Cleveland College of Art and Design
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Cleveland College of Art & Design is a further and higher education art and design college, based in the North East of England. The college draws its name from the former non-metropolitan county of Cleveland, operational from 1974 to 1996.
Cleveland College of Art & Design is the only specialist art and design college in the North East of England and one of only four in the country in the further education sector.
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[edit] History & Estates
The college has three campuses, two in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough and one in Church Square, Hartlepool.
Middlesbrough School of Art, on Durham Street, and the nearby Government School of Arts in the Athenaeum on Church Street, West Hartlepool each first opened in 1870 and 1874 respectively.
The college has ran continuously in its present Hartlepool spot since 1938, despite a 1966 fire, while its Middlesbrough-based Green Lane campus was first opened in 1960, latterly being extended. The third site, at Burlam Road, which now houses provision for the BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art & Design, was the accommodation of choice for the College's BA (Hons) degrees in Fine Art and Photography until the end of the 2006-2007 academic year.
The college's current principal is David Willshaw.
[edit] Courses
As Cleveland College of Art & Design is both a further education and higher education establishment, it has courses aimed at 16 year old school leavers all the way through to Degrees, as well as part time evening classes.
The college offers a range of BTEC National Diplomas across the whole art and design spectrum, including Design Crafts, Graphic Design, Textiles, Photography, Fine Art and Fashion & Clothing.
At higher education level, the college also offers BA (Hons) and FdA degrees, covering such subjects as textiles, photography, theatre design and fashion. All the college's Higher Education courses are validated by the University of Teesside.
Cleveland College of Art & Design also offers a BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art & Design, a course traditionally undertaken by A-level students prior to enrolling on an art and design course at university.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Basil Beattie, artist (1955)
- Steve Bell, cartoonist (1970)
- David Coverdale, rock singer
- Ted Harrison, Canadian artist (1949)
- Curtis Jobling, designer of Bob the Builder (1994)
- Robert Nixon, cartoonist
- Keith Patterson, car designer
- Keith Ryder, Peugeot chief designer
- Sir Ridley Scott, film director (1958)
- Tony Scott, film director
- Graham Smith, photographer
- Len Tabner, artist (1965)
- Mackenzie Thorpe, artist (1979)
- William Tillyer, artist (1959)
- David Wilson, Stained Glass Designer, USA (1959)
