Leeds College of Art and Design
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Leeds College of Art and Design is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds in northern England, with a main campus opposite Leeds University. It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds School of Art. From 1968 to 1993 it was known as Jacob Kramer College - having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (the future Leeds Metropolitan University) - prior to being incorporated into its present guise.
The College of Art today has sites at both Blenheim Walk and in the City Centre, and offers B.A. (Hons) degrees. These degrees are currently validated by the University of Leeds, but the University is withdrawing from this arrangement and in future validation will be by the Open University. Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, currently at 640 higher education students a year.
It is also a college in good financial shape - presently in the black, according to The Independent newspaper. Its current principal is Edmund Wigan.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kenneth Armitage, sculptor
- Alison Britton OBE, Ceramics Tutor at the Royal College of Art
- Ralph Brown, sculptor
- Marcus Harvey, artist
- Barbara Hepworth, sculptor
- Damien Hirst, 1995 Turner Prize winner
- Henry Moore, sculptor
- Peter Murphy, Stuckist artist
- Stass Paraskos, painter and founder of the Cyprus College of Art
- Bob Peck, actor
- Vivian Pitchforth, artist
- Scritti Politti, singer-songwriter
- Joash Woodrow, painter
- Ricky Wilson, lead singer of indie band Kaiser Chiefs
