Category Archive: Events

“Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently” – LGBT+ artists’ books in WSA Library

As part of the Library, University and community-wide celebrations of LGBT+ History Month, we have been working with colleagues to showcase LGBT+ resources in our collections. Over the last couple of years, as part of this event, we have delved into our fabulous collection of Spare Rib magazines and co-curated the exhibition Queering Connections with iPIC Research Group Directors, Valentina Cardo and Shaun Cole.

Fashion and Sustainability Forum 2018

    A plastic-free aisle in supermarkets will not deliver a plastic-free isle. From George Monbiot’s comments in The Guardian on Theresa May’s 25 Year Environmental Plan to David Attenborough’s plea in Blue… Continue reading

WSA Library Celebrates World Book Day!

We celebrated World Book Day yesterday in WSA Cafe with various activities ranging from letterpress, screen-printing, mono-printing and the self-portrait drawing game, ‘Face-to-Trace’! As in previous years the Library had a stand showcasing the Artists’… Continue reading

Altered Books exhibition in WSA Library

    We are pleased to be launching our first exhibition of the year in our display cases in the Library welcome area. We are showing altered books made by WSA students in response… Continue reading

Love Thy Denim

A warm welcome to our new and returning students at WSA. We thought for our first blog of the academic year, we’d start with something local. Love Thy Denim is currently on at The… Continue reading

Arts in the Forest: An Imaginative Trail!

  It’s the last weekend of the New Forest Arts Festival! The 2 week celebration has included exhibitions, demonstrations, installations, theatre, craft, music , talks and various workshops across the forest. WSA Library’s, Noriko Suzuki-Bosco,… Continue reading

WSA Degree Show 2016

The WSA BA Degree Show 2016 was held on Friday evening last week. The Private View was buzzing with a full turn out for the opening and once again the students’ work surpassed my… Continue reading

Installation Art and Summer Festivals

As we approach the end of term, we thought we would pull together some thoughts about installation art and the use of it at summer festivals, particularly as Winchester and the surrounding area offers a… Continue reading

Our Top Picks from the WSA Fashion Show

On Tuesday last week, the BA Fashion & Textile Design students revealed their collections at their Graduate Fashion Show 2016! I look forward so much to the graduate shows and exhibitions, as they are… Continue reading