Faculty of Art & Design
Cyfadran Celf a Dylunio
Graduate Exhibitions Guide
2 Mai – 7 Gorffennaf
2012 2 May – 7 July
2012 Canllaw Arddangosfeydd Graddedigion
“Studying at Swansea Met is a real experience, by being so close to the city centre it’s hard to miss out on the buzz of so much going on” Chloe Mourant
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I would like to take this opportunity of welcoming you to the exhibition programme 2012, of the Faculty of Art and Design at Swansea Metropolitan University. Founded more than 150 years ago, Swansea School of Art (as it was known) has a distinguished tradition; described in Peter Lord's The Visual Culture of Wales as 'the most successful and prestigious art school in Wales'. Today we are at the forefront of creativity and employment. We have been exhibiting student work throughout our long history, in Swansea, Wales, the UK, and overseas. Students have won awards, found employment and commissions and have been offered many opportunities to further their work and careers from these exhibitions. A few examples of the many include:freelance work and internships with Bay & Brown, Amanda Kelly, The Graduate Collection, Radley’s, Matthew Williamson,
Professor Andrea Liggins, Dean, Faculty of Art & Design,
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Tigerprint, George at Asda, Watermark Publishing, Next, Abercrombie and Fitch, Toast, London Communications School, Dentsu, Crayon, Golley Slater, Billington Cartmell, Medco Global Exchange, Tinopolis, the Tate London, and LEGO, Denmark. This year's students and recent graduates have been celebrated in the national press for their work and have won several competitions. Just a few examples are:- A 2011 graduate has won the National Museum of Wales Portrait Commission; a second year student won the enterprise section of The National Wool Museum project and her product is now being sold in four museum shops in Wales - Two students who worked on the Passion, a Michael Sheen film, with the Faculty’s Moving Image Wales project, have been invited to the premiere
- At the Screentest National Student Film Festival in association with the BFI Future Film Festival, SMU was awarded the 2012 Screentest Institute of Excellence Award, and a new award created this year, Best Music Video was awarded to one of our graduates. To see these and many more exciting, intriguing and professional works please visit our exhibitions and screenings at various venues in Swansea and London. You are also very welcome to attend our private views.
Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i’ch croesawu chi i raglen arddangosfa 2012 Cyfadran Celf a Dylunio Prifysgol Fetropolitan Abertawe. Wedi’i sefydlu dros 150 blynedd yn ôl, mae gan Ysgol Gelf Abertawe (fel y’i galwyd) draddodiad nodedig; fe’i disgrifiwyd yn ‘The Visual Culture of Wales’ Peter Lord fel ‘the most successful and prestigious art school in Wales’. Heddiw, rydym yn rheng flaen creadigrwydd a chyflogaeth. Rydym wedi bod yn arddangos gwaith myfyrwyr trwy gydol ein hanes hir yn Abertawe, yng Nghymru, yn y DU, a thramor. Mae myfyrwyr wedi ennill gwobrau, wedi cael swyddi a chomisiynau ac wedi cael cynnig llawer o gyfleoedd i hybu eu gwaith a’u gyrfaoedd o ganlyniad i’r arddangosfeydd hyn.Ymhlith yr enghreifftiau o’r rhain mae:- gwaith ar eu liwt eu hun ac interniaethau gyda Bay & Brown, Amanda Kelly, The Graduate Collection, Radley’s,
Matthew Williamson, Tigerprint, George at Asda, Watermark Publishing, Next, Abercrombie and Fitch, Toast, London Communications School, Dentsu, Crayon, Golley Slater, Billington Cartmell, Med-co Global Exchange, Tinopolis, Tate London, a LEGO, Denmarc. Mae myfyrwyr y flwyddyn hon a graddedigion diweddar wedi’u dathlu yn y wasg genedlaethol am eu gwaith ac maent wedi ennill sawl cystadleuaeth. Dyma rai enghreifftiau:-
gan Michael Sheen, gyda phrosiect Moving Image Wales y Gyfadran, wedi’u gwahodd i’r première
- Mae myfyriwr a raddiodd yn 2011 wedi ennill Comisiwn Portread Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru; enillodd myfyriwr yn yr ail flwyddyn adran arloesedd prosiect yr Amgueddfa Wlân Genedlaethol ac mae ei chynnyrch nawr yn cael ei werthu mewn pedwar siop amgueddfa yng Nghymru
I weld y rhain a llawer rhagor o ddarnau o waith cyffrous, diddorol a phroffesiynol, ewch i’n harddangosfeydd mewn gwahanol leoliadau yn Abertawe a Llundain. Hefyd, mae croeso i chi fynychu ein rhagolygon preifat.
- Yng Ngŵyl Ffilm Myfyrwyr Cenedlaethol Screentest mewn cydweithrediad â Future Film Festival BFI, dyfarnwyd Gwobr Sefydliad Rhagoriaeth Screentest 2012, gwobr newydd a grëwyd eleni, i PFA a rhoddwyd y wobr Fideo Cerddoriaeth Gorau i un o’n graddedigion.
- Mae dau o fyfyrwyr a weithiodd ar ‘The Passion’, ffilm
Yr Athro Andrea Liggins Deon y Gyfadran Celf a Dylunio
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The Faculty of Art and Design has an international reputation and has been recognised as a major centre in Wales for Art, Craft, Design and Media studies. Based at the Dynevor Centre for Art, Design and Media the faculty provides an ‘Art School’ experience in a contemporary university. Our Visual Communication courses unite both theoretical and historical practices within Art & Design, and the Graphic Design, Advertising Design and General Illustration courses emphiasise the strong links between visual and verbal forms of communication. BA (Hons) Design for Advertising BA (Hons) General Illustration BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Our Fine and Applied Arts courses offer an exciting and diverse range of programmes at BA (Hons) level. The Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art, Design & Media) is also part of the School. We believe in providing a stimulating and critical environment in which to challenge the boundaries of contemporary Fine and Applied Arts practice. We focus on creativity, innovation and personal development, creating an energetic environment for students to thrive in. BA (Hons) Fine Art – Combined Media BA (Hons) Fine Art – Painting & Drawing BA (Hons) Fine Art - 3D and Sculptural Practice BA (Hons) Surface Pattern Design - Contemporary Applied Arts Practice
Our Photography and Video courses provide an opportunity for a creative and theoretical dialogue to occur between the 'still' and the 'moving' image. The contemporary art and media industries illustrate the diverse potential for image makers to express their personal views of the world; A philosophy which is celebrated by the School where innovation and a creative personal vision form the basis of the programme structures. BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts BA (Hons) Photojournalism BA (Hons) Documentary Video BA (Hons) Video BA (Hons) Video Arts
The School of Research and Postgraduate Studies offers opportunities for well qualified practitioners and theorists in the fields of art, design and media to conduct supervised research at MPhil and PhD levels. At taught Masters level, the School offers programmes in Fine Art, Photography, Visual Communication, and Textiles. All staff in the School are research-active, and regularly participate in exhibitions, events, conferences and academic publications at an international level. MA Fine Art Contemporary Dialogues MA Photography Contemporary Dialogues
Image: R Cowell
The Faculty of Art and Design
Contents
The Exhibitions Fine Art
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Design for Advertising
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General Illustration
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Graphic Design
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Photography
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Surface Pattern Design
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Video
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Foundation Art, Design & Media
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MA Fine Art, Photography, Textiles & Visual Communication
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Calendar of Events
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MA Textiles Contemporary Dialogues MA Visual Communication Contemporary Dialogues MPhil
BA (Hons) Surface Pattern Design - Textiles for Fashion BA (Hons) Surface Pattern Design - Textiles for Interiors
PhD
There was a great learning atmosphere... once you have tasted Swansea you will find it difficult to leave! Rhian Hullin, Graduate Graphic Design
Level 3/4 Diploma in Foundation Studies Art, Design & Media
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BA (Hons) Fine Art: Ceramics, Combined Media & Painting & Drawing
Exhibition Details:
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Venue Swansea Metropolitan University, Dynevor Campus Private View: 25 May Open to the public: 26 May – 2 June Contact: Tim Davies Email: tim.davies@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
The Fine Art team is pleased to introduce the 2012 degree show which is the culmination of much hard work, planning and anticipation by the graduating students. This is their chance to showcase their work at a pivotal moment between university and the professional world. Throughout the students’ time at Swansea, their studios have been animated places with lively discussion about the relationship between concepts and the appropriate means of expressing these visually. No medium or method is excluded – we encourage the students to consider which material is most pertinent for their ideas, from fabrication to painting and drawing, to video, performance, and installation. There is no hierarchy of medium and a flexibility of approach is paramount. The range of work shown here reflects this philosophy, with a myriad of accents and themes within the context of the ever-expanding and shifting language of contemporary arts practice.
The course offers support and constructive criticism through tutorials, but allows you to develop your practical work as an individual with excellent resources and workshops. There are modules to help develop the professional side of your work and gain knowledge of approaching galleries after graduation. Philip Cheater Graduate Artist in Residence
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Exhibition Details: Venue 1: Swansea Metropolitan University, Dynevor Campus
BA (Hons) Design for Advertising
Private View: 11 May
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Open to the public: 12 – 19 May Venue 2: Golley Slater, Cardiff Private View: 1 June
Advertising is ubiquitous; it is embedded into our culture. Using persuasive visual and verbal messages to communicate an idea is fundamental to the work of the advertising creative. This degree show is a demonstration of creative thinking delivered in tangible form. The students hope to evoke, provoke and entertain and most of all create a memorable exhibition. We hope you enjoy the experience!
Venue 3: Old Spitalfields Market, London Private View: 26 June Open to the public: 27 – 28 June www.dandad.org Contact: Angela Williams Email: angela.williams@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
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Illustration is more than just imagery. It is about the remarkable moment when message and meaning is visually communicated. Often through intrigue, playful enchantment and even contradiction, illustration seeks to delight, entertain and question the world we live in.
This year’s exhibition promises to ignite the senses and illustrate just how diverse this creative discipline has become. Embracing a broader notion of this unique art form, our graduate show will highlight the way in which illustration communicates through a range of cultural and sociological means, in an ever-expanding range of media. Exhibition Details: Venue 1: Grand Theatre, Swansea
BA (Hons) General Illustration
Private View: 2 May
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Open to the public: 3 – 8 May
Venue 2: New Designers, London Business Design Centre, Islington Private View: 4 July (invite Only) Open to the public: 5 – 7 July www.newdesigners.com Contact: Duncan Mclaren Email: duncan.mclaren@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
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Graphic Design effectively and creatively integrates and manipulates words and imagery to inform, persuade and provoke responses in a huge variety of areas within the wider visual arena (e.g. books, posters, magazines, packaging, websites). The programme is concerned with the use of graphic design in publicity, advertising, information communication and visual communications in general. Desk-top
publishing and computer-aided design applications are central to all studies. This exhibition demonstrates the wide variety of approaches that are available to the graphic designer in a challenging and innovative way.
Exhibition Details: Venue 1: Grand Theatre, Swansea Private View: 11 May Open to the public: 12 – 20 May
Venue 2: New Designers, London Business Design Centre, Islington
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Private View: 1 July (invite Only)
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Open to the public: 5 – 7 July www.newdesigners.com Contact: David La Grange Email: david.lagrange@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
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BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts, Photojournalism
Photography in the Arts is concerned with exploration, self-discovery and innovation through the medium of photography. Photojournalism enables students to undertake an intensive study of the relationship of image and text, the theory and practice of social documentation and practical reportage using the medium of photography.
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The Exhibitions The culmination of three year’s work, students from BA Photography in the Arts and BA Photojournalism will be exhibiting their work in Swansea and London. The varying backgrounds and interests of the students combined with the openness and encouragement to experiment offered by the degree courses, has resulted in diverse and innovative photographic work encompassing documentary, landscape, portrait, fashion, conceptual, constructed and performative approaches.
Exhibition Details: Venue 1: Swansea Metropolitan University, Dynevor Campus Private View: 25 May Open to the public: 26 May – 8 June
Venue 2: Free Range, London The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane Private View: 21 June Open to the public: 22 – 25 June www.free-range.org.uk
Leaving Swansea with a first class honours degree, I was almost immediately awarded The Guardian Student Photographer of the Year Award. This gave me some work experience at The Guardian in London; from there I received commissions from The Guardian. Based in Manchester, I am now working freelance on documentary projects in parallel with advancing wedding photography to target affluent and international clients. Paul Read, Graduate BA (Hons) Photojournalism
www.paulreadphotography.com
Contact/Photojournalism Paul Duerinckx Email: paul.duerinckx@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285 Contact/Photography in the Arts Hamish Gane Email: hamish.gane@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
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BA (Hons) Surface Pattern Design: Contemporary Applied Arts Practice, Textiles for Fashion & Textiles for Interiors 16
Our courses focus on concepts and issues, which are realised through a variety of innovative approaches and materials. Our multi – disciplinary programme provides the framework for students to develop dynamic and innovative ideas. The central philosophy is to foster, yet challenge the creativity of those who are well motivated and versatile and who will enjoy experimenting with a range of materials.
‘My three years on Surface Pattern Design have opened my eyes to an array of techniques and opportunities within the design world. I have made friends for life with both tutors and students.’ Caroline T.
Exhibition Details: Venue 1: Grand Theatre, Swansea
The Exhibition We are pleased to offer yet another diverse and stimulating exhibition from the Surface Pattern Design final year students. The exhibition offers a highly imaginative and creative response from the three pathways of the course; Contemporary Applied Arts Practice, Textiles for Fashion and Textiles for Interiors. The show includes a wide and challenging use of materials, concepts and approaches, resulting in a sumptuous exhibition for 2012!
Private View: 26 May Open to the public: 27 May – 1 June Venue 2: New Designers, London Business Design Centre, Islington Private View: 27 June (invite only) Open to the public: 28 June – 30 June
‘The studio is vibrant, the atmosphere is friendly , and the whole building is a hub of amazing creativity.’ ‘I love Swansea!’ Crystal and Jaime…. and Suuvi (Finland)
‘Cheap living, excellent facilities, fantastic staff, sun, sea and sand!’
Contact: Linda Nottingham Email: linda.nottingham@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
Georgina T.
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Ricardo Rodrigues
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BA (Hons) Video, Video Arts, Documentary Video
“I can only say that coming to this University was one of the best things I have ever done. University staff are competent and helpful. My tutors pushed me forward and enlightened me towards things I haven’t pondered before. Learning wise, the process is smooth and also personalised”
The resources and staff are great here and we’re encouraged to use them to their full potential. The course has really helped me decide on my future career path in the film industry as a cinematographer. Tom Gibbs, Graduate
Our Video programmes at Swansea Metropolitan University are structured in an innovative and flexible way that provides our students with the opportunity to explore this contemporary media within many aspects of filmmaking. Our aim is to produce graduates that take initiative. Whether they choose a commercial or independent route, students are encouraged to develop their own personal creative direction.
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Our new 'state of the art' facilities allow sustained engagement, enabling our students to gain the confidence to express ideas through digital film. Students are continuously encouraged to explore and learn the entire processes from production, editing and camera work, to sound recording.
Open to the public: 25 May
Venue Swansea Metropolitan University, Dynevor Campus Private View Screening: 25 May
Contact: Manolo Lozano Email: manolo.lozano@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
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Exhibition Details: Venue Swansea Metropolitan University, Ty Bryn Glas Private View: 31 May
Level 3/4 Diploma in Foundation Studies Art, Design & Media
Open to the public: 1, 6, 7, and 8 June
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In recent years Swansea Metropolitan University’s Foundation Course has become one of the most successful in the UK with an outstanding record of placements and pass rates.
Contact: Bella Kerr Email: bella.kerr@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285/481161
Our busy studios provide a friendly, enthusiastic atmosphere where students can develop work and gain confidence. The Foundation Diploma course offers the time and space to discover where individual student’s strengths lie, to challenge and confirm skills and abilities, and to successfully identify future directions and careers.
The Exhibition Foundation students are required to produce work, for this exhibition, at Level 4 – equivalent to the first year of BA studies - and this will be a challenging and thought-provoking end of year show.
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MA Fine Art, Photography, Textiles & Visual Communication - Contemporary Dialogues
Exhibition Details:
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Venue Swansea Metropolitan University, Ty Bryn Glas Private View: 15 June Open to the public: 18 – 21 June Contact: Dr. Paul Jeff Email: paul.jeff@smu.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481285
The Art & Design Masters portfolio at SMU is, we believe, unique in Masters provision in the UK. Each programme, Fine Art, Photography, Visual Communication and Textiles, carries the affix ‘contemporary dialogues’, and this is not merely to denote the usual claims of interdisciplinary practices, but it carries an ethos of experimental practice and multi-modality throughout our pedagogical remit. Students from the four pathways share a large proportion of lectures and seminars so ideas and practices can cross-fertilise. Workshops are offered in all disciplines to allow the student to supplement their skill base, and they are encouraged early on to work across disciplines in a thought experiment where process based projects are disseminated in performative ‘pecha kucha’ presentations.
There is equal emphasis on materiality as well as potential non-material and performative activities. However it is up to each student to determine their own discourse within their chosen medium and to what extent they create a dialogue with other media. Some examples: The architect becomes photographer, the photographer becomes performer, the performer becomes photographer, the painter becomes situationist, the ceramicist becomes weaver ,the philosopher becomes textile artist and the painter becomes... well, painter! In truth most students are extending their practice, the possibilities are myriad; new dialogues, new discourses, new artists, ...oh and we had a dancer become a photographer once!
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Calendar of Events 2012
Private View
Open to the public
Open to the public
Course
Date
Time
Dates
Time
Venue
General Illustration
2 May
19.00
6 – 8 May closed extended weekend
10.00 – 18.00
Grand Theatre, Swansea www.swansea.gov.uk
MA Fine Art, Photography, Textiles Visual Communication - Contemporary Dialogues
15 June
18.30
Graphic Design
11 May
18.30
12 – 19 May Closed Sunday
10.00 – 18.00
Grand Theatre, Swansea www.swansea.gov.uk
Design for Advertising
1 June
19.00 – 22.00 6 – 15 June Closed weekends
10.00 – 17.00
Golly Slater, Cardiff www.free-range.org.uk
12 – 19 May Closed 13, 14
10.00 – 17.00
Swansea Metropolitan University 6th Floor, Dynevor Campus www.smu.ac.uk
New Designers Surface Pattern Design
27 June
Invite only
28 June 29 – 30 June
10.00 – 20.00 10.00 – 18.00
Business Design Centre, London www.free-range.org.uk
26 May – 8 June
11.00 – 16.00
Swansea Metropolitan University 3rd Floor, Dynevor Campus www.smu.ac.uk
Free Range Photography in the Arts Photojournalism
21 June
18.00
22 – 24 June 25 June
10.00 – 19.00 10.00 – 16.00
The Old Truman Brewery, London www.dandad.org
D&AD New Blood Design for Advertising
26 June
Invite only
27 June 28 June
9.30 – 19.00 9.30 – 16.30
Old Spitalfields Market, London www.dandad.org
New Designers General Illustration Graphic Design
4 July
Invite only
5 July 6 – 7 July
10.00 – 20.00 10.00 – 18.00
Business Design Centre, London www.free-range.org.uk
Design for Advertising
11 May
19.00 – 22.00
Photography Photography in the Arts Photojournalism
25 May
18.00
Video Video, Documentary Video Video Arts
25 May
18.30 25 May Lecture Theatre1
10.00 – 21.00 Rooms AC202 & AC204
Swansea Metropolitan University Dynevor Campus www.smu.ac.uk
Fine Art Combined Media Ceramics / 3D Sculptural Practice Painting & Drawing
25 May
19.00
26 May – 2 June
10.00 – 16.00
Swansea Metropolitan University Dynevor Campus www.smu.ac.uk
Foundation Diploma Art, Design & Media
31 May
18.00 – 20.00
1 – 8 June closed extended weekend
10.00 – 16.00
Swansea Metropolitan University Ty Bryn Glas www.smu.ac.uk
Surface Pattern Design Contemporary Applied Arts Practice Textiles for Fashion Textiles for Interiors
26 May
15.00 – 18.00
28 May – 1 June
10.00 – 18.00
Grand Theatre, Swansea www.swansea.gov.uk
Date
Time
Dates
Time
Venue
18 – 21 June
10.00 – 16.00
Swansea Metropolitan University Ty Bryn Glas www.smu.ac.uk
Swansea Venues:
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Private View
Course
Dynevor Campus, Swansea Metropolitan University De-La-Beche Street Swansea SA1 3EU www.smu.ac.uk Ty Bryn Glas, Swansea Metropolitan University High Street, Swansea, SA1 1NE www.smu.ac.uk
Swansea Grand Theatre Singleton St, Swansea, SA1 3QT www.swansea.gov.u k/grandtheatre
Cardiff Venue:
London Venues:
Golley Slater Wharton Place, Wharton Street, Cardiff, CF10 1GS
New Designers Business Design Centre 52 Upper Street London N1 www.newdesigners. com
D&AD New Blood Old Spitalfields Market, London, E1 6AA
Free Range The Old Truman Brewery 91 - 95 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL www.freerange.org.uk
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The Faculty holds open days throughout the year, for further details please visit our website: www.smu.ac.uk Swansea Metropolitan University Faculty of Art and Design Dynevor Centre for Art, Design and Media De-La-Beche Street Swansea SA1 3EU Tel: 01792 481285 Email: artanddesign@smu.ac.uk