Chinese New Year

A fantastic live brief - set by Plymouth councillor Chaz Singh and local Chinese food entrepreneur Lai-Yin Wong - celebrating the Chinese New Year/Chinese culture in Plymouth, resulting in four large banners displayed outside Plymouth College of Art.



Yr2 students submitted illustrations and after a shortlist of 12 designs, 3 were chosen (see above for Briony, Anita and Cosmo - the banner behind them designed by Illustration alumni Dom Tsoi.




See here for more info

Aaahhh...

I did't expect to be holding THE Shaun the Sheep today...thanks to Danny Heffer from Aardman Animation 

ADVICE from...Jean Jullien



Jean Jullien's top tip:  "Keep on working. Creativity's a muscle that needs to be flexed everyday."
(full interview here)

ADVICE from...Malika Favre




Illustrator Malika Favre advice for illustration graduates:

"Gaining knowledge of the industry, learning how to manage clients, deadlines and budgets is key to being successful. Talent is 10%, the rest is people skills, maturity, a good business sense and a controllable ego."

full interview here at Creative Boom

Mr Bingo was in today!!!


Here he is (signing our books) at the end of a great lecture/comedy routine entitled 'Do's & Don'ts of being a Creative'. Thank you Mr Bingo!

Thank you Lize!!

Huge thank you to Lize Meddings for popping back into PCA today for a talk about her world!!  Lovely to see you again Lize (and to meet you Laura!)


Shed gets a refurb...

So, the shed was transformed for Summer show...yellow and grey...so 2015...

Summer Show 2015...

Almost there...the show will be open from Wed 10th to Wed 17th June (Weekdays* 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday closed, *Friday 10am-4pm)








BABE (Bristol Artists Book Event)

So..it's nearly time...to pile onto the coach and head on up to Bristol for the day to BABE (Bristol Artists Book Event)


Lee Hodges....

Huge thank you to Lee Hodges for popping by this afternoon to talk about his work...









































Great to see all of you - Yr1, 2 & 3  - in the lecture theatre at the same time!

No Guts No Glory...

Nathan from No Guts No Glory was back in PCA today talking to Yr2 students about their shop/gallery, collective and indy practice in general

Screen printing notebook covers in preparation for BABE in April




BA2 illustration students printing in preparation for our visit to BABE in Bristol  in April. Cover artwork responding to the theme of 'Dayjobs'

Eight Magazine



Just ordered in some back issues of Eight magazine - for more info check out their website here

EIGHT magazine is a young contemporary art magazine dedicated to bringing the best and most exciting artists to a new audience. Each issue holds a specific theme, for which eight artists are invited to make an exclusive artwork. These artworks are printed full page on a 30 by 40 cm format. Hereby giving the artwork the full attention it deserves. Each page of the magazine can be used as a poster or can be framed to fit your house.