The City and Guilds of London Art School is an art college in London, England, United Kingdom. It is one of the country's longest established art colleges, and offers courses ranging from Foundation, through B.A. degree, Postgraduate Diploma and M.A. degree levels. The Art School is housed in a row of Georgian buildings in London's Kennington district, close to the south bank of the river Thames. The City and Guilds of London Art School was founded in 1854. It was known as Lambeth School of Art and was based in Black Prince Road and St Oswald's Place. In 1879 the School was taken over by the City and Guilds of London Institute and acquired its current Kennington Park Road premises, becoming known as the South London School of Technical Art. In 1937 it changed its name to the current City and Guilds of London Art School. In its early years the Art School's teachers and students worked closely with industrialists, particularly Henry Doulton, seeking to combine artistic creativity with manufacturing processes. Students and teachers became instrumental in both the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau.