Jumps Road, Churt, Farnham GU10 2LH
The Pride of the Valley sculpture park near Farnham has over 200 sculptures for sale by contemporary artists, and is located in a beautiful setting with over ten acres of woodland. Earlier this year, the sculpture park was voted the “most loved business in Farnham”.
The sculpture park is open every day from 10-5, and you can find out more here.
V&A Museum, London
24 September 2011 – 15 January 2012
A major exhibition at the V&A exploring the subject of postmodernism in design, looking at fashion, graphic design, product design and fine art.
Find out more on the V&A website.
V&A Museum and other venues in London
17 – 25 September 2011
The London Design Festival is a city-wide celebration of design that takes place over nine days. There is a broad range of activities on offer, most of which are free to enter. Events taking place during the festival cover graphic design, furniture, interiors, fashion, and other design areas.
To find out more, please see the festival website.
UCA has just taken out a subscription to Youth Club - an image database, covering all kinds of music and youth subcultures. The site is based around a unique archive of over 80,000 photographs documenting the lifestyles, fashions, music and subcultures of young people from all around the world.
The Cultural Research section provides links to information on every subculture imaginable; from Hippies to Hipsters, Surfers to Skinheads and New Romantics to New Age Travellers. This includes a extensive rundown of the each decade’s news headlines, integral film and music releases and events as well as essays from respected commentators.
Design Museum, London SE1 2YD
24 August 2011 – 22 January 2012
This is Design is a celebration of the Design Museum’s Collection, examining the impact of design on the modern world, exploring the consequences of design and how it shapes our lives and contemporary culture.
Prototypes, drawings, couture samples, models, first editions and finished industrial objects will be on display, including highlights such as the original Mini and the Moulton bicycle, large scale architectural models like Norman Foster’s HSBC Bank headquarters in Hong Kong, UK road signs and an Anglepoise lamp.
Find out more on the Design Museum website.
British Library, London
Until 18 September 2011
Mervyn Peake (1911-68) is best known as the creator of Gormenghast, but he was also an accomplished painter, playwright, illustrator and poet. Using materials from the British Library’s collections, including the recently acquired Peake archive, this exhibition examines his achievements through the prism of the worlds he inhabited, both real and imagined.
Find out more on the British Library website.
eStream is the University Library’s system for digitally recording television and radio broadcasts. You can view programmes via a web browser similar to the way you would watch YouTube.
Access eStream on and off campus at http://www.estream.ucreative.ac.uk
For off campus use, please use your standard UCA computer login.
On campus you should not need to log in unless you are using Firefox or Safari.
If you have any comments or questions about eStream, or would like to recommend any TV or radio programmes that you would like us to record, please contact the Visual Resources team at libraryvr@ucreative.ac.uk
Easter opening times- Click here to view the University Library’s Easter vacation opening times
More information about upcoming Time Bank projects and ways to get involved is available on the Time Bank website
