The short video interviews presented below were commissioned from Catcher Media by the Hereford College of Art as part of their celebrations to commemorate 170 years. The interviews represent a wide spread of experiences but what they have in common is the inspiration that studying art gave each person, and how it influenced their life and career. Each film focuses on the interviewees time at HCA but these four very different people never forgot their creative education as they made there way in the world: some set up successful businesses (not always in the creative industries) while others carried on their art practice both within and outside of academia.
Judy Giles first attended the college in the late 1950s when it was located on Castle Green, while Shona Warnes attended the newly built Folly Lane building in the early 1970s. Anthony ‘Murf’ Murphy also attended Folly Lane, but nearly thirty years after Shona had done, in 1998-2000, and the last of the four, Mark Houghton, has been an art tutor on two campus’, Folly Lane and College Road, from the late 1990s to the present-day.
Each film is approximately five minutes long, so presents a small taste of their HCA experiences. We hope you enjoy these films, as much as we enjoyed making them and meeting the people that feature within them. Subtitles can be accessed by pressing the ‘CC’ button on the player.
The image of Castle Green (above) is from one of Judy Giles’ art college sketchbooks.
