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30-478: ISEA International is best known for coordinating the annual International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), a gathering of the international art, science and technology community. The symposium includes both an academic conference, including workshops, and artistic events, like art exhibitions, concerts & performances and events in public space. It is a nomadic event and is held in a different location every year. ISEA allows individuals and organisations from around

60-1034: A campus in Maidstone (closed in 2014) and another in Rochester (closed in 2023). The university also validates provision at, or co-delivers courses with, a number of other educational institutions and arts organisations in the UK: Farnham Maltings , London College of Contemporary Arts , London College of Creative Media , London School of Design & Marketing, and London Studio Centre . UCA works in partnership with several institutions globally, validating courses for: Berlin School Business & Innovation (Germany), Cyprus Academy of Arts (Cyprus), Hong Kong Management Associations (Hong Kong), The Millennium Universal College (Pakistan), and UK Creative Art and Design Centre (South Korea). In 2019, UCA and Xiamen University partnered to establish

90-551: A teaching colleague of Harry Thubron at Leeds College of Art. Under Watt the radical Leeds teaching methods developed by Thubron were imported into Canterbury through the employment of other artists from Leeds, such as Stass Paraskos , Tom Pemberton and Dennis Creffield . Another key member of staff was Eric Hurren, who led the Foundation Course in Art and Design from 1963 to 1988. The merger of institutions to create KIAD

120-746: Is located close to UCA Canterbury at Rochester House. Creative business, fashion and textiles courses are run from the UCA Epsom campus. Four different accommodation blocks  - Bradford House, Wilberforce Court, Crossways House and Worple Road – are located either next to campus or a ten-minute walk away. Farnham is the largest of UCA’s campuses. Film, media, visual effects, performing arts, music, fine art, photography, animation, crafts, graphic design, illustration, creative technology, and games courses are taught there. It has two large on-campus halls of residence housing 600 students, called University Walk and Student Village. In June 2022, UCA Farnham became

150-733: Is organised into ten academic schools: Business School for the Creative Industries, Canterbury School of Architecture & Design, School of Communications, School of Fashion & Textiles, School of Film, Media & Performing Arts, School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography, School of Games & Creative Technology, UCA Doctoral College, UCA International College (UCAIC), and Institute of Creativity and Innovation (ICI). It has eight research centres: Centre for Sustainable Design, Crafts Study Centre, Animation Research Centre, International Textile Research Centre, Audio Research Cluster, Cluster for Cinema/Affect/Place (CCAP), Conflict and

180-618: The Guildford School of Art , founded in 1856. During the second half of the twentieth century many of these small art schools merged, eventually forming Kent Institute of Art & Design in 1987, and Surrey Institute of Art & Design in 1995. These two organisations joined forces in 2005 to become the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester . In May 2008,

210-604: The Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in Southern England . It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Institute of Art and Design was merged into the Surrey Institute of Art & Design , which already had degree-awarding status; both constituent schools had been formed by merging

240-662: The Creative Arts Research Centre, and UCA Innovation Hub. The UK's first Business School for the Creative Industries is based at UCA Epsom. UCA submitted 115 research outputs to be considered by the expert panel for Art and Design in REF 2021 , as well as four impact case studies. REF 2021 ranked 78% of UCA’s research as world-leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*) for its originality, significance and rigour. The Students’ Union at

270-619: The Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester. In 2008, this gained full university status and became the University for the Creative Arts . KIAD offered further education , higher education , postgraduate and part-time courses at three campuses, in Canterbury , Maidstone and Rochester . Maidstone College of Art was founded in 1867, and Rochester College of Art (renamed Medway College of Design in 1970) in 1886. The origin of Canterbury College of Art lies in

300-685: The Institute of Creativity and Innovation, with the Institute opening its doors in September 2020. UCA Canterbury is home to architecture, interior design, automotive design, industrial and product design, fine art and visual communications courses. Students have on-campus halls of residence in Ian Dury House and off-campus accommodation in the Riverside Student Quarter. The UCA Doctoral College for creative PhD study

330-839: The University College for the Creative Arts was granted full university status by the Privy Council , and adopted its current name, the University for the Creative Arts, officially in September 2008. In 2016, it merged with the Open College of the Arts . UCA has campuses in Canterbury , Epsom and Farnham , plus a teaching base at The Maidstone Studios , and a project and exhibition space in Folkestone Creative Quarter. It previously had

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360-561: The University of the Creative Arts (UCASU) is open to all students, and has over 20 clubs and societies. UCASU offers student advice and support, and runs identity communities for those who self-define one or more of the following groups: BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities), LGBTQ+, Disabled and Women. UCASU runs events at Glasshouse on the Farnham campus. Kent Institute of Art and Design The Kent Institute of Art & Design ( KIAD , often / ˈ k aɪ . æ d / )

390-598: The building that had been Cooper's home and studio in the centre of Canterbury. It then moved to a new site on the New Dover Road. Canterbury College of Art and School of Architecture was by this time operating under the aegis of the newly reorganised Kent County Council , along with the art schools at Maidstone and Rochester. Ravensbourne College of Art located in Chislehurst was also in an informal relationship to these three, by virtue of being technically in

420-552: The county of Kent, but under the administrative control of Bromley Borough Council rather than Kent County Council. It was the three colleges under the direct control of Kent County Council that went on to form KIAD in 1987. The founding director of the Kent Institute was Peter I. Williams, an artist in his own right and former principal of the Lincoln School of Art and Medway College of Design, Rochester, who ran

450-618: The field of the electronic arts. The idea behind its creation was to create a network for those who are active and interested in electronic arts. The organization was later founded in 1990 in The Netherland, as an international membership association called the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts . The Board and membership of ISEA has always been international, bringing together individuals and organisations from around

480-488: The headquarters for ISEA International . UCA is the third largest provider of design, and creative and performing arts higher education in the UK, with around 5,845 students. It offers courses in a very wide range of architecture, art, crafts, design, fashion, media and performing arts subjects. Courses are offered at pre-degree further education , undergraduate , taught postgraduate and doctoral levels. The University

510-582: The institute from 1987 to 1996. He was instrumental in gathering the three art colleges together, but reframed from amalgamating them into one single campus because he recognised their individual cultural connections within their communities. A notable feature of the Canterbury College of Art at this time was the number of former- Leeds College of Art tutors and students who started working there. This arose from Thomas Watt being made Head of Fine Art at Canterbury in 1968, Watt having previously been

540-518: The intention was to merge the colleges and then close at least one of them. The creation of KIAD was, effectively, a compromise solution that saw duplicate courses at the different sites closed, but the individual colleges themselves remained open. One of the ironies of the history of Canterbury College of Art is that the original home of the art school, in Cooper's house, again became a place for teaching art in 2004 when another educational institution in

570-573: The local art schools, in Kent and Surrey respectively. It was granted university status in 2008, and the name changed to the present one. The origin of the University for the Creative Arts lies in the establishment of various small art schools in the English counties of Kent and Surrey in the nineteenth century. In Kent the first of these was Maidstone College of Art , founded in 1867, and in Surrey

600-566: The papers, presentations, artworks and other contributions to the ISEA symposium. The new archive also enables the export of data for visualizations as well as a map of the location of all the contributors to the ISEA symposia. Although this new archive is currently in-progress, it is also available to the public. Previous and future symposia have included: University for the Creative Arts The University for

630-601: The private art school founded by the Victorian animal painter Thomas Sidney Cooper in 1882, and known then as the Canterbury Sidney Cooper School of Art. After Cooper's death 1902 his art school continued until 1935 when it was taken over by the City of Canterbury Education Committee. The Education Committee took on all the assets and liabilities of the art school and until 1972 it remained housed in

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660-425: The public. Beginning in 2012, the development of a new archive commenced with text and PDF information available for the symposium proceedings, catalogs, presentation abstracts, artist statements, and workshops. A new archive is in development to include images and rich media. This new archive interconnects the data to create a myriad of ways to retrieve the information. It also has contributor pages that connect to all

690-462: The symposia were held as both a biennial and annual event. As of 2009, the symposium has been held annually again. ISEA is one of the most prominent international events on art and technology around the world, bringing together scholarly, artistic, and scientific domains in an interdisciplinary discussion and showcase of creative productions applying new technologies in electronic art, interactivity and digital media. The ISEA International Headquarters

720-553: The world to come together annually, share and experience the intersection of emerging technologies and art. ISEA includes both visual and performing art that intersect with various types of technology in its symposia. ISEA is managed by the ISEA International foundation board, who coordinate the continued occurrence of the symposium and oversees the quality of its content. In an important move for ISEA, an agreement with University of Brighton to establish an ISEA Headquarters

750-519: The world. From the founding of ISEA until 1996 the organisation was based in the Netherlands. From 1996 to 2001, ISEA headquarters was based in Montréal, Canada. After a period of a provisional HQ again in the Netherlands, in 2008 a new Headquarters was established at the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. The Inter-Society existed for over 15 years as a membership organisation and in 2009 ISEA

780-467: Was an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent , in the United Kingdom . It was formed by the amalgamation of three independent colleges: Canterbury College of Art , Maidstone College of Art and Medway (Rochester) College of Design . In turn KIAD merged with the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College on 1 August 2005 to form the University College for

810-415: Was changed from the association to a foundation called “ISEA International” and the headquarters moved to the UK. The organisation is now managed by the ISEA International foundation board, whose main role is to select the host city of each symposium based on bids submitted after a Call for Candidates. The foundation board works closely with the host to ensure that the goals of ISEA are achieved. Historically

840-475: Was not without controversy and was effectively imposed on Kent County Council by the central government's National Advisory Board for education. This was in spite of concerted opposition from the County Council, the colleges concerned, the local Member of Parliament , David Crouch, and a large number of figures in the art world at the time, who petitioned Parliament . In the government's original proposal

870-500: Was previously hosted at the University of Brighton in the UK. As of ISEA2022 ISEA HQ is based at the University for the Creative Arts . The Isea International Advisory Committee (IIAC) is composed of international experts from the fields of art, science and technology. Their role is to advise the ISEA International foundation board. As of 2021, the IIAC is chaired by Tanya Ravn Ag. ISEA maintains an archive with resources available to

900-591: Was signed in July 2009. ISEA HQ provides an administrative, academic and creative base for ISEA and develops a fruitful partnership with a leading research University. In 2022, a new agreement was signed with the University for the Creative Arts , which is where the new headquarters is now based. The symposium series began in 1988 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in order to support the founding and maintenance of an international network of organisations and individuals active in

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