Camberwell College of Arts
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Camberwell College of Arts is part of the University of the Arts London's six constituent colleges, and is one of the world's foremost art and design institutions. The college is particularly renowned for its emphasis on drawing. It is located in Camberwell, in south London on Peckham Road. It offers both further and higher education programs, including postgraduate awards. It was formerly known as Camberwell School of Art and Crafts.
The College's history is finely intertwined with that of the South London Gallery, with whom the building is shared. Manager of the South London Working Men's College in 1868, William Rossiter, purchased the freehold of Portland House on which the College now stands in 1889. The resulting Gallery opened in 1891, followed by the Technical Institute, the College's first guise in 1898.
It is a sister college of the Chelsea College of Art and Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion, Byam Shaw School of Art and the Wimbledon College of Art.
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- Roger 'Syd' Barrett, musician, founding member Pink Floyd
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- Terry Frost, artist
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- Howard Hodgkin, 1985 Turner Prize winner
- David Jones , artist and poet
- R. B. Kitaj, artist
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- Mike Leigh, film director
- Richard Long, 1989 Turner Prize winner
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- Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts : its students & teachers, 1943-1960 by Geoff Hassell. Published by Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995. ISBN 1-85149-180-5.