MA Art & Politics Goldsmiths Alumni Event 28 March 2026

** Event open to MA Art & Politics Alumni and Allies

** Questions, get in touch: [email protected]

Hello!

We're looking forward to meeting everyone to what we hope will be the first of many Alumni /Allies events! Read through our urgent 'Calls-to-Action' below. We welcome your ideas, strategies, resources and contacts.

Saturday 28 March

5:30pm-8:30pm (bar open till late)

Location: New Cross Inn (Stocks Basement Bar)

323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS

• DJ
• Snacks
• Comfy leather booths
• Fully-stocked bar
• Bar tab for the first dozen or so people to arrive
• Friends old & new
• Plus... Bernadette!

Pizzas can be ordered upstairs. BYO food ok.

https://www.newcrossinn.com/stocks-bar/

RSVP Donations are 'Pay-What-You-Can' and cover event & campaign costs.

• We decry Goldsmiths' decision to effectively eliminate the artistic exploration of politics that defines MA Art & Politics.
• We believe this decision stains Goldsmiths' legacy as a critical, experimental space for art and politics.
• We request full transparency from the administration in consultation with affected students and Goldsmiths' staff & student Unions on the financial justifications and alternative paths explored.

• SIGN & SHARE our

• ENROL ! Obviously, alumni, you won't re-enrol but you can encourage your kids, flags-waving niece, your neighbour' artsy grandson, that overseas friend, an old school mate, your mom... to apply .

• FOLLOW IG &

• AMPLIFY ! Got media contacts/campaign experience? Get in touch: [email protected]

• SHOW UP ! Ideas for strategies, resources, Open Day actions? Tools & skills to make graphics, videos? Get in touch: [email protected]

• TESTIFY ! Please share a few words about the ways in which the programme and Bernadette have impacted your life. How did the MA make a positive difference to your career within or outside of academia? Why would you recommend the course? We will compile and share your testimonies with the higher-ups. Email statements to : [email protected]

• INTERMEDIATE ! We're looking for Goldsmiths VIP 'celebs' Alumni to sign our Open Letter. You know who they are... the Tracey Emins, McQueens, and Bernardines... but if you really know who they are and can get them to sign our Open Letter, we will forever love you for it. Get in touch: [email protected]

The current proposal is to 'merge' MA ART & Politics with MA Global Politics and Activism, effectively eliminating the artistic exploration of politics that defines our unique course.

Bernadette's career is on the line; Goldsmiths' legacy as a critical, experimental space for art and politics is on the line.

This decision comes in the broader context of several years of restructuring and redundancy threats at Goldsmiths. While this reflects a troubling national trend in Higher Education, Goldsmiths has obviously been on the frontline of these challenges.

Our cohort has been pursuing internal channels first with the support of GUCU and our Students’ Union and initiating a space for constructive dialogue with administration . We have been advised that with sufficient collective pressure, decisions like this might still be reversed.

We want to see a public debate on Goldsmiths' future and governance.

• In alliance with Goldsmiths' Art & Politics Society, we're bringing you weekly guest speakers since Octobre 2025, including a campus talk in March by none other than Stewart Lee. Final term speaker: Magic Magid 17 March 12pm Rm MRB10/2

We are a small but mighty MA cohort and appreciate your alliance in advance!

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

MA Art & Politics 2025 Cohort

• Graphics by Sofia Wilkinson-Steel

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