Case study: Contemporary Art Summer School 2022
Practice-led live online introduction to the study and practice of contemporary art 18 July – 5 August 2022.
Course Team
- Despina Zacharopoulou, RCA Visiting Lecturer and Course Leader since 2017
- Professor Olivier Richon, Head of Programme Photography MA
- Professor Jo Stockham, Head of Programme Print MA
- Professor Johnny Golding, RCA Senior Tutor: Research
- John Slyce, RCA Senior Tutor, Painting MA and Research
- Dr Harold Offeh, RCA Tutor, MA Contemporary Art Practice
- Vasiliki Antonopoulou a.k.a. Billy Klotsa, Artist and RCA alumni Contemporary Art Practice
- Panos Giannikopoulos, Curator, writer and researcher
- Sophie Seita, Boston University Assistant Professor, interdisciplinary researcher, artist, writer, and translator
- Helena Papadopoulos, Curator, writer and founding director of Radio Athènes, Institute for the Advancement of Contemporary Visual Culture
- Yaya Liang, Guest Speaker, Contemporary Art Summer School Alumna and RCA PhD student
- Gertrude Gibbons, RCA alumni and graduate ambassador
Over 50% of participants go on to apply for postgraduate study at the RCA.
View our Case study: Contemporary Art Summer School 2021.
Register your interest for 2022/23 course dates.
Contemporary Art Summer School course page.
Gallery of participants work
![Annie Trevorah contemporary art sculpture - a log with wires held taut between it curvature, resembling a stringed instrument](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/imageedit_23_4294704880.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Annie Trevorah, Rhythm, 2022
![Contemporary artwork consisting of black, blue and white splotches of paint against a mottled greyish background](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Bethany_Kohrt_Vestiges_2022.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Bethany Kohrt, Vestiges, 2022
![Charlotte Blood_conversation under the desk](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/imageedit_25_6672897858.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Charlotte Blood, Conversation under the desk, 2022
![Juliet Bankes - SMDJ2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Juliet_Bankes_-_SMDJ2022.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Juliet Bankes, SMD, J2022
![Coco Ho_The Pearls of Aoi, Film Still, 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Coco_Ho_The_Pearls_of_Aoi_Film_Sti.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Coco Ho, The Pearls of Aoi, Film Still, 2022
![A photo of a woman lying on the ground inside a room, a man leans against a window in the far left corner](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/imageedit_27_4614152199.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Kristina Maric, Release, 2022
![Rebecca Odessa_Yn Fer Croo (The Maker) 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/imageedit_29_6043208011.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Rebecca Odessa, Yn Fer Croo (The Maker), 2022
![FUNG Yee Lick Eric - Trying to love myself for three weeks](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/FUNG_Yee_Lick_Eric_-_Trying_to_lov.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Fung Yee Lick Eric, Trying to love myself for three weeks, 2022
![Naomi Mendoza - film still from ‘Defiance, Transformation, Enlightenment’ triptych, 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Naomi_Mendoza_-_film_still_from_De.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Naomi Mendoza, ‘Defiance, Transformation, Enlightenment’ triptych, film still, 2022
![Shruti Gaonkar_Touch me Hold me wearable shrine 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Shruti_Gaonkar_Touch_me__Hold_me__.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Shruti Gaonkar, Touch me Hold me, wearable shrine, 2022
![Tracy Tsang_The Rhythm of Self Time 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Tracy_Tsang_The_Rhythm_of_Self_Tim.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Tracy Tsang, The Rhythm of Self Time, 2022
![Amy Reeves_ Mother 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Amy_Reeves__Mother_2022.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Amy Reeves, Mother, 2022
![Claudia Itzel_How do I unsubscribe from this, 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Claudia_Itzel_How_do_I_unsubscribe.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Claudia Itzel, How do I unsubscribe from this, 2022
![Marianne Hendriks_Love Poem 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Marianne_Hendriks_Love_Poem_2022.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.png)
Marianne Hendriks, Love Poem, 2022
![Suzi Bratt_Salt Sweet Sediment 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/Suzi_Bratt_Salt_Sweet_Sediment_202.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Suzi Bratt, Salt Sweet Sediment, 2022
![Anna Green - traversing entanglement, 2022](https://rca-media2.rca.ac.uk/images/imageedit_31_8448997237.2e16d0ba.fill-828x470.jpg)
Anna Green, Traversing Entanglement, 2022
“Despina is a phenomenal artist and educator. She critiques artworks with the most perceptive eye, giving comments, suggestions and references highly relational to every piece of work. In this course, not only did I receive valuable feedback from the tutors, but also authentic commentary from the rest of my talented course mates. Being in such a highly encouraging, motivating and active learning environment, I was truly pushed out of my comfort zone and realised my first independent experimental film in three weeks.”
Short Course Participant 2022
“The RCA summer school has given me a clear direction that I have confidence in. No more second-guessing and changing my mind about where to take things. Bye bye procrastination. The course zipped by but it was expertly packed with all the elements an artist needs to lead a well-rounded practice. It felt like it was curated just for us and our areas of interest. The whole course was a safe space with friendly encouragement and constructive criticism.”
Short Course Participant 2022
“Guided by the extremely adept programme director Despina, the course is intelligently packed with strategies to holistically build one’s understanding of Contemporary Art in current times. I am really grateful for all the incisive feedback I received throughout the course which helped me translate the learning’s into a substantial final project. I am also really grateful to have met so many talented intelligent artists from across the world sitting in my studio in Mumbai. The course structure allowed us to genuinely connect with each other. I am surprised by how much I got to learn from my classmates in spite of it being an online programme. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in building their own contemporary art practice.”
Short Course Participant 2022
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