Leith School of Art
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Leith School of Art is an independent art college in Edinburgh
, Scotland
, providing tertiary education
in art and design. LSA is located in the Leith
area of Edinburgh, in the former converted Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868.
LSA was founded in 1989 with the aim:
LSA has been sited in the former Norwegian Seamen's Church in Leith since its conception. Studios are set out on three levels in the main church building, with additional studio and lecture space in the former church hall to the rear of the main building. In 1999 a modern extension was built around three sides of the former church, adding further studio space, a small library and entrance hall.
Edinburgh
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, Scotland
Scotland
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, providing tertiary education
Tertiary education
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in art and design. LSA is located in the Leith
Leith
-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
area of Edinburgh, in the former converted Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868.
LSA was founded in 1989 with the aim:
" ... to create a school with a vital artistic life emphasising both tradition and innovation, to produce work of distinctive quality and character."
LSA has been sited in the former Norwegian Seamen's Church in Leith since its conception. Studios are set out on three levels in the main church building, with additional studio and lecture space in the former church hall to the rear of the main building. In 1999 a modern extension was built around three sides of the former church, adding further studio space, a small library and entrance hall.