We sat down with Building Conservation Masterclass tutor David Farrell to talk about his career and memories of the College ahead of his retirement from the industry and teaching. 

MFA student Robin shares the inspiration behind the Law Quilt, seen at the West Dean Fine Art Summer Show 2021, the process of how it was made and where it can be seen next.

Programme Coordinator and Tutor Tiffany Robinson gives her tips focusing on experiencing the light and the land to make more visceral responses in drawing and writing during autumn.

The Benefits of Bespoke Joinery, by Evie Dunbhavin-Hands

Having worked at West Dean College since 1996 Norbert Gutowski is leaving us at the end of the summer term 2021. His contribution to the College has been huge and he has been ever-present for a quarter of a century. He is the stuff of legends.

MA Conservation Studies student Jurjen writes about a small book from the collection in the Old Library and the remarkable details that lead him from a small local Latin school in Gouda, to Tsar Peter the Great, as well as to the well known art and book collection of the Beckford family.

De La Warr Pavilion, Wellcome Collection and West Dean College of Arts and Conservation are delighted to announce interdisciplinary designers RESOLVE Collective as the recipients of a major new commission, ‘Re-wilding: Coast, Countryside, City’. 

In conjunction with Pride month, West Dean College Librarian Teresa takes a look at six related texts selected from the Library collection.

MA Conservation Studies students recently undertook a virtual five week work placement with The Corning Museum of Glass, developing their understanding of glass conservation and what it means to be a conservator in a museum setting. For this blog post, they have applied that knowledge to examine objects in the West Dean Collection.