The Northern Foundation Art Prize: What’s Your Discipline?
The Northern Foundation Art Prize: What’s Your Discipline? #TheNorthernArtPrize The Northern School of Art is on the lookout for the next ‘artist to watch’. If you’re an artist, creator, designer, ma... Read More
Spice Girls prompt trip down memory lane for the School’s costume lecturer
The announcement of next year’s Spice Girls tour sparked fond memories for a costume lecturer at The Northern School of Art, of the outfits she designed for the group when they first started out. Jane Havakin, program... Read More
Britain’s creative industries break the £100 billion barrier
New figures reveal Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s sectors are now worth £268 billion · New figures show bumper growth in Britain’s film, TV, music and advertising industries · Depar... Read More
Wintertide Festival is an independent festival ran by volunteers from the Headland Festival Group. The aim is to bring the community together to celebrate local heritage, arts and culture and showcase local talent. No...
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How to get into a seriously creative career
The Northern School of Art is inviting creative people of any age to discover more about its range of specialist courses. The event being held at what is one of the north’s leading arts schools will highlight de... Read More
Alumni: Production Design for Stage and Screen, Zoe Widdowfield
Zoe Widdowfield studied Production Design for Stage and Screen and recently graduated in the summer. She came to study at degree-level from our Green Lane campus where she left with triple distinction in Level 3 Art a... Read More
Award-winning international photojournalist’s visit inspires students
Renowned photojournalist Tom Stoddart shared stories of a career that has included covering the fall of the Berlin Wall, the election of President Nelson Mandela and the Iraq war in an inspirational talk for photograp... Read More
Students and staff use creative talents to mark WW1 centenary
Students and staff at The Northern School of Art have collaborated on a series of events to mark the commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice. A dramatic cascade of over 1500 poppies han... Read More
Photography graduate’s powerful images feature in Great War Armistice commemoration exhibition
A series of powerful contemporary images of The Somme by a photography graduate from The Northern School of Art form part of an ambitious commemoration for the Centenary of the Great War Armistice. Local photographer ... Read More
Fine art lecturer questions popular views of the mother in Prague exhibition
A space formerly used for communist propaganda in Prague is the venue for a series of giant images by a fine art lecturer at The Northern School of Art that seek to challenge populist representations of the mother. Ma... Read More