and Chelsea college. A new Stockwell Centre campus of Morley College close to Stockwell tube station opened in 2017. Morley Gallery Morley Gallery opened in 1968 as part of the Arts Centre in Morley College. The Arts Centre, situated in an old pub adjacent to the main College building, has a painting and drawing studio and a print studio on the first, second and third floors. Morley Gallery occupies the whole of the ground floor with six imposing windows facing Westminster Bridge Road and King Edward Walk, London, SE1. The Gallery shows between eight and twelve exhibitions a year, each exhibition running on average for one month. The annual exhibition programme usually includes exhibitions of painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics, textiles, installations, digital and sound art by independent artists and groups. Over the past 40 years many high-profile artists have exhibited in the gallery, including solo exhibitions by Peter Blake Cabinet of Curiosities and several shows by Maggi Hambling including the acclaimed Father. Morley Gallery is an integral part of college life and there is a strong commitment to exhibit work made by Morley students. For some students, such as Advanced Painting Workshop and Advanced Textile Workshop, exhibiting in the Morley Gallery provides an important part of their academic year. The Gallery oversees an impressive permanent art collection throughout College. This includes a striking early painting by Bridget Riley in the foyer, a large painting by John Piper in the Gustav Holst auditorium and portraits of the college's principals painted by Maggi Hambling. Miss Hambling has been a highly valued member of the teaching staff at the college since the 1970s. There is no entrance fee to exhibitions and artists' talks in the gallery are also free of charge. Departments Music Department Gustav Holst was music director at the college from 1907 to 1924 and its main music room is named after him. Michael Tippett was director of music at Morley College from 1940 to 1951. His first connection with the college was as conductor of an orchestra of unemployed musicians, who gave the first performance of one of his best loved early works, the Concerto for Double String Orchestra. Morley Chamber Choir, the Morley Chamber Orchestra, and Morley College Choir are established music groups within the college. Notable staff members Cornelius Cardew Margaret Drabble Martino Tirimo John Gardner Walter Goehr Gustav Holst Anthony Milner Amber Reeves Mátyás Seiber Dorothy