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Post-Grad Community Lunch at Central Saint Martins, Archway

image of Annex Art Studios at CSM's Archway campus
  • Written byPost-Grad Community
  • Published date 05 December 2023
image of Annex Art Studios at CSM's Archway campus
Annex Art Studios, Archway building (2022)

Post-Grad Community Lunch at Central Saint Martins' Archway Campus

CSM's Archway campus was alive with the postgraduate community, as staff and staff from across college campuses came together for an engaging mixer. Hosted by Post-Grad Community, supported by Jonathan Carson (CSM’s Associate Dean of Student Experience, and featuring graduate start up Carboned Out!, the event centred around a generous Lebanese vegetarian feast that fuelled lasting connections.

Students gathered around a lunch buffet at CSM
Post-Grad Community Lunchtime Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community
Students gathering around workshop
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community

MA Art and Science and MA Fine Art students from Archway intermingled with peers from London campuses in the Cafetorium.

When asked why they came to the event, Paula Dischinger, MA Performance Society (CSM) said “To connect and join with the strength of the PGC, to build bridges and not walls.”

For Magdelana Kay (MA Fine Art Digital, CSM), it was “to meet other students. I have met and exchanged details with 10 students to keep in touch about our work and life outside of our courses.”

Students gathered around a workshop
Post-Grad Community Lunchtime Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community
Students gathered in the cafetorium
Post-Grad Community Lunchtime Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community

Carboned Out! led an interactive workshop focused on individual carbon footprints, seamlessly blending climate education with community. Students were deeply engaged, finding common ground between creative disciplines, climate action, and social activism.

Students gathered around a workshop
Post-Grad Community Lunchtime Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community
“It’s been nice to meet people from different courses - and I did! I didn’t know that CSM does an online MA having met someone from that cohort. It’s lovely to exchange different experiences of being a student. Because we’re all doing the same thing, but great to see how you can accomplish things differently.”

— Sarah Taylor, MA Fine Art
Students connecting over a workshop game
Post-Grad Community Lunchtime Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community
Students gathered in the cafetorium
Post-Grad Community Lunchtime Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Post-Grad Community

Through food and community, CSM Archway hosted an impactful afternoon of crossing boundaries and bringing people together. Innovative connections took root that will resonate across UAL colleges.

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