Goldsmiths' Alumni Blog
Olivia Humphreys (MA Screen Documentary, 2010) won the 2015 ShortDocs Challenge for her radio story, What Makes a Good Marriage, at the Third Coast Festival in Chicago. What Makes a Good Marriage is a story about how her grandparents met. Now in their 90s and married for nearly 70 years they offer their advice on… Read more Alumna wins 2015 ShortDocs Challenge
Very Kind Invention, co-founded by Petchpisut Assarasakorn (MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, 2011), Thiyaporn Panikbutr (MA Cross Sectoral and Community Arts, 2011), Attanon Wongluang (MA Design: Critical Practice, 2011) and Lisa Nantatermare, have been named Wallpaper* Design of the Year 2015 Emerging Talent. While pursuing their higher education in London, the four friends worked with… Read more Alumni named Emerging Talent in Wallpaper*
A Syrian Love Story produced by alumna Elhum Shakerifar (MA Visual Anthropology, 2006) and directed by Sean McAllister won the Grand Jury Award at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest. Sheffield Doc/Fest brings the international documentary family together to celebrate the art and business of documentary making. Filmed over five years, the film charts an incredible odyssey… Read more Alumna wins 2015 Sheffield Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award
Comedian, entertainer and novelist Julian Clary’s (BA Drama and English, 1983) debut children’s novel The Bolds launches today! For children aged 8 and above, The Bolds tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bold, who are just like you and me: they live in a nice house (in Teddington), they have jobs (like writing Christmas cracker jokes) and… Read more The Bolds by alumnus Julian Clary launches today!
Following this year’s successful phone campaign, the Annual Fund Panel met on 26 June to review applications to the fund and decided which projects to support. Of the 26 applications this year, nearly all were supported, while those that did not fit the Annual Fund criteria were encouraged to seek funding from other sources. A total… Read more Annual Fund 2015
The Burning Bride Manoj Kerai contributes this guest post about his time at Goldsmiths and his book The Burning Bride. I’m Manoj Kerai and I was at Goldsmiths from 2006 to 2012. I came to Goldsmiths through clearing with the intention of only staying for one year before transferring to another university. I didn’t know Goldsmiths would change… Read more Guest Post: The Burning Bridge
The Groundnut began in January 2012 as a bi-monthly supper club in south London organised by three friends: Duval Timothy, Jacob Fodio Todd (BA Politics with Economics, 2009) and Folayemi Brown (BA English, 2013). After three years of supper clubs, the Groundnut is launching their first cookbook – a contemporary African cookbook that draws on… Read more The Groundnut Cookbook launches today!
Congratulations to alumna Julia Dahr (MA Screen Documentary, 2014), whose graduate film won the One World Media 2015 Student Award. Her film, Kisilu – I’ll start with myself, was one of four shortlisted for the award. The annual One World Media Awards rewards the most outstanding coverage of developing countries and recognises the critical role of… Read more Alumna wins One World Media 2015 Student Award
From Chicago to Rome to Singapore, Goldsmiths alumni are based all over the world and in just one week, 30 Alumni Ambassadors organised a diverse series of events to showcase the scale of our global community and provide a collective experience for all those taking part. Over 400 alumni registered to attend events all over… Read more Goldsmiths alumni reunited around the world in 7 days
Alumna Jacquie Binns (BA Textiles, 1986) was commissioned by Leicester Cathedral to design an embroidered funeral pall for the reinterment of King Richard III. On Sunday 22 March 2015, the funeral pall was revealed at a reception service for the monarch at Leicester Cathedral. The black pall is beautifully decorated with an intriguing mix of images.… Read more King Richard III’s funeral pall designed by alumna
