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Slade School of Fine Art
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Official account for the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. Posting news about our events, open days, job opportunities and research.
Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade
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🎨 Proud moment: The Slade School of Fine Art has been ranked #1 in the UK in Fine Art by the Guardian University Guide 2026, with a perfect score of 100!

We have multiple departments in the top 10 in Guardian’s 2026 subject tables, find out more: buff.ly/lTzRm8n

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September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🌟Slade MA/MFA Interim Showcase 2025

Our MA/MFA Interim Showcase, featuring work by our 2nd year fine art media, painting and sculpture students, takes place from 3–5 October.

Entry is by timed tour only
Free, tickets via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/cc/slade-mam...
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We are recruiting for an academic Lecturer position for a practicing artist working broadly in the field of painting.
Lecturer in Fine Art
FTE: 0.5 (2.5 days a week (includes Monday and Tuesday)
Closing date: Monday 18 August 2025 (23:59)
For further details and to apply, see bit.ly/lecturer_fin...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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August 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Slade Summer School: off to a great start with Papermaking and Drawing!
Led by tutors and assistants from across the Slade community, our wide range of courses blend traditional and contemporary approaches in a vibrant, creative environment.

For full programme, see: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/study/...
July 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Workshop Manager Fixed-Term
Fixed term 11 month maternity cover
Full-time
Due to the time critical nature of this role, all applicants must already have the right to work in the UK and need to be eligible to start work from 1 September 2025

Apply by 14 July 2025
🔗https://bit.ly/sladeworkshopmanager
July 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Our MA/MFA Show continues until Sunday 22 June.
Open:
weekdays 10am–8pm
weekends 10am–5pm

Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Entry is via the accessible entrance, see 🔗in bio.

Free, all welcome!

📷
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June 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Join us! We are currently recruiting for a Lecturer (Teaching) post, part-time (0.4 fte), fixed term maternity cover (10 months).

Closing date: Wednesday 11th June at 23:59.

For further details, see bit.ly/ssofalecturer
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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May 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Slade BA/BFA Degree Show

Opening, 5pm–9:30pm, Thurs 22 May
Entry by timed ticket: 5pm/6:30pm/8pm
🎟Free, booking essential via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slade-babf...

Open: 23–29 May no ticket needed
10am-8pm* weekdays
10am–5pm weekends
* except 27 May, 10am–6pm

Entrance free, all welcome
Slade BA/BFA Degree Show: Opening, Thursday 22 May
Entry is by timed ticket slots; each slot is 1.5 hours.
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May 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Dr Susan Owens will give the Milein Cosman Drawing Lecture: Places of the Mind, Portraits of the Soul: drawings by Jonathan Richardson and John Constable on 6 May at 6:30pm, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL.

Free, reserve via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1303407730...
Milein Cosman Lecture: Places of the Mind, Portraits of the Soul: drawings
This lecture will be delivered by Dr Susan Owens.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
InterWorlds talk: Transcultural Hybridity in Art   - Jasmine Chohan: Curatorial Perspectives.

Jasmine Chohan is a Curator at Tate.

Thursday 8 May, 11am–1pm
In person and online
For further details and booking, see Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345010906...
InterWorlds- Jasmine Chohan: Curatorial Perspectives
Jasmine Chohan, Curator at Tate presents Curatorial Perspectives, part of InterWorlds Hybridity in Art research group series at the Slade.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Book Launch and Discussion:
Drawing Analogies: Diagrams in Art, Theory and Practice

Thursday 1 May, 6pm
The Gallery, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL

For information and to attend, email David Burrows: d.burrows@ucl.ac.uk

Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/news/1...
Slade School of Fine Art - Drawing Analogies: Diagrams in Art, Theory and Practice - Book Launch
A launch and discussion will take place at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL to mark the publication of Drawing Analogies: Diagrams in Art, Theory and Practice by David Burrows, John Cussans, Dean Ken...
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April 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Applications are open for two part-time lecturer posts on our Art and Technology BA:

Lecturer in Art and Technology (Gaming): bit.ly/arttechgaming

Lecturer in Art and Technology (History and Theory of Art)
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Closing date: 22 April 2025
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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March 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Come hang out with me, @uclspeccoll.bsky.social and @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social as our first ever Small Press in Residence. £5,000 to spend flexibly, access to collections, and some super facilities: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
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March 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Join us for Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VII!
Celebrating International Colour Day and World Poetry Day online on 21 March.
Free, book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colour-poe...
Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VII
This year's event celebrating International Colour Day and World Poetry Day on 21 March will take place from Woburn Square online.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Book now for Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art in March!
14 Mar: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf–Performing The Collection
15 Mar: Workshop, creative writing and making
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Free, book via 🔗
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Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art
Spineless Wonders Exhibition of Small Press Publications, Words and Images: Re:Collection: Out of the Collection: School of Art, (SOA) Aberystwyth University, also runs 10 March–6 May 2025 (check Abe...
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February 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We are delighted to welcome Anthea Hamilton who will be giving the next Slade Contemporary Art Lecture on Wednesday 12 February at 5pm.

UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, B304, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Free, book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/slade-cont...
Slade Contemporary Art Lecture: Anthea Hamilton
We are delighted to welcome Anthea Hamilton, who will be speaking as part of this term's Contemporary Art Lecture series.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join us for Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art in March!

14 Feb: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf – Performing The Collection
15 Feb: Workshop, creative writing and making
Free, book via 🔗

Exhibition: 10 Mar–6 May
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Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art
Spineless Wonders Exhibition of Small Press Publications, Words and Images: Re:Collection: Out of the Collection: School of Art, (SOA) Aberystwyth University.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
UCL Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) and the UCL School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East, are seeking to appoint four Quirk Creative Fellows to work with them from March to July 2025, each funded at £5,000.

Apply by 16 Feb

Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
UCL 2025 Creative Fellowships open - Encounters: Knowledge Futures in the Age of AI
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, together with the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East, is seeking to appoint four Quirk Creative Fell...
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January 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We are pleased to welcome Becky Beasley, who will be giving next week's Slade Contemporary Art Lecture.

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 5pm
Lecture Theatre 1, B304, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Tickets free, book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1213986158...
Slade Contemporary Art Lecture: Becky Beasley
We are delighted to welcome Becky Beasley, who will be speaking as part of this term's Contemporary Art Lecture series.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Resolving Power: recent works by Carey Young. An inaugural lecture.

Wednesday 5 February, 5:30pm
Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower St, London WC1

Free, 🎟️ via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/resolving-...
Resolving Power: recent works by Carey Young. An inaugural lecture.
Join us for Professor Carey Young's Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday 5 February.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We are pleased to welcome Harold Offeh, who will give the first Slade Contemporary Art Lecture of this term.

Wednesday 15 January 2025, 5pm
Lecture Theatre 1, B304, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Tickets free, book via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1142714282...
Slade Contemporary Art Lecture: Harold Offeh
The Slade is pleased to welcome Harold Offeh as part of our Contemporary Art Lecture series.
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January 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
UCL will be closed from 5:30pm on Friday 20 December 2024, and will reopen at 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025.

Wishing our students, staff, alumni, friends and supporters a happy winter break!

We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
December 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Interested in our BA or BFA in Fine Art? We are holding 2 events before applications close at the end of January, as follows:
Thursday 16 January, 11am-12noon-Online Q&A via Zoom
Thursday 16 January, 2pm-3:30pm-In person Talk and Tour To book see 🔗 in bio.

📷 BA/BFA Degree Show: Marianna Soukeras
December 13, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Interested in studying for a MA or MFA in Fine Art?
Come along to our online MA/MFA question and answer session on Tuesday 10 December at 9:30am.

Register via Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slade-mamf...

📷MA/MFA Degree Show 2024, paintings by Ross Head.
December 5, 2024 at 2:41 PM