Arts University Plymouth

15/10/2026

Calling all Arts University Plymouth students! We’re getting excited for Halloween, and want to see your spooky, magical, mysterious, and/or fantasy-inspired artworks this Halloween!

We’d like to feature them on our Instagram in celebration of both Halloween, and in celebration of the fantastical work we know you all create.

Email images of your artwork to [email protected] by 22 October. Don’t be a scaredy-cat, send us your art!

15/10/2026

Artist Collective - Room to Manoeuvre have invited 22 artists including many members of staff, students and alumni from Arts University Plymouth to take part in Totems for Troubling Times at GROW Plymouth as part of Plymouth Art Weekender!

⁠The exhibition explores how objects take on meaning and value. There are shrines, tokens and genuine fake relics and plenty of playful participation along the way.⁠

The exhibition features work from our staff and practitioners including RTM member and facilitator - Claire Gladstone, alongside Jason Hirons, Sarah King, Paul Hillon and Ethan Pennell, with postgraduate students and alumni.
Room To Manoeuvre are:

Entry is free, so head down to GROW Plymouth!
⁠GROW Plymouth, 14 Drake Circus⁠
Friday 16 October from 5:30pm for the Ritual Celebration⁠
Open Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 October, 11am–4pm⁠
to see the exhibition and meet GROW artists in their studios!⁠

14/10/2026

Reminder to book your tickets, gown and photography if you are graduating this year! 🎓⁠⁠
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Graduation is taking place at Theatre Royal Plymouth on Tuesday 24 November 2026. You need to make sure you have confirmed your attendance, booked guest tickets, arranged gowns and photography, and purchased Class of 2026 merchandise.⁠
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💬 Booking deadline to confirm your preferred name*: Friday 16 October ⁠
🛍️ Merchandise pre-orders: Friday 23 October⁠
📅 Booking deadline for guest and graduate tickets: Friday 30 October at 10am⁠
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Head here: https://aupgraduation.square.site/ to book and find out everything you need to know about Graduation 2026.⁠
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We’re looking forward to celebrating our Undergraduate and Postgraduate students who have successfully completed their degrees at Arts University Plymouth this year! 🎉⁠
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Questions? Feel free to email us at [email protected].⁠
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📸: Luke Frost
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*Preferred name changes are designed to allow you to tell us which name you want to have read out during the ceremony and printed in the brochure, if it is different from the name you enrolled with.

13/10/2026

Get hands-on experience with the experts in the largest Fab Lab in the South West, in a practical introductory workshop on 3D Printing.

Alongside Arts University Plymouth's experts in digital fabrication, you will explore our suite of 3D printers and leave the course with an strong understanding of 3D printing processes, 3D slicing software, materials, health and safety and core machine operations. ⁠
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What will you create?⁠
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Saturday 7 November, 9am - 12pm, check the link in bio to book⁠.
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12/10/2026

Open Day this Saturday! 🎨

Come and see what makes Arts University Plymouth such a special place to study. Explore our city-centre campus, check out our award-winning facilities, meet our students and academics, and find out more about our pre-degree and undergraduate courses.

We’ve had a brilliant year, being named Arts University of the Year 2027, and we’d love to show you what studying here could look like.

Foundation Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate, 10am - 3pm at Tavistock Place, PL4 8AT
Pre-Degree (Post-16 courses), 11am - 1.30pm at Palace Court, Buckwell Street, PL1 2DA

Book your place now here: https://www.aup.ac.uk/open-days
or come along on the day!

10/10/2026

We want to see YOUR artwork at the top of our Instagram page! 👀

We’re giving our Instagram Highlights a full refresh. We’ve had our current icons for a while, and what better place to showcase student work than right at the top of ?

We’re inviting any of our current students to design six icons or more for our new Highlights. Get creative with your ideas and show us what you’d bring to the profile!

A few things to keep in mind:
• 1080 × 1080 px square format for each icon
• Submit as PNG files, with a transparent background if needed
• Keep the main design centred, as Instagram crops Highlight covers into circles
• Make sure your design is clear when viewed at a small size!

The selected designs will feature on our Instagram, and the student behind the chosen artwork will receive a £25 voucher for a shop of their choice.

When you're ready, send your designs to [email protected]!

09/10/2026

Want to get started with CNC milling? 🛠️

Join Fab Lab South West for a three-session practical course designed for beginners, with hands-on experience using our CNC mills and an introduction to digital fabrication.

You’ll learn the basics of machine operation, toolpathing and cutter choices, alongside health and safety and troubleshooting. No previous CNC milling experience is required, although basic knowledge of Fusion 360 is desirable.

The course runs on Wednesdays 4, 11 and 18 November, from 2pm–5pm, at a cost of £595 for all three sessions.
Complete the course and you’ll be eligible to apply for the Workroom Create Programme within six months, giving you the opportunity to continue developing your skills at Fab Lab South West.

Find out more and book your place via the link in our bio!

09/10/2026

SEEDBED

Chantal Powell brings SEEDBED to MIRROR from 16 October–11 December 2026.

Transforming Arts University Plymouth’s public gallery into a site of cultivation and experiment, the West Dorset artist-researcher presents new works combining ceramic with blown, flameworked and cast glass.

Bodily fragments sprout, laboratory forms become organic and symbols fold into one another.

The exhibition develops Powell’s framework of 'Vegetal Alchemy', exploring growth, decay, incubation and regeneration as models for psychological and material change. Drawing on alchemical imagery, ancient incubation rites, mythology and Jungian depth psychology, SEEDBED considers relationships between the body, the psyche, materials and the living world.

“Making is a way of thinking with matter for me.”

The exhibition is accompanied by a free programme of talks, film and events, including:

Preview event
15 October, 5pm–7pm
MIRROR

Artist talk with Chantal Powell
30 October, 6pm–7pm
Plymouth Arts Cinema

Online conversation with Chantal Powell and Ben Tufnell
16 November, 7.30pm–9pm
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To Die into a Bird: film screening and artist talk
23 November, 6pm–7.30pm
Plymouth Arts Cinema

Closing exhibition tour with Chantal Powell
10 December, 2pm–4pm
MIRROR

All events are free, with booking required.

Find exhibition details, opening times and event booking information via mirrorplymouth.com/whats-on/seedbed

08/10/2026

It's Health & Wellbeing day at Arts University Plymouth!
Come to our Refectory at Tavistock Place to explore lots of wellbeing resources and initiatives!

🎨💚 We're at the Arts University Plymouth Health & Wellbeing Day!

Climate Connections and Connect Plymouth are joining students at Arts University Plymouth for a day focused on wellbeing, support and positive action. 🌿✨

Come and find us for some fun, interactive activities including:
🚴 Spin for Change - make your own climate pledge
🍌 How Bad Are Bananas? Game - higher or lower carbon footprint challenge
🌻 Make and decorate your own sunflower seed packet
💡 Information on sustainable travel options across Plymouth showcasing:
🚗 Co Wheels Car Club
🚲 Beryl Bikes
♿ Accessible Recumbent E-Trikes

Whether you're curious about climate action, sustainable travel or just fancy testing your knowledge, we'd love to see you there! 🙌

📅 Today, Thursday 8 October
⏰ 10.30am to 2pm
📍 Arts University Plymouth

08/10/2026

Ones to Watch 2026 | Emilie Belin-Bye, BA (Hons) Interior Design & Styling 👀

Emilie Belin-Bye’s Odyssea is a proposed immersive fine dining restaurant in East Devon, designed around Mediterranean cuisine and seasonal Devon ingredients.

Rather than treating the restaurant as a backdrop to the food, Emilie lets the menu shape the space, with olives, w**e and citrus informing the material palette, colour, texture and atmosphere.

The design is built around a full sensory dining experience. An open kitchen allows scent to move through the restaurant, live jazz adds sound and rhythm, and table-side service turns moments such as pasta served in a cheese wheel into part of the spatial performance.

Emilie developed her CAD and BIM skills during a sandwich year at SHH Architecture & Interior Design in London, where she worked on commercial and hospitality projects across London and Azerbaijan.

Find more of Emilie’s work here: linkedin.com/in/emilie-belin-bye⁠
and .interiors⁠ on Instagram