Basic Design: A Revolution In Art Education

This exhibition explores the role that Basic Design - a new radical approach to training in arts schools - played in revolutionising art education across Britain, and particularly in Newcastle, in the 1950s and 60s. Through the work of some of its key teachers including Richard Hamilton, Tom Hudson, Victor Pasmore, Terry Frost and Harry Thubron, and their students, the display will survey the main features of Basic Design as they emerged and were taught in Britain, with accompanying archival material and video documentation.