24 January 2011
Fashion Department Receives Widening Participation Award
This month Lewisham College's Fashion Department was awarded with
an Art Works: Widening Participation Partner Award from University
of the Arts London.
The Partner Awards are an annual celebration of creative
collaborations which encourage students who would be the first in
their family to gain a degree into higher education.
Tatty Devine - Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden, Chelsea College
of Art and Design alumni - were commissioned to design a limited
edition of uniquely quirky awards that pay tribute to the tradition
of medals and trophies.
Nigel Carrington, Rector of the University of the Arts London,
described widening participation as "a core mission of the
university that we will pursue come what may."
Lewisham College Fashion tutor Fiona Howard added: "Being given
this award really lifts the profile of the Fashion department at
Lewisham College. It also confirms and celebrates all of the behind
the scenes work that ensures our students have the opportunity to
progress."
Lewisham College Fashion student Lilly-Jo Cullen has
participated in the widening participation programme, having the
opportunity to take part in a summer school and receiving
specialist one to one advice. She said: "Doing the summer school
gave me a chance to do life drawing, and learn certain skills I
might not have necessarily had the chance to learn otherwise - real
drawer's techniques.
"I also had the chance to go along to a special portfolio advice
day, which helped me confirm which course I want to study at
university. I'm hoping to study Jewellery Making at Central St
Martins or London College of Fashion from September. I'll be the
person designing these trophies in five years' time!"
Find out more about
studying Fashion at Lewisham College here.