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Nine months on: Q&A with recent graduate and designer at Cox London.

We catch up with Jameel on his current role in London and reflect on the three years he spent studying BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmithing at HCA.

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Graduate Sophie Ferrier named as Contemporary Craft Winner at the Arts Thread Global Creative Graduate Show 2024

Sophie Ferrier has been going from strength to strength since graduating this summer; having won the Artiste3 Award upon graduation, she has been exhibiting nation wide, and has now achieved amazing success at the Art Thread's Creative Graduate Showcase.

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James Price

James returned to us as a fellow in the summer of 2024 after leaving HCA some three decades previously. He has enjoyed repeated success as a multi-award winning art director and production designer for TV and film.

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Australian artist Will Maguire headlines BABA Conference 2024

Australian artist Will Maguire headlines BABA Conference 2024

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Herefordshire Visual Artists Network: project funding masterclass at HCA

Herefordshire Visual Artists Network: project funding masterclass at HCA

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New Designers marks the beginning of a successful career

For her final project at HCA, Mia was awarded The Sir Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman HCA Award 2023 for Creativity. She then went on to exhibit at New Designers, where she was invited to exhibit as 'New Talent' at The Surface Design Show in London.

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Graduate Rosie Merriman makes waves at Chanel and features in Vogue

Rosie graduated in 2023 after winning the Award for Studentship at the Degree Show. She then went from strength to strength, exhibiting at Llantarnum Grange Portal Exhibition, spotted at New Designers by the Kings Foundation and invited to interview for the prestigious Chanel and King’s Foundation Metier D’art Fellowship.

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Everything I Ever Made (Almost) - Foundation graduate welcomes new students with colourful exhibition

Q&A with Kim Piff: Foundation Graduate 2024

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HCA graduate climbs the ranks in London design firms

Indah believes that the access within HCA to workshops, which enabled her to create a diverse portfolio, was the ticket to her employment.

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Graphic Design graduate lands dream job at Sky Sports

Based on the quality of his portfolio and was thrilled to accept a role on the design team at Sky Sports HQ in London.

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Scroobius Pip to BBC Arabic Film Festival as HCA graduate goes from strength to strength

Since graduating from HCA in 2014, Gemma has enjoyed an incredibly successful career as a freelance graphic designer, specialising in typography under her brand @theluckytype

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Photography student selected to join Picture Me at Latitude festival

Current BA(hons) Photography student Rosie Redwood has been selected to join the Picture Me apprenticeship at Latitude Festival this summer.

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Restoring the gates to Hampton Court Palace

As a maker, I like to create things that people want to keep and pass down; things that are unique and long-lasting, rather than throwaway. Since graduating from the Artist Blacksmithing degree I’ve been employed by George James and Sons, a blacksmithing company that has been open since 1841. Amongst other things, we do a lot of conservation work. Most recently we restored one of the gates at Hampton Court Palace

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Securing a prestigious and competitive apprenticeship with BBC Hereford & Worcester.

Bass player Cale Murray was supported by HCA to gain a paid sound operator position at the Regal Theatre’s production of Robin Hood while studying at HCA. Cale then applied for the prestigious and competitive BBC Hereford and Worcester - Introducing Apprenticeship, where he was up against over 1000 applicants.

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From graduating HCA in 2020 to winning the prestigious Lilian Baylis Award

After graduating from HCA in 2020, Gracie went on to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on the BA (Hons) Acting course and won the prestigious Lilian Baylis Award.

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Singer, actor, LGBTQ+ activist Olly Alexander talks about his time at HCA

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HCA Alumnus James Price wins Oscar

Former Hereford College of Arts student, James Price, scooped the Oscar for Best Production Design, with local innovator Shona Heath from Worcestershire. Along with the team, the pair collaborated on the incredible sci-fi Victorian world-building of Poor Things, starring Emma Stone and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

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HCA Graduate Talks – Lydia Hand

Read our Q&A session with Alumna Lydia Hand