Arts University Bournemouth is a leading University offering high quality specialist education in art, design, media and performance across the creative industries.
The centre was established in 1885 and is a specialist institution.
Arts University of Bournemouth is passionate about the creative subjects they teach and continue to encourage curiosity, risk-taking and adventure in exploring and pushing subject knowledge and its boundaries.
Claire is the Pathway Leader for Fashion/Costume/Textiles on Prep for HE. Since graduating from Winchester School of Art with a BA Hons in Printed Textile Design, she has been working in the textiles industry and has experience of teaching at a number of institutions at both FE and HE level. She has designed printed, woven and embroidered textiles for both fashion and interiors and has been commissioned by a range of companies including: Liberty, John Lewis, Kandola and Lanfine. Her work has been exhibited at Trade Fairs in London, Paris, Brussels, New York and Frankfurt.
Matt Theodore is a Senior Lecturer in Photography who has contributed to the Foundation Diploma program in the capacity of Pathway Leader since 2008. His work as a photographer takes the form of the staged documentary, constructed realities and narratives that invite question from the viewer yet point at no singular answer. Matt graduated from London College of Communication with a Masters Degree in Photography as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Further Education and a Bachelors Degree in Commercial Photography.
Tim Edgar joined the Arts University in 2000 as Pathway Leader in Photography. He has an MA in Documentary Photography from the University of South Wales and worked in the commercial world before starting to teach in 1990. He has a wealth of experience as a lecturer, working within a range of contexts from Community Based Education to MA level.
