RSVP Exhibition

RSVP is an exhibition, supported by Sheaffer, of work by final year visual communication students. The show takes place in the Bessant and Foyer Gallery spaces of the School of Art and Design and is guided by an interest in communication designed to engage and initiate response. Exhibits focus on the interpretation of transfer between sender and receiver. You are invited to the RSVP opening on Thursday 7 March 5.00 – 7.00pm

RSVP will be open to the public from 8 – 15 March.

This show also exists online and in the approach to the private view a unique display is gradually forming at rsvpprojects.blogspot.co.uk

Both exhibitions feature original work not seen in other locations

THE CAPARO PRIZE

THE CAPARO PRIZE FOR CREATIVE ENTERPRISE is a highly prestigious award offered annually to final year School of art and design students. 

There is a £100 prize.

The award is offered for Creative Initiative, Enterprise, or Entrepreneurship in Art & Design.

The competition is open to final year students. If you would like to be considered for this award, you will need to put together a written document that explains and illustrates your achievements in the area of 'enterprise, initiative and or entrepreneurship' within art and design. This should include information about commercial, or 'public faced' activities that you have been involved with. For more information please contact John Clementson, Dave Colton or Ben Kelly. The Visual Communication staff team are looking forward to supporting a number of applications from students

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 24 MAY 2013
THE PRIZE WILL BE GIVEN AT THE SEPTEMBER 2013 GRADUATION

Rina Arya - Contemplations of the Spiritual in Art

Contemplations of the Spiritual in Art, edited by Rina Arya is a collection of essays exploring the relationship between spirituality and art is the result of a conference that took place in December 2010 at Liverpool Cathedral. 

During this two-day event, artists, clergy and academics from different disciplines – including theology and art history – came together to discuss the relationship between spirituality and art. One of the objectives of both the conference and this collection was to clarify what is meant by spiritual art or, indeed, what it means to describe an artwork as being spiritual. The essays expand on this issue by addressing the following questions: what is the relationship between spirituality and art in the context of the art gallery, religious institutions and the academy and at personal and social levels? How and why does art convey spirituality and, conversely, why and how is spirituality made manifest in works of art? Many of the contributors examine the spiritual aspects of particular artworks, artists or artistic traditions, and ask what we mean by the spiritual in art. The volume articulates the interdisciplinary nature of the subject and explores pressing concerns of the contemporary age.

Contemplations of the Spiritual in Art is published by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. For more information click here

Read about Rina's research here

Jeanette Bredsten introduces Roskilde Festival design competition

From Jeanette Bredsten:
I completed my graphics degree at The University of Wolverhampton a few years ago and I thought I should send you an update. I decided to go on to study for a masters degree which I am delighted to have completed in 2011. I now live in Copenhagen and I work for the Copenhagen Fire Brigade producing branding communication. So, I get to use my design expertise on a daily basis, which is great and something I really enjoy! 

I have a connection with the Roskilde Festival. They are inviting students and other creatives to design this year audience T-shirt . 

More details of this competition can be found here:
http://roskilde-festival.dk/news/singlenews/design-this-years-audience-t-shirt/ 

It would be great to have competition entries from Wolverhampton!

More by design - competition

Background information 

The final year Textile students at the School of Art and Design have recently been involved in a competition to design a product range for an outdoor living collection. Products include deck chairs, cushions, beach windbreaks, etc… 

The collection is to be launched by More by Design at their Custard Factory/Birmingham showroom in March 2013. http://www.morebydesign.com 

The new collection will be called 10°. 

The number 10 refers to the number of students who have been selected to contribute to the collection, while the temperature degree symbol is used in place of the word “degrees”. 

Competition 

To design a new logo for the 10° brand using a fresh approach to create an inspiring result. 

Meet Michael Salu - public lecture

Graphics graduate Michael Salu is Artistic Director for Granta Publishing. 

On March 14 Michael will be visiting the University as part of the 'Graduate to Great speaker programme', he will be here to share his story and to take questions. 

Michael will be using examples of his work to talk through the different stages of his career and will focus on the following the topics:

• The challenges of developing a creative career
• The difficulties, but ultimately more rewarding potential of versatility.
• Why everything should begin with good ideas.
• The importance of theoretical and literary awareness in re-imagining visual tropes and understanding.
• How to have fun and constantly evolve your work.

This public lecture is open to all, but places must be booked in advance - reserve your place here

http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=34019

The event takes place in MC001, Millennium City Building and begins at 3.30pm, going on till 6.00pm. Light refreshments are included

More information about Michael's work can be found here

Talented Graphic Design Interns Wanted - Evidently, Clerkenwell, London

Evidently Design London is running an internship programme 

on a 6 week cycle.

Evidently is a creative content agency with expertise in brands, entertainment and strategy. We provide fully integrated strategy, development, design, production and post-production services across four global offices.

Our mission is to transform audience behaviour by making the complex simpler, the remote more accessible, and the corporate a little more human. We work with some great people and world-class brands, such as Dove, HarperCollins, Nectar and Unilever, to name but a few …

About the role:

You:
Are a recent-graduate looking to gain experience in a rapidly-growing agency with a global reputation
Can talk at length about the merits of good kerning
Studied graphic design and/or illustration and have a keen eye for typography and layout
Probably still live with your parents but wish you didn’t
Are confident in using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with any web design and/or animation credentials a bonus
Wouldn’t hesitate in offering to make a round of teas

We:

Will do our best to make sure that during your 6 weeks here you get a range of experience. Everything from supporting the design team in concept creation and pitching ideas, to making the aforementioned round of teas.

Sound like you? Send your CV and examples of your work – a link to an online portfolio or PDF attachment (file-size below 5MB) – to iamperfectchooseme@evidently.com . Only emailed applications will be considered, and we’re afraid we’ll only be able to get in touch with successful applicants.

MIchael Salu to host Granta Salon on the ethics of Photojournalism

Wolverhampton Graphics graduate and Granta Artistic Director, Michael Salu is hosting a salon on the ethics of Photojournalism

Photojournalists bear witness at the front line of human experience. But when does photojournalism become exploitative? Granta’s February art salon will open with a presentation of Julie, a photo essay by Darcy Padilla featured in Granta 122: Betrayal and a dramatic reading of an extract of Padilla’s journal about her work. Julie is a devastating portrait of a woman living with Aids and struggling with motherhood after a lifetime of abuse and addiction. From a first encounter at a flophouse in San Francisco to the end of Julie’s life in Alaska, these photographs and Padilla’s reflections show how trust and exploitation mingle between artist and subject.

For more information click here

Creative Journey talk by Rod Hunt

Thursday  21 February
2.00pm in SAD lecture theatre

This talk forms part of the ongoing visual communication series of illustrated lectures on the theme of 'Creative Journey's'.

Rod Hunt is an award winning London based Illustrator & artist who has built a reputation for retro tinged Illustrations & detailed character filled landscapes. With UK & international clients spanning publishing, design, advertising & new media, he's illustrated everything from book covers to advertising campaigns, theme park maps, iPhone Apps & even the odd large scale installation too!

Rod is also the illustrator behind the besteslling Where's Stig? books for the BBC's hit TV show Top Gear. Where's Stig? was the UK's 4th bestselling hardback non fiction book of 2009, selling in excess of 350,000 copies to date. The sequel, Where's Stig? The World Tour was released in September 2010.

All welcome

for more information contact i.j.madeley@wlv.ac.uk

Irving Harper - Works on paper

Irving Harper and all of his wonderful creations can now be seen in a new Skira Rizzoli book, Irving Harper Works in Paper. Harper, is now 96 years old and he worked for the George Nelson Associates design firm between 1947-64, at the height of Mid-Century Modern innovation. He developing a wide array of products including Marshmallow Sofa and the Ball and Sunburst clocks for Howard Miller - both these products are still available now.