Postgraduate Prospectus
Postgraduate Prospectus
Postgraduate Prospectus
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www.essex.ac.uk/arts | The Arts<br />
At our Colchester<br />
Campus<br />
Square 5 is the arts square on our<br />
Colchester Campus, where our Lakeside<br />
Theatre and Art Exchange are located,<br />
along with our University of Essex<br />
Collection of Latin American Art<br />
(UECLAA) in our Albert Sloman Library.<br />
Lakeside Theatre<br />
Promoting some of the country’s leading<br />
professional touring companies, our<br />
Lakeside Theatre has a reputation<br />
for attracting great productions.<br />
A well equipped space, our Lakeside<br />
Theatre also provides you with a chance<br />
to develop your interest in drama. Whether<br />
it is as a member of our Theatre Arts<br />
Society (TAS) or through working with your<br />
department, you have opportunities to act,<br />
direct, produce and get involved backstage<br />
in student plays and productions.<br />
Art Exchange<br />
Art Exchange is one of the region’s leading<br />
galleries of contemporary visual art. We<br />
show the work of internationally renowned<br />
artists such as William Kentridge, Fiona<br />
Banner, and Jake and Dinos Chapman,<br />
while supporting emerging new talent.<br />
We work with our lecturers and students<br />
to realise exhibitions borne out of teaching<br />
and research, particularly those on<br />
MA Gallery Studies and Critical Curating,<br />
whose work is showcased every summer.<br />
University of Essex Collection<br />
of Latin American Art<br />
Our University of Essex Collection of<br />
Latin American Art (UECLAA) is an<br />
internationally significant public art<br />
collection, based at our Colchester<br />
Campus, that actively acquires modern<br />
and contemporary art from Latin America.<br />
Inaugurated in 1993, UECLAA now<br />
holds approximately 750 works by 350<br />
artists. It is fully digitized and available<br />
at: www.ueclaa.org, with an associated<br />
archive of around 4,500 items.<br />
At our Southend<br />
Campus<br />
Clifftown Studios<br />
This former church in Southend’s<br />
conservation area has been transformed<br />
into rehearsal and performance facilities<br />
for our East 15 Acting School students.<br />
The nave provides an atmospheric and<br />
flexible performance space used for<br />
professional and community performances.<br />
The diverse<br />
programme<br />
makes an exciting<br />
contribution to<br />
campus life.<br />
<strong>Postgraduate</strong> <strong>Prospectus</strong> 2012 | 49
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