What's inside that cabinet? A look into LCC's Special Collections

What's inside that cabinet? A look into LCC's Special Collections

Get hands-on with London College of Communication's Special Collections and discover new creative teaching tools in our printmaking studio.

By UAL Insights

Date and time

Friday, July 4 · 10am - 4:30pm GMT+1

Location

UAL London College of Communication

Elephant and Castle London SE1 6SB United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 6 hours 30 minutes

Join us for an engaging, hands-on day designed especially for teachers and educators from Outreach's partner institutions.

This workshop is a unique opportunity to explore the rich and eclectic Special Collections at London College of Communication, from rare artist books and early printed materials to radical zines and digital archives. You will then spend the afternoon in our printmaking workshop, putting ideas into practice through hands-on making. Breakfast and lunch provided.


  • Discover what makes a special collection and why it’s a powerful, creative teaching resource.
  • Learn how to access and integrate archival materials, both physical and digital into your teaching practice.
  • Take part in a collaborative activity: co-designing assignments that make use of archival materials.
  • Share teaching ideas and receive peer feedback in a supportive environment.
  • End the day with a creative printmaking workshop, putting ideas into practice through hands-on making.


10:00 Breakfast in LCC's Typo Cafe

10:30 Welcome

10:45 What are the Special Collections & Archives

11:30 Navigating Special Collections

12:00 Exploration & Implementation

12:15 Wrap up & feedback

12:30 Lunch at Theo's pizza restaurant

2:00 Printmaking workshop

4:30 Wrap up


This session is perfect for anyone interested in using archives and special collections to energise teaching and learning across design and beyond.

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UAL Insights

UAL Insights is the University’s outreach programme which offers young people access to our Colleges for creative activities and pre-university advice and guidance. Not everyone has equal opportunity to enter higher education. We want to change this through UAL Insights. We work with partner schools and FE colleges in Greater London to offer students at pre-16 and post-16 level access to creative programmes that will help to develop their skills and experience as young creatives.

UAL Insights activities are run by the Outreach team and take place across UAL’s 6 Colleges.

Get in touch for information on our pre-16 projects: outreach@arts.ac.uk

FreeJul 4 · 10:00 AM GMT+1