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VISUAL ARTSVisual Arts at West Dean comprises programmes designed to integrateconsidered theoretical perspectives upon contemporary art with taughttechnical skills. Every student is allocated the space and support to developan independent approach to studio practice.In his lifetime, Edward James’s passion for art manifested itself in thepatronage and collaboration with many artists. Today, those at West Deanare still driven by a passion for the study and creation of new works, whichboth reinforce and reinterpret traditional techniques. With access to over300 tutors and an average staff to student ratio of one to seven, West Deanis the ideal environment to explore contemporary art production.Tutors at West Dean continue in Edward James’s tradition of creating a senseof magic and wonder through art and technique. These experts help prepareyou for professional life after the programme by providing advice on settingup studio spaces, pricing your works and how to make contacts with galleriesand agents suited to the promotion of your work.PAINTING & DRAWING AND SCULPTURE PROGRAMME TUTOR –DR EDWARD WINTERSEdward Winters is a specialist in the aesthetics of the Visual Arts and apractising artist. He has both an M Phil and PhD in Philosophy, as well asa degree and postgraduate qualification in Painting, having studied atPortsmouth Polytechnic, the Slade School of Fine Art, Birkbeck CollegeLondon and University College London. Before joining West Dean in2004 Edward Winters was a Senior Lecturer in Aesthetics at the Universityof Westminster. His research interests include representation,imagination, painting, architecture, philosophy of mind and Wittgenstein.PAINTING & DRAWING AND SCULPTURE TUTOR – MARCUS REES ROBERTSMarcus Rees Roberts read English at Cambridge before takingpostgraduate study in Film Theory at The Slade School of Fine Art. Hethen took a further postgraduate programme in Printmaking. He hastaught at The Slade and was Head of Printmaking at Edinburgh Collegeof Art. He now makes paintings, prints, artists’ books and short films,exhibiting regularly in Britain and in the United States. He is representedby Pratt Contemporary Art.28