BATH ACADEMY OF ART
The school was originally founded as Bath School of Art in 1852 following The Great Exhibition of 1851. The Bath Directory for 1856 shows its location at Weymouth House and later moved to Hetling House, Westgate Buildings, Bath. After various other locations, in 1946 following extensive wartime bomb damage to the original premises, the Bath Academy of Art was transferred to Corsham Court, Wiltshire the home of artist Paul Ayshford Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen (29 September 1886–7 January 1974). Additional annexes at Bath, and at Beechfield, incorporated a residential college for art teachers and Bath School of Art. For the next 26 years, the Principal of the Academy was Clifford Wilson Ellis (1907–1985), who installed the artist William Scott (15 February 1913–28 December 1989) as head of painting and William Kenneth Armitage (18 July 1916–22 January 2002) as head of sculpture and the early syllabus included printmaking, film, music, and drama, in addition to the basic subjects of painting and sculpture. The Academy rapidly gained a reputation as a centre for excellence, and the qualifications it awarded were given Government recognition. Over the years, its staff and alumni have included several practitioners such as sculptors Bernard William Meadows (1915-2005) and Suffolk artist who studied there include Kim Baker, Ian Black, Mary Brown, Colin Genlloud, Jenny Goater, Nicki Holt, Janet Judge, Annie Lee, Ken Marsden, Geoffrey Marsters, Tessa Newcomb, Herbert Davis Richter, Bob Rudd and Michael Tingle and tutors included David Green, Edward Middleditch, Simon Read and Telfer Stokes. It is now a college of Bath Spa University and is situated in Sion Hill, to the north of Bath City centre. The closure of the Academy at Corsham 1983 and its return to the City of Bath was part of change, leading to the School becoming part of today’s Bath Spa University. Suffolk artists who exhibited at Bath Spa University include Perienne Christian and Sarah Figlio.
Website: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk
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