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Leeds College of Art & Project occurs as specialist humanities further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds in northern England, with the independent campus paired Leeds University. It was founded around 1846 as the Leeds School of Art. From either 1968 to 1993 it was known as Jacob Kramer College - with misplaced a share of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (a new Leeds Metropolitan University) - prior to existence incorporated into its present pretense.

A College of Art now has web sites at each Blenheim Hike & in the City Centre, & offers B.A. (Hons) degrees validated by the University of Leeds. Such as several of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has the mild annual intake, presently at 640 higher education students a year.

These are likewise A college around serious fiscal shape - presently in the black, based on data from The Independent newspaper. Its todays principal is Edmund Wigan.

Notable alumni

Kenneth Armitage, sculptor Alison Britton OBE, Ceramics Tutor at the Royal College of Art Ralph Brown, sculptor Marcus Harvey, artist Barbara Hepworth, sculptor Damien Hirst, 1995 Turner Prize winner Henry Moore, sculptor Peter Murphy, Stuckist artist Stass Paraskos, painter and founder of the Cyprus College of Art Bob Peck, actor Vivian Pitchforth, artist Scritti Politti, singer-songwriter

Leeds College of Art and Design
Offers a range of HND and BA courses.


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