Cumbria Institute of the Arts
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Cumbria Institute of the Arts is a further and higher education institution in the city of Carlisle in northern England. Almost 2,000 students are active within the college in any one year, either as full-time or as part-time pupils, and often on degree courses.
It teaches in precisely the kind of fields as the name suggests, having existed since the birth of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in 1822. It then proceeded as the Carlisle College of Art, from 1950, and switched to its present name from the Cumbria College of Art and Design in 2001.
The Institute has been named, alongside St. Martin's College, as one of the two bodies that will merge to form the University of Cumbria, expected to be operational before the end of 2007.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Gerard McKeown, writer
- Claire Stephenson, designer, Kangol
- Keith Tyson, 2002 Turner Prize winner
- Rob Wade, designer
- Conrad Atkinson
- Margaret Harrison
