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The UK’s largest graduate art and design exhibition Free Range is returning this summer for another seven-week showcase of emerging British-based art and design talent.
Free Range is a collaborative grass-roots project that brings together a vast network of new creatives under one roof in the Old Truman Brewery, who conceived and support the concept.
Now in its 12th year and with over 150 UK arts courses participating, Free Range has become an annual destination ‘market place’ encouraging collaborations and links between the students and their places of study and industry. Disciplines include fashion, design, photography, art, interiors and motion arts.
Under the guidance of creative director Tamsin O’Hanlon Free Range has become a crucial part of London’s cultural calendar attracting over 100,000 visitors to the free exhibitions last year.
More than 50 participating UK universities and art colleges including Middlesex University, Nottingham Trent University, Winchester School of Art and Ravensbourne College are given the creative freedom to design their own shows and exhibition spaces whilst benefiting from the supportive Free Range framework.
Since its launch, Free Range has maintained a reputation for being a hub of raw, creative talent where the project is the product of its exhibitors.
Free Range is constantly innovating and evolving (the last two years have seen the introduction of the popular Fashion and Motion Arts categories) and is continually looking at ways to expand and develop.
This year, a panel of leading industry ambassadors (including former British designer of the year Giles Deacon, Fashion East founder Lulu Kennedy MBE and Bazaar Fashion Features Editor Kay Barron) have been appointed to support the project alongside this year’s media partners and PR. The universities and students have also been invited to create their own mini-events (talks, workshops and pop-up events) during their exhibition days to highlight their shows.
In addition to the exhibitions and live shows, Free Range will continue its ongoing portfolio website as a platform for displaying the work of participating and former exhibitors
The Free Range exhibitions are free and open to the public but all catwalk shows are invitation only. The Free Range catwalk shows start on 28th May and the public exhibition opens on 31st May.
Free Range Art & Design 2012
Fashion Shows (Invite Only): 28 May – 8 June
Exhibitions (Admission Free): 31 May – 16 July – see website for opening times
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London, E1 6QL
0207 770 6001
free-range.org.uk