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Kingston School of Art
Ideas emerge here.
Kingston School of Art has long been recognised as one of the best art and design schools in teaching and research, which is shown in our subject rankings, research, performance, industry and student awards, and the leading brands and institutions that choose to work with us.
We prepare our students to be the creative and cultural leaders in the industries of the future.
The Art School Experience
Through collaborative working and critical practice, students understand both teamwork and multi-disciplinary making.
We are an art school where our workshops and studios are open for creative exploration and allow opportunities for students and staff to work together and to share ideas whether they are studying or researching architecture, art, communications, design, humanities or the creative industries.
We are committed to development and offer students opportunities to explore, experiment and to take risks. Find your unique signature.
Student Work
KSA Show 2022
The KSA Show 2022 is a celebration of our students' achievements this year.
Our courses
Kingston School of Art comprises three schools across three campuses.
- At Knights Park, where our architecture, art, design and creative industries courses are taught, the fabulous, newly refurbished, industry-standard workshops and studios are open for creative exploration. They allow opportunities for students and staff to work together and to share ideas, whether they are studying or researching.
- At Penrhyn Road, where philosophy, journalism, media, publishing, creative writing, English, dance and drama are taught, the campus is a hive of activity, with social activities, student union events and guest lectures taking place alongside teaching.
- Music is taught at Kingston Hill campus, where students practise, produce, record and perform music in our dedicated Coombehurst facilities.
World-class facilities
The Design Museum called our studios and workshops "a world class design facility". They provide the perfect space in which to experience practice-based learning, and explore thinking through making.
On our visit to Kingston's workshops we experienced a hugely impressive and inspirational, world class design facility abuzz with creative energy and technical verve; the ideal environment to inspire and equip the next generation of designers with the design skills for the future.
Dr Helen Charman, Director of Learning and National Programmes at the V&A
Location
Kingston School of Art is unique in offering a close community in an attractive town, where friends and colleagues live nearby, sharing student life and creative conversations, while London's world-leading galleries, museums and creative businesses are 30 minutes away.
Studio KT1
Studio KT1 is a new offering from Kingston School of Art and Kingston University giving the opportunity to students to work on commercial briefs with real world experience, getting paid for their work alongside their studies.
News
Gallery and Museum
Stanley Picker Gallery and Dorich House Museum, part of Kingston University, are public venues with programmes offering a variety of opportunities for students and staff.
Events
KSA Show 2022 website
Friday 27 May - Saturday 31 December 2022
Philosophy & Law - Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Institution of Subjects: A Symposium
Thursday 26 January - Friday 27 January 2023
Norman Ajari - Race, Violence and the Universal
Thursday 26 January 2023
Howard Caygill - Climate Catastrophe and the Bomb
Thursday 9 February 2023
Peter Osborne - Social, Political Terrestrial: Latour, Chakrabarty and the Politics of Geo-History
Thursday 16 February 2023
Stella Sandford - The Mother Tree and Other Animals
Thursday 2 March 2023
Simon Wortham - Being Beneath: Robert Walser in Berlin
Thursday 16 March 2023
Product & Furniture Design BA(Hons)
George Wooley, Fruitopia
Interior Design BA(Hons) student work
Mark Terra, Speedo
Architecture project
Japanese Temple reconstruction
Fashion BA(Hons)
India Veiga interned at Celine who sponsored the fabrics for her final collection
Creative Industries BA(Hons)
Dress for our time research project, Helen Story
Critical and Historical Studies
Special topics at the degree show
Communication Design: Graphic Design MA
YCN Award winner
Graduate Diploma in Creative Practice
Qianyu Xu
Graduate Diploma in Creative Practice
Theresa Grossalber
Communication Design: Illustration MA
Jimin Kim
Illustration Animation BA(Hons)
Joey Yu, Sketchbook, 2017
Fashion BA(Hons)
Josh Read's work on catwalk at GFW 2015
Art & Space MA
Chun Yu Chen, 2017
Photography MA
Jiaheng Cao, 2016
