“A revolution is on the way, and it's partly because we no longer take our standards from the tweedy top.” — Pauline Boty
Spotlighting three 'Hidden Women' from the RCA's history: Kathleen Mary Easmon, Ulla Goodman, and Pauline Boty.
Read their stories: https://bit.ly/4laaKKh
#IWD2026
A textured, artistic background in shades of blue and cream with the text “Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by Otherwise Narratives” in contrasting colors.
🌎 How can immersive tech support communities to tackle global issues?
The RCA's two-day symposium will explore how immersive practice can reframe our response to planetary and societal challenges.
🎟 Free, booking essential
📍 RCA Battersea
📅 12–13 Mar
Register: https://bit.ly/4rPbtTX
We are pleased to be continuing the Sir Frank Bowling PhD Studentship for 2026/27 entry.
The Studentship is open to UK candidates from Black African and Caribbean diaspora heritage, or from mixed Black African and Caribbean diaspora heritage.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4aYD1yZ
Looking for weekend plans? 👀
HIDDEN is an annual tradition celebrating the artistic talent of our technical and professional services staff!
It's back for another year at our Battersea campus today (27 February) and tomorrow (28 February). Book a free ticket 👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
It's finally back and it's never going away ☀️
Thanks to the RCA Robotics Lab for the dancing 🙌
"Is the office dead or should it be repurposed?" 🏢
The focus of industry should shift from where we work to how we work argues our Professor Emeritus Jeremy Myerson.
Read more: www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Brilliant day visiting a #project #birminghamuniversity we are funding through #ukri #ecologicalcitizens @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social @sei.org & @wrexhamuni.bsky.social network +
We've had an incredible start 🤖 at the RCA AI Festival!
There are still lots of free events all week at RCA Battersea 👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
A wonderful time this afternoon: Charlie Porter came in to the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social to talk with our Writing students about his books, how he researches, and the physicality of writing. Such a thoughtful and generous person.
How two MA Textiles graduates weave ancestry into healing futures.
Jasmine Dhika and Tyreis Holder – shaped by Indonesia and the Caribbean diaspora respectively – tell us about their practice 👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Not just what AI can do. But what it should do.
The RCA AI Festival brings together thinkers, artists, leaders, and critics shaping artificial intelligence in art and design from 16 to 20 February.
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/rca-ai-festival-where-intelligence-meets-imagination/
Interesting 📜
There's more than you expect in the RCA Library 📚
If you know any young people (13–19 years old) please encourage them to do this — it's a great programme.
I'm one of the judges and those shortlisted will come to the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social for a day of workshops!
Our Head of MA Writing @jeremymillar.bsky.social is a judge on this year's Write for Art for 13 to 19 year olds from @artukdotorg.bsky.social ✍️
Shortlisted writers will come to the RCA for a day of workshops!
Find out how to apply 👇
Get an insight on our entry requirements and what to put in your application and portfolio by joining our free Online Portfolio Week from 2 to 6 February 👀
Book a free ticket ⬇️
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/online-portfolio-week-february-2026/
We stopped by the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social in London during VIVERSE Spark for a hackathon session. Students teamed up across disciplines, mapped their world creation workflows, and brought bold 3D ideas to life inside VIVERSE
🔗 viverse.link/Spark
#VIVERSE #HTCVIVE #EarnOnVIVERSE #Creatortool
MA Architecture Work in Progress show sign
What's the future of architecture? See work from our MA Architecture students as it takes shape at RCA Battersea from this Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 January.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Applying for our Master’s, MPhil and PhD programmes for September 2026?
Round 1 closes at 12 noon on Monday 19 January!
And Round 2 opens the next day on Tuesday 20 January.
More information on application key dates ⬇️
https://www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-to-study/eligibility-and-key-dates/
💡 Meet the architects and designers of the future at the MA Architecture Work in Progress Show 2026 in the Studio Building at RCA Battersea from 22 to 24 January...
...and take a peek behind the doors of the world's #1 university for art and design!
Find out more ➡️ https://bit.ly/49Ht2hP
🥲 Our incredible art and design students let you know what it's like to graduate from the Royal College of Art...
So could 2026 be the year you start your RCA journey?
🤩 2025 was an incredible year at the RCA of awards, research, new partnerships, new scholarships, exhibitions and student success across art and design.
Here are our highlights👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Best designs of 2025 from @dezeen.com featuring a carbon-negative compostable polystyrene alternative from our MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering grads at Carbon Cell 👇
www.dezeen.com/2025/12/16/b...
We've all been there...
💡 What makes an MDes Design Futures student different?
Thinking beyond the present 👀 looking at the big picture 🌍 and using design as a tool to understand complex systems 🔧
Find out more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3L3txcH
From ballroom dancing to an MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art.
This is how Maki Takato combines performance and digital technology in her art ⬇️
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/from-ballroom-dancing-to-boundaries-of-light-inside-the-practice-of-maki-takato/
Students wearing brightly coloured pastel designs with stripes at the Royal College of Art.
Student wearing brightly coloured pastel designs with stripes at the Royal College of Art, holds our arm toward someone off screen.
Students wearing brightly coloured pastel designs with stripes at the Royal College of Art, one looks at the other in foreground.
Student wearing brightly coloured pastel designs with stripes at the Royal College of Art, holds hand to their head.
From the Royal College of Art archives...
In the workshops with Claire Boyd's (MA Textile Design, 1971) designs.
Courtesy of Royal College of Art archive, photographer unknown
⭐ ⭐ Two Royal College of Art graduates have been names as new Royal Designers for Industry: Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (MA and PhD Design Interactions, 2017) and Frith Kerr (MA Visual Communication, 1997)!
1965, Royal College of Art student Ian Robins Dury. He graduated in 1966 with an MA in Painting
'Emerging artists are the most daring...' 👍 🎨
Meet the RCA graduates Jaguar picked in their first Arts Awards in @wallpapermag.bsky.social ⬇️
https://www.wallpaper.com/art/jaguar-arts-awards-2025-winners
