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Before The Breakthrough
Ron Dearing UTC Foundation Diploma
5th-12th June 2026
Student Graduation Exhibition 2026
A varied exhibition of works by the Foundation Diploma students from Ron Dearing UTC.
With this show the graduate from the college, and move on to the next stage of the ir arts education at different universities.
The exhibition showcases work by the 7 students who have worked alongside each other for ?? years.
Despite this closeness, they all work in distinctive methods and disparate themes – each producing a beautiful installation that sits well within HARI's architecture.
They have visited HARI several times during their course, and always impressed with their interest in the ideas and processes of making and display they encountered.
George Bell
Renal Failure Shouldn't Cost A Kidney
NHS outfit, altered magazine images, 1st Aid items
Ayo Aina-Adisa
Rooted In Bloom
Velvet, African print fabric, crystals, satin
Lisa Oliver
Concept to Collection
Vintage fabrics
Liz Tomlinson
Circular Rework: Waste to Waistcoat
Silk and polyester recycled ties
Paulina Queeny Peters
The Playroom
Recycled fabrics & porcelain dolls
Lynn Benson
Simplicity
Bespoke printed fabric and thread
Zac Girdlestone
Fragments
Millinery materials, bird cages
Kerry Winter
The Rise & Fall of Marie Antoinette
Millinery materials, bird cages
Rachel Anderson
Women's Work
Hand-quilted calico & embroidery, lace & bobbins
Sally Hancock-Smith
Untitled
Calico, acrylic paint
Jurgita Li
Living Layers
Nuno felt works, acrylic on canvas
- 7.30pm dance performance by Casey Simmons, accompanied by violinist Jill Fisher, in response to Milliner Kerry Winter’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Marie Antoinette’.
9pm ‘Fragments’ performance in response to the building, with movement by Michelle Dee and sound by Jay Moy produced as a collaboration with Zac Girdlestone who created the textile pieces.
Launch night included two performances:
Casey-May Simmons, Jill Fisher
The Rising & Falling of Marie Antoinette
Contemporised period dance (3parts), with violin
Michelle Dee, Jay Moy
Fragments
Collaborative performance with sound
