Arts and culture at the University of Exeter

The University’s main campuses, in Devon and Cornwall, boast internationally-recognised buildings, artworks and collections. Highlights include:

• Great Hall for major South West concerts from Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to Dizzee Rascal
• Sculpture Trail of distinguished artists including Barbara Hepworth
• Music on Campus programme in the new Kay House and other city sites
• Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture, a unique public museum and research centre
• Heritage Collections and Culture Services boasting papers by South West literary figures Ted Hughes, Daphne du Maurier, John Betjeman, John Fowles, Agatha Christie, Henry Williamson and film-makers Don Boyd, Gavrik Losey, James Mackay
• The Forum and Environment and Sustainability Institute, stunning new buildings for arts and culture exhibition and display

The new Campus Forum

The Forum, stunning new architectural statement sweeping across Exeter’s Streatham Campus, designed by award-winning Wilkinson Eyre, opening 2012.

• Forum Art commission by internationally-renowned architectural glass artist Alexander Beleschenko – a concertina spiral design producing dynamic colour swirls of movement across the South and North Piazza glass entrances
• A new site for Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Figure’ sculpture
• A site for musical concerts, informal dramatic performances, temporary and digital art exhibitions, and debates, discussions and readings