Contact Page - Art School in Cyprus

Cyprus College of Art:
Founded in 1969 the Cyprus College of Art is the oldest art school in Cyprus. We have a strong international reputation, and you will find our former colleagues and students in art colleges and university art departments all over the world. In fact over the years we have attracted major artists to study and work with us, or to simply visit and use our studio space as a base to explore the ancient and fascinating island that is our home. This has included truly great names in world art, including Terry Frost, Euan Uglow, Dennis Creffield, Rachel Whiteread, Clive Head, Humphrey Ocean and many others.

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All these great names, and yet our space is very basic!
The Cyprus College of Art was built by artists for artists, and so is a good test as to whether someone really is an artist. As a general rule we expect artists and students using our place to show a true creative spirit. That means they should be resourceful and innovative even when the answers to technical, critical and practical problems are not ready made or easy to find. In fact we ask our artists and students to show exactly the kind of skills they will need in the real world.

As this suggests, for many artists we are a useful halfway house between the structured and unreal world of university on one side, and the often daunting world that art graduates find themselves in after they leave university.

For other artists, who might have left art education some time ago, our relaxed and simple way of life is a useful way to reconnect with the simple pleasure of just making art - the very thing that attracted most of us to art in the first place.

Life less ordinary
Bear in mind that we are not an ordinary art college. We believe there is no point in being an ordinary college as ordinary colleges and universities are dull, bland and all over the place. No great art ever came from being ordinary!

But that also means we are not going to appeal to ordinary people. And that means you should feel free to ask questions before committing yourself to what should be an extraordinary cultural experience.