Extracurricular Life and Facts of Interest

The college’s Gallery plays host to major exhibitions and artists, including British Art Show 7 (with British Art Show 9 set to return to Plymouth in 2021), and shows by the likes of Martin Parr and Rose Wylie. Across Plymouth, creative events and exhibitions like We The People Are The Work, The Atlantic Project, Plymouth Art Weekender and Rebel Film Festival have welcomed internationally renowned names to the city, including Oscar-winning filmmaker Mia Bays, Ryoji Ikeda, Postcommodity collective, and Turner prize nominated artist Ciara Phillips.

Alongside the city’s much loved creative spaces, a host of newly developed centres for arts and enterprise have recently opened. The Box is the new home for Plymouth’s museum and city archives, with a £40 million rebuild opening in September 2020, housing seven large-scale permanent galleries, including collections from the South West Film and Television Archive.

Meanwhile Ocean Studios in Plymouth’s historic Royal William Yard offers collaborative facilities, residencies and open-space workshops, and is already home to a wealth of creative, independent businesses – from screenprinting workshops to contemporary jewellers.