SHOW RCA 2009

Every summer 400 graduating students display their work in the ShowRCA. The Show is free, open to the public and is visited by around 40,000 people. It is organised into four separate exhibitions; at each one you can see the art, craft and design stars of the future.

The Show gives RCA staff and students an opportunity to discuss and assess the work on display. For thousands of other visitors it is a unique opportunity to see some of the most interesting emerging art and design practice. Collectors, employers, and professionals from the art and design world visit so that they can be up to date with the newest ideas. The Show is also a chance for graduating students’ friends, families and colleagues to see what they have been working on.

The work on display is the culmination of two years of work. It is often valuable, irreplaceable or delicate. If you are visiting the Show please don’t touch anything unless you are told that you can and take care moving around the space. You are very welcome to ask questions, take notes and draw. Photography is not allowed unless you are visiting with a ReachOutRCA Workshop Leader.

28 May – 7 June: SHOW RCA SCULPTURE
Sculpture students will exhibit large and small-scale pieces and mixed media installations at the RCA’s Howie Street site in Battersea.

29 May – 7 June: SHOW RCA ONE
Students from the Fine Art courses Painting, Photography and Printmaking, and Applied Art courses Ceramics and Glass, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery will display their work at the main RCA site in Kensington. Most of the work on display will be for sale.

10 June: SHOW RCA FASHION
Fashion students will present their final collections of menswear, womenswear, knitwear, accessories, and footwear on the catwalk. Catwalk shows are open to the public and to the fashion industry.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information click here.

26 June – 5 July: SHOW RCA TWO
Students from Animation, Architecture, Communication Art & Design, Conservation, Design Products, Design Interactions, Fashion Footwear and Accessories, History of Design, Industrial Design Engineering, Textiles and Vehicle Design will display their work at the main RCA site in Kensington.


For further information on all SHOW RCA 2009 events opening times please click here.