 years of Covid lockdowns, it was felt that the school made a committed effort to make sure we would still be able […]
“I believe City & Guilds has a unique situation of having a modern art educative system combined with a more traditional workshop environment. I felt like secret skills were being passed down to me. The people working at the Art School are like a big family, where everyone is passionate about their work.”
“One to one conversations with tutors were essential to me as I’d never really had the opportunity to sit down with practicing artists before joining the course. […] The most valuable aspect of studying at the Art School was for me the standard of tutoring and general intimacy of the school: small classes and cross departmental relations.”
The range of tutors and the fact they were all practising artists with a huge range of specialities and knowledge was something I hadn’t seen on any other BA courses. There were multiple tutors available each day so there was always something to have a tutorial with and bounce ideas off. [… The course] gave me a brilliant traditional grounding in fine art practise as well as the confidence in my own abilities to be able to succeed on graduating.
Specialising in painting, Thomas Elliott graduated from BA (Hons) Fine Art in 2015. He is currently an in-house sci-fi and fantasy illustrator for Games Workshop. In this short film, Thomas talks about his experience of studying Fine Art at the Art School.