{{Short description|Specialist arts university in Leeds, England}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox university | name = Leeds Arts University | image = Leeds_Arts_University_logo_2017.png | image_upright = | caption = | logo = | logo_size = | image_alt = Logo consisting of white script with 1846 year on dark pink irregular-polygon base | established = {{start date and age|1846}}<br />University status - 2017 | type = Arts university (HE and FE) | chancellor = Skin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/whats-happening/leeds-arts-university-news/skin-set-to-stay-as-leeds-arts-university-chancellor/|title=Skin set to stay as Leeds Arts University Chancellor|website=www.leeds-art.ac.uk|access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> | vice_chancellor = Professor Simone Wonnacott<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/about-us/smt/|title=Senior Management Team|website=www.leeds-art.ac.uk|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://edquarter.com/Article/arts-college-achieves-university-status ]{{dead link|date=February 2021}}</ref> | staff = | students = {{HESA student population|INSTID=10003854}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> | undergrad = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10003854}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/> | postgrad = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=10003854}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/> | doctoral = | other = | city = Leeds | state = | province = West Yorkshire | country = United Kingdom | coor = {{Coord|53.8084|-1.5517|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:GB_scale:5000}} | former_names = Leeds School of Art<br />Jacob Kramer College<br />Leeds College of Art and Design<br />Leeds College of Art | website = {{URL|https://www.leeds-art.ac.uk}} }} {{Infobox UK university rankings | ARWU_N = | ARWU_W = | QS_N = | QS_W = | THE_N = | THE_W = | LINE_1 = 0 | Complete = 111= | The_Guardian = | Times/Sunday_Times = 92 | TEF = Silver }} [[File:Leeds College of Art blue plaque.jpg|thumb|Dedicated Blue plaque at the Vernon Street site]] '''Leeds Arts University''' is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.
==History == thumb|right|Main campus in 2018 It was founded in 1846 as the '''Leeds School of Art'''. From 1968 to 1993 it was known as '''Jacob Kramer College''', after Jacob Kramer, having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (the future Leeds Beckett University). It was known as '''Leeds College of Art and Design''' until 2009, and then as '''Leeds College of Art'''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/leeds-college-of-art-1736610.html|title= Leeds College of Art|date=8 July 2009|access-date=2009-07-27 | quote=It recently changed its name from Leeds College of Art and Design. | location=London | work=The Independent}}</ref> In August 2017, the school was granted university status and the name was changed to Leeds Arts University.<ref name="LAU">{{cite web|title=Leeds Arts University Established As Leeds College Of Art Gains University Status!|url=http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/news-events/news/2017/08/21/leeds-arts-university-established-as-leeds-college-of-art-gains-university-status!/|website=leeds-art.ac.uk|access-date=21 August 2017|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903122433/http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/news-events/news/2017/08/21/leeds-arts-university-established-as-leeds-college-of-art-gains-university-status!/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Skin, DJ, fashion icon, actress, activist and lead singer of Skunk Anansie, was appointed as the university's chancellor in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Chancellor |url=https://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/about-us/our-chancellor |website=www.leeds-art.ac.uk |publisher=Leeds Arts University |access-date=11 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Locations==
The University today has city centre sites at Blenheim Walk and at Vernon Street.
==Academic profile==
===Further education courses===
* Extended Diploma in Creative Practice * Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - one of the largest in the country, with 280 students validated by the University of the Arts London
===Undergraduate courses=== * BA (Hons) Acting For Screen * BA (Hons) Animation * BA (Hons) Comic & Concept Art * BA (Hons) Creative Advertising * BA (Hons) Creative Writing * BA (Hons) Fashion Branding with Communication * BA (Hons) Fashion Design * BA (Hons) Fashion Photography * BA (Hons) Filmmaking * BA (Hons) Fine Art * BA (Hons) Graphic Design * BA (Hons) Illustration * BA (Hons) Photography * BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance * BA (Hons) Textile Design * BA (Hons) Visual Communication
===Postgraduate courses===
* MA Animation * MA Creative Practice * MA Fine Art * MA Graphic Design * MA Illustration and Graphic Novel * MA Photography
==Student body==
Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, at {{HESA student population|INSTID=0211}} higher education students in {{HESA year}}. Out of {{HESA total}} UK higher education institutions, it is the {{HESA student population rank|INSTID=0211}} largest.{{clarify|reason=139th in linked list|date=April 2023}}
==Notable alumni== {{colstart}} * Norman Ackroyd (1938–2024), artist * Sam Ainsley (b. 1950), artist * Kenneth Armitage (1916–2002), sculptor * Glyn Banks, co-founder of Art in Ruins art practice * James Bateman (1893–1959), painter * Glen Baxter (b. 1944), artist * Trevor Bell (1930–2017), artist * Alison Britton (b. 1948), ceramics tutor at the Royal College of Art * Henry Carr (1894–1970), painter and war artist * Michael Chapman (1941–2021), guitarist, musician and singer * Paul Clark (b. 1962), musician * Elisabeth Collins (1904–2000), painter and sculptor * Raymond Coxon (1896–1997), painter * Diz Disley (1931–2010), musician and graphic artist * Leigh Francis (b. 1973), comedian * Marcus Harvey (b. 1963), painter * Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), sculptor * Damien Hirst (b. 1965), artist and 1995 Turner Prize winner * Jocelyn Horner (1902–1973), sculptor * Thomas Houseago (b. 1972), sculptor * Percy Hague Jowett (1882–1955), artist and arts administrator * Vivien Knight (1953–2009), art historian and gallerist * Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), painter * Edna Lumb (1931–1992), painter * Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptor * Peter Murphy (b. 1959), Stuckist artist * Stass Paraskos (1933–2014), painter and founder of the Cyprus College of Art * Bob Peck (1945–1999), actor * Vivian Pitchforth (1895–1982), artist * Adrian Riley (b. 1971), artist and designer * Victor Sloan (b. 1945), visual artist * Bernard Schottlander (1924–1999), sculptor * Ria Sharma (b. 1992), founder of Make Love Not Scars * Georgina Starr (b. 1968), artist * Cecil Stephenson (1889–1965), artist * Frankie Vaughan (1928–1999), singer * Hilda Annetta Walker (1877–1960), artist * Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978), painter * Trevor Winkfield (b. 1944), painter and writer * Joash Woodrow (1927–2006), painter {{colend}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk University site] * [http://lcaducu.blogspot.com LCAD University and College Union (UCU) Branch] * [http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/news-events/exhibitions/ Exhibitions information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115225125/http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/news-events/exhibitions/ |date=15 January 2017 }}
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