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Matt Rugg: How to be an Artist

26 Feb 2025 3-4pm

New Art Centre
Salisbury SP5 1BG

Overview

Release date: 2023
Directed by: Gary P Malkin
Produced by: Commissioned by Newcastle University
Runtime: 23 minutes
Screening in the Design House at Roche Court Sculpture Park.
Wednesday 26th February 2025, 3pm
£5 per person

Born in Somerset, England, Matt Rugg (1935 - 2020) was a highly regarded British artist and art school teacher, making drawings, painting and sculpture. This film features interviews with leading artists, including Richard Deacon RA, Mali Morris RA, Alan Dun, and Laura Ford, who contribute their recollections of studying with and teaching alongside Matt Rugg at Newcastle University and Chelsea School of Art.