Royal College of Art

03/06/2026

Interested in our Graduate Diploma Art & Design?

Join us at an Open Day either Online or On Campus and/or for an Online Study Webinar where you can get your questions answered about how the Graduate Diploma Art & Design prepares you for Master’s study at the RCA.

Wednesday 3 June, Online Open Day: https://bit.ly/4vsWn86
Wednesday 10 June, On Campus Open Day: https://bit.ly/4upF5bL
Wednesday 17 June, Online Study Webinar: https://bit.ly/49v6ssA

02/06/2026

Want to join a free print workshop with on of our MA Print graduates?

This weekend (6–7 June) at the Great Exhibition Road Festival our MA Print graduate Tamsin Loxley will lead print workshops inspired by the John Haddon Etching Press which dates from the Great Exhibition of 1851...

You’ll be able to take a print home and contribute to a collective exhibition which will grow over the course of the festival. Open to all ages and experience levels!

Find out more 👉

Invent, draw and print playful, imaginary machines which you can take home or exhibit with Royal College of Art graduate Tamsin Loxley.

22/05/2026

Our new Battersea campus turns 4 this weekend 🎈

We opened our transformed Battersea campus four years ago tomorrow! The new space, which includes our Studio Building, enables our community of postgraduate art and design students to take on new and pressing global challenges by bringing together diverse disciplines in one space.

The campus provided four extra storeys of studio space for our students, new homes for our research centres and InnovationRCA in the Rausing Building, and advanced facilities including a space for the RCA Robotics Laboratory.

The campus also provides an incredible space for exhibitions and events, the Hangar with vast doors that open the 350 sqm multifunctional space to public walkways and allow the installation of large complex pieces. Looking forward to seeing what’s our graduating students put in this space at RCA2026! 👀

📸 Iwan Baan

18/05/2026

Planning a trip to Venice Biennale? 🦁 🇮🇹

Make sure to visit ‘Guardians Across Two Shores’ - a major new sculptural project consisting of two large-scale ceramic lion sculptures.

Sophie Anna Green and Max Eugeni, 2025 graduates of the RCA's MA Print, are part The Old Fire Station Collective - the group behind the project.

Led by internationally recognised sculptor Emma Rodgers, The Old Fire Station Collective is known for its collaborative, process-driven approach to making.

Drawing on the shared symbolism of the lion as both the historic emblem of Venice and the heraldic symbol of Wirral, the works form a cultural and conceptual bridge between the two places.

📍 The sculptures will be exhibited in Palazzo Bembo.
🗓️ 9 May - 22 Nov

07/05/2026

"Contemplation or camaraderie is the core struggle of my thesis." 📚

Laura Boutros (Communication MPhil/PhD student) reflects on her doctoral studies journey at the RCA – and making her way to her viva through discipline and caffeine ☕

Read her blog ➡️

Communication MPhil/PhD student Laura Boutros reflects on the evolving journey of doctoral study at the RCA. From navigating imposter syndrome, developing discipline and discovering how research can take shape over a simple cup of coffee.

06/05/2026

You’ve seen this dress worn by Emma Chamberlain but did you know it was hand-painted by our MA Fashion graduate Anna Deller-Yee...

The custom Mugler gown was designed by Creative Director Miguel Castro Freitas and Anna took 40 hours to paint the dress using fine art materials - the result is we can’t stop looking at it!

Anna is from Chicago and refers to herself as “a designer that paints too much” a title that she has proudly adopted since studying at the Royal College of Art (she graduated in 2021).

Since graduating she has also worked for Marni and collaborated with Nike on a collection of performance wear. We cant wait to see what she does next! 🎨🤩

Explore her RCA2021 profile ⬇️

https://lnkd.in/dXRDdtrE

05/05/2026

"Don't wait for permission to make things happen."

What does it actually take to succeed in the creative industries today? Creative careers are rarely linear, and success is almost never down to just talent.

In our latest episode of the RCA Podcast, the RCA’s Pro Vice Chancellor for Education and Student Success, Professor Zey Suka-Bill, and artist and researcher Damien Roach discuss the reality of creative careers - from navigating the pressure of paying rent while taking creative risks, to diversifying your career and why your current peers are actually your most important professional network.

👉 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4u6Cnak

29/04/2026

A new exhibition is helping to restore the place of pioneering Sudanese artist and RCA alumnus, TS Ahmed in modern art history.

The exhibition at Almas Art Foundation in London is led by researcher, Dr Fathi Osman who has brought together archival material, artworks and newly uncovered documents to re-examine Ahmed’s life and practice.

Osman's search led him to the Royal College of Art, where Ahmed studied between 1959 and 1962, and where the RCA’s Special Collections led by Neil Parkinson proved instrumental in reconstructing the artist’s early career.

After an early period of acclaim in 1960s London, his work slipped into relative obscurity after he returned to his home country and later spent much of his life teaching across East Africa and the Middle East.

The exhibition at Almas Art Foundation UK, SE1 is called KHARTOUM from MEMORY: The Life and Art of TS AHMED (1933–2015) and will run until 16 May 2026.

Find out more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mYSeW4

29/04/2026

Interested in studying at the RCA? 🔔

Join us next week for Online Q&A Week!

With a range of programme sessions hosted by our academics, you'll get clarity on what to expect from studying at the RCA.

🗓️ 5 to 8 May

Register now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4sWog6x

28/04/2026

💭 What is more important to a successful creative career: talent or an entrepreneurial mindset?

In the latest episode of the RCA Podcast, we explore what it really takes to ‘make it’ as a creative today.

RCA Vice-Chancellor Christoph Lindner sits down with artist and PhD researcher Damien Roach and Professor Prof. Zey Suka-Bill, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education, to discuss the shifting landscape of a creative career.

Moving beyond the portfolio, they offer candid advice for early-career artists and designers on:

- the power of a multi-hyphenate career
- why the your network you gain early on is one of your greatest assets
- ‘failure’ as a vital part of the creative process

🔗 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4u6Cnak

Photo courtesy of Tate. Photo by Sophie Shaw.