Art House Open Lecture: Matthew Cornford

About

Matthew Cornford is an artist and teaches at the University of Brighton. Cornford is currently working with John Beck (University of Westminster) on a project to find and document the sites of every former British Art School.

The Art School Project was prompted by the discovery that the college both Beck and Cornford attended in the early 1980s, Great Yarmouth College of Art and Design, was disused and up for sale. Evolving over 15 years outcomes form this work include an ongoing series of solo exhibitions: The Art Schools of North West England, Bluecoat, Liverpool (2018); The Art Schools of the West Midlands, The New Art Gallery Walsall (2023) and most recently The Art Schools of the East Midlands, Bonington Gallery Nottingham (2023). A related public ART project commissioned by Meadow Arts is visible on the sides of the Hereford College of Art student accommodation building, No.1 Station Approach, Hereford.

Cornford and Beck are the second commissioned artists for Meadow Arts and Hereford College of Arts partnership project at No.1 Station Approach, Hereford. 

The Art House Open Lecture Series is presented by Meadow Arts and the University of Worcester’s School of Arts.

Hosted at The Art House, Worcester, the lecture series offers a unique opportunity to hear firsthand from some of the most exciting contemporary artists currently making work in the UK. The talks offer the opportunity to engage in thought-provoking dialogues with the artists (via a Q&A), connect with Worcestershire’s artistic community, and gain an understanding of artistic processes and influences.