Since its founding in 2011, BACA put strong importance to working with artists from the UK and the rest of the world, while wanting to give back to the community.
Through its city-wide programmes BACA City Campus and the BACA Art Centre, the school established a solid reputation as a place where people interested in art and culture can come together. To give our students and alumni a head-start within the arts, we are continuously seeking partnerships within the creative industry.
BACA City Campus is a project initiated by the Beijing Admissions Office of University of the Arts London, aiming to create a learning, creative, and working environment that best suits art and design students in China. The project aims to break away from the conventional concept of learning only on-campus, and to encourage students to adopt a positive outlook towards life, integrate into society, and unleash their creativity.
BACA City Campus is at the forefront of breaking the traditional art education framework in China, and instead, it has established the concept of a city-wide campus, where students can learn and live simultaneously. The campus offers numerous opportunities for students to collaborate with established art institutions, which helps them explore the essence of art and design in a diverse way.
Since its establishment in early 2022, the BACA City Campus project has made significant strides, providing students from BACA and University of the Arts London with opportunities to collaborate with renowned art museums and well-known enterprises, thus facilitating their growth and development in the industry.
The University of the Arts London's Beijing Representative Office and SOLANA Blue Harbor have collaborated to kick off the first urban campus project for the 22/23 academic year. This exciting initiative will provide a platform for students from both institutions to showcase their creativity and bring their ideas to life.
As part of the BACA Urban Campus project, SOLANA Blue Harbor has launched a "Young Designer Development Program," inviting designs for 2023 Chinese New Year merchandise. The winning design will be selected and gifted by SOLANA Blue Harbor to their customers as a New Year's gift, imbued with an artistic flair and conveying SOLANA's warm wishes for the festive season.
The hotel offers the most breathtaking views of Beijing from four different angles. As part of the BACA Urban Campus project for the 2022/23 academic year, a diverse range of exciting activities have been arranged for BACA students. Specifically, our A-Level students received an exclusive invitation to the Beijing Guomao Hotel, situated at an astounding height of 330 meters, to observe the cityscape from a unique vantage point. After engaging in sketching, drawing, and photography, the next step will be an awe-inspiring artistic creation.
The Shanghai Xuhui Vanke Center has collaborated with the BACA Urban Campus project to launch the "BACA Art Superstar Growth Plan" - a curatorial event for the New Year. We have collected designs for exhibition spaces, displays of student artwork, and flat-surface building facade creations from renowned art schools worldwide. This program unites young artists from different parts of the world and various art institutions, creating a platform for them to showcase their talent.
The 751 International Design Festival has collaborated with the BACA Urban Campus project to conduct the BACA Student Artwork Exhibition & Printmaking Workshop. During 10 days Exhibition, in addition to student printmaking and drawing artwork displaying, eight printmaking workshops with different themes were arranged for all art lovers to experience artistic creation.
As a unique platform promoting international emerging artists, the BACA Art Center functioned as an experimental space that combined art exhibitions, live performances, and film screenings. Meanwhile, in an all-English teaching environment, BACA Art Center offered art workshops and short courses suitable for all ages that are related to the art and design industry.
We are looking for B2C companies working within the creative industries that are looking to mentor our Alumni and students and are interested in sharing their knowledge as well as gaining insight into the mind of young Chinese (artists). Companies with an experienced marketing department from all industries are also welcome to contact us.
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If you’re looking to go beyond that, we would love to set up a mentorship programme for our students. If you’re employees are seeking experience as mentors, please contact us and we will set up mentoring sessions that guide our pupils as well as reward your employees.
As the official representative office of the University of the Arts London in Beijing we have a large pool of UAL alumni working in China at our fingertips. Are you interested in tapping into the creativity and knowledge of graduates? Do you wish to strengthen employer brand?
Then contact us with your marketing, branding or design-related project and we will find suitable alumni that can support your team over the course of 3-4 months at a time.
As the official representative office of the University of the Arts London in Beijing we have a large pool of alumni working in China at our fingertips. Are you interested in tapping into the creativity and knowledge of graduates? Do you wish to strengthen employer brand?
Then contact us with your marketing, branding or design-related project and we will find suitable alumni that can support your team over the course of 3-4 months at a time.
We keep striving for excellence and are continuously looking for artists, institutions and companies within the creative industry to work with our teachers, our alumni or our students. We are very experienced in holding short courses, workshops and exhibitions and are excited to hear from you.
Get in touch if you are interested in holding an event or a short course or any other creative cooperation!
Short Courses:
Please contact Gloria Guan at
gloria.guan@ual.org.cn
Creative Cooperations:
Please contact Charlie Dutton at charlie@baca.org.cn
BACA City Campus:
Please contact Ran Liu at
ran.liu@ual.org.cn