Graduates from leading art and design courses in the UK highlight how the constraints of a pandemic have cultivated creativity. See the inspiring work from the innovative and resilient individuals shaping our future.
ARTSTHREAD is proud to be media partner with OXO Tower Wharf New Creatives 2021
From product design to fine art, illustration to fashion, New Creatives features seven graduate shows this Summer at Oxo Tower Wharf.
We invite you to visit the shows, meet the graduates, explore their work, and support them as they launch into their creative career paths.
The shows take place at Oxo Tower Wharf across gallery@oxo and Bargehouse. As a creative hub with a community of designer-makers, shops, restaurant, and cafes, Oxo Tower Wharf is proud to provide a platform for fresh talent at the heart of London’s South Bank and Bankside.
Visit the shows! Admission is FREE.
17-20 June, 11am-6pm, gallery@oxo and Bargehouse
Made in Brunel: Above the Fold
Brunel University London
Promoting the incredible work produced by their design department, the show offers a unique opportunity to experience the incredible work from their designers, fostering the next generation of innovative thinkers. The event showcases a great variety of design ideas solving everyday problems that span all aspects of the industry.
23-27 June, 11am-6pm, gallery@oxo
Pattern Cutting 2021
London College of Fashion
A multidisciplinary showcase of final collections created by the 2021 graduates of BA (Hons) Fashion Pattern Cutting. The showcase spans a wide range of genres including menswear, womenswear, tailoring, sportswear, all of which have a focus on creative pattern cutting and technical, progressive fashion.
25-27 June, 11am-6pm, Bargehouse
Reconnecting: Kingston School of Art Illustration Animation Graduate Show
Kingston University London
Selected and curated by the graduates, Kingston showcases some of the most exciting and current projects within craft, film, print and interactive media from their 2020 and 2021 graduates. Come and explore the rich and diverse field of Illustration Animation.
1-4 July, 11am-6pm, Bargehouse
UNMUTE
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London
Celebrating student design work from the Product Ceramic and Industrial Design department undertaken during lockdown 2020-2021. This showcase explores, through the materials, processes, and techniques of design, how we can create to make a positive social impact.
8-12 July, 11am-6pm, gallery@oxo
Interior Educators Summer Show
The UK's largest and only collective exhibition of the best work produced by the 2020 graduates from national courses within Interior Architecture & Design.
15-18 July, 11am-6pm, Bargehouse
To Continue
Bath School of Art, Bath Spa University
Work from 49 artists working across fine art, creative arts practice, and photography graduates. The title acts as an artist pledge ‘to continue’... making, living, documenting, collaborating in a context of the events of 2020 as well life in general.
27-31 July, 11am-6pm, Bargehouse
City & Guilds of London Art School Class of 2020: BA & MA Fine Art Graduates
Postponed due to the pandemic, this show is a celebration of the achievements of the 2020 Fine Art graduates who have shown enormous resilience and dedicate throughout this difficult period. The exhibition boasts a diversity of contemporary approaches and ideas, reflecting the graduates’ own creative interests.